Private art trade in Dresden after 1945 - Insights into the research project
When and where did private art dealerships exist in Dresden after 1945? How and why did the private art trade and art collecting function under socialism? Who were the customers, the consignors and what role did the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden play? Do Dresden museums still house pieces of art that were acquired from private art and antique dealers immediately after the end of the Second World War and during the GDR era?
On the acquisition stories of Cuban art at the Kupferstich-Kabinett
The Kupferstich-Kabinett is home to a significant collection of Cuban prints and posters that came to the GDR after the Cuban Revolution in 1959. While they were earmarked for the collection as part of the cultural exchange between the two socialist states, its director often did not welcome them with open arms. Olaf Simon, conservator at the Kupferstich-Kabinett, wrote about how they came to be part of the collection.
REBELLINNEN – FOTOGRAFIE. UNDERGROUND. DDR.
Pamela Meyer-Arndt's film "Rebellinnen" is dedicated to the artistic urge for freedom of three female artists in the GDR in the 1970s and 80s. The director, two of the artists - Tina Bara and Gabriele Stötzer - and Dr Angelika Richter came together at the Albertinum for a discussion in which they talked about the making of the film as well as the living conditions and artistic hardships of those years.
Krater project: from a feral plant to a feral site
They say that bad weeds grow tall. Where building projects have failed to do so, weeds often grow tall instead, bearing witness to the stranding of earlier ambitions. But how should we deal with such spaces in the city? What should we do with the craters left behind by failed building plans? A collective of creatives in Ljubljana finds answers.
