Berlin students freshen up Goethe’s artist flat share

2023-06-01 18:08:35

Homecultural“Intervenzioni”: Berlin students freshen up Goethe’s artists’ flat share

The Casa di Goethe in Rome is Germany’s only museum abroad. For the 25th anniversary there are innovations in the tour and presentation. A visit.

Cornelia Geissler

Next to the famous picture “Goethe in the Campagna di Roma” the students of the art academy in Berlin-Weißensee placed examples in pink where this portrait can be found today. Giorgio Benni/Goethe’s House

What’s always striking about cities that haven’t been destroyed in a war is abundantly clear in Rome: the whole story is there. Approaching the Casa di Goethe from the Flaminio underground station, one passes through a stone archway like every traveler to Italy who came to Rome from the north once did.