Marion Ackermann introduced as the new Director General of Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden (Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden)

Edit Public Technologies 26 May 2016
(Source ... commented ... The collection's gradual installation in the restored Residenzschloss, the fundamental refurbishment and redesign of the Albertinum, numerous prestigious special exhibitions at home and abroad and high-profile efforts in terms of scholarly research into the collection's more recent history have all resulted in the consolidation and expansion of Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden's international reputation of late....

British Museum's new director brings lessons of German history

Edit The Guardian 01 Apr 2016
Hartwig Fischer was born in West Germany, had family in the East, is old enough to remember the cold war but was young enough to enjoy the opportunities of unified Germany ... MacGregor’s book, Germany ... Related. Hartwig Fischer ... Prell was a painter of myth and history, whose grand murals decorated Dresden’s Rathaus and Albertinum and whose life’s work was largely destroyed in the firestorm caused by the bombing of the city in February 1945....

Through a joint endeavour, the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden (SKD) acquires an important painting by Ernst ...

Edit Public Technologies 19 Jan 2016
The acquisition of Ernst Ludwig Kirchner's Street Picture in front of the Hair Salon fills a long-standing gap in the Albertinum's collection ... In the future, Kirchner's luminous street scene will form a highlight of the Albertinum's Expressionism collection ... Hilke Wagner, Director of the Albertinum ... Dr ... Original Document. http.//www.skd.museum/en/about-us/press/news/article/bedeutende-erwerbung-fuer-das-albertinum/index.html....

Rosa Barba. Spaces for species (and pieces) (Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden)

Edit Public Technologies 23 Nov 2015
(Source. Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden). Invitation to press conference at 11.30 a.m. on November 26, 2015. at the Albertinum, 1st floor, Salzgassenflügel. with ... Hilke Wagner, Director of the Albertinum. Rosa Barba ... An exhibition by the Albertinum ... Albertinum ... Alongside film works in the Albertinum, there are also more sculptural pieces that often also examine the physical properties of the projector, celluloid, and projected light....

Frederick Forsyth lets MI6 spy secret out in tell-all memoir

Edit Deccan Herald 19 Sep 2015
The British writer has packed a tremendous amount of action into his life and frequently drawn on his experiences to lend verisimilitude to his fiction ... My Life in Intrigue ... Three-fold task. Forsyth’s job was three-fold ... “For the last year of the Biafran War I was sending... Forsyth drove his Triumph Vitesse convertible to Dresden and received the consignment from the Russian colonel in the toilets of the Albertinum museum ... ....

September 2015 in Dresden: DRESDNER KUNSTFEST (Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden)

Edit Public Technologies 04 Sep 2015
The world-famous museums, including the porcelain collection in the Zwinger, the Green Vault and the Turkish Chamber in the Residenzschloss, as well as the Schlosskapelle or Albertinum, will be transformed into a unique stage for superb musicians whose performances will underline the openness, plurality of religions and the permeability of European culture as a characteristic feature of Saxon cultural tradition....

Frederick Forsyth: I was an MI6 agent

Edit The Guardian 01 Sep 2015
Day of the Jackal author reveals in autobiography that he worked for the intelligence service for more than two decades. Frederick Forsyth will admit in his forthcoming autobiography that he worked as an agent for MI6 for more than 20 years ... He told the BBC that he was not paid for the work he did. “There was a lot of volunteer assistance that was not charged for ... He played the part of a British tourist visiting the Albertinum museum ... ....

UK author reveals his missions for MI6

Edit Dawn 31 Aug 2015
LONDON. British thriller writer Frederick Forsyth revealed he had conducted missions for intelligence service MI6 in extracts from his autobiography published on Sunday ... Then, in 1973, Forsyth was asked to conduct a mission for MI6 in communist East Germany. “Their proposal was simple ... Forsyth said he drove his Triumph convertible to Dresden and received the package from the Russian colonel in the toilets of the Albertinum museum ... ....

I spy: Novelist Forsyth reveals he worked for MI6

Edit The Times of India 30 Aug 2015
Frederick Forsyth has written some of the greatest spy novels of our time, acclaimed for their authentic and accurate feel. Fans often wondered just how he managed to write so brilliantly, and they now know why ... My Life', saying he worked with British Intelligence for more than 20 years ... Forsyth said he drove his Triumph convertible to Dresden and received the package from the Russian colonel in the toilets of the Albertinum museum ... ....

German art row over proposed export limits

Edit BBC News 20 Aug 2015
20 August 2015 Last updated at 00.27 BST. Artworks are disappearing from galleries in Germany after the culture ministry announced proposals to limit the export of art from the country. Controversial artist George Baselitz withdrew his works from the Albertinum in Dresden and nearly 300 gallery owners and dealers have signed an open letter protesting what they see as an affront to civil liberties ... Video journalist. Paul Ivan Harris ... 3.34....

Richter / Pärt review – history is everywhere and the present is fleeting

Edit The Guardian 10 Jul 2015
It also rests in the difference between a painting and a photographic reproduction, a musical composition and its performance, the story the music alludes to and the things buried under the painting, and what it points to ... The original painting is currently being exhibited at the Albertinum in Dresden, opposite another set of reproductions, as though it were being shown in a hall of mirrors ... Related. Connecting the odd couple ... ....

Reopening of the Münzkabinett (Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden)

Edit noodls 20 May 2015
(Source. Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden) 05-19-15. with. Hartwig Fischer, Director-General of Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden. Rainer Grund, Director of the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden Münzkabinett ... from June 7, 2015 ... After its return in 1958, the Münzkabinett (Coin Cabinet) was only able to display a small part in the Albertinum, as other museums managed by Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden had to be housed there too....

ART = WORLD (Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden)

Edit noodls 11 May 2015
(Source. Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden) 05-11-15. International Museum Day on May 17, 2015 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the Albertinum; ... Society ... to 6 p.m.) ... and 3 p.m.) ... onwards ... and 4 p.m ... In the Albertinum, there will be tandem guided tours from 10.30 a.m ... Hilke Wagner, Director of the Albertinum, says ... It is very important to me to open up the Albertinum, make our connections to the world visible and to welcome visitors from all over....
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