” Γνῶθι σεαυτόν” – Understanding Europe through its people, places and stories.
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At the Venice Biennale 2026, Germany confronts history through critique and conceptual precision, while France speaks through textiles, colour and material elegance. Two neighbouring pavilions reveal contrasting ideas about art, national representation and the public language Europe needs today.
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Art history may appear to tell a shared European story, but what we learn depends greatly on where in Europe we study it. From Berlin and Barcelona to Vienna and Athens, different artistic traditions reveal how national and regional perspectives shape our understanding of Europe’s cultural heritage.
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A family tree is more than a record of names: it can reveal stories of migration, persecution, resilience and unexpected talents passed down across generations. Exploring my own European roots—from Switzerland and Ljubljana to Germany and the United States—has shown me how personal history can help us understand both ourselves and one another.
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This book was written by Egon Seefehlner (born 1912 in Vienna), who was first a young law student, an aspiring Austrian diplomat and later director of Berlin Deutsche Oper during the wall and the Wiener Staatsoper. He was one of my great-uncles. After the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Anschluss of Austria by…