Art and Crime – Forgery

The stories tell about 60 faked works of art, ranging from Pollock over Rothko to Motherwell. And about nine-figure losses. The forgery scandal regarding the Knoedler Gallery in New York outweighs by far the one concerning Beltracchi. Why do fakes repeatedly become part of the most important museum collections worldwide? Why can forgers consistently deceive […]
Art and Crime – Smuggling

The sad fate of the “Venus of Morgantina” is one of the greatest art scandals of the 20th century. Art loss investigators and archaeological detectives are fighting with all available means against smuggling, the obviously most global form of art crime. Robbed, hidden, blood stained – illegally sold and equally illegally acquired by a third […]
Art and Crime – Theft

Three masterpieces simply disappear. Robbed from the Kunsthalle Schirn in Frankfurt. It is the greatest art theft in German history. But how will the art thieves manage to install the loot on the market? A nerve racking tug-of-war, a struggle between the thieves, mafia bosses, dealers, lawyers, investigators, insurances and museums begins. In simply all […]
Video-Clip Berlin Symphonie

Der in Berlin lebende Komponist Christian Jost hat ein neue Symphonie für Berlin geschrieben. Inspiriert hat ihn Berlin bei Nacht. Am 20. März 2015 feiert die “BerlinSymphonie” von Christian Jost Uraufführung im Konzerthaus. Seine Partitur (im Schott-Verlag erschienen) führt er mit folgenden Worten ein: “Berlin, Torstrasse 4 Uhr morgens im Oktober… Der Verkehr ist für […]
Video-Clip Berlin Symphonie

Christian Jost, the composer living in Berlin, has written a new symphony for Berlin. He has been inspired by Berlin at night. The „BerlinSymphonie“ was first performed on March 20th 2015 in the Konzerthaus. In Christian Jost’s introduction to his score (published by Schott) he writes: „Berlin, Torstrasse, 4 o’clock in the morning in October…For […]
Video-Clip Nemanja Radulovic

In France the violinist Nemanja Radulovic is already an established star. With his new CD he ventures onto the international market. Dvořák’s Songs my mother taught me Radulovic, otherwise known as limelight seeking virtuosi, offers a quite different aspect of performance: introverted and contemplative. Quite in contrast to the video clip “Scandale” with Alice Sara Ott and […]