Exile or banishment, is primarily penal expulsion from one's native country, and secondarily expatriation or prolonged absence from one's homeland under either the compulsion of circumstance or the rigors of some high purpose. Usually persons and peoples suffer exile, but sometimes social entities like institutions are forced from their homeland.
Franz Moritz Wilhelm Marc was a German painter and printmaker, one of the key figures of German Expressionism. He was a founding member of Der Blaue Reiter, a journal whose name later became synonymous with the circle of artists collaborating in it.
Hans Carl Artmann, also known as Ib Hansen, was an Austrian poet and writer, most popular for his early poems written in Viennese, which however, never after were to be the focus of his oeuvre.
The East Side Gallery memorial in Berlin-Friedrichshain is a permanent open-air gallery on the longest surviving section of the Berlin Wall in Mühlenstraße between the Berlin Ostbahnhof and the Oberbaumbrücke along the Spree. It consists of a series of murals painted directly on a 1,316 m (4,318 ft) long remnant of the Berlin Wall, located near the centre of Berlin, on Mühlenstraße in Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg.
Buddy Bears are painted, life-size fiberglass bear sculptures developed by German businesspeople Klaus and Eva Herlitz, in cooperation with sculptor Roman Strobl. They have become a landmark of Berlin and are considered unofficial ambassadors of Germany. The outstretched arms of the standing Buddy Bear symbolise friendliness and optimism. The first bears were displayed at an artistic event in Berlin in 2001.
Ari Rath was an Austrian-born Israeli journalist and writer.
Cool Globes: Hot Ideas for a Cooler Planet is a public art project dedicated to increasing awareness of global warming.
The coat of arms of Berlin is used by the German city state as well as the city itself. Introduced in 1954 for West Berlin, it shows a black bear on a white shield. On top of the shield is a special crown, created by the amalgamation of the mural crown of a city with the so-called people's crown, used in Germany to denote a republic. Berlin's various boroughs use their own emblems.
Ibrahim Hazimeh was a Palestinian-born visual artist, designer, and educator. He was known for painting and sculpture. In his early life he was a refugee and lived in Lebanon and Syria.
Roman Johann Strobl is an Austrian sculptor. He has lived in Hanover since 1999.
Leda Luss Luyken, née Valata, is a Greek-American conceptual artist, who lives and works in Germany.
Manon Kahle is an American actress. She lives and works in Berlin, Germany as an actress, voice-over artist and illustrator.
Buddy Bear Help is a children's aid organisation founded in Berlin in 2004 by Eva Herlitz together with several international artists. "Every cent for the children" - with this motto Buddy Bear Help e.V. guarantees that 100 per cent of the donations and auction revenues from charity activities is used for the selected children's projects. All organisational and administrative costs are borne by the club members.
Günter Herlitz was born in Berlin as the son of Carl Herlitz[de], founder of the Herlitz stationery company.
Seo Soo-Kyoung, known by the artist name SEO (세오), is a South Korean contemporary artist who lives and works in Berlin, Germany. Her artist name comes from her family name Seo written in capital letters.
Pierre Farum Patricio is a Filipino self-taught visual artist. He is known for exhibiting extensively in his home country and internationally, and for representing the Philippines in the first two editions of the United Buddy Bears World Tour Exhibition.
The LP12 Mall of Berlin, also known as Leipziger Platz Quartier or simply Mall of Berlin, is a shopping mall in the Mitte borough of Berlin, Germany. It forms the northeastern part of the octagon at Leipziger Platz.
Ingeborg Meyer-Rey was a German illustrator. She was one of the best known illustrators of children's books in the German Democratic Republic.
Heike B. Görtemaker is a German historian known mostly for her biographies of Margret Boveri, German journalist and writer of the post-World War II period, and Eva Braun, the partner and wife of Adolf Hitler.
Herlitz is a German-Slavic language surname. It may refer to:
