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14 CULTURE & EVENTS CULTURE & EVENTS 15
Exhibition: Desire for Freedom
Until 10 February, the Deutsches Historisches Museum
exhibition “The Desire for Freedom - Art in Europe
since 1945” showcases European art without the
usual ideological demarcation lines that came about
with the Cold War.
The exhibition highlights the different ways in which
113 selected artists have dealt with the ideals of
enlightenment and the belief in universal human rights,
freedom, equality and democracy since 1945; some works
are seen as visual expressions of ideas and concepts
that have the potential to change the world. Many of the
works, from a total of 28 European countries, come from
often neglected regions, overcoming the separation of art
into the usual division of East and West, North and South.
The artworks transcend all inherited boundaries and
divisions, showing something of the enormous range of
approaches to the question of freedom, and the variety
of possible answers. Instead of attempting to examine
the confrontation between the two power blocs in the
Cold War, with their familiar ideological and political
divisions, the exhibition seeks to trace their common
roots in democracy and socialism, as offspring of
the Enlightenment. Both systems set themselves the
challenge of realising the core values of the Enlightenment
– Freedom, Equality and Human Rights.
In a cycle of 12 different sections, or ‘chapters’, the
exhibition examines themes such as Reason, Utopia,
Consumerism, Force, Sustainability and Self-Knowledge,
which, in turn generates a number of fundamental questions
about how we live in society. Artists such as Ian Hamilton
Finlay, Fernand Léger, Damien Hirst, Armando, Tadeusz
Kantor, Richard Hamilton, Boris Mikhailov, Oskar Rabin,
Niki de Saint Phalle, Gerhard Richter, Aurora Reinhard,
Christo, Arman, Mario Merz, Jordi Colomer, Raul Meel, Maria
Lassnig, Eric Bulatov and Carlfriedrich Claus, provoke us to
think about the way in which we lead our own lives.
Visitors can use the museum’s audioguides for free, and
join one of several German-language tours every week
for an additonal €4.
Deutsches Historisches Museum, Unter den
Linden 2, Mitte, MHackescher Markt, tel. +49 30
20 30 40, www.dhm.de. Open 10:00 - 18:00.
Christo, Wrapped Oil Barrels, 1958/1959
fabric, enamel colour, steel wire, 18 oil barrels, height
279 cm; New York // Christo, USA, © Christo 1958,
Foto: Wolfgang Volz
Dalí - The Exhibition at Potsdamer Platz
With over 450 exhibits, the new museum and
cultural highlight ‘Dalí - The Exhibition at Potsdamer
Platz’ offers the most complete overview of Dalí’s
virtuous and experimental mastery in almost all art
techniques, right here in the heart of Berlin. As Dalí
once said: “Come into my brain”. In keeping with this
spirit ’Surrealism for all’, visitors to Berlin now have
the chance to discover ‘their Dalí’.
Dalí - The Exhibition at Potsdamer Platz,
Leipziger Platz 7, Mitte, MPotsdamer Platz, tel.
+49 700 32 54 23 75 46, www.daliberlin.de. Open
12:00-20:00, Sun & holidays 10:00-20:00. Admission
€11, reduced €9.
25 Dec, 20:00
St. Petersburg Sinfonietta
Conductor: Igor Budinstein; works by Bach, Vivaldi and
Tchaikovsky
KH
28 Dec, 20:00
Tschechische Symphoniker Prag, Prager Opernchor
Conductor: Petr Chromczák
KH
29-31 Dec, 20:00
Berliner Philharmoniker, Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo
soprano)
Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle; works by Dvorák, Rameau,
Händel, Saint-Saëns, Hummel, Ravel and Brahms
PH
5 Jan, 20:00
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Daniel Müller-
Schott (violoncello)
Conductor: Krzysztof Urbanski; works by Shostakovitch
and Lutoslawski
PH
6 Jan, 20:00
Boya Zheng (piano)
Works by Bach, Beethoven, Ravel and Chopin
PH
© DaliBerlin.de
9-11 Jan, 20:00
Berliner Philharmoniker
Conductor: Riccardo Chailly; works by Bartholdy and Bruckner
PH
15 Jan, 20:00
Wiener Philharmoniker
Conductor: Georges Prêtre; works by Beethoven, Stravinsky
and Ravel
PH
17-19 Jan, 20:00
Berliner Philharmoniker, Murray Perahia (piano)
Works by Mozart and Schubert
PH
23-25 Jan, 20:00
Berliner Philharmoniker
Conductor: Louis Langrée; works by Mozart
PH
24 Jan, 20:00
Mitsuko Uchida (piano)
Works by Schumann, Schönberg and Bach
PH
31 Jan, 20:00
Berliner Philharmoniker, Lang Lang (piano)
Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel; works by Barber, Bartók
and Strauss
PH
Wintergarten Variété shows
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Until 26 January, roll up for the Wintergarten’s “Magical
Mystery Show”, an evening centred around magic and
illusion, the unimaginable and the impossible, where
nothing is as it seems to be.
A variety of charismatic grand masters of magic arts,
highly acclaimed and of international renown take to the
stage; the magicians, mind-readers and card tricksters
will baffle the senses. Among others, the Belgian Rafael
levitates a lady, the Berliner Duo Sonambul perform
telepathy and mind-reading, and Austrian Otto Wessely
takes rubber rabbits, plush chickens and chainsaws
to the stage. Experience the brand-new PMD-art
technology, and interactive lighting system, that will
play tricks with your mind. A trip into the world of the
inexplicable.
Wintergarten Variété, Potsdamer Straße 96,
Tiergarten, U Kurfürstenstraße, tel. +49 30 58 84
33, www.wintergarten-berlin.de. Shows Wed-Sat
20:00, Sun 18:00.
BLUE MAN GROUP
Discover the wild side of berlin.
In a city dominated by mainly German
theater shows, the BLUE MAN GROUP
show at Potsdamer Platz offers a wonderful
solution for any tongue-tied foreigner
in the city. The New York production
is a unique form of entertainment
that communicates with its audience
by way of gestures, expressions and
music rather than words. In the show,
three bald-headed blue men whisk the
audience away on a funny, entertaining, thrilling and unique musical
journey. Now the show, which has been thrilling audiences in Berlin
since 2004, is introducing an ‘international edition’ in which English text
has been creatively integrated into the production, making it even easier
for visitors from abroad to follow along.
Come see the BLUE MAN GROUP perform at the Stage BLUEMAX Theater
at Potsdamer Platz.
BLUE MAN GROUP, Marlene-Dietrich-Platz 4, Stage BLUEMAX Theater,
Tel. (+ 49) (0) 18 05 44 44 * , www.bluemangroup.de/international
Daily shows except for on Mondays. Tickets from € 54,90.
* € 0.14/min. calling from a German landline.
Cellphone charges max. € 0.42 min.
Concerts
5 Dec, 19:00
Motörhead (Metal)
CH
8 Dec, 20:00
Seeed (Reggae)
MS
9 Dec, 20:00
Doro (Metal)
HX
13 Dec, 20:00
Ben Howard (singer/songwriter)
TD
15 Dec, 20:00
MIA (Pop)
MS
28 Dec, 20:00
Axel Zwingenberger - Klavier (Jazz, Boogie Woogie)
PH
Exhibitions
Until 6 January
Romantic Middle Ages - Architecture and nature in
Schinkel’s paintings
Architectural painting by painter and architect Karl Friedrich
Schinkel and his peers.
AN
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