November, 2016

The most expensive living Artist in the World

Jeff Koons´shiny, ordinary designed “Balloon Dog” was sold at Christie’s for more than 43 million euros. And so the American Jeff Koons replaced the German major painter Gerhard Richter regarding the title: “The most expensive living artist in the world”. Gerhard Richter at that time sold an image with coarse colourful colour streaks for the price of 26.4 million euros.

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The most popular Martial Art in the World

Karate literally means “empty hand”. The history of karate can be traced back to the 19th century to Okinawa. After the Second World War going out from Japan karate became one of the most popular forms of martial art next judo and ju-jitsu. We take a closer look at this form of martial arts.

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Telling Stories through Movement

The first experiments in classical ballet date back to the 15th century. And even today, classical ballet is in demand more than ever. “Der Nussknacker” and “Swan Lake” are famous ballets, which were interpreted by the Russian classical ballet for example.

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The Pioneer of Electronic Music

Karlheinz Stockhausen was one of the most important composers of the 20th century. He still is a pioneer and an important source of inspiration for a comprehensive artist circles. From Joseph Beuys over Kraftwerk up to the DJ’s and artists of the techno generation all musicians who work with electronic music refer to the master of the artificially produced sound.

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“Whatever this guy comes up with, we can build it!”

Whether the legendary War Room, the remanufactured volcano or the first flying space shuttle: Ken Adam seems to master the art of set design like no other. With his visionary and fantastic design he coined the film world and created, not only for James Bond films, memorable science fiction environments. About a man who kidnapped generation of viewers with imagination and pencil drawing.

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The Religion of the indigenous People of Shipibo

The people of the Shipibo in Peru live in the river jungle on the upper reaches of Rio Ucayali. With about 25,000 people they belong to the indigenous people of the Peruvian Amazon region and live in traditional village communities. The Shipibo preserved their own language and act out a religion that is unusual for the Western world.

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Waves up to 30 Meters high

Surfing is a dangerous sport. The bigger the waves, the greater the risk. They rear up slowly and mighty. Much larger and more gigantic than man. These wild and unruly appearances attracts surfers around the world magically. They meet at the most popular big waves hotspots of the world and ride the monsters from the ocean.

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A Touch of the Far East

Initially her images emanated the typical Chinese portraits. With ink-drawn landscapes, without colour. But that was too little for the artist from the Far East. Since then she portrays the energy of life on large pictures – on oil paintings and tapestries. And the colours play an important role in this context.

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“The Film of Hitchcock”

In 1967, the director and actor of French cinema Francois Truffaut interviewed the legendary British director Alfred Hitchcock. It was not a traditional interview: 50 hours, about 500 questions, and a comprehensive examination of the filmography of the director since his inception in silent movies to the “Torn Curtain” produced in 1966. The interview was published in the book “The Films of Hitchcock” and has proven itself as a reference point for scholars and film lovers.

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One of the most contemporary Artists of our Time

The 45-year-old native street art artist, graphic designer and illustrator from South Carolina has been sitting in on the scene for a long time and has already made a difference. Obey has caused a stir in the course of the election campaign during the US presidential election in 2008 with his iconic poster “HOPE” for Barack Obama.

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Inspiration for the little Ones

There is a variety of children’s literature with diverse topics around the world. In general, one distinguishes in between picture book, children’s book and juvenile book.
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