Hamburger Kunsthalle
"L'art est un jeu sérieux" -
I lived in Hamburg from 1970 to 1981 with many hours spent in this museum. Today, the freshly renovated and now reopened Hamburger Kunsthalle…
Museum der Arbeit Hamburg-Barmbek
Hamburg Museum of Work
In the courtyard of the museum for work in Hamburg you find a huge drill blade that was used to dig one…
Kunsthalle im Lipsiusbau Dresden
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
Dresden, often called”Florence at the river Elbe,” is a beautiful city, and one of contrasts. Having suffered through one of the worst…
Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt
An oasis of art in a city of banking
I cannot recall his name for the life of me. He was a Hungarian refugee who had managed to escape after the…
Deichtorhallen Hamburg
Halle für aktuelle Kunst/Haus der Photographie
Part of Hamburg’s museum mile, these two beautiful structures were built between 1911 and 1913 as market halls. The hall for contemporary art…
Museum Medley
Deutsches Historisches Museum
In honor of Zeitgeist Northwest’s upcoming German Culture Week (for details see http://www.zeitgeistnorthwest.org) I will introduce a number of German museums or other…
Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
the birds still outnumber the people
Web statistics on Frenchglen (where this photo was taken) inform you that, as of 2015, 111 people lived in this little Eastern…
Joint Ventures
The joy of artistic collaborations
I met Steve Tilden, a metal sculptor and long-time Blackfish Gallery artist, a decade ago when I asked his permission to use a…
Finding a Balance
experiencing nature vs photographing nature
Shlomo Breznitz, an Israeli psychologist and sometime member of the Knesset, advised me years ago not to take photographs – ever. He was…
Pastiche
A conflicted approach to Emil Nolde
One of my occasional odd jobs during law school was milking cows. The farm had a thatched roof and hunkered down behind a…