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Ralph Gibson in Cologne:
A Master of Surrealist Photography Presents His Life’s Work at TASCHEN (EN)
SOLDIERS LIFE
Team captain of the Invictus Games 2022 in The HagueVocko: “How does a soldier actually feel?“
UMWELT
Dr. Jan-Niclas Gesenhues: „Investitionen in die Natur sind Investitionen in unseren Wohlstand." (DE)
FREEDOM OF SPEACH
Julian Assange und die Pressefreiheit. Eine kleine Chronik (DE)
ARMUT
Bernd Siggelkow: “Die Arche gibt Kindern eine Lobby, eine Stimme und ein Herz“ (DE)
ALETHEA TALKS
Bülent Mumay: “My greatest motivation was to write about our democracy and my profession and to defend them.”
In an exclusive Alethea Talks interview, Turkish journalist Bülent Mumay talks about his new book “Das kann mich hinter Gitter bringen: Letters from Istanbul” and his commitment to democracy and journalism in his home country of Turkey. Mumay is known for his work for Deutsche Welle and his column “Letter from Istanbul” as well as his podcast for the FAZ. After his second or third column in the FAZ, he was arrested for allegedly publishing reports critical of the government, but was released shortly afterwards. Despite ongoing risks, including a suspended 20-month prison sentence, he continues to write for German newspapers, exposing the looming threat of the “agent law”, which could see journalists working for foreign media jailed. (EN /
DE)
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Courtesy of Andrew Gold
Andrew Gold: ‘I hope my book will encourage people to stop judging other people because they have a different opinion.’
Freedom of the press
Often the subject of controversy, Gold's YouTube channel ‘Heretic’ is primarily dedicated to freedom of the press. ALETHEA TALKS (EN / DE)
News aus Düsseldorf
IN DER NACHT
Duesseldorf: Ein einziger Abend mit dem Gutnachtbus, den wir nie vergessen werden
Oktober 2024 (DE)
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FASHION/DÜSSELDORF
Breuninger, ein Leuchtturm in Düsseldorf:Breuninger und sein Platz im Herzen der Düsseldorfer
Düsseldorfer Fashion Days
Modeunternehmerin organisiert Mega-Modespektakel in der Innenstadt (DE)
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)
ALETHEA TALKS
Rita Süssmuth: „Wo ist die Tatkraft, die Deutschland seit dem Wiederaufbau prägte.“
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m Alter von 87 Jahren erhebt Rita Süssmuth noch einmal ihre Stimme mit der ihr eigenen Unabhängigkeit, angesichts aktueller Krisen und Kriege, der überraschenden Wahlergebnisse und politischer Unentschlossenheit. (DE)
The Biographer of Paris
"Something can always happen on any street corner." Robert Doisneau
July 2024 (EN)
The Biographer of Paris
"Something can always happen on any street corner." Robert Doisneau
July 2024 (EN)
BOOKS
The Biographer of Paris
"Something can always happen on any street corner." Robert Doisneau
July 2024 (EN)
©Sophie Lauenroth
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
©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."
Photo: Rainer Schlegelmilch / Motorsport Images
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29 June 2023 Arnold Schwarzenegger and editor Diane Hanson at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures ©Taschen
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.
©Katie Schön
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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©Artist Hannah Darabi
CALENDAR/BOOKS
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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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."
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
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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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."
©Faksimile Verlag
France receives valuable facsimile Leonardo da Vinci from Faksimile publisher Charlotte Kramer.
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©Team Geuer
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.
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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©Cavallo
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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CALENDAR
Molto Italiano Podcast with main narrator Isabella Rossellini.
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Moon Paradise by Assouline Classics Collection
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Rosso Valentino Everything you always wanted to know about the Valentino Red.
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