Sometimes people start a conversation by saying that they do not know – about art, or whatever subject in question. Regarding art, however, dealing ...
Art history
When you as a 13-year-old had your first history textbook and asked “WHY do we have to learn about those OLD times?” - you may have heard the standard ...
Connect?
In a book on African history the author (Jarle Siemensen) makes the following point: Sahara separates the surrounding countries, but also connects ...
Two kinds of happiness
In German there is the word Spaß, and of course the word Freude. In everyday talk you will hear the word Spaß (fun) a lot, whereas Freude (being glad) ...
Religious Art
The German-Jewish philosopher Moses Mendelssohn (1729-1786) held thinking philosophically for the best way of dealing with the challenges and the ...
Misandrist Art
When I for the first time thought of “misandrist” as a distinct phenomenon in the art world, I was in a museum looking at a sculpture of a male ...
Political Art
We should distinguish between politics and morality. Some old bronze canons at the Akershus castle in Oslo carry the inscription: The King’s final ...
Diversity
“Diversity” is important. If for no other reason, then at least because it brings financial support. Estimated nine out of ten museums, galleries and ...
Nationalism
“O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave, O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?” The quotation above is a QUESTION. Never ...
Love
Some weeks ago in the Immonen House in Hohenschönhausen, by a casual meeting among artist colleagues, freedom was discussed. A comparison to ...