Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe A stone throw away from the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin there is a large public work of art that cannot fail but impress anyone visiting… Topics: Berlin, German art, Sculpture
Artist Ute Laum Raised and educated in the city of Bonn, Ute Laum followed what both her heart and mind told her and flourished. At the fall of… Topics: German art
Zero art group and movement Zero is one of the more influential art movements to emerge after WW2. In its infancy in Germany it took its name from a magazine… Topics: art movement, German art, International art, kinetic, Otto Piene, zero art movement
Richter’s Betty – a conversation piece Having dealt with consumer culture, war destruction, naziism and euthanasia, it may neither be the greatest work by Gerhard Richter nor the one intended to… Topics: Abstract art, conversation piece, Gerhard Richter, German art, portraiture
Hermann Reimer The artist was born in Münster, Westfalia in 1959; and completed his education in painting at UdK in Berlin. Today he has a number of… Topics: contemporary art, German art, Hermann Reimer
Emil Nolde Trouble come in uneven doses at times. Hotel Europa in Belfast is the most bombed Hotel in Europe. Bangladesh is the most flooded nation, and… Topics: art, artist, Emil Nolde, expressionism, German art
Expressionism —a potted history One of several modernist art movements was soon termed Expressionism. Although there is arguably some similarities with post impressionism in France and the Netherlands, expressionism… Topics: Avant Garde, Blaue Reiter, Der Blaue Reiter, Emil Nolde, expressionism, German art
Van Ham Auctioneers Founded in 1959, Van Ham specialises in fine art auctions and collectibles. The auctioneer is a second-generation family business currently directed by Markus Eisenbeis. The… Topics: Auction house, auctioneer, collectibles, Fine art, German art, secondary art market
Nolde Stiftung Seebüll Nolde Stiftung roughly translates into the Nolde Foundation, and its permanent exhibition is autobiographical for the life and work of Emil Nolde. The foundation is… Topics: Ada Nolde, artist, Blaue Reiter, Degenerate art, Der Blaue Reiter, Die Dependance, Emil Nolde, expressionism, German art, Nolde foundation, Nolde Museum Berlin, Nolde Stiftung Seebüll, watercolours
D-day for German VAT on art? A very German debate over taxes is being observed in the rest of Europe with some anxiety. The federal assembly is to decide whether to… Topics: Auction house, BDGV, Bundesverband Deutscher Galerien und Kunsthändler, European commision, galleries, German art, International art, secondary art market, Tax, VAT
