- NEW YORK (USA)
Public Art: A New Sculpture in New York in Honor of Lorraine Hansberry
On June 9, a new public art sculpture will be unveiled in Times Square in New York, which comes to pay tribute to a great woman but also to raise issues of values and hierarchy again. Dedicated to African-American playwright and activist Lorraine Hansberry (1930-1965), the sculpture is the work of Allison Saar, who responded to an invitation to give the untouched spirit of a prematurely lost author a work of art that will make the reader reluctant to stop and wonder about it. Scholarships for young writers will be announced on the occasion of the unveiling of the new sculpture.
- BERLIN-GERMANY (EU)
Exhibition: Schreiben Sie Doch Bitte Grosz Statt Gross
More than ten years ago, gallery owner Juerg Judin transformed a derelict 1950s Shell filling station into an urban oasis for living and working. Sited near an elevated metro track near Nollendorfplatz is an enchanted world where bamboo and pines sprout in the garden, ducks swim in the pond and the station roof acts as a giant sunshade. Now Judin is opening this architectural jewel to the public as a museum dedicated to the artist George Grosz. Das Kleine Grosz Museum – complete with new annex – opened on Saturday-May 14, 2022, with an exhibition that focuses on the early work of the Berlin caricaturist, painter and graphic artist. Works include drawings from Grosz’s youth as well as his cityscapes that gave a foretaste of Germany’s Golden Twenties.
May 14 – October 17, 2022
