Joseph Goebbels, spent fortunes building mansion at Bogensee, near Berlin after he was gifted land in 1936
It was where he seduced mistresses including the film starlet Lída Baarová, who he had two-year affair with
Mansion fell into disuse in the 1990s after being used as East German college for indoctrinating young people
New plans will see it transformed into commune artists complete with vegan restaurant and health centre
Scheme also includes a theatre and museum and priority living space for those disadvantaged in our society
The Amex Centurion card, created in collaboration with Rem Koolhaas. Photo: American Express.
Art Industry News is a daily digest of the most consequential developments coming out of the art world and art market. Here’s what you need to know on this Tuesday, February 9.
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How Deaccessioning Is Playing Out in the Public Sphere – Andrew Russeth captures the battle royal underway in the museum world surrounding deaccessioning in light of new challenges posed by the pandemic. Perhaps the most vocal proponent of a loose constructionist view is Baltimore Museum of Art director Christopher Bedford, who said: “Museum directors, as a convention, learn art history in the classroom, and they learn economic management in practice. The big revelation, for me, is that my greatest act of creativity is now an economic one, as opposed to a conventionally defined creative one.” (