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 Summer in the City ___________________  Summertime has finally begun and many cultural events in Berlin are waiting for you. The Kulturforum of Berlin also shows its very best side. Various special exhibitions and the great permanent exhibitions in the Painting Gallery (Gemäldegalerie) and the Museum of Decorative Arts (Kunstgewerbemuseum) are indeed presenting various special exhibitions as well as great permanent exhibitions for all tastes. After a visit of the Kulturforum, why don´t you walk over Potsdamer Platz and the Regierungsviertel or take a rest in the Tiergarten park? Please keep in mind that the State Museums of Berlin (SMB) are closed on Mondays. On Thursdays you can visit many of them (also at the Kulturforum) for free between 6 and 10 pm. We also recommend the numerous guided tours. Our website kulturforum-berlin.info is a private initiative and is therefore a non official information service. We unfortunately cannot give you any binding information about the institutions at the Kulturforum. Please do not hesitate to send us a mail if you need some general information. 5th Berlin Biennial and "The New National Gallery Collection - The Exciting Art of the Twentieth Century" _______________________________________________  Until the beginning of June 2008 in the basement of the New National Gallery masterpieces of its own collection of modern art of the 20th century will be shown and on the ground floor young artists present their works within the 5th Berlin Biennial until 15 June 2008. Two more special exhibitions in the New National Gallery will follow in July. more information Museum of Decorative Arts remains open _______________________________________________  The Museum of Decorative Arts (Kunstgewerbemuseum) remains open. The plans for redesigning the exhibition rooms have been postponed and for this reason the fantastic collection of decorative arts can be still visited - among others, the Welfenschatz, epoch-making furnitures and fashion. Although looking forward to the realisation of the redesigning-plans in the near future we are glad that, due to the delay of the construction works, one of the most important collections of its kind will be still accessible for the time being. more information Special exhibition __________________  The look upon two métropoles in regard to their children´s books between 1870 - 1945 Focussed on these two European métropoles the exhibition shows the development in making children´s books in consideration of the political, social and economic context. The exhibition will be shown in the State Library (Neue Staatsbibliothek) from 16 May until 28 June 2008. more information How are you changing Berlin? Tell your story! _______________________________________________ 
be Berlin is the title of the international promotion campaign for Berlin - organized by the city of Berlin. Everybody is invited to participate and to tell about the own life and stories in correlation to Berlin. On the website www.sei.berlin.de you can tell your own story and read the stories that already have been published. Special exhibition __________________ Posters and Graphic Design by Ott and Stein The special exhibition (20 March - 15 June 2008) is arranged by the art library at the Kulturforum and offers an insight into the diversity of graphic works which Nicolaus Ott and Bernard Stein produced during thirty works of their working together. The exhibits are characterised by a clear-cut articulation of text and image within a balanced structure of form. Script and picture are carriers of information and forms carrying meaning at the same time. With their posters and book designs, Ott and Stein provided new impulses in graphic design, earning themselves a reputation on an international level as well. They lent a new face to numerous institutions, including the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (National Museums in Berlin). more information Review __________  Imagination and Craft. Cennino Cennini and the Tradition of Tuscan Painting from Giotto to Lorenzo Monaco This studio exhibition in the Gemäldegalerie presents until the 13th of April some twenty panels and drawings from the 14th and 15th century. The thematic framework is provided by the work of Tuscan artist Cennino Cennini, author of the "Libro dell´ Arte" (" Book of Art"), a late Mediaeval painters´ handbook on the cusp of the Renaissance. Two panels from the collection of the Gemäldegalerie - Old Master Paintings, a "Bishop Saint" and a "Pope Saint", are attributed to Cennini. These, together with the earliest known copy of the "Libro dell´ Arte, form the heart of the exhibition. Further included are works by Giotto, Taddeo Gaddi, Agnolo Gaddi, and Lorenzo Monaco. more information on the official website  Innovative technology The digital guide for the exhibition is designed as an interactive guide in german and english language. The guide is provided by Antenna Audio and offers beneath audio information also visual contents. With this multimedia-guide the visitor is able to zoom into the drawings and get additional information about details as well. Review ________ 22nd Long Night of Museums  The 22nd Long Night of Museums centred upon the topic TIME - Zeit reaching from all kinds of time measurement to computation of time, from chronos-time flowing along- to kairos -the (right) moment of time. The versatile meanings of the term was presented by the museums of Berlin in the traditionally high quality and with additional programs. For the first time, "Kulturforum at Potsdamer Platz" was the logistic centre of the event. From here the five busshuttle-routes started to the participating museums all around Berlin and here, of course, you could buy the tickets, find out the latest news or take a little break by enjoying warm snacks.  The light-installation „Time Fades” on the piazzetta by the artist Philipp Geist was one of the most fascinating temporary attractions. The next (23rd) Long Nights of Museums will follow in August 2008. We put some snapshots of the 22nd Long Night of Museums in our picture gallery.  programme of the 22nd Night Of Museums (german) english translation of the above programmeReview ________ 125 years Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra  The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra is 125 years old. The orchestra was founded in 1882 und directors like Furtwängler and Herbert von Karajan lead the orchestra, at present directed by Sir Simon Rattle. On sunday, 4th of November 2007, the Philharmonic Orchestra celebrated its 125th birthday with an outstanding party, the "Orchesterfest": Everybody was invited to join the party and to listen to the marathon of concerts arranged in the Berlin Philharmonie and Kammermusiksaal. The admission was free and thousands of people where enthusiastic over the perfectly performed concerts. Read also the article in the newspaper "Tagesspiegel" The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra is one of the most renown orchestras worldwide. The "Orchesterfest" and other free events like the so called lunchconcerts in the foyer of the Berlin Philharmonie are the way how the Philharmonic Orchestra gives profuse thanks to its fans. Review ________ Uli Richter. A Berlin Fashion Story  Until January 6th, 2008, a special exhibition at the Kulturforum honoured Uli Richter to his 80th birthday. Uli Richter belongs to the most renowned coutouriers of Germany in the 1960s and 70s. Also in the United States his collections were very popular. The exhibition shows the most beautiful and considerable pieces of in all 600 pieces of clothing that Uli Richter donated along with his drawings collection to the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. pictures of the exhibition opening in the picture gallery. website of the exhibition "Uli Richter. A Berlin Fashin Story" newspaper article in Welt-Online newspaper article in Spiegel-Online newspaper article in Tagesspiegel-Online Review ________ "Die schönsten Franzosen kommen aus New York"  The most beautiful 19th-century French masterpieces from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York were exclusively shown in the New National Gallery from June 1st to October 7th (exhibition by the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin). In all over 600,000 people visited the exhibition. official website of the special exhibiton Article in the magazine "Museumsjournal" picture gallery Newsletter __________ Information about exhibitions and events. 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