2018 will again be a year full of cultural highlights in Frankfurt. We had already informed you about the highlights in the first half of the year <link https: www.frankfurt-tipp.de ffm-aktuell s ugc neues-jahr-neue-kulturhoehepunkte-2018-in-kunst-literatur-und-bei-festen-teil-1.html _blank> HERE. Now follow some selected events, exhibitions, festivals and festivals from July to December.
First we go again into the area of art. Here, animals and plants from "German East Africa" await you
He was the first German open-air painter who moved deep inside what was then German East Africa, studying the animal and plant life of the former colony during extended expeditions: Wilhelm Kuhnert. The Schirn is dedicating a retrospective to the painter - who, incidentally, was one of the most successful and influential of the early 20th century. From October 25 to January 27, 2019, the Kunsthalle will show Kuhnert's paintings, which shaped the image of Africa in the Europe and North America of his time.
Strong Women in Art and Politics
The Städel is showing 50 works by Kuhnert's colleague Lotte Laserstein from 19 September to 13 January 2019 - as the first solo exhibition outside Berlin, where the painter studied and worked. She is known for her sensitively crafted portraits of her contemporaries, which simultaneously paint a picture of the Weimar Republic. Critics acknowledged her "a skill of considerable magnitude." The jubilation died away after Hitler seized power. As a painter with a Jewish background, Laserstein was forced to leave Germany and went into exile in Sweden. Her work fell out of the public eye as a result.
At the same time that Laserstein's portraits were being painted, women in many places in Germany were setting out to win the right to vote for their peers. The History Museum pays tribute to these trailblazers, who contributed to the birth of the Weimar Republic and women's suffrage, with its exhibition, "Damenwahl! 1918/1919 Women into Politics." It will be on view from August 30 to January 20, 2019.
Old and New Treasures from Georgia
Today, 100 years later, Berlin is en vogue as it was in the days of Laserstein and the militant women. But, it is said, Tbilisi could give it a run for its money. The capital of Georgia, a centuries-old crossroads of central trade routes, is famous for long party nights and plenty of room to let loose. With "Lara Protects me. Fashion, Art and Design from Georgia", the Museum of Applied Arts is presenting video works, photographs, drawings and objects by designers and artists from this year's Book Fair guest country.
The Archaeological Museum is also turning its focus to Georgia from autumn, more specifically to "Gold & Wine. Georgia's Most Ancient Treasures," the title of the exhibition of the same name. From October 5 to February 10, 2019, it paints a picture of the country's early cultural development and the beginning of agriculture in the Caucasus with many original finds, most of them on display for the first time.
Questions, questions - and answers
How do things get into the collections of exhibition houses? This is the question the Weltkulturen Museum wants to answer with its show "Collected, Looted, Bought?". The cultural context of the exhibits is usually clear, but their way into the museum is often difficult for the curators to understand. Currently, the museum's staff is taking a close look at selected objects that entered the collection during the colonial and Nazi eras. The exhibition runs from August 16 to January 27, 2019, and is being created in collaboration with the Historisches Museum, the Museum Judengasse, and the Museum Angewandte Kunst.
And the museum raises another question starting in the fall: Is it possible to face aging with optimism? Scientists, artists and Frankfurt residents are approaching the topic with projects and workshops, and the museum is compiling the collected experiences into the exhibition "Mensch Alter, Alter Mensch." It will be on view from October 25 to September 1, 2019.
Old and new between the cathedral and the Römer
Old and new will combine at the Deutsches Architekturmuseum from 22 September. This shows, fitting for the official opening the Frankfurt building project, "The always new old town, building between the cathedral and Römer since 1900". The show runs until February 10, 2019.
That will be followed by the big civic festival from September 28 to 30, with which Frankfurt celebrates the opening of its new old town. There will be guided tours and walking tours of the neighborhood, theater and music by local and regional artists, food and drink, and a big evening production.
Swim, bike, run or watch
Sportingly, the second half of 2018 kicks off on July 8. Because that's when ironmen compete in the Ironman European Championship Frankfurt in a 3.8-kilometer swim, 180-kilometer road bike ride and marathon run. The same distance will be completed by thousands of participants in the marathon, which as always takes place on the last Sunday in October, this year on the 28th.
Folk festivals, jazz and literature
With the folk festivals, it's blow after blow in August and September. August 3 to 6: Mainfest along the Main and on Römerberg; August 10 to 19: Apfelweinfestival on Roßmarkt; August 24 to 26: Museumsuferfest on Mainkai and Schaumainkai; August 29 to September 7: Rheingau wine market in Freßgass'; September 7 to 16: Dippemess on the Ratsweg fairground.
For the Day of German Unity on October 3, the city invites you to a swinging citizens' festival on the Römerberg: Jazz zum Dritten. Admission is free. Music lovers will get even more jazz from 24 to 28 October at the German Jazz Festival.
From 9 to 13 October, authors will be reading from their latest works at Open Books and Literatur im Römer in the Römer, Kunstverein or Haus des Buches on the occasion of the book fair. Young bookworms will get their money's worth at Open Books Kids on 13 and 14 October.
The event year ends as always with the Christmas market on Römerberg, Paulsplatz and Stoltzeplatz. Christmas tree rating, riding the carousel, eating bratwurst, drinking mulled wine goes from 26 November to 22 December.
That's a lot, but of course far from all the highlights in the 2018 events calendar! We are looking forward to an eventful, exciting and diverse year and will of course keep you up to date on all the important cultural events in Frankfurt in our events calendar, news and specials
