Das Verhexte Museum

An in-depth look at daily life at one of the most famous cultural institutions in the world, The Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna.

Das Kondensat. At the age of 60 these recordings stand for something special in Gebhard Ullmann’s life (Berlin Jazz Award 2017, among others). They are cliché-free recollection and move-on at the same time. The result is a sensual electroacoustic improvisation story in eleven chapters. All in all this results in a Berlin band of superlatives that is more than the sum of its parts.

Not satisfied with the assertion that museums have taken great strides in becoming representative, relevant and open in their preoccupations, A Museum in Public contends that the supposedly public nature of their institutional role continues to be a rhetorical one. This book critically examines museums as institutions of the public sphere, questioning what assumptions are made about the publicness of their operations.

A lavishly illustrated guide containing the most important highlights of the Van Gogh Museum. The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam houses the largest collection of Vincent van Gogh's paintings, drawings, letters and prints in the world. Written in an engaging style, this museum guide describes the masterpieces of the collection.