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Apr 14, 2026 at 17:50 990

Bye, bye Orbán! Péter Magyar and his Tisza party win a two-thirds majority in the 2026 Hungarian parliamentary election

Bye, bye Orban! Péter Magyar (*1981) and his oppositional Tisza party win a two-thirds majority in the 2026 Hungarian parliamentary election—despite all of Viktor Orbán’s (*1963) repeated gerrymandering, the control of roughly 80% of the media in Hungary, and repeated election handouts to retirees and rural residents, who make up his core constituency. On April 12, 2026 the...

Apr 06, 2026 at 19:15 Gustave Courbet: realist and rebel

The French painter Gustave Courbet (1819–1877), born into a wealthy farming family in a provincial town, revolutionized the pictorial language of 19th-century art by making the visual reality of his time the...

Apr 05, 2026 at 16:02 Félicien Rops: Laboratory of Lust

Even in today’s sexualized world, the erotic and pornographic works of the master of Belgian Symbolism, Félicien Rops (1833–1898), have the power to lure audiences out of their comfort zones. They...

Mar 11, 2026 at 11:10 Global Nuremberg 1300-1600

Already since September 25, 2025 and only until March 22, 2026 Germanisches Nationalmuseum in Nuremberg shows the exhibition GLOBAL Nuremberg 1300–1600. It explains how the city of Nuremberg (Nürnberg)...

Mar 28, 2020 at 23:47 1307

Gudrun Kemsa: New York, New York

A new photo book, Gudrun Kemsa: New York, New York (Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.fr, Amazon.de), visually explores the city that never sleeps and the stage it sets for the people...

Mar 27, 2020 at 02:17 2390

By joining Netanyahu, Gantz is giving up his integrity

The world is getting crazier every day. Trump, Bolsonaro, Brexit, Benny Gantz joining Netanyahu. The Blue and White leader Benny...

Mar 26, 2020 at 14:30 3508

Edward Hopper: A Fresh Look at Landscape

Unfortunately, because of the infamous Covid-19 epidemic, Fondation Beyeler in Riehen, near Basel (Switzerland) is closed until...

Mar 25, 2020 at 17:08 2177

Basquiat by Himself

According to Nicholas Cullinan’s forword to Basquiat by Himself, this is the first book entirely devoted to Jean-Paul Basquiat’s self-portraits (Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk,...

Mar 18, 2020 at 12:55 1616

In Arizona, Florida and lllinois, Biden is clearly ahead of Sanders

On March 17, 2020 the Democratic primaries in Arizona, Florida and Illinois went on as planned. The Republican governor of Ohio,...

Mar 15, 2020 at 15:16 3923

Coronavirus — we live in hysterical times

You name it SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 or Coronavirus — we live in hysterical times. According to the year and the statistics or...

Mar 07, 2020 at 14:28 1962

The UBS and Art Basel Global Art Market Report 2020

The UBS and Art Basel Gobal Art Market Report 2020 has 384 pages. The research by Arts Economics presents data collected from...

Mar 05, 2020 at 19:42 1994

Once again, Netanyahu has no majority

Da capo! The official results of the third Israeli election within a year are in and, once again, Netanyahu has no majority. The...

Mar 04, 2020 at 11:38 2049

Biden ahead of Sanders on Super Tuesday. Will Bloomberg support Biden?

Update added on March 4, 2020 at 19:45 German time: Mike Bloomberg took a wise decision, suspended his campaign and endorsed Joe...

Mar 03, 2020 at 17:49 3548

Peter Lindbergh: Untold Stories

Until June 1, 2020 Kunstpalast Düsseldorf shows the great exhibition Peter Lindbergh: Untold Stories (the large-scale catalogue: Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.fr, Amazon.de). It is the...

Mar 02, 2020 at 10:39 1598

The Democratic field further cleared before Super Tuesday

[Added on March 2, 2020 at 22:02 German time: According to Reuters, Buttigieg will endorse Biden]. [Added on March 2, 2020 at...

Mar 01, 2020 at 10:00 1950

Biden is the big winner. But South Carolina could remain THE exception

The Democratic presidential primary in South Carolina has produced one big winner: Joe Biden (*1942). With all votes counted,...

Feb 23, 2020 at 16:27 1763

Bernie wins Nevada and is running clearly ahead of the field

[Update added on February 25, 2020 at 00:59 Swiss time: With 100% reporting, all votes counted, according to AP, Bernie Senders...

Feb 20, 2020 at 18:07 1774

Bloomberg under fire at the Nevada debate

On February 19, 2020 the Nevada Democratic presidential debate took place. For the first time, the billionaire Michael Bloomberg...

Feb 19, 2020 at 17:50 3193

Albrecht Dürer

The excellent Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528) exhibition at the famous Albertina in Vienna ended in January. The catalogue is still available and a great, richly illustrated read (Amazon.com,...