Architecture – Pritzker Prize for French duo Lacaton and Vassal
The French architectural duo Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal have been honored with the Pritzker Prize 2021, the highest award for architecture. The jury announced on Tuesday in Chicago. “By prioritizing the improvement of human life through a perspective of generosity and freedom of use, they are able to...
Singing competition – Stefan Raab’s “Free European Song Contest” continues
The ProSieben broadcaster will broadcast the second edition of “Free ESC” on May 15, one week before the grand finale of the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest. ProSieben announced on Tuesday. The final of the original Eurovision Song Contest will take place in Rotterdam this year and will be broadcast...
France – Frank Gehry exhibition tower in Arles is scheduled to open on June 26th
The 56 meter high exhibition tower by the American architect Frank Gehry in Arles in the south of France is expected to open its doors on June 26th. The spectacular building, which consists of 11,000 aluminum panels, is part of the 11 hectare LUMA exhibition complex of the Swiss...
– Culture at the Palais: Again this year “Summer Rhapsody in the Garden”
There will be culture in the open air again this year in the park of the Liechtenstein Garden Palace: From July 19 to August 18, the “Summer Rhapsody in the Garden” will take place for the second time. Events with Philipp Hochmair, Alfred Dorfer, Count Basic, Angelika Kirchschlager and...
Media Policy – Press Council presents annual report and case statistics for 2020
More cases than ever before – namely 418 – occupied the Press Council in 2020. This was due, among other things, to the reports on COVID19, which led to a particularly high number of submissions. In addition, the press council received more than 1,500 complaints based on reports on...
Book deal – actor Idris Elba becomes a children’s book author
British actor Idris Elba plans to publish a number of children’s books. “I feel privileged to have the opportunity to bring stories to life with my incredible partner Robyn Charteris (…),” the industry magazine “The Hollywood Reporter” quoted him on Monday (local time). With Charteris, Elba has an experienced...
Restitution – France restitutes Klimt painting “Roses under trees”
France wants to return the Klimt painting “Roses under Trees”, which was stolen by the Nazis and currently kept in the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, from the possession of the Jewish Austrian Nora Stiasny to her relatives. France’s Minister of Culture Roselyne Bachelot-Narquin announced on Monday. For the State...
Pop – Ernst Molden and Der Nino from Vienna: S (t) ars in the manege
When the circus came to town, Mordsbahöl was always the order of the day. There was cotton candy, ice cream and deep-fried food and in any case no school that was stuck (but psst!). There were clowns that you ball yourself over and trapeze artists that you could hardly...
Theater criticism – Luk Perceval’s “Yellow” as a theater film: Storm of Voices
Jef goes. “With this enigmatic sentence, repeated umpteen times, the theater film” Yellow “begins. The scenery is in black and white, the costumes cite the 1930s, men with tight necks, women with strict pigtails. Gradually it reveals itself where Jef’s journey leads: He joined the Flemish Legion to fight...
Competition – wanted improvisation artists
The Austrian Composers Association, formerly known as the Austrian Composers Association, is holding the phonoEchoes competition for the second time. Submissions are welcome (by May 31, 2021) from the areas of free improvisation and transmedial concepts. All Tonkünstler resident in Austria are eligible to participate; There is no age...