Richard Avedon photographs (1946-2004)

until monday january 19 2009
Martin-Gropius-Bau
Niederkirchnerstraße 7 | Corner Stresemannstr. 110
10963 Berlin
Germany

Contact presse
Katrin Mundorf
T : +49 0 30 254 86 112
F : +49 0 30 254 86-235
presse@gropiusbau.de
www.berlinerfestspiele.de/

The retrospective exhibition features more than 250 photographs, demonstrating the scope of Avedon’s production, from the glamorous world of fashion through the more psychological portraits to reportage-oriented shots.

Illustration : Dovima et les éléphants Robe du soir de Dior, Cirque d’Hiver, Paris, 1955 © 2008 the Richard Avedon Foundation

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Political/Minimal

until sunday january 25 2009
KW Institute for contemporary art
T : +33 44 30 24 34 590
Auguststr. 69
10117 Berlin
Germany

info@kw-berlin.de
www.kw-berlin.de/index.htm

The exhibition Political/Minimal presents art works from the past forty years that are minimal in form and political in content.

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Gerhard Richter

until sunday february 01 2009
Museum Ludwig
T : +49 221 221 26165
Bischofsgartenstraße 1
D-50667 Cologne
Germany

F : +49 221 221 24114
info@museum-ludwig.de
www.museenkoeln.de

Here, for the first time, a wide-ranging museum exhibition of works by Gerhard Richter will concentrate solely on the abstract paintings he has produced since the mid-1970s, and that constitute the most striking body of work in his oeuvre.

Illustration : Gerhard Richter - Claudius (1986)

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Anish Kapoor: Memory

until sunday february 01 2009
daily 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Deutsche Guggenheim
T : 49 30 2020 9314
Unter den Linden 13-15
D-10117 Berlin
Germany

contact presse
Julia Rosenbaum
T : 49 30 2020 9314
F : 49 30 2020 9320
berlin.guggenheim@db.com
www.guggenheim.org/berlin/exhibitions

For the Deutsche Guggenheim, Kapoor has created an ambitious sculptural installation utilizing Cor-Ten steel, a new experiment for the artist. Memory offers a new kind of space in the galleries, as its total shape can never be experienced at once.

Illustration : Memory, 2008 Installation shot, Deutsche Guggenheim Photo: Mathias Schormann

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Amerika 1928 - Photos of a Study Trip by Walter Gropius

until monday february 02 2009
Bauhaus
Archive Museum of Design
T : +49 (0)30 - 25 40 02 0
Klingelhöferstraße 14
D - 10785 Berlin
Germany

bauhaus@bauhaus.de
www.bauhaus.de

Upon resigning as director of the Dessau Bauhaus in early 1928, Walter Gropius decided to fulfil a long-held dream.
Organized in cooperation with the Bergische Universität Wuppertal, the exhibition is being shown in conjunction with the International Month of Photography.

Fred F. French Building, 1926-27, Fiew from West, Architect: Sloan & Robertson and Douglas Ives, © VG Bild-Kunst



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Munio Weinraub | Amos Gitai - Architecture and film in Israel

until sunday february 08 2009
Pinakothek Der Moderne
T : + 49 (0) 89 238 05 360
Barer Str. 40
D 80333 Munich
Germany

press contact
Tine Nehler
T : +49 (0)89.23 805-118
presse@pinakothek.de
www.pinakothek.de

Press preview on 11-05-2008 at 11.00 and opening at 19.00.
The exhibition on the Bauhaus-trained architect Munio Weinraub (1909-1970) and his son, the internationally acclaimed director Amos Gitai (born 1950), presents a protagonist of New Building in Israel and a critical filmmaker and chronicler of his country.

Illustration : Munio Weinraub & Amos Gitai - Wasserturm, Gil Jungen Reformschule, Shefaram, Israel © Gabriele Basilico

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GEORGE NELSON

until sunday march 01 2009
Vitra Design Museum
T : + 49 (0) 7621 702 3200
Charles-Eames-Strass 1
D-79576 Weil am Rhein
Germany

T : + 49 (0) 7621 702 3590
info-weil@design-museum.de
www.design-museum.de

In 2008, the American designer George Nelson (1908-1986) would have been 100 years old. In recognition of this centennial anniversary, the Vitra Design Museum is planning the first comprehensive retrospective on his work. Trained as an architect with a degree from Yale, Nelson was one of the defining figures of American design in the latter half of the 20th century.