When fiction and reality become blurred
By Vivien Trommer
We met curator and writer Myriam Ben Salah to talk about Neïl Beloufa’s work at the SCHIRN, her monograph on the artist and what makes a good art exhibition today.
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Prototypes of a new species
By Martina Weinhart
Seductive in gold, bronze and copper. In 2019, the monumental sculptures of the eccentric artist Bruno Gironcoli will come to the SCHIRN. Curator Martina Weinhart visited them in their home in Styria.
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Wilderness returns to art
By SCHIRN MAGAZIN
Most blank spaces on the map have largely disappeared, an “untouched state of nature” is barely existent. At the same time, the fascination of wilderness returns to art, to which the SCHIRN dedicates a comprehensive...
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Hand-picked highlights of the Berlin Art Week
By Elisabeth Pallentin
The Berlin Art Week has begun. We present week‘s highlights, including one or the other drink after a full day.
Video Art
Invisible voyeurs
By Daniel Urban
The internet’s invisible voyeur. Nina Könnemann creates cinematic worlds with an app that show our behavior as a virtual self in social networks.
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King of the Animals. Wilhelm Kuhnert and the Image of Africa
By SCHIRN Magazin
Wilhelm Kuhnert shaped the concept of Africa in Europe and in the United States more than any other painter of his time. The Schirn presents the first major retrospective on the life and works of the painter.
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10 SCHIRN Tips in London
By Marthe Lisson
Off on holidays! Everyone knows London but it’s always worth a trip. Why not explore the south of the city for once and go wild swimming in Hampstead Heath?
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Must-See: Georgian art in Frankfurt
By Sylvia Meilin Weber
Georgia is the guest of honour of the annual Frankfurt Bookfair. Naturally, there are a lot of cultural events on the topic. We reveal the highlights.
Summer with
Summer with Maria Loboda
By Philipp Hindahl (Text), Jan Buchczik (Illustration)
Melancholic love songs by Gino Paoli and a festival on a volcanic island. That‘s how you could describe Maria Loboda‘s summer.
Interview
Not for the mainstream
By Marthe Lisson
Back home. At the SCHIRN SUMMER HANGOUT Newmen will play a set from their new album. A conversation about danceable music and easy listening that turns out to be not that easy at all.
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10 Schirn Tips in New York
By Natalie Wichmann
Off on holidays! In New York, you can stroll from one public art event to the other, taste the different cuisines from all over the world and attend free concerts.
Video Art
The shadow shows the light
By Daniel Urban
In his films, video artist Paul Kuimet breathes life into static objects and sheds light on darkness.
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Art with room service
By Katharina Cichosch
Magnificent palazzi, impressive hotel collections and lodgings that have accommodated Punk poets and painters: We take a journey through legendary hotel beds and addresses at which art plays an extraordinary role.
Interview
The truth at 4 a.m.
By Florentin Schumacher
She plays at Berghain, released her debut album at New York cultlabel DFA and on August 22 she will be a guest at the SCHIRN summer party. A conversation with the Berlin based artist Perel about taxi drivers, her...
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Neïl Beloufa. Global Agreement
By SCHIRN Magazin
The army, fitness and the body cult as well as the staging of power are central themes in Neïl Beloufa’s new work, presented at the SCHIRN exhibition “Global Agreement” from August 23 to October 22, 2018.