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German director Wim Wenders explores new dimension in art, technology with 'Pina'

German director Wim Wenders has traveled many a dusty road. He's charting a new path into another dimension with his new, Academy Award nominated film, "Pina."

Berlin 2012: German Directors Doris Dorrie and Klaus Lemke Attack Berlin Film Fest

Scott Roxborough Doris Dorrie accuses Berlin of being too art house, Klaus Lemke calls the German festival too commercial. read more

Berlin Guggenheim to close

For 14 years, the German Guggenheim hosted contemporary art exhibitions in a space at Berlin office of Deutsche Bank.

One Model Nation Eyes ’70s-Era Terror Through Krautrock Lens

“Remastered” graphic novel One Model Nation is an intriguing and humorous historical fiction set in ’70s Berlin, as seen through an imaginary German art-noise band. But the fake musicians in the book aren’t as important as their fates, which are intertwined with all-too-real terror group Red Army Faction. The hardcover, written by The Dandy Warhols [...]

'Meistersinger,' Wagner's Heart-Warming Opera

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German locals worry about impact of withdrawing US soldiers

Through 100 years, two world wars and three generations, the Hotel Böhm has catered to soldiers and their families in the center of this small Bavarian town.

German exhibit explores discount culture

A shopping trolley immersed in seven tonnes of white sugar, 2,000 vacuum-packed sausages littering the floor, thousands of slices of bread forming little houses. These installations are not classic art exhibit fodder but part of a modern art display at a German museum exploring discount culture, as pioneered by supermarket giants such as Aldi.

St. Louis tries new approach in museum expansion

ST. LOUIS (Reuters) - The St. Louis Art Museum is rearranging galleries by theme rather than time period, seeking to make them more accessible to visitors as part of a $162 million expansion. Galleries that once covered the 18th Century, for example, now focus on "The Modern Body" with nudes from different eras, or "The American Scene." It's an approach already in use at the Detroit Institute of ...

German locals worry about impact of withdrawing U.S. soldiers