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28 Oct 14:27	VISUAL ARTS	Anouk Lamm Anouk: Expectations of an Artistic PersonaPared-back painting, queer visibility and the pressure to present an artistic persona: Anouk Lamm Anouk comes to Linz.
28 Oct 14:26	FILM	The stage does not remain. Its traces do.A film drawing on recordings and images approaches Einar Schleef. Yet theatre also consists of what no archive can capture.
28 Oct 14:25	CULTURAL POLICY	Between commissions: who bears the earnings risk of freelance art?A new KSK pillar is intended to cushion gaps in income. The Bundesrat is calling for it – but specific rules and funding remain undecided.
28 Oct 14:25	VISUAL ARTS	Showing illness without defining people by itForty portraits and conversations bring Koelbl’s project to the Kunstmuseum Bonn — and raise questions about image selection, voice and interpretation.
28 Oct 14:24	ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN	Longevity takes more than a durable piece of furnitureAn exhibition in Cologne makes the case for repairable, circular design. What matters is not just the material, but also what remains possible after purchase.
28 Oct 14:24	STAGE	Fallada’s ordinary people and the big question of securityIn Fallada’s novel, a young couple fight to avoid sliding into poverty. Luise Voigt stages the novel in Frankfurt as a revue spanning an era of crisis and the present.
28 Oct 14:24	FILM	A machine as a friend: Who pays for human connection?An artificial friend is meant to ease loneliness. Ishiguro’s story asks who orders this intimacy – and who bears its cost.
28 Oct 14:23	STAGE	Erfurt’s new theatre leadership: transition is part of the programmeRota is expected to take over in 2028, Jagels as early as 2026. In between, Theater Erfurt will not simply be keeping things running, but preparing for its future leadership.
28 Oct 10:33	EDITORIAL	The appearance is not the achievementWhat remains after a premiere, an award or a temporary exhibition is decided behind the scenes. That is where cultural policy should look more closely.
26 Oct 21:51	MUSIC	The work behind the choral sound: Martina Elmer takes over as manager of the BR ChoirA choir sounds as one — but behind it lie work schedules, rehearsal logistics and questions of programming. Martina Elmer is taking on a key role at the BR Choir.
26 Oct 21:51	FILM	Film history needs more than a slot in the programmeThe Aldrich retrospective shows that film history is shaped not by selection alone, but also by prints, projection and interpretation.
26 Oct 21:51	ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN	A city is also built through its foodFood provision leaves its mark on urban space. Brussels and Berlin show how markets, trade and communal kitchens shape neighbourhoods.
26 Oct 21:51	VISUAL ARTS	What remains of the club in the museumIn 3hd’s guest programme, club culture, performance and film meet the museum space. What is gained — and what is lost in the move?
26 Oct 21:51	STAGE	Learning to speak means learning other people’s rulesA stranger learns words – and with them, other people’s order. Claudia Bauer directs Peter Handke’s ‘Kaspar’ at Schauspiel Köln.
26 Oct 21:51	FILM	Who owns the mask? Colonial history for young cinema audiencesA missing museum object puts three children on the trail of colonial history. Nancy Mac Granaky-Quaye’s family film opens on 29 October.
26 Oct 21:51	VISUAL ARTS	Nevin Aladağ: The Car as a Resonating Body of MemoryNevin Aladağ is transforming her father’s Porsche into a playable sculpture. An exhibition in Hannover explores the questions behind the work.
26 Oct 21:51	VISUAL ARTS	When art invents a court caseA fictional bank, a staged trial: Gabriela Löffel explores how financial power can be narrated and examined in court.
26 Oct 21:50	CULTURAL POLICY	Who opens the doors to cultural leadership?Mentoring can strengthen contacts and confidence. Whether it leads to a leadership post is ultimately decided by institutions and selection panels.
26 Oct 21:50	LITERATURE	John Berger and the question of where we see fromImages do not speak outside history. Berger shows how ownership, power and everyday life help shape our gaze – and where his interpretations go too far.
26 Oct 21:38	ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN	Volkwin Marg and the responsibilities of working at scaleAn architect, a large practice, many contributors: Marg’s birthday offers an occasion to discuss responsibility and shared authorship.
26 Oct 21:38	STAGE	Reichenau: continuity needs measurable goalsThe contract extension until 2030 strengthens artistic continuity. What matters will be whether Reichenau describes its development transparently and in concrete terms.
26 Oct 21:38	VISUAL ARTS	Art for timescales beyond human livesAn abandoned control room, a gliding python, cosmic scales: Emilija Škarnulytė asks how art can make the distant future visible.
26 Oct 21:38	FILM	A film has not yet arrived when the credits rollPremieres get films talked about. Whether that leads to a cinema release depends on decisions made only after the festival.
26 Oct 21:37	VISUAL ARTS	What world did the museum’s founder collect?Osthaus’s collection of Islamic arts tells of an early perspective beyond Europe – and of historical categories now being re-examined.
26 Oct 21:37	LITERATURE	Barbara Yelin: Memory Takes Shape Between ImagesFrom ‘Irmina’ to Emmie Arbel: the comics artist explores how personal memory and history come together in images.
26 Oct 21:37	MUSIC	When the orchestra has to listen afreshTwo new works at musica viva demand different forms of collaboration from the orchestra — with familiar instruments and electronic sound.
26 Oct 21:37	FILM	Wolf Biermann: A Life Beyond the Loss of CitizenshipThe loss of his citizenship made Wolf Biermann a political symbol. As his film portrait reaches cinemas, the focus turns to the work and life behind it.
26 Oct 21:37	CULTURAL POLICY	AI funding: Who controls cultural data?The federal and state governments’ paper promises sovereignty over cultural data and fair participation. How this will work in practice remains largely unclear.
26 Oct 21:37	STAGE	Who gets to be considered a genius?Mozart as genius, Salieri as rival: Daniela Löffner brings Peter Shaffer’s drama about artists to Staatsschauspiel Dresden.
26 Oct 21:29	STAGE	What kind of public does the Deutsche Oper want?A Wagner classic, German remembrance and current conflicts: Milo Rau’s premiere brings the Deutsche Oper’s new question about its programming into focus.