Current month

May

Conference

Thomas Steinfeld: The time tenant. A few things about Goethe and Italy

Several times on his Italian journey, Goethe found himself in situations in which he wanted to believe that he had fallen out of his own time and had landed in antiquity or in a kind of non-time. We think we recognise this feeling. But this is not the case: Goethe, still in the 18th century, […]

learn more
Conference

Otto Kallscheuer: Pope and time. From world empire to world church?

The Imperium Romanum and the Roman Catholic Church embody two completely different, but at the same time related institutions: two successful models of political/legal/ethical universalism, which in principle is aimed at all people. The eternal city draws its nimbus – and also its cultural wealth – from both models: from the claim to power of […]

learn more

Notte dei Musei Roma

During the legendary Museum’s Night Casa di Goethe is open from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. The permanent collection dedicated to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s stay in Rome and the Grand Tour and the temporary exhibition Ingeborg Bachmann ‘I only exist when I write’ are opened. Films shown on the second floor: 20.00 Le Affinità […]

learn more
Lecture and conversation

Bachmann in Dialogue – Ilaria Gaspari and Annabelle Hirsch

  Two significant voices from Italian and German literature read texts by Ingeborg Bachmann. The letters, reports and excerpts are selected by the writers themselves because they are important for their professional development. Ilaria Gaspari reads in Italian, and Annabelle Hirsch in German. The texts are projected in the respective other language. This will be […]

learn more
Book Presentation

Images and words: Max Renkel and Durs Grünbein – a conversation

On the occasion of the publication of Laconic Icons – Gemälde und Studien (Paintings and Studies) by Schirmer/Mosel in 2024, Max Renkel and Durs Grünbein introduce into the volume and discuss about the main subjects. It is the first exhibition-independent monograph on the painter Max Renkel. On the occasion of the 29 colour paintings selected […]

learn more