Years after the fall of the Wall modern German cinema employs documentary, drama and comedy to examine the country’s ongoing East/West divide.
German Film Festival
December 25, 2009Mercado de Budapeste
December 24, 2009
Zeitwenden
December 19, 2009A joint project held at the 20er Haus Museum of Modern Art and the Künstlerhaus, ‘Zeitwenden’ (‘Turn of the Times’) marks the year 2000 by inviting over 80 artists from around the world to express their hopes, fears and visions for the future, unrestricted by specific themes or instructions. Among the artists exhibiting in a variety of media are Tony Cragg, Tracey Moffatt, Pipilotti Ris, Txomin Badiola, Shirin Neshat, Gilbert & George and Louise Bourgeois.
Virus
December 18, 2009Virus has been the home for extravagant New Russians and $8 cocktails – the owner never went anywhere, even the dancefloor, without at least six bodyguards – but has transformed itself into a slightly more egalitarian place for the late night crowd. Prices have come down, the sound system has been unpgraded but the toilets – with embedded barbed wire in the men’s toilet seats – remain. Music varies from techno to the odd Russian pop visitor.
Winetime
December 15, 2009Located just off Vienna’s main shopping artery, Mariahilfer Straße, Winetime is a discreetly stylish wine bar serving superb beef carpaccios, antipasti and a couple of hot dishes which change daily. The interior is a relaxing blend of bare brick, unusual iron work and natural light from conservatory. Food-wise, the highlight has to be their superb range of Austrian goat and sheep cheeses from small producers – a welcome break from the gruyère-type fodder which dominates the city. With 24 open wines, this is great spot to familiarise yourself with Austrian vino at extremely reasonable prices.
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December 13, 2009
Van Gogh: Face to Face
December 12, 2009Despite the world-wide popularity of Van Gogh’s artwork, the Philadelphia Museum’s exhibition ‘Van Gogh: Face to Face’ is the first comprehensive exhibition to focus solely on Van Gogh’s evolving approach to portraiture throughout his tragically brief life. Shown together for the first time are five significant portraits of postman Joseph Roulin and his family, who were Van Gogh’s most frequent and loyal models during the artist’s sojourn in Arles in 1888. The exhibition also features a series of intense self-portraits, which Van Gogh painted while living in Paris from 1886-1887.
Milton Glaser: Graphic Design
December 11, 2009The world knows it. Locals live it. It’s sold everywhere. The ‘I Love NY’ logo, created by Milton Glaser, will be on display in ‘Milton Glaser: Graphic Design’. Throughout a celebrated career of over 50 years, Glaser designed and illustrated more than 300 posters for clients in the fields of music, theatre, publishing, film and many others. Glaser’s other world famous designs include the restaurant and observation decks of the World Trade Center, the Rainbow Room for Rockefeller Center and the World Health Organisation’s International AIDS symbol.
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December 9, 2009
Pierre et Gilles
December 6, 2009Curator Dan Cameron thinks of Pierre et Gilles as a ‘gay Norman Rockwell’ and it’s not hard to see why. The French collaborators’ painted photographs are a riotous and subversive journey into kitsch, merging classic chocolate-box sweetness with high-camp farce and decorating the spectacle with copious bushels of fake flowers. The elaborately staged images are both titillating, unsettling and often hilarious. A bid to parlay their cult standing in the worlds of camp and fashion into art world kudos.
