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BOOKS

Sophie Lauenroth, die beliebte Psychologin, bekannt aus TikTok und Instagram, hat ihr erstes Buch geschrieben.

Sophie Lauenroth: “Mich erfüllt es einfach, Menschen zu helfen und ein Lächeln auf ihrem Gesicht zu sehen."
20. Januar, 2024

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©Sarah Kastner

BOOKS

Julia Kröhn, eine der erfolgreichsten Autorinnen der letzten Jahrzehnte, weiß, wie man die großen Verlage überzeugt und als Autorin im Buchhandel Karriere macht.

Julia Kröhn: "Es gibt kaum etwas Schöneres und Erfüllenderes als Schriftstellerin zu sein."

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Photo: Rainer Schlegelmilch / Motorsport Images

CARS

Rainer W. Schlegelmilch is one of the most renowned motorsport photographers in the world. He was there from the very beginning when Porsche went from being a "David", as he calls it, to being the most powerful car due to its engine power.

"Porsche is an evolved fascination. Porsche was once the "David" in motorsport and developed into the "Goliath" within a decade."

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HOLLYWOOD

On 29 June 2023 the actor, former governor of California and climate activist Arnold Schwarzenegger was celebrated at the David Geffen Theatre of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. At the same time, the new book "Arnold" from the Cologne-based Taschen Verlag was presented in a limited edition.

"I was simply born with the gift of vision."

BOOKS

Jess T. Dugan's "Look at me like you love me" on shortlist of Paris Photo-Aperture PhotoBook Awards 2022.

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Opening: Lightroom, London's new artist home, shows: David Hockney

NEXT GENERATION  LEADER

Kodo Nishimura is an LGBTQ activist, Buddhist monk and makeup artist. He was named a Next Generation Leader by Time Magazine. It all started when he realised he belonged in the LGBTQ community but didn't know how to combine that with his work as a monk.

"I can inspire people to think beyond gender." Kodo Nishimura

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BOOKS

Jess T. Dugan's "Look at me like you love me" on shortlist of Paris Photo-Aperture PhotoBook Awards 2022.

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Opening: Lightroom, London's new artist home, shows: David Hockney

PHOTOBOOK / DEUTSCHES FOTOINSTITUT

Hannah Darabi, winner Bernd & Hilla Becher Sponsorship Award

"I still enjoy how you can create a whole new world with a medium that seems to be this much attached to reality."

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Virgil Abloh's visionary work for Louis Vuitton  and the most beautiful photographs.

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Artist and Heinrich Heine admirer Friedrike Näscher 

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Sally Gabori Fondation Cartier, July 2022

HOLLYWOOD

Ken Adam, the man who drew the Cold War. Taschen Verlag presents its latest monumental work, The Ken Adams Archive. The book was written by Adam's long-time friend Christopher Frayling, British historian, author, and former director of the British Film Institute, whose personal conversations with Ken Adam inform much of the book.

"The cinema is there to heighten the imagination; I have always tried to make sure it does so." 

CALENDAR/BOOKS

Watches A new guide by Hodinkee by Assouline

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Valentino Narratives II Valentino moves in an eclectic circle of artists, designers, illustrators and poets.

WHAT THE POWERFUL WEAR

Author Daniel Kalt's new book  „Staat Tragen. Über das Verhältnis von Mode und Politik“. 

"Actually, of course, [a shiny facial skin] is irrelevant to what you say, but it just changes people's perception. If you look very awkward, it kind of devalues the content as well."  Sahra Wagenknecht 

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CALENDAR

Stills Center for Photography shows Ishiuchi Miyako

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Mohamad Barrangi Fashtami, Woman, Life, Freedom

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Nils Udo’s Habitats at Maison Ruinart

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BrostTräume with Dieter Nuhr

JANES AUSTEN's HOUSE IN CHAWTON

It is quite an achievement for the younger daughter of a country vicar who completed her education at the age of eleven and was never publicly recognised as a writer during her lifetime.

"I want every room to shout Austen’s genius, humour and emotional understanding. I want it to be a place were individuals are value and recognised, and where universal truths are always acknowledged." Lizzie Dunford, Director Jane Austen's House Museum

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CALENDAR

Anita by Alain Elkann Launch at the Italian Cultural Institut London, Wednesday, March 16th at 6PM.

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Gay Talese. Phil Stern. Frank Sinatra has a cold. By Taschen

WHAT THE POWERFUL WEAR

New book: Reinhold Messner's important concern is the thought-provoking "renunciation" that is also the core element of his new book "Sinnbilder". He described himself as the initiator of renunciation alpinism, the 3rd phase of alpinism - he had started with 60 kg on Nanga Parpat, had renounced hooks and oxygen, among other things.

"One big problem is overconsumption, and that's where each and every one of us can start."

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France receives valuable facsimile Leonardo da Vinci from Faksimile publisher Charlotte Kramer.

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Steve Schapiro's Collector's Edition Highlight at  Taschen

LEON LÖWENTRAUT NEWS

The art date par excellence: Leon Löwentraut will be showing new paintings and his book "Painting for Passion" with graphic edition "Liberty" at Bucherer in New York on 14 December 2022.

A retrospective at the age of 24

Smiley: 50 years of good news by Assouline.

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140 Artists' Ideas for Planet  Earth - Serpentine Gallery - Curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist and Kostas Stasinopoulos.

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FLORENTINE SOCIETY

Can a recipe book talk about the relationship between love and food? Certainly, especially when the recipes are called "Cooking Moonlight Risotto". Hotelier Francesco Cavallo  has launched his first literary work, „Cucina d‘amore e libertà“. His invitations in Florence are legendary.

"Elegance and style are results of a path that never ends."

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