Bauhaus Director Defies AfD, Berlin Pool Controversy, Gallery Crisis Debate
During a media review over the weekend, Barbara Steiner, who leads the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation, expressed concerns that the AfD could make considerable gains in the upcoming Saxony-Anhalt state election, condemning their limited cultural nationalism. She asserted, "To stand up resolutely for the Bauhaus, I don't need the AfD." Meanwhile, right-wing media focused on the Berlin Volksbad following the cancellation of a swimming event for Black youth, with Alice Weidel labeling it as 'apartheid.' Although Brandenburg AfD politician Dennis Hohloch called for 'All whites to the Volksbad tomorrow at 12,' the anticipated turnout did not occur. Additionally, the Baer Faxt Podcast featured discussions on the gallery crisis, and the Watari-UM in Tokyo launched a Nam June Paik retrospective. Writer Navid Kermani criticized the cultural neglect in Cologne and expressed concern over the Bastei restaurant's future.
Key facts
- Barbara Steiner expects AfD gains in Saxony-Anhalt election and warns of nationalist culture concept.
- Steiner says AfD uses terms like 'Traditionsfeindlichkeit, Heimatverlust, Wurzellosigkeit' similar to anti-modern movement.
- Berlin Volksbad swimming event for Black youth canceled after threats; right-wing media and AfD reacted.
- Alice Weidel called the pool's planned event 'apartheid'; Dennis Hohloch urged whites to attend.
- Josh Baer, Marc Spiegler, and Amy Cappellazzo discussed gallery crisis in Baer Faxt Podcast.
- Watari-UM in Tokyo opened Nam June Paik retrospective; curator Hikaru Watari discussed works.
- Navid Kermani criticized Cologne's focus on events over culture, citing neglect and loss of status.
- Kermani mentioned Bastei restaurant (1924) faces demolition due to dilapidation.
- Kermani praised Cologne's diversity and tolerance, noting it was first German city to establish Christopher Street Day.
Entities
Artists
- Nam June Paik
- Navid Kermani
Institutions
- Bauhaus Dessau Foundation
- Tagesspiegel
- Baer Faxt Podcast
- Art Basel
- New York Times
- Watari-UM
- Ocula
- Nius
- Bild
- Welt
- Apollo News
- AfD
- Deutsche Presse-Agentur
- C.H. Beck-Verlag
Locations
- Saxony-Anhalt
- Berlin
- Volksbad
- Tokyo
- Cologne
- Germany