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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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Bachmann in Dialogue – Ilaria Gaspari and Annabelle Hirsch
On the occasion of the exhibition Ingeborg Bachmann “Ich existiere nur, wenn ich schreibe”, at the Museum Casa di Goethe until 31 August. Two committed voices of Italian and German literature present texts by Ingeborg Bachmann: Ilaria Gaspari (*1986) and Annabelle Hirsch (*1986) read from letters, reportages and excerpts from works that have influenced […]
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 […]