Always meaning to read this fellow-caught up with Geoff Dyer’s writing at the moment having just finished Thomas Burkhard.
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Lee Miller (1907-1977)
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Fontane – 200
I really like his poetry- over the Tay Bridge Disaster u.sw.
200 years ago, on December 30, 1819, Theodor Fontane, one of the best-known 19th century German authors, was born. He grew up in Neuruppin, a small town in the Mark Brandenburg north of Berlin. He trained and worked as a pharmacist before embarking on a literary career, starting as a journalist before becoming one of the most prolific novelists of the 19th century.
The 200th anniversary of his birth is being celebrated throughout this year with numerous exhibitions and events in the Brandenburg region (more details here). The main exhibition is being held in Neuruppin from March 30 to December 30 and aims to give an insight into Fontane’s authorial practice. This exhibition is accompanied by a catalogue which the library has acquired (C202.b.3557).
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Anything But Bland
Sounds an important and interesting read.
Mark Mazower, What You Did Not Tell:
A Russian Past and the Journey Home (Other Press)
Mark Mazower, the Ira D. Wallach Professor of History at Columbia University, is one of contemporary America’s most eminent historians of modern Europe, the author of several books on Greek and Balkan history, along with others on 20th century Europe generally. Born in Britain in 1958, Mazower grew up in the Golders Green neighborhood of North London. His home environment bordered on bland: it was thoroughly stable if unflashy, but most assuredly not a place where his parents dwelled upon the family’s past. Before writing this affecting family memoir, What You Did Not Tell: A Russian Past and the Journey Home, Mazower probably did not realize the extent to which his family background, at least on his father’s side, was anything but bland.
Mazower’s quest to learn more about his father’s…
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Hope this goes really well.
Schon steht die nächste Ausstellungseröffnung vor der Tür:
Unter dem Motto: „Mein Wedding6“ gibt es auch 2019 an der Müllerstraße eine temporäre Ausstellung.
Bereits zum 6. Mal findet diese Kunstaktion statt und lädt euch ein, 12 Kunstwerke auf dem Mittelstreifen der Müllerstraße zu bestaunen.
Dieses Jahr werden zwei meiner Zeichnungen zu sehen sein. Regelmäßige Leserinnen und Leser meines Blogs werden sich vielleicht erinnern, dass ich schon 2017 mit meiner Zeichnung Leopoldplatz bei Mein Wedding 5 (siehe hier) dabei war. Letztes Jahr saß ich selber in der Jury und reichte deshalb keine eigenen Bilder ein.
Fotoshooting im Schillerpark, 20 x 30 cm, Marker auf Hahnemühle Layoutpapier, Zeichnung von Susanne Haun, verkleinert (c) VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2019
“Bunte und vielfältige Kunstwerke warten darauf von Ihnen im Kiez entdeckt zu werden! Nehmen Sie sich Ihr Lieblingsbild als Postkarte mit. Die Karten werden in der Zeit der Ausstellung in…
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A really interesting variety of intriguing and memorable works.
Ich zeichne gerne groß!
Seit neustem habe ich meine Leinwände und größeren Zeichnungen in der Pariser Online Galerie singulart (hier kommt ihr klick zu meinem Portfolio) eingestellt. Letzten November wurde ich angesprochen, ob ich Mitglied dieser Galerie werden möchte. Meine Betreuerin Andrea ist immer telefonisch oder per Mail für mich da. Ich fühle mich von singulart gut betreut.
Wer mehr über die Galerie singulart (auch im Vergleich zu saatchie) erfahren möchte, kann beim bbk Berlin einen Workshop, den ich leite, besuchen. Mehr erfahrt ihr hier (klick).
“Ganz einfach Kunst online Kaufen: Singulart ist eine zeitgenössische Online-Kunstgalerie, welche es Kunstsammlern und Kunstliebhabern ermöglicht, Kunstwerke mit der Sicherheit zu kaufen, dass Sie von national anerkannten Künstlern kaufen: abstrakte Gemälde figurative Malerei, Zeichnungen oder sogar Street Art Graffiti-Kunst. Wir bieten Ihnen eine internationale Auswahl an Stilen und Techniken. Ebenfalls verhilft Singulart jungen, aufstrebenden Künstlern der ganzen Welt ihre…
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Andrea Camilleri
Great tv series and lovely views of Sicily and Bella Vista. He will be much missed.
By Marco Tambara via Wikimedia Commons
We were saddened to hear of the death of Andrea Camilleri, aged 93, one of Italy’s best-loved authors. For so many readers he had brought Sicily to life, capturing the difficult social problems of the island with affection and humour.
In 2014 we posted on this blog a piece to celebrate his Montalbano series. Since then we have continued to acquire further works in the series, the most recent being:
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“There is something wrong with our ships” said Admiral Beatty as the line of battle-cruisers succumbed and sank at the Battle of Jutland. Perhaps, not the most encouraging remark to make in the heat of battle. Similarly, under some degree of pressure, last week, Admiral Lord West , a former First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff, has been critical of the Tories being so obsessed with their leadership contest that important responsibilities in the Gulf have been neglected. It is not that something is wrong with our ships but that we simply don’t have enough ships any more. In any event one rather expects plain speaking from military men-from politicians you expect a more nuanced approach.
The fear of our national decline was revealed this morning when Iain Duncan Smith had a fascinating slip of the tongue revealing so much about his general mind-set, and I think of the general fears of Brexiteers when he described in an interview with Andrew Marr how he thinks we are seen in Europe. “They see us as a third world country” he stumbled and tried to cover up this remark. However, these words indicate a deep sense of shame and inferiority which is being felt by members of “the ruling class” so-called. Indeed, this kind of feeling lies behind the bravado which is the stock in trade of Farage and his acolytes-and indeed his financial supporters like the egregious Aaron Banks.
Most importantly, our obligations to Third World Countries are not just neglected -the Government encouragement of the Arms Trade has had disastrous consequences.
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Adventures in Bohemia
Fascinating posting and covers so much. Been reading a Viennese writer, Thomas Bernhard and wishing I was there too!
Come here, all you Bohemians, seafarers, dock whores, and ships
unanchored. Don’t you want to be Bohemians, all you Illyrians,
Veronese and Venetians. Play the comedies that make us laughuntil we cry.
‘Bohemia Lies by the Sea‘ by Ingeborg Bachmann
I was staring out of the train window enjoying getting lost in my thoughts. My mind wandered back to the last few days I had spent in Vienna where I had been joyously reacquainting myself with its streets again since my trip last year. This included doing my usual favourites: mooching into small vintage shops, taking pictures of all the shop signs, meeting friends for wine, frequenting those old coffee houses for apple strudel. I did some new things too: visited some new galleries and exhibitions and shrugged off the searing heat by swimming in the public lake just outside the city. Vienna will always be a…
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