Cultural News
A highlight of the Barbican’s 2012 theatre and dance season is the much anticipated Sydney Theatre Company production of Big and Small (Gross und Klein) by German playwright Botho Strauss.
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100,000 books, more than 2,000 publishers from 44 countries, many international writers and Europe’s largest reading festival: the Book Fair is opening its doors in Leipzig. The four-day fair is the first major book-trade meeting of the year and a forum for new springtime publications.
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The filming of the children’s book about the 12-year-old orphan Hugo Cabret was one of the winners at the Academy Awards ceremony on February 26, 2012. The Academy Award for Visual Effects is also a good reason for celebrations in Germany.
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The largest Bauhaus exhibition in the UK in over 40 years, Bauhaus: Art as Life explores the world’s most famous modern art school.
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Join the renowned Thomanerchor (the St. Thomas Choir of Leipzig) at a few select concerts in the UK to celebrate their 800th anniversary.
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“To me, Gerhard Richter is one of the most important German artists of our time," Foreign Minister Westerwelle said in a press release.
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The world’s biggest film festival, the Berlinale, is back and even in its 62nd year stronger than ever! The festival runs from February 9 through 19.
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Tate Liverpool is to present the first major UK exhibition of the German born New York based artist Charline von Heyl. She is at the forefront of a new generation of abstract painters. Exhibition opens on February 25th.
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