Celebrating Joseph Beuys works
To mark his 100th birthday, Germany is celebrating this renowned artist. Beuys was a politician, ecologist and a first-rate artist. These works are world famous.
The guy with the hat
Born in Krefeld 100 years ago on May 12, 1921, Joseph Beuys was mythologized for his groundbreaking conceptual art, but also his signature felt hat. The iconic image of the world-renowned artist with his headwear was forged after Andy Warhol created a series of screen prints of Beuys in 1980. They were based on a Polaroid photograph taken by Warhol in 1979 when the giants of postwar art met.
Wow! The Capri Battery from 1985
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Arts and Culture with Halida Abbaro on Friday, 7 May 2021
An innovative project puts anti-nazi activist Sophie Scholl, who was executed in 1943, on instagram, we look at celebrations of the centenary of German artist Joseph Beuys birth and meet a Serbian artist turning guns into musical instruments.
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