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Bauhaus, Leonardo, Berlinale: the culture preview in 2019

If you are interested in culture and like to travel, then 2019 might be your year. Prado-birthday in Madrid, ESC in Tel Aviv, Biennale of art in Venice. And 100 years of the Bauhaus ‘ is almost celebrated everywhere.



The French painter, Edouard Manet wrote in 1865, after a visit to the Prado Museum in Madrid to a friend: “As I you were here miss and how big of [sic] their joy to see Velázquez, the worth alone the trip.”

This trip is worth it, even – and especially – 2019: The opening of the Prado’s anniversary on 19. November 2019 to 200. Time. Exhibitions in the famous national Museum in honor of artists such as Diego Velázquez, Francisco Zurbarán EN and, then, as now, Francisco de Goya.

In France, England and Germany, there are numerous exhibitions remind us of the universal genius Leonardo da Vinci, born in 2019 500 years ago.

But also many other objectives in 2019, are worth the trip.

German Anniversaries

In Germany there are to celebrate several major anniversaries. The largest commemorative fireworks solves the anniversary of the architecture and design of forge, the Bauhaus, which was founded 100 years ago. The opening festival from the 16th century. January, the start of the nationwide commemoration with more than 600 exhibitions. It starts with a track in search of the performative works, theories, and experiments of the Bauhaus artists like Oskar Schlemmer, Wassily Kandinsky, Lyonel Feininger, Paul Klee, László Moholy-Nagy. The venue is the Academy of arts in Berlin.

The Bauhaus is 100

In the capital, at the same time, the “Humboldt of the year is call”. Numerous exhibitions and events to celebrate the Explorer and adventurer Alexander von Humboldt, the on 14. September would have been 250 years old. Thus, the new Humboldt-Forum will open on the birthday of some rooms for visitors, and the virtual Exhibition “12 times Humboldt – A growing exhibition” shows in the Botanical garden from 1. May to 30. June, the Impact of the researcher “about twelve unusual plants stories”, it is said in an announcement.

Fontane and Lasker-schüler

This also includes the 150. Birthday of the poet and artist Else Lasker-schüler, as well as the 200. Birthday of the writer Theodor Fontane celebrated. Fontane was with novels such as “Effi Briest” and “der Stechlin”. His work presents the exhibition “fontane.200/author” from 30. March up to 30. December away in the “Fontane town” the town of Neuruppin, about 80 kilometres from Berlin. And in the whole of Brandenburg-events in honor of Theodor Fontane are held at this time.

The native Wuppertalerin Else Lasker-schüler is a tribute to the spectacle of Wuppertal with an eight-day theatre festival (starting date: 6. July), at the theatre in “IchundIch” the German-Jewish poetess.

A glance at the international dates:

Golden Globes, Grammys and Oscars

76. Ceremony of the Golden Globes will be held on 6. January in Los Angeles instead. The film awards are considered a Barometer for the Oscars, the on 24. February will be awarded in Hollywood.

Always in demand: the Oscar

The most coveted film prize for the first Time a Blockbuster category: The Oscar is awarded for “outstanding achievements in the popular Film”.

15. April will be announced the Pulitzer prizes in New York.

Venice and Cannes

The Motto of the 58. Art Biennale in Venice (11.05. – 24.11.2019) is “May You Live in Interesting Times”. The title refers to an alleged Chinese curse (which is not historically documented), the means according to the organizers, “interesting times” as a period of uncertainty, of crisis and turmoil.

The German pavilion by the artist Natascha Sadr Haghighian. The Bremen Professor to lay the Pseudonym “Natasha Süder Happel, man” and left the idea in the autumn of 2018 with a mask scan.

Probably the most important film festival in the world – the Festival de Cannes will take place from 14. to 25. The end of may. A month later, the art world gathers at Art Basel (13. to 16. June).

… and, again, Venice

At the end of August of the next red carpet is calling, then it attracts the movie stars in the lagoon city for the Venice film festival (28. August to 7. September).

The October in Frankfurt again in the characters of the books, if of 16. until 20.10. the Frankfurt book fair opens its doors. The guest of honor is Norway.

In November, the awarding of the Büchner prize (2. November), before the year of culture in 2019, gradually fades to silence.

Other cultural Highlights in 2019, we have summarized in our images gallery for you.

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