Grütters wants agreement on Culture Protection Act – Germany Kultur

Sunday, July 19, 2015

Buckingham Palace is considering legal action

Media Minister understands anger the Royals

The Buckingham Palace is considering legal action against the publication of a video that Queen Elizabeth II. shows as a child during the Nazi salute. The Royal Household has already launched an investigation in to the ways of the 17-second black and white movie from the 1930s had come into the hands of the “Sun” reported the news agency PA. According to reports the “Sunday Times” and the question of copyright is checked. If the father of Queen have filmed, subject to rights in Elizabeth II. As his descendant. The British tabloid had placed the document on weekends online. The palace does not deny that it is authentic

Grütters wants agreement on Culture Protection Act

Grütters:. Other EU member states have more stringent rules

Culture Minister Monika Grütters sets despite the uprising against their planned law for the protection of cultural goods on a mutually acceptable solution. “I am grateful for factual arguments and open I want a good law -. And that is one that is good for all of us,” said the CDU politician in an interview with dpa. Grütters plans were encountered in the art market to massive criticism. The painter and sculptor Georg Baselitz moved from protest back his loan from German museums. Other renowned artists threatened to take such a step. “Loans are not affected if the owner does not wish to” Grütters said. “To say that a private lender would not sell his pictures free, so is a knowledgeable loose or malicious fallacy.” The law is still in the vote. Countries, professionals and organizations were again the opportunity to comment.

More than 200,000 visitors at the Cranach exhibition

passed exhibitions in Gotha and Eisenach to end

The Cranach-year in Thuringia for the 500th birthday of Lucas Cranach the Younger (1515-1586) met with great interest by the audience. Only around 170 000 guests watched the two major exhibitions in Gotha and Eisenach, which closed today after four months. In June, the exhibition “Cranach in Weimar” with 46,000 prospective customers came to an end after three extension in Weimar. In Ducal Museum Gotha “Cranach image and message. Addressing yard and Reformation” moved the show more than 52 000 guests from home and abroad. “The response to our show has been overwhelming. Our visitors quite excited,” the Director of the Friedenstein Palace Foundation, Martin Eberle said. The 220 exhibits were placed in advance of the 500th Reformation anniversary in 2017 to focus on the art of father and son Cranach as a means of propaganda.

20,000 euros for opera by Elke Heidenreich

Brandenburg supported the premiere

The premiere of the opera “Adriana” by Elke Heidenreich (libretto) and Marc-Aurel Floros (music) on July 31 in Rheinberg is with EUR 20 000 from Land Brandenburg supports. This was announced by the State Chancellery today. The opera will be performed during the opera festival. Prime Minister Dietmar Woidke (SPD) described the Festival as one of the most visited and most prestigious music festivals Brandenburg. “It is an international springboard for young singers,” he said. The money comes from lottery funds. In the opera of Heidenreich, a young woman torn between two men must decide. It is a story about passion, customization and great expectations for the love, it said in the statement. Directed by Bernd Mottl

20 000 people celebrating. “Melt!” – Festival

Kylie Minogue in Saxony-Anhalt

Round 20 000 people have celebrated over the weekend in the city excavators Ferropolis the music festival “Melt!”. Occurred on the grounds of Gräfenhainichen in Dessau between Friday and Sunday to more than 120 bands, solo artists and DJs. Among other things, Tocotronic, Element of Crime and Wanda. The highlight was in the early hours of Sunday a performance by Australian singer Kylie Minogue. Ferropolis, the iron city, was built on the site of a former lignite mine. Large excavators form the backdrop for the festival. Last year around 20,000 music fans had come to the show.