Könnte vielleicht irgendjemand klären, was und wo Heimat ist? Das Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg widmet sich dem aufgeladenen Begriff in der großen Ausstellung "Tell Me Where Home Is". Und verweigert zum Glück eine einfache Antwort
Vienna's Albertina is taking a gamble, pitting the painting giants Pablo Picasso and Francis Bacon against each other. The idea yields more than a lazy "X meets Y." But it also exposes the limits of artistic comparison
Tate Modern in London is attempting to reposition the Cuban American artist Ana Mendieta. But its spiritual, nature-bound reading of her work snags in too many places
Former chancellor Angela Merkel comes to the opening of an art exhibition at the Bundestag. She talks about her own still-fresh portrait, a painting that matters especially to her—and about democracy
Niki de Saint Phalle created playful forms that went on to become world-famous. But she also hid rage and politics inside her work. The Kunstpalast Düsseldorf fortunately recognizes this revolutionary side of the artist.
At Hanover's Kestner Gesellschaft, Venice Biennale Silver Lion winner Karimah Ashadu orchestrates waves, car bodies, foam, and horses. Her works speak about masculinity and about capitalism's promise of upward mobility at the car wash
Graz’s Steirischer Herbst festival wants art that dares to take risks. At the opening, artistic director Ekaterina Degot shows what that might look like, presenting works that gleefully blow categories apart
Alle paar Jahre veränderte Simon Hantaï die Art, seine Leinwände zu bearbeiten. Dann zog er sich plötzlich aus dem Kunstbetrieb zurück. Seine Wahlheimat Frankreich hat ihn bereits wiederentdeckt. Baden-Baden zieht nun nach
Maoist and painter-prince, chancellor's friend and left-wing activist: Jörg Immendorff was as combative as he was many-sided. Twenty years after his death, Düsseldorf's Kunstpalast opens a major retrospective.