Bauhaus Funding, AI Talking Sculptures, and Guerrilla Girls Revelation

Wolfram Weimer, German Minister of State for Culture, has demanded that Saxony-Anhalt continue funding the Bauhaus Foundation even if the far-right AfD wins the upcoming state election. An AfD spokesperson called Bauhaus a 'wrong path of modernity' and proposed replacing the state's tourism slogan '#moderndenken' with '#deutschdenken'. Weimer compared the AfD's stance to Nazi persecution of Bauhaus artists. The election is in six weeks, with the AfD leading polls. Meanwhile, the Metropolitan Museum of Art has introduced AI-powered talking medieval sculptures, developed with AskMona, allowing visitors to ask questions via QR code. AskMona CEO Marion Carré acknowledged AI controversy but stressed it complements human guides. Architect Roland Korn, former chief architect of East Berlin (1973-1989), died at 96. He designed landmarks like the Haus des Reisens and the Hotel Stadt Berlin (now Park Inn) at Alexanderplatz. Artist Joyce Kozloff revealed she was a founding member of the Guerrilla Girls, writing the first draft of their iconic poster 'The Advantages of Being a Woman Artist'. She remained anonymous until now to keep focus on issues. Johannes Vogel, director of the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, shared his first job at 16 in a bread factory in Bielefeld, describing it as a 'great school for life'.