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in the magazine's home town, Düsseldorf, the capital of North Rhine-Westphalia.
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PHOTOGRAPHY
Ralph Gibson in Cologne: A Master of Surrealist Photography Presents His Life’s Work
June 2025 (EN)
ALETHEA TALKS/BOOKS
“My greatest motivation is to write about our democracy and my profession and to defend them.”
Dr Bastian Fleermann:
‘From the first to the very last day in Düsseldorf,
there was resistance from very courageous men and women.
ALETHEATALKS(EN)
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PRESS FREEDOM: Memorial to fallen journalists in Amsterdam and a list
World Press Photo and its memorial plaque (EN)
Investigative journalist Andrew Gold: ‘I hope my book will encourage people to stop judging other people because they have a different opinion.’
ALETHEA TALKS (EN)
ENVIRONMENT
007: Who is Paul Watson and why was he arrested?
The Whaling Moratorium
and a little history
August 2024 (EN)
FREEDOM OF SPEACH
Julian Assange und die Pressefreiheit. Eine kleine Chronik (DE)
DÜSSELDORF
ZOE: “The witch represents a self-assured woman who defies patriarchal norms, which shapes my identity.”
ZOE, whose given name is Marie-Zoe Buchholz, is an interdisciplinary performance artist and curator from Düsseldorf, who addresses the history of witch persecution through her Walpurgis Night procession at the Theatre Museum.
4. Juni 2025
DÜSSELDORF
Witch Hunt and Misogyny: Düsseldorf’s Past in the Light of a Procession
On 30 April 2023, two stars of the German ballroom scene, the artists ZOE and Sophie Yukiko, revived the memory of these women with a powerful Walpurgis Night procession at the Theatre Museum Düsseldorf and drew parallels to misogyny and the #MeToo movement. (EN)
News aus Düsseldorf
COSMODUS
Filmregisseur Tomislav Vujcic „Auf der anderen Seite der Angst wartet etwas Wunderbares“
Düsseldorf (DE)
Armut in Düsseldorf
fifty-fifty Straßenmagazin startet Online-Ausgabe mit prominenten Paten (DE)
Former Members of the U.S. Congress Bob Goodlatte and Brenda L. Lawrence at City Hall (EN)
IN DER NACHT
Duesseldorf: Ein einziger Abend mit dem Gutnachtbus, den wir nie vergessen werden
Oktober 2024 (DE)
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Oper Düsseldorf
Der überraschende Kurswechsel. Wie man von der Signa-Insolvenz profitierte (DE)
SPORT
Invictus Germany geht in die erste Runde - was jetzt bekannt ist (DE)
DÜSSELDORF
STYLE
FASHION
Valentino: A Legacy of Beauty,
Reborn in Poetry
New It-Bag Model, the “Vain Bag”, Unveiled (EN)
June 2025
©Frederic Auerbach
CELEBRITY PHOTOGRAPHER
"Be as free as you can for as long as you can and photograph, photograph, photograph."
Frederic Auerbach
VALENTINO
News from Gioele Amaro one of Pierpaolo Piccioli's favourite artists exhbiting in Valentinos Paris boutique.
Courtesy Düsseldorf Festival
PERFORMANCE
"They all are united by the fact that they are interested in new things“.
Christiane Oxenfort & Andreas Dahmen, Düsseldorf Festival
ENVIRONMENT
ALETHEA TALKS
Benjamin von Wong
“Everyone has the opportunity to use whatever superpowers they have to make a difference.“
ENVIRONMENT
007: Who is Paul Watson and why was he arrested?
The Whaling Moratorium
and a little history
August 2024 (EN)
IN FOCUS
Günther Uecker (Germany) Untitled, 2018 Nails on wood 35 × 30 × 30 cm © Günther Uecker/ VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2024 Photo: Jack Kulcke, Düsseldorf
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ENVIRONMENT
007: Who is Paul Watson and why was he arrested?
The Whaling Moratorium
and a little history
August 2024 (EN)
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BEAUTY MARKET
Launch Prada Paradoxe Intense at Rheinturm. A tower in Prada pink. (EN / DE)
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STYLE
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FASHION
Valentino: A Legacy of Beauty,
Reborn in Poetry
New It-Bag Model, the “Vain Bag”, Unveiled (EN)
June 2025
©Frederic Auerbach
CELEBRITY PHOTOGRAPHER
"Be as free as you can for as long as you can and photograph, photograph, photograph."
Frederic Auerbach
VALENTINO
News from Gioele Amaro one of Pierpaolo Piccioli's favourite artists exhbiting in Valentinos Paris boutique.
Courtesy Düsseldorf Festival
PERFORMANCE
"They all are united by the fact that they are interested in new things“.
Christiane Oxenfort & Andreas Dahmen, Düsseldorf Festival
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DÜSSELDORF
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MODERN MUSEUMS
Pop Duo @Gulliverdelarge create own song "Billiges Parfüm" for Theatermuseum Düsseldorf
©Hannah Darabi in 2022
DEUTSCHES FOTOINSTITUT
Hannah Darabi "I still enjoy how you can create a whole new world with a medium that seems to be this much attached to reality."
©Michael Gstettenbauer
RESTITUTION
Ceremonial handover of "Portrait of the Artist's Children" Wilhelm von Schadow to "Dr. Max and Iris Stern Foundation"
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CULTURE
Culture, Style, Business, Invictus Games and more. Read more
"The Raft of Lampedusa", Lanzarote ©Jason deCaires Taylor
Jason deCaires Taylor: "The ocean is like a state of consciousness. It's like walking through a door into another world."
Mary with Mask-New Orleans- 2020 ©James Hayman
FILMMAKER & ARTIST
James Hayman: „Being able to visually document those situations put me on a lifelong track to create photography that is socially relevant.“
©Anne Laudel
ART COLOGNE
Anne Laudel brings together the two young artists Ramazan Can and Cem Sonel at Art Cologne.
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CELEBRITY
Culture, Style, Business, Invictus Games and more. Read more
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ART COLLECTOR
Freddie Mercury's at Sotheby's London from tomorrow. "The most important thing... is to lead a fabulous life."
Lars Eidinger ©Franziska Stünkel
ACTOR & ARTIST
Lars Eidinger: "My highest demand on myself is to be honest with myself."
©Taschen
HOLLYWOOD
Arnold Schwarzenegger book launch in LA: "I was simply born with the gift of vision."
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