Culture

Behind-the-scenes stories about theatre, music, art, literature and cinema in Dresden.

Culture

Dresdners don’t grouch

Do you think Dresdners grumble so much because they’re in a bad mood? Oh, no! Dresdners are just very sincere. Don’t you think so? Listen carefully.

by Nadja Fleischer

Beethoven 2020

Beethoven and Dresden: a brief encounter with great impact – The year 2020 is marked by the popular composer with many concerts and events.

A. R. Penck radikale Kunst aus der DDR und Dresden

by Kirsten Niemann

Culture

Simply Radical

A. R. Penck was an artist from Dresden. He was persecuted in the GDR and famous in the West. Now Dresden honours him with a retrospective.

by Christopher Wasmuth

Culture

Dresden’s Documenta

The Ostrale Biennale for Contemporary Art presents more than 300 works of art on issues such as the environment and migration, value systems and worldviews.