Ubuntu, un rêve lucide
The exhibition Ubuntu, un rêve lucide at the Palais de Tokyo, is a vibrant group show, which brings together some twenty artists whose works bring the Ubuntu philosophy to life.
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.
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.
Further Reading
Ulysses at 100. The sociology of loss. Neural noise. Resonance. Not hating the body. Marcel Duchamp. Thomas Mann. Joan Didion. What an EUV system looks like. How to slightly improve your life. And more...
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.
Further Reading
The brain's sense of space. The Webb Space Telescope. A new model of learning. Sleep. Butterfly illustrations. Hyun Song Shin on blockchain technology. The Velvet Underground. Clemens J. Setz. Jürgen Habermas. Jean-Luc Nancy. Air pollution. And more.
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.
Museum Küppersmühle
A selection of photos of the interior of the MKM Museum Küppersmühle für Moderne Kunst in Duisburg
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.
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.
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.
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.