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Director Hans Karl Breslauer adapted Hugo Bettauer’s very successful 1922 book but the film was less popular as it was more overtly critical of the already burgeoning Nazi party. It was banned in some towns and Bettauer later vilified.
THE MAN, THE HORSE, THE OBSESSION.
Though largely self-taught, Stubbs published his scientific The Anatomy of the Horse in 1766. This groundbreaking publication with his own illustrations, earned him international fame as a scientist and artist.
THE CREATOR OF IMMORTAL WORKS on 16th February.
We were treated to the sound of the Fugue in D the splendid church organ in the Nieuwe Kerk. Apparently, some called it Beethoven’s fairground piece. Be that as it may, it was beautifully rendered by Gijsbert Kok who took his bow from high up under the splendid wood-beamed arches of the church.
Tonight’s programme focused on music from around the reign Louis XIV, the French Sun King. The addition of a dancer in the shape of the delightful Mojca Gal was inspired. Ms Gal appeared at times as a pixie-ish boy or as an elegant frock-coated dancer. Her eloquent, precise foot work was astonishing in its complexity.
Dominating the huge black stage was a giant floating transparent cube of some sort of silvery transparent mesh material. This giant amoebic gossamer-like entity was constantly changing shape like the starling murmurations at dusk or the strange swirlings of shoals of fish. It had an ethereal quality that certainly was not of this world.
At the start of this exhibition, visitors come across works by a young Tholen next to works by Paul Gabriël. Tholen spent time with Gabriël in the latter’s Brussels studio. Both are considered members of The Hague School, though some also call Tholen a Dutch impressionist.
Fake news, deep fake, post truth – these are terms that are becoming increasingly common in today’s media landscape. But what exactly do they mean and how did it all start? Canadian Buzzfeed journalist, Craig Silverman, spoke at De Balie last night about his role in the evolution of a term that now makes him ‘cringe’.
The white coated Dr Baker starts by explaining her job and then proceeds to investigate her latest find, a large scrapbook full of photos, envelopes, hand scribbled notes, feathers, assorted clock hands, mysterious stains resulting from a meal for two and much more besides.
