
Der Schwur der Horatier
Jacques Louis David, 1784
A garden of beautiful things
A rotating selection of artworks and music from our collection archives.
Somebody to Love
Jefferson Airplane
USA, 1967
Paint It, Black
The Rolling Stones
USA, 1966

Kreuzeslegende - Begegnung zwischen König Salomon und der Königin von Saba
Piero della Francesca, 1453
Stand By Me
Ben E. King
USA, 1961
Chain of Fools
Aretha Franklin
USA, 1967
Fake Plastic Trees
Radiohead
UK, 1995
Inspired by Walter Benjamin’s Arcades Project, these submissions form a growing tapestry of thought, emotion, and cultural memory.
“Know your endoxas”
“closest to ideal. ”
“Nothing is easy. What looks easy is not easy. What looks hard is also not easy. Easy is nothing. Is everything hard? Somethings are liquid and somethings are gas but none of them are easy.”
“Rise to your calling!”
“Beautiful suns will rise and set, I believe.”
“Some short but much needed walks must be called first aid walks (FAW for short).”
“I am trying everyone. I am doing my best.”
“Why extraordinary doesn‘t mean over ordinary? Like a little bit more ordinary? Or is being ordinary a circle? ”
“I am shocked how much of our modern western view of the "world" in 21st century is still grounded on David Hume's philosophy.”
“Sometimes the brightest moment of my day is the salad I get for my lunch. ”