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...strange creature that is part bird, part man and part angel, has sparked various interpretations over the years. Its former owner, the German philosopher Walter Benjamin, believed that it represented the Angel of History. According to another theory, the painting was inspired by Adolf Hitler, who lived in Munich at the same time as Klee. When Klee painted Angelus Novus in 1920, Hitler had just entered politics and was practicing his oratory skills by giving hate-ridden speeches in local beer halls...
...work is no longer so puzzling. What it is instead is famous, influential and even venerated, the kind of work that gets you a big retrospective like the one opening on Nov. 7 at the Whitney Museum of American Art in Manhattan and traveling to Munich and Washington. With about 150 photos and two videos, including a rather loopy one from the early 1970s, "William Eggleston: Democratic Camera" will be the largest American museum show ever devoted to his work. And this time, no one will be bored...
...Thursday, Oct. 30 to Saturday, Nov. 1. “Crosscurrents” will explore the musical interactions between America and Europe during the 20th century.The “Crosscurrents” conference will be the first of a two-part series, with the second installment taking place in Munich, Germany, this May. “Because of the theme of the conference, we wanted it to actually be international,” says Anne Shreffler, the Chair of the Harvard Music Department and one of the conference’s four organizers. “We hope that this...
...massive decline in car leasing contracts in the U.S. It says that its plant in Leipzig will close for a week later this month and its Regensburg plant will shut from Nov 3 to 7, during the Bavarian Fall holidays. Union officials say the company's main plant in Munich may also shut for a few days. Ford plans to cut production at its Saarlouis plant in southwestern Germany and says it is also laying off 204 part-time workers. Mercedes parent Daimler announced earlier this year that because of slower demand it would slow production through 2008 and send...
...Measure of the Medalist I am happy for Michael Phelps' success in the swimming events at the Beijing Olympics [Aug. 25]. But it is not apt to compare Phelps with Mark Spitz and the seven gold medals Spitz earned at the 1972 Munich Olympics. Spitz did not have the technological advantages of superspeedy pools and laser-sleek swimsuits. In fact, he swam those events with a mustache. Spitz won his medals the old-fashioned way. It has taken more than 30 years of innovation and technology for anyone to come close to his Olympic success. Mark D. Reese, Salt Lake...