Culture

Bernd Pfaffenbach: Back to the roots of the World Economic Summit

Bernd Pfaffenbach (born 7.5.1946) is Secretary of State at the Federal Economics Ministry and Chancellor Angela Merkels personal secretary or «Sherpa». more...

In Davos the C-100 aims hopes to boost understanding between Christians und Muslims

The World Economic Forum in Davos is not just about globalisation and doing business. A group called "The Council of 100 Leaders" uses the event to promote dialogue between world religions. more...

Buy a bag of art - From the brash to the sophisticated

Young artists in Germany are selling original works at bargain prices in so-called art supermarkets. The organizers are trying to encourage the general public to take an interest in art. more...

Painter Denise Green exhibits Joseph Beuys' home city of Kleve

Denise Green has made a reputation for herself in her native Australia and in her chosen home, the United States, but in Europe she is still a relative unknown. An exhibition in Kleve shows 80 of her works. more...

Fourteen kilos of musical diversity: Ivan Koval loves the accordion

An accordion professor from the Czech Republic is teaching his students to play contemporary music in the same place where the composer Franz List once worked. more...

Rita McBride feels at home in «Cultural Hot Spot Cologne»

Sculptor and art professor Rita McBride from the US considers herself an «equal among equals» at the Duesseldorf Art Academy, but she has 20 years more experience. more...

Konrad Thurano: eighty years as a circus performer

His appearances as a circus performer have taken him around the world. An important stage in the career of the oldest active circus artiste in the world was South Africa, where he fled to escape the Nazis. more...

A Spanish artist helps his country's culture in Germany

The Spaniard Jorge La Guardia, who lives in Germany, has been awarded a medal for services rendered to art and music. more...

A multi-talent from Ghana is hailed as the inventor of «Afro Pop»

He lives in Dusseldorf but his true home is African music. In Germany Oboja Adu wants to promote cooperation between African artists. more...

An art historian is on the track of Frederick the Great

Christoph Vogtherr is caretaker of a collection of French art at Sansoucci Palace. He is trying to find out where Frederick the Great's obtained the works. more...

German managers prepare for Chinese cultural revelations

China is an interesting market yet German managers are wary of the cultural differences. Seminars are helping them prepare them for work in the Middle Kingdom. more...

German artist designs «most beautiful homeless shelter in the world»

Artist Miriam Kilali has transformed a grim shelter into a home full of atmosphere and colour. more...

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British humour and German bread: The wit and wisdom of JazzRadio boss Julian Allitt

Jazz fans get their full money's worth with British radioman Julian Allitt and his radio station JazzRadio 101.9 in Berlin has since gained an international following. more...

Dutch Tradition: Architect Koolhaas is a «stroke of luck for Berlin»

The Netherlands Embassy in Berlin designed by Rem Koolhaas is one of the most spectacular new buildings in the German capital. more...

Bavarian «Kuwis» flourish in Ecuador

A new cultural and business studies course at Passau University in Bavaria - with a link to Ecuador - is bearing fruit of a different kind. more...

«Little girl from Poland» clothes Hamburg's upper crust

Liz Malraux grew up alongside a sewing machine. Today she is a successful fashion designer, and breeds horses on the side. more...

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English playwright pens a travel guide to Ruhr region

«I did it out of sheer desperation,» said Roy Kift. His book has become a surprise seller and has even been translated into Dutch. more...

A musician between two worlds - Aly Keita amazes his audiences

By playing his traditional balafon Aly Keita from the Ivory Coast manages to combine African sounds with Western jazz harmonies. more...

This neighbourhood trattoria is the oldest Italian restaurant in Germany

Hamburg's Reeperbahn is always good for a surprise but few realise that grubby Davidstrasse boasts one of the city's most famous eating establishments. more...

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A Japanese woman is an expert on German Christmas tree decorations

Toshiko Okuyama comes from Japan but for years she has been selling items for which Germany is known the world over - traditional Christmas tree baubles and incense burners more...

This article in Japanese

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