Berlin Art Week Press Review: Cattelan, Museum Directors, and Wolfram Weimer

During the recent Berlin Art Week, significant dialogues took place, as highlighted by Nicola Kuhn in Tagesspiegel. At a conference held at Hamburger Bahnhof, museum leaders from eastern Germany voiced their worries regarding the political atmosphere following the Saxony-Anhalt elections. Barbara Steiner from the Bauhaus Foundation referred to the election as a "Quantensprung in Negative," which has repercussions for the cultural scene in Saxony-Anhalt. Annegret Laabs of Kunstmuseum Magdeburg pointed out that the AfD's rise reflects societal divisions. Maurizio Cattelan, who shunned media attention, spoke about his exhibition at the Neue Nationalgalerie. Gabriele Stötzer shared insights from her GDR past at Gropius Bau. Culture Minister Wolfram Weimer featured on the Zeit podcast, while Hanno Rauterberg critiqued Niki de Saint Phalle's work in Die Zeit. The exhibition "Niki de Saint Phalle. Dream Machine" is on view at Kunstpalast Düsseldorf until February 7.