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The art world has also had its fair share of thrillers, and this is one of them. The Riddle of The Sluice Gate at Optevoz exhibition, which can be seen at the Neue Pinakothek until March 9, is devoted to the mystery surrounding a single painting that the museum acquired over 100 years ago. Initially thought to be an early landscape by famous French artist Gustave Courbet (1819-1877), the work was restored in 1990, when another signature was discovered underneath the top layer of paint – that of fellow artist Charles François Daubigny (1817-1878). Following another restoration involving the removal of the top layer of paint, the question remains as to whether the work really is a genuine Daubigny that for some reason was transformed into a forged Courbet.
Owing to the fact that this year’s Venice Biennial is being curated by Nigerian-born Okwui Enwezor, the director of Munich’s Haus der Kunst,the Bavarian city’s name is being expressed quite often in art and creative circles. In line with the city’s current art-loving image, the new Flushing Meadows Hotel & Bar (Fraunhoferstrasse 32; flushingmeadowshotel.com) has appeared on the scene. The hotel is housed on the top two floors of an industrial building in the trendy Glockenbach district, and its rooms were designed in cooperation with various creative personalities from music, cinema, sports, design and art circles. Each of the 11 studio-type dwellings and five penthouse suites is different, reminding one more of an apartment space than a classic hotel room. The wide green space on the opposite side of the Isar River was the inspiration for the name of the Meadows Bar on the top floor.
There’s no point in denying it. With Italy not too far to the south, Munich has always been Germany’s citadel of hedonism. Recently the Esszimmer restaurant (Am Olympiapark 1; esszimmer-muenchen.de) received its second Michelin star. Headed by local star chef Bobby Bräuer, it is located on the third floor of BMW World, the presentation centre of the Bavarian car manufacturer whose exterior reminds one of a gigantic tornado. The window view is perfect for a gourmet dinner, whose cost will seem like small change in comparison to the luxury BMW models glistening in the lights of the showroom right down by your feet...
Image:CHARLES-FRANÇOIS DAUBIGNY (1817-1878). SLUICE GATE AT THE VALLEY OF OPTEVOZ (C. 1855). Loan Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe
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