The Dresden Armoury (Rüstkammer) is one of the world’s foremost collections of historical arms and costumes. The Electoral Wardrobe (Kurfürstliche Garderobe) at the Armoury bears unrivalled testimony ...

The Austrian-born actress Christine Kaufmann has died in a Munich hospital in the night to March 28, 2017. At 72, she lost her battle with leukemia. Her daughters Alexandra and Allegra and her ...

Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) died from an overdose of heroin before his 28th birthday. Nevertheless, during his short life, he managed to create over 1000 paintings and objects as well as some ...

The famous Baron Haussmann, born Georges Eugène Haussmann (1809-1891), was largely responsible for the major public works (les Grands Travaux) of the Second Empire, which shaped modern Paris.

Der in Frankreich lebende, 1945 in Donaueschingen geborene Ausnahmekünstler Anselm Kiefer sagte in einem Gespräch 2016 auf die Frage: „1990/91 hatten Sie Ihre große Retrospektive in der ...

[Concert review from September 1, 2000] What one could guess from listening to her last CD When I Look In Your Eyes which was rightly awarded a Grammy, has fully been confirmed at the Montreux Jazz ...

Andres Kasekamp is Professor of Baltic Politics at the University of Tartu, Estonia. His book, A History of the Baltic States, is the best introduction on the subject (Amazon.com, Amazon.de, Amazon.co ...

Die meisten Menschen kennen einige seiner Fotografien, ohne zu wissen, von wem sie stammen. Heinrich Hoffmann (1885-1957) war Hitlers Fotograf. Laut seinem Biografen Sebastian Peters (*1991), ...

Switzerland perceives itself as a neutral state. Many Swiss think that their country was not involved in colonialism. But an exhibition at the Swiss National Museum Zurich (Schweizerisches ...

Der deutsche Expressionist Erich Heckel (1883-1970) war als Mitglied der Künstlervereinigung Die Brücke aus Dresden, die nur von 1905 bis 1913 existierte, beteiligt an einer Revolution der Kunst.

Erich Heckel (Döbeln in Sachsen 1883-1970 Radolfzell am Bodensee) war ein Mitglied der expressionistischen Künstlervereinigung Die Brücke aus Dresden, die zwar nur von 1905 bis 1913 existierte, jedoch ...

Even in today’s sexualized world, the erotic and pornographic works of the master of Belgian Symbolism, Félicien Rops (1833–1898), have the power to lure audiences out of their comfort zones. They ...