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13 Feb 2022 · Blog | Art | Science

Das Gehirn in Kunst und Wissenschaft

The exhibition Das Gehirn in Kunst und Wissenschaft (The Brain in Art and Science) at the Bundeskunsthalle in Bonn was much larger than I had expected. It is both a cultural history of neuroscience and an exploration of the interaction between art and science.

12 Feb 2022 · Blog | Art

Adam, Eva und die Schlange. Werke aus der Sammlung Hoffmann

At the last minute I visited "Adam, Eve and the Serpent. Works from the Schenkung Sammlung Hoffmann" at the Bundeskunsthalle Bonn, an excellent exhibition of modern and contemporary art.

30 Jan 2022 · Blog | Further Reading

The Best Books of 2021

The best of the best, the best fiction, the best biography, the best science, philosophy and history books and the best art and photography books and the most disappointing books that I read this past year.

5 Dec 2021 · Blog | Further Reading

Georges Braque. Inventor of Cubism

After visiting the excellent exhibition “Georges Braque. Inventor of Cubism” at the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen in Düsseldorf I think I finally understand why I never quite warmed to the work of Georges Braque.

21 Nov 2021 · Blog | Architecture

Museum Küppersmühle

A selection of photos of the interior of the MKM Museum Küppersmühle für Moderne Kunst in Duisburg

21 Nov 2021 · Blog | Art

Andreas Gursky at the Museum Küppersmühle

The reopening of the Museum Küppersmühle in Duisburg was a good reason to visit the Andreas Gursky retrospective, while the Andreas Gursky retrospective was a good reason to visit the recently reopened Museum Küppersmühle.

24 Oct 2021 · Blog | Art

Anne Imhof: Natures Mortes

I was lucky to obtain a ticket for one of the final performances of Anne Imhof: Natures Mortes at the Palais de Tokyo. Had I known in advance how good the exhibition would be I would have booked a separate ticket for the exhibition as well.

24 Oct 2021 · Blog | Art

Musée d’Orsay Revisited

I had been planning to revisit the Musée d’Orsay for years, but I never came around to doing so. It remains one of my favourite museums.

24 Oct 2021 · Blog | Art

Bourse de Commerce Pinault Collection

I’d been looking forward to visiting the Pinault Collection at the Bourse de Commerce ever since I read about it being under construction. Perhaps my expectations were too high, but I was quite disappointed, both by the works on show and the architecture.

24 Oct 2021 · Blog | Art

The Morozov Collection. Icons of Modern Art

The Morozov Collection is the second in the Icons of Modern Art series organized by the Fondation Louis Vuitton, bringing together some 200 works from the French and Russian modern art collection of the brothers Mikhaïl and Ivan Morozov.