Rehearsal house and a thousandth for Salzburg’s independent scene
Next Thursday, the culture committee of the Salzburg municipal council is expected to make a kind of fundamental decision for the construction of a rehearsal house for the independent Salzburg theater and dance scene. In the proposed resolution, a plot of land on the northernmost edge of the city...
Beyoncé is making history at Grammys
Los Angeles – This year’s Grammy gala was dominated by women. The prizes in the major categories all went to women. Taylor Swift was named Best Album for Folklore, HER’s anti-racism number “I Can’t Breathe” was named “Song of the Year”, and Billie Eilish’s “Everything I Wanted” was named...
An illegally executed Klimt painting on a visit
The art collector Rudolf Leopold once sold the picture for 18 million schillings. Now it is returning for a year: on loan to the Belvedere...
Martin Kusej: “The auditorium is a safe place”
Director Martin Kusej pointed on Sunday in the Burgtheater in the series “Europe in Discourse” (online) co-organized by STANDARD under the title “The vaccination – a scarce good?” towards the precarious situation of cultural institutions. With reference to scientific studies on the aerosol transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus indoors,...
Theater maker Piero Bordin dies
Vienna / Carnuntum – The theater maker Piero Bordin, founder and director of the world theater festival “Art Carnuntum” died on Friday at the age of 73. His widow Elfriede confirmed this to the APA on Sunday. Bordin collapsed with a heart attack at the funeral of his mother-in-law...
Carolin Emcke: Ax murder and domestic retreats
“We’ll see you in the spring,” wrote the German publicist in her Corona-Journal from 2020, which is now appearing, and she was right and wrong. A review...
Praise for the compromise: human and microalgae join forces
Long decried as boring, the art of making compromises is being revalued: Philosophers advocate balancing interests with nature...
“Badger in the Thicket – Hare Hunger”: A forest thriller
Dachs, the chief of the forest police, and his assistant are sitting at the counter in the “Hollow Tree”. You have just ordered a delicious earthworm carpaccio and are swaying to “Schwap ‘n’ Schrapp” when a murder is reported on the frog radio. The forest policeman rushes to the...
Author Sabine Scholl: Rejections and invisible opponents
The Viennese author on her pandemic year: Forced staying, isolation, calm exercises, deep talk and the longing for the unforeseen...
Beeple: becoming a millionaire with digital art
The collage by US artist Beeple aka Mike Winkelmann was auctioned for $ 70 million at Christie’s...