ifa blog

Interviews, essays, reports – in the ifa blog, the diverse topics of the ifa are vividly presented in various formats.

Window Project

A Human Space

Window Project Contemporary Art Space in Tbilisi embraced more digital tools through lockdown, but remains committed to a democratic physical space of social and artistic encounter.

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Exterior view of ZKM, Zentrum für Kunst und Medien (Center for Art and Media) in Karlsruhe

An Observatory, a Laboratory, a Learning Environment

For Peter Weibel, Chairman of the ZKM in Karlsruhe, a museum is not only a place of perception, it is also a place of production and an alternative to the mainstream. According to him, ...

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Millî Reasürans Sanat Gallery

Art is about Atmosphere

At Millî Reasürans Sanat Gallery in Istanbul, staff are busy building a wealth of new online resources. But for Ayşe Gür, manager of the gallery, physical space and contact will remain ...

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Portrait of the author Margaret Atwood

Giving voices to the voiceless

Human beings have engaged in the arts: music, visual imagery, dramatic performances – including rituals – and language arts, including tale telling, ever since they have been ...

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National Museum of Montenegro

Networks Old and New

Mirjana Dabović Pejović, head of the Art Museum of Montenegro, works to preserve the cultural history of Yugoslavia while championing a tolerant and inclusive contemporary society.

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Multimedia Art Museum in Moscow

Digital Encounters

Might digital museum formats allow for more cross-institution exchange? With a wealth of new online content, Diana Gurova, exhibition curator of Multimedia Art Museum in Moscow, sees ...

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'Bruderkuss' between Leonid Brezhnev and Erich Honecker by Dimitriy Vrubel on the monument East Side Gallery in Berlin.

The Power of Feelings

What role do feelings play in politics? And which emotions do we associate with Europe? Daphne Büllesbach, a European activist, discussed this topic during her lecture tour through the ...

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[Translate to english:] Staatsgalerie Stuttgart

Learning to See in a Visual World

For Christiane Lange, Director of the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, museums are places that offer the opportunity to find individual answers, especially in times of crisis. She explains that ...

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 Akademie der Künste, Front View

Places of Reflexion

The experiences of the past few months have shown Jeanine Meerapfel, President of the Akademie der Künste, that personal encounters are indispensable for interpersonal exchange.

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