Freddie Mercury @richardyounggallery 

Freddie Mercury's private collection at Sotheby's UK"The most important thing... is to lead a fabulous life." 3 August 2023

ACTOR & ARTIST

Lars Eidinger is not only one of the most famous German actors in cinema and theatre. Born in Berlin, he is also a DJ and photographer. 

 "This occupied me because our time suffers from the distinction between good and evil. Right and wrong. Black and white." 

Read more on Alethea Talks.

FOOTBALL

Mythos & Moderne. Fußball im Ruhrgebiet. Highlight at Ruhr Museum, Zeche Zollverein.

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Virgil Abloh's visionary work for Louis Vuitton and the most beautiful photographs.

STARS / BUSINESS

Kylie Minogue at Prowein 2023 in Düsseldorf.

"It kind of makes the range more of a hug that people have the option of having 0% alcohol, wine and I am super proud."

22 March 2023 by Lizzie Fedi

"The British Royal Family is one of the biggest enthusiasts of equestrian art." Katerina Morgan

CELEBRITY PHOTOGRAPHER

Frederic Auerbach is one of the most influential fashion and celebrity photographers in the world, working for brands such as Dior and Porsche, to name a few. It is only now that he has been persuaded by a Düsseldorf gallery owner to have his first exhibition. 

"Be as free as you can for as long as you can and photograph, photograph, photograph."

February 10, 2023 By Greta Mauer

Erwin Wurm's Avatars in Venice, October 8 , Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana.

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Beats and Kim Kardashian launch the most beautiful earbuds ever.

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Louis Vuitton Trophy Trunks, the new book with Assouline

DÜSSELDORF FASHION ENTREPRENEURS

Kati Schön is known to many people as the Shopping Queen and is a welcome guest at events in Düsseldorf. How to become an influencer.

"I started from scratch. At some point I had so much movement on my Instagram account that many agencies asked me for events."

February 10, 2023 By Greta Mauer

Kimono Style: The John C. WeberCollection

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The future of the opera of the future lies in Heinrich-Heine-Allee. 15 June 2023

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THE SCHOOL FOR GOOD AND EVIL

Soman Chainani studied English Literature at Harvard University when he realised that the Disney films he loved were based on complex, darker stories. There sprang up in him a desire to break down what he called the Disney matrix of good and evil, which he was convinced was corrupting children's mindsets.

"Children should not label themselves, but be open and be everything at once."

Read more on Alethea Talks.

CALENDAR

First James Webb images:

A technical and aesthetic wonder

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The Final Bid by Michael Pinsky at Draiflessen

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Frama transforms Galileo Galiei’s home into residence for filmmaker

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Sally Gabori at Fondation Cartier, July 2022

NEXT GENERATION  LEADER

Kodo Nishimura is an LGBTQ activist, Buddhist monk and makeup artist. He was named a Next Generation Leader by Time Magazine. It all started when he realised he belonged in the LGBTQ community but didn't know how to combine that with his work as a monk.

"I can inspire people to think beyond gender."

Read more on Alethea Talks.

BOOKS

Jess T. Dugan's "Look at me like you love me" nominated on shortlist of Paris Photo-Aperture PhotoBook Awards 2022. October 14, 2022

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Nils Udo’s Habitats at Maison Ruinart

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Stills Center shows Ishiuchi Miyako

FLORENTINE SOCIETY

Can a recipe book talk about the relationship between love and food? Certainly, especially when the recipes are called "Cooking Moonlight Risotto". Hotelier Francesco Cavallo  has launched his first literary work, „Cucina d‘amore e libertà“. His invitations in Florence are legendary.

"Elegance and style are results of a path that never ends."

Read more on Alethea Talks.

FROM MONTE CARLO TO HAGEN

Vasily Klyukin is a well-known figure on the social scene, and seen at amfAR Gala in Cap d'Antibes, the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation Gala, St. Tropez. Living in Monte Carlo, behind his glamour façade is a businessman who founded banks and companies with his brother. Now he works as an artist.

"Inspiring people to dream and travel with art." 

Read more on Alethea Talks.

CALENDAR

Inside Palazzo Grassi ©Pinault Collection

CHRONORAMA, treasures from the Condé Nast archive.

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"Eurovision Song Contest 2023 - Our Song for Liverpool": German ESC qualifying round on 3 March in Cologne.

HOLLYWOOD

Taschen Verlag presents its latest monumental work, The Ken Adams Archive, written by Adam's long-time friend Christopher Frayling, British historian, and former director of the British Film Institute.

"The cinema is there to heighten the imagination; I have always tried to make sure it does so."

17 April 2023

SYLVESTER STALLONE

The Osthaus Museum Hagen hosted a Retrospective of 53 works by Sylvester Stallone to celebrate his 75th birthday.  Founded by Karlheinz Osthaus in 1902, the Folkwang soon gained fame as the world's first museum of contemporary art, because Osthaus exhibited art that was not seen as art at the time.

" If I get too used to one style and think there's no challenge here, I get restless and try a new style.“

AlphaTauri: Speed, fashion, innovation and a star. Ahmet Mercan, CEO AlphaTauri. Alethea Talks.

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Breguet at Art Düsseldorf - the secrets of a Breguet 

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Frida Kahlo Palais Galliera, Paris, Sept 22

LEON LÖWENTRAUT

Leon Löwentraut will be showing new paintings and his book "Painting for Passion" with graphic edition "Liberty" at Bucherer in New York on 14 December 2022.

German art star in New York.

ART

Deutsches Fotoinstitut, Founding commission presented.

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All about Pete Doherties appereance in the Kunstpalast.