
Bildnis Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Angelika Kauffmann, 1787
A garden of beautiful things
A rotating selection of artworks and music from our collection archives.
TOOTIMETOOTIMETOOTIME
The 1975
UK, 2018

Reiterstandbild des Großen Kurfürsten Friedrich Wilhelm I. von Brandenburg im Ehrenhof des Schlosses
Andreas Schlüter, 1689
My Song 5
HAIM
USA, 2013
Creep
Radiohead
UK, 1992
Where Is My Mind?
Pixies
USA, 1988

Yamabushi Gorge in der Provinz Mimasaka; aus der Serie: Berühmten Plätze von den 66 Provinzen
Utagawa Hiroshige, 1853
Smalltown Boy
Bronski Beat
UK, 1984
Inspired by Walter Benjamin’s Arcades Project, these submissions form a growing tapestry of thought, emotion, and cultural memory.
“I cried and I cried and I cried all over.”
“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.”