Tagged Germany

Boros Collection in Berlin

They say the only hills in Berlin are buried Nazi bunkers. Before the Second World War, over 200 bunkers were built to house the entire population of Berlin, 4 million people. Only about twenty bunkers remain, and one of them houses the Boros Art Collection.  Originally built to be an air-raid shelter for nearby train …

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Berlin: Travel with Kids

After visiting Italy for two weeks, we took our family to Berlin for a few nights. And I can’t wait to go back. I loved that rose gardens and graffiti can go together in Berlin and that there were 5 different playgrounds on the 7 minute walk from out hotel to the KW Institute for Contemporary Art. Below is our basic travel list for …

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Michael Sailstorfer

Michael Sailstorfer buried gold bars in a public place and then invited anyone to dig. His first project like this was in Pulheim, Germany in 2009. Situations commissioned a second installation at the Folkstone Triennial in 2014. My boys love to dig, and I can see us spending a few mornings there. So when did digging become art? Sailstrofer’s work …

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