February 2017 – Tonya Nelson

Can The Art World Lead Change In A Post-Brexit And Trump World?

on February 18, 2017August 26, 2018 By CultureHunter

This blog was originally published in the Huffington Post. As the seismic repercussions of Brexit and the election of Donald Trump start to reveal themselves, a new imperative for the art world emerges. The referendum and US presidential election reduced a set of complex, interlocking problems into a simple binary decision - the status quo [...]

60-Second Tour: Museum Barberini

on February 17, 2017August 26, 2018 By CultureHunter

Museum Barberini had an inauspicious opening date - 20 January 2017 - the same day as Donald Trump's inauguration. The Museum is the creation of German software billionaire Hasso Plattner, who financed the refurbishment of what once was the palace of Frederick the Great. The Museum will host rotating temporary exhibitions featuring works from Plattner's private collection along [...]