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Who Made Hitler?

¿Quién fabricó a Hitler?

Kto stworzył Hitlera?

Chi è l'autore delle sculture di Cattelan?

On the 8th of May 2016 the sculpture Him, by Italian superstar artist Maurizio Cattelan and representing Hitler kneeling in prayer, was sold for 13.3 million euros. But the sculpture was in fact a commission and came from the workshop of French artist Daniel Druet. So who really made this work of art?

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<p>On the 8th of May 2016 the sculpture <i>Him</i>, by Italian superstar artist Maurizio Cattelan and representing Hitler kneeling in prayer, was sold for 13.3 million euros. But the sculpture was in fact a commission and came from the workshop of French artist Daniel Druet. So who really made this work of art?</p>

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In 1917 Marcel Duchamp conquered the contemporary art scene with his urinal tilted at a 90 degree angle. Since then, artists have repeatedly alienated objects from their original context and meaning to challenge the viewer's perception. The photographer and sculptor Philippe Ramette creates incredible images that laugh in the face of gravity.

The photographer and sculptor Philippe Ramette creates incredible images that laugh in the face of gravity

Gravity-Defying Art

Brecht Evens started off making comics the traditional way, but his art studies triggered a lightbulb moment. There's no more boundary between highbrow and lowbrow art for him, as he takes his comic style and deconstructs it. All the boxes, speech bubbles, and usual visual cues of most comics are gone. What's left is a colourful universe that plays with lines, persepectives, and realities. 

Brecht Evens took comic artistic norms and pulled them apart to create something weird, unique, and utterly his 

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Artist Davina Sammarcelli makes erotic poems out of letters, returning them to their purest state: lines, shapes, and symbols. Two full stops each encased in parentheses can veer away from their linguistic significance, and suddenly take on the appearance of a pair of breasts. A latent sexuality that language had all along, Davina believes.

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In 1974, the French erotic film Emmanuelle broke audience records: almost 350 million viewers worldwide and a twelve-year run on the Champs Elysées in Paris. After the success of the sexually explicit Last Tango in Paris, Emmanuelle appeared at a turning point in French society: The sexual emancipation following May '68 in France. 

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In 1974, the French erotic film Emmanuelle broke audience records: almost 350 million viewers worldwide and a twelve-year run on the Champs Elysées in Paris

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With his Stetson on his head and a cigarette in his mouth, Townes Van Zandt (1944-1997), was a singer-songwriter of incandescent, beautifully despairing country songs. He was an artist plagued by demons, often under the influence of alcohol and drugs, but he nevertheless wrote some of the masterpieces of American song, including "If I Needed You" and "To Live is to Fly", and managed to climb to the top of the charts in spite of himself with the song "Pancho and Lefty", first popularised by Emmylou Harris and then covered by Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard. His song 'Kathleen' was recently covered by Tindersticks.
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Through concert footage, film archives and interviews, this remarkable documentary sensitively traces Townes Van Zandt's formative experiences and existential and artistic ups and downs - from the beginning of his musical career, inspired by early Bob Dylan records and legendary blues bard Lightnin' Hopkins, to his untimely death. His managers, his children, his three wives and numerous musician friends shed light on his personality and reveal the affection they had for this troubled troubadour.

Portait of troubled Texan folk singer Townes van Zandt (1944-1997) who wrote beautiful and despairing country songs.

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What is the vocal alchemy that propels pop singers to the pinnacle of success, decade after decade? While many of them, like Freddy Mercury or Alicia Keys, display impeccable power and technique, these assets are not always what counts. Can we identify common characteristics in the immense diversity of voices from pop music, past and present? With interviews from musicians such as Damn Albarn, DJ Koze, Joy Denalane and Joan as Police Woman, the first part of this two-part documentary explores the very essence of the pop voice.

The first part of this two-part documentary explores the very essence of the pop voice, with interviews from musicians such as Damn Albarn, DJ Koze, Joy Denalane and Joan as Police Woman.

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A portrait of the Chinese president giving an unprecedented insight into his politics and showing how Xi Jinping's personal journey has shaped his choices as he steers China towards world domination.

The New World of Xi Jinping

In France, the bungalow evokes holidays in the sun. In the UK, they are humble everyday dwellings for grandparents. But in Germany or the United States, they take on a very different form: they are a bourgeois luxury, a single-storey villa with floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking nature. Inspired by the "bangalo", a traditional one-storey Bengal house open to the outside, this style was also a staple of colonial architecture. 

In the US and Germany, bungalows are a bourgeois luxury: a single-storey villa with floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking nature

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Moria, Europe's largest refugee camp, has become one giant shanty town. When Covid struck, those living in the camp felt abandoned as things turned from bad to worse.
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For decades, the middle classes were what held post-war Europe together. Confidence in the Republic and its values was a given for the French middle classes who saw the state as a force for good and believed in social mobility. That all changed with the Yellow Vest movement (2018-2019) which saw angry protests against the government. This documentary follows participants in this movement.

The Working Poor in Revolt

Tokyo's first female governor, Yuriko Koike, believes the Paralympic Games next summer are a chance to transform the city into a more accessible, step-free metropolis fit for the future. But will the momentum of the games be enough for the elderly and disabled to find their place in society and take on an active role in the economy? Japan's oldest para-athlete, the 71-year-old wheelchair table tennis player Kimie Bessho, thinks attitudes still have a long way to go. 

Japan's oldest para-athlete, the 71-year-old wheelchair table tennis player Kimie Bessho, know what it's like to be discriminated against, but hasn't let that stop her

Japan, The Aging Nation

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Love is political, says journalist and author Şeyda Kurt. In her book Radical Tenderness she does away with the myth of romantic love. Ultimately, the widespread ideal of romantic, two-person love only serves to preserve existing patriarchal power relations, she says. Maria Schrader's new movie Ich bin Dein Mensch revolves around a humanoid robot with artificial intelligence that is programmed to serve as the 'perfect partner'.  Plus: Philosopher Peter Trawny, who says that freedom and love are incompatible, and LBGTQI+ groups fight for the freedom to love in Islam. 

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Love is political, says journalist and author Şeyda Kurt. In her book Radical Tenderness she does away with the myth of romantic love

Why is Love so Hard?

Earth's drinking water resources are dwindling and to avoid shortages, scientists will have to come to the rescue.

Earth's drinking water resources are dwindling

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From the Théâtre de l’Archevêché, Mozart’s opera – directed by Lotte de Beer – opens the festivities at the Aix-en-Provence opera festival. Conductor Thomas Hengelbrock leads a fine vocal ensemble that includes soprano Julie Fuchs, baritone Andrè Schuen and mezzo-soprano Lea Desandre.

Aix-en-Provence Festival 2021

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One Country, Two Systems? No Way! say the youth of Taiwan. But China under President Xi Jinping wants more than ever to bring the island of Taiwan back into the fold, just like Hong Kong. Can the burgeoning democracy on China’s doorstep, driven by digital technology, resist the Middle Kingdom’s advances?  

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Jessie Montgomery: Starburst
John Williams: Violin concerto No. 2 (World Premiere)
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Aaron Copland: Quiet City
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Anne-Sophie Mutter performs the world premiere of John Williams new violin concerto with the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

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After four years of waiting London Grammar have finally released a new album. To celebrate ,the British trio are invited onto the Ground Control set and ,as usual with London Grammar, the result is beautiful.

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The Chachapoyas of Peru fascinate archaeologists and historians. Between the 8th and the 16th centuries this reputedly fierce warrior people practiced an unusual mortuary ritual.

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The Chachapoyas of Peru fascinate archaeologists and historians with their unusual mortuary rituals.

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 French swimmer Florent Manaudou, German pentathlete Marvin Dogue and French sabre fencer Cécilia Berder all trained hard for the Tokyo Olympics, but the most important part of their training they say is in the mind. Mental conditioning is a growing science designed to get the best out of sports champions at a time when they could crumble under the pressure. At the beginning of World War Two, American airforce pilots struggled to face off against the Japanese fleet. Cue Bud Winter: in peace time, a sports coach, and in war, a mental conditioner who taught the pilots how to keep their head in the game even in life-or-death situations. Gradually, the idea that sportsmen and women were as much mind as they were muscle took hold. 

 For Olympic French swimmer Florent Manaudou, his greatest challenge is mental, not physical

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From Chur, Switzerland’s oldest city, to Tirano in Northern Italy, the Bernina Express winds its way through deep valleys and wild gorges, crossing some 196 bridges and going through 55 tunnels in its journey through the Graubünden Alps. A journey to discover one of the most spectacular railway lines in the world and an audacious feat of engineering.

A Train through the Alps

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