Stream PBS SoCal and your favorite PBS programs to your TV and devices wherever Celebrate AAPI Month on PBS SoCal all May with exclusive programs Find full episodes and educational games from Curious George Support PBS SoCal and watch full seasons of your favorite shows Samantha enjoys a concert on the pipe organ celebrating composer Johann Sebastian Bach She then visits Meissen to tour its famous porcelain factory witnessing the artistry behind their wares where a bike tour takes her to iconic landmarks like the Berlin Wall Memorial and Brandenburg Gate PBS SoCal is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.Tax ID: 95-2211661 + Benno was born of a noble Saxon family at Hildesheim (in modern-day Germany) in the year 1010. A monk of the Abbey of St. Michael, he was eventually elected abbot, but resigned after only three months in the hope of dedicating himself to solitude and prayer.  + In 1066, Benno was appointed as Bishop of Meissen. Over the next thirty years, Benno became involved in the investiture controversy as he was caught up in the struggle between the Emperor and successive popes.   + Following a turbulent career, which included a period of exile, he was eventually given Papal protection by Pope Urban II, and he seems to have spent his last nine years in comparative political peace. + A diligent shepherd, he enforced discipline on his clergy, made regular visitations, gave generously to the poor, restored the public singing of the Divine Office to his cathedral.   + Saint Benno died around the year 1106 and was canonized in 1523.  + News of Benno’s canonization so angered Martin Luther that he issued a treatise entitled, “Against the New Idol and the Old Devil About To Be Set Up at Meissen.”  Fifty years later, after Meissen had become a Protestant stronghold, his relics were transferred to Munich, where he is honored as the city’s principal patron. “Who is the steward who must be both faithful and wise? The apostle Paul tells us when he says of himself and his companions: This is how you should regard us, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. Moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found faithful… the blessed Apostle also tells us that the bishops too are stewards. A bishop, he says, must be blameless because he is God’s steward.”—Saint Fulgentius of Ruspe  Almighty and eternal God, who gave your holy Church blessed Benno as Bishop, grant that what he taught when moved by the divine Spirit may always stay firm in our hearts; and as by your gift we embrace him as our patron, may we also have him as our defender to entreat your mercy. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.  Would you like to read more like this?Get Aleteia delivered to your inbox he doesn't think he could afford to retire in New York City including more than $1,000 monthly in Social Security $600 monthly from a New York state pension $291 monthly in a pension from working in a hospital and about $250 monthly from two pensions working in the fire department and as an EMT in New York Hohenstein also said he'd begin taking the required minimum distribution from his retirement plans and spent the majority of his career working various jobs across New York served as the engineering director at the Putnam Hospital Center and was the health and safety director at SUNY Westchester Community College Hohenstein said the role at SUNY was helpful because he was a state employee meaning he was in New York's pension system He contributed to a 457(b) retirement account which is an employer-sponsored plan for some government employees or workers at certain tax-exempt organizations Hohenstein also got involved with the local fire department in Brewster New York; both jobs provided him with a small retirement pension I'll have some decent retirement money in the bank,'" Hohenstein said referring to the various retirement accounts he accrued over his decades of work and he said the legal fees damaged the wealth he built While working as a volunteer EMT in the 1990s Hohenstein was called to the scene of a car crash Hohenstein said he and Corina had great chemistry and got married shortly after meeting and she took up a job as a park ranger in Putnam County Hohenstein and Corina worked various jobs across the 1990s and 2000s Hohenstein was 59 at the time and told his boss he was retiring early and moving to Germany but he gave one-month notice and packed his things to move abroad Hohenstein's only income was his $291 monthly pension from working at the Putnam Hospital Center He'd opted to take the pension at age 55 for a reduced monthly benefit The program provided her with about 500 euros which they paired with Hohenstein's savings as their income The two lived briefly with Corina's parents in Meissen before finding an apartment He says they've been renting the same apartment for 13 years for about 550 euros a month he began collecting his Social Security because he and Corina needed the money The earliest age to collect Social Security is 62 and the benefit amount increases each year until a person's full retirement age after four years of working at the medical office and the right side of her body became paralyzed Corina's job as a park ranger in New York qualified her for Social Security benefits she collected Social Security Disability Insurance and began receiving benefits at age 47 Her benefits come to about $1,200 monthly and are the largest monthly income the two receive Corina also receives about 250 euros monthly from a German government pension They're able to live off of their retirement benefits and Hohenstein says their daily life in Meissen is quite calm filled with gardening and enjoying German beer and cold cuts Hohenstein says he's set on life in Meissen as he doesn't think he could afford New York City And he says he'd choose Germany if he had to decide between moving back to the US or staying in Europe Are you an American who moved abroad? Will you retire abroad or return to the US? This reporter wants to hear your story. Please reach out at jtowfighi@businessinsider.com Before presiding over the opening Mass of the XVI Ordinary Assembly of the Synod of Bishops early on Wednesday morning Pope Francis met with an ecumenical group of German pilgrims of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Saxony and from the Catholic Diocese of Dresden-Meissen led by the Catholic Bishop of Dresden-Meissen and by Lutheran Bishop Tobias Bilz of Saxony included the "Dresden Boys' Choir" who later performed in the solemn liturgy in St Peter’s Square together with the Pontifical Choir of the Sistine Chapel Welcoming the pilgrims in the back room of the Paul VI Hall Pope Francis commended the organizers of the initiative which aims to help rediscover and share the spiritual riches of pilgrimage as a journey toward God “Auf dich hoffen wir allein!" ("In you alone do we hope!") faith is not only a personal gift but something to be shared with others especially those distant from or unfamiliar with faith Pope Francis therefore encouraged the pilgrims to confidently and humbly share the meaning stressing that personal and credible testimony is crucial.  “The lives of many people today lack the meaning He praised the group's ecumenical mission and their efforts to heed Jesus’ call  for unity through pilgrimage and everyday life and also warmly thanked the volunteers who make up most of the group’s members and whose free service contributes to making their testimony credible The Pope extended his gratitude to the "Dresdner Kapellknaben" choir noting that “Art in general and music in particular is a language understood by all and capable of touching reminding us of the work of the Holy Spirit Pope Francis called on the German pilgrims to continue to work together and to bear witness to hope citing the  biblical images of "salt of the earth" and the "light of the world" to illustrate how small acts of faith can grow into something greater with God's grace in this regard,  the peaceful demonstrations of Protestant and Catholic Christians in Dresden on 3 October 1989 that contributed to the fall of the Berlin Wall and to the German reunification The pilgrims are to commemorate that historic event on Thursday Pope Francis concluded his address by inviting the group to pray the Our Father together symbolizing the unity of Christians and their shared journey toward communion with God Thank you for reading our article. 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Just click here A highly important documented and dated Meissen mantel clock case Sotheby’s auction dedicated to one of the greatest prewar collections of Meissen porcelain to appear at auction in more than half a century achieved $15 million – shattering its $3.1 million high estimate Prolonged and spirited bidding from clients participating online over the phone and in the room drove 97.4 percent of lots above their high estimates more than half of the collection was acquired by the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam where many of the pieces were displayed for more than 60 years before they were restituted to the Oppenheimers’ heirs earlier this year The “white-glove” sale was led by a documented and dated Meissen mantel clock case from 1727 which achieved $1.6 million ($200/400,000) Undoubtedly the rarest piece in the Oppenheimer collection and illustrative of the chinoiserie style they so loved the clock is among the most ambitious and successful of sculptural models produced at the factory at this early date and one of only five clocks of this model that appear to have survived by the early Twentieth Century each with slight variations in the modeling Additional highlights included a rare Meissen armorial tea and coffee service made for the noble Morosini family of Venice which realized $1.4 million ($120/180,000); a rare Meissen famille verte goblet – one of only five or six pieces of Meissen porcelain painted in this distinctive style that appear to be recorded – that soared past its $70,000 high estimate to achieve $1.1 million; and a rare pair of Meissen Augustus Rex underglaze-blue-ground beaker vases Another pair of underglaze blue-ground beaker vases achieved $867,000 ($70/100,000) The Rijksmuseum purchased this rare Meissen armorial tea and coffee service made for the Morosini family Meticulously assembled by Dr Franz and Margarethe Oppenheimer in Berlin in the early decades of the Twentieth Century the exquisite collection is among the most significant ensembles of early Eighteenth Century Meissen porcelain from Europe’s first porcelain manufactory – many of which are distinguished by illustrious royal and noble provenance including pieces from the collection of Augustus the Strong and founder of the Meissen porcelain factory Following their persecution by the Nazis due to their Jewish heritage Franz and Margarethe Oppenheimer fled to Austria in December 1936 not knowing that their refuge would come under Nazi control after the Anschluss in March 1938 Eventually they found their way to exile in New York in December 1941 the couple was forced to part with their magnificent collection Their Meissen changed hands several times during World War II and after its recovery by Allied Monuments officers which allocated it to three distinguished museums in the Netherlands: the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam the Kunstmuseum Den Haag in The Hague and the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam before being restituted to the Oppenheimers’ heirs in 2021 Prices given include the buyer’s premium as stated by the auction house. For more information, 212-606-7000 or www.sothebys.com Across The Block Easter Weekend Auctions Bring ‘Hoppiest’ Bidders To Copake Fine & Fanciful Finishes In DuMouchelles’ April Auction We use cookies on this site. By continuing to browse without changing your browser settings to block or delete cookies, you agree to the UW-Platteville Privacy Policy. University of Wisconsin-Platteville alumnus Dr. Ronald Meissen and his wife, Eileen, are supporting engineering students through their newly established endowed Computer Science and Software Engineering (CSSE) Scholarship fund. Meissen, a member of the UW-Platteville Foundation Board of Directors presented his idea of creating the scholarship to the CSSE advisory board to help recruit and retain students to the program an advisory board member matched the Meissens’ donation of $25,000 “My wife and I are pleased to support the CSSE program. It’s one of the institution’s growing centers of excellence,” said Meissen, a 1971 civil engineering graduate “We invite others to consider donating to this fund or a similar scholarship fund supporting another department we can quickly help more students overcome financial challenges.” although there are several scholarships available to students from the Foundation and outside sources the CSSE Scholarship fund provides an additional funding opportunity to help students interested in those fields of study “These donations will allow us to double the number of scholarships available to CSSE students The five new scholarships will be targeted at freshman students entering the computer science software engineering and cybersecurity programs,” said Dr professor and department chair of Computer Science and Software Engineering “They will allow us to attract the best and brightest students to UW-Platteville We are incredibly blessed to have generous donors such as the Meissens who are helping us provide high quality education to the next generation of students.” Financial gifts are one example of giving back to the university but Meissen explains how alumni can contribute to their respective programs in a variety of ways from offering internships and co-ops to joining a department advisory board Meissen said in his experience students are grateful for any support “UW-Platteville provided their graduates with an excellent education which became the foundation of our careers Interested alumni now have the opportunity to give back with their time talent and resources to help students pursue their dreams,” he said “Alumni working together makes a big impact The involvement with students and the university is very rewarding.” Inspiration between alumni helped launch the CSSE Scholarship fund and Meissen hopes this initiative will encourage other alumni and friends to establish similar funds for other departments at the university software engineering and cybersecurity is one of many occupations in high demand for UW-Platteville graduates “The CSSE program has achieved an excellent reputation with dedicated professors preparing students to excel in their CSSE careers,” said Meissen “The individuals who have contributed to the scholarship fund are aware of the challenge many students face in funding their education we want students to pursue their studies in CSSE be successful and attain a rewarding career.”    To contribute to the CSSE scholarship, visit uwplatt.edu/give. Much has changed since Brigham Young told Karl G. Maeser to go to Provo and found Brigham Young University (then Academy). But nearly 150 years later, one connection to the German transplant is seeing renewed attention. By the 1990s, in Maeser’s honor, Provo had formed a sister city relationship with his hometown of Meissen, located 16 miles northwest of Dresden in eastern Germany. From Oct. 23-25, Provo Mayor Michelle Kaufusi and Deputy Mayor Isaac Paxman hosted a nine-person delegation from Meissen, including three city councilors, the head of the Office for Urban Development and Planning and Olaf Raschke, who has been the mayor of Meissen since 2004. Highlights of the visit included a tour of City Hall hosted by Kaufusi, being publicly recognized at a Tabernacle Choir concert during their Temple Square visit and a tour of the BYU campus, including lunch in the president’s dining room, a guided tour of the Museum of Art and meetings with students and faculty from various departments. In addition, the delegation was introduced to two of Provo’s economic successes with a tour of Vanderhall, Utah’s only auto manufacturer, and an introduction to the area’s “robust startup culture” with a visit to Kiln, Martin said. Of special significance was a tour of Provo’s Library at Academy Square hosted by Provo resident LeGrand “Buddy” Richards, a former faculty member at BYU and author of “Called to Teach: The Legacy of Karl G. Maeser.” “Maintaining connections to your community roots is important. Our sister city relationship with Meissen reminds us we are part of a bigger world than we live in,” Richards said. In the late 1990s, Provo Mayor Lewis Billings, along with descendants of Maeser, began discussions with civic leaders in Meissen to foster a sister city relationship. On July 14, 2001, the mayors of Meissen and Provo met in Meissen and, after signing a sister city agreement, headed to a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints stake center to unveil a Karl G. Maeser statue gifted to Meissen. President Thomas S. Monson of the church and President Merrill Bateman of BYU spoke at the ceremony, as did the mayor of Meissen at the time, Thomas Pohlack, according to Nicole Martin, Provo City spokeswoman. Provo’s sister city relationship with Meissen was one of many developed after President Dwight Eisenhower introduced sister cities in 1956 in a formal effort to support and foster “citizen diplomacy.” He described the initiative as “the most worthwhile purpose that exists in the world today … to help build a road to an enduring peace (throughout the world),” adding that there is “no more important work.” Last fall, Kaufusi, Paxman and others travelled to Meissen for an exchange, anticipating that a Meissen group would come this year. “One of the greatest sister city successes has been the student exchange, with hundreds of high school students from Provo or Meissen having participated in multiweek exchanges, living in the homes, and with the families, of their sister city counterparts,” Paxman said. “These exchanges have been celebrated by Provo mayors and City Council members, including at the City Council meetings that the German exchange students have attended here each fall, until the onset of the pandemic.” The students returned in early October. Stephen Van Orden, a German teacher at Timpview High School who founded and leads the exchange program, describes these live-in experiences as a “window into language and culture that no other travel experience or learning experience can duplicate,” according to a statement he gave to the city. “In many instances, exchange students and their hosts come to consider each other as family,” Van Orden added. With the exchange program faltering after the pandemic, Van Orden approached Kaufusi, encouraging her to support the reinstitution of the exchange program by accepting Meissen’s invitation to attend their annual city festival last year, as had previous Provo mayors. “Mayor Kaufusi’s diplomacy not only reignited the student exchange program, but it prompted an overdue opportunity for Provo City to host a delegation from Meissen, including Lord Mayor Raschke and city staff members,” Paxman said. “I’m so glad the exchange program has been renewed. It touches many lives for good,” Kaufusi said. “It was a delight to host the mayor and his delegation. They are good people, and there’s so much we learn from each other.” Most of the German delegation had not been to America, which gave them a unique opportunity to compare their city to Provo in geography, business climate, government processes and local culture, according to Martin. “Not surprisingly, they were unanimous in their praise for our beautiful landscape and the kindness of our community,” Martin said. In responding to the delegation’s question of how Provo generates community respect, Provo Chief Administrative Officer Scott Henderson said: “We have been able to instill community pride in our parks, fitness center and other facilities by building a world-class facility that they then treasure. Our healthy lifestyle has created this unique cultural attitude of respecting our amenities including our outdoor recreation, parks and facilities.” Copyright © 2025 Ogden Newspapers of Utah, LLC | www.heraldextra.com | 1200 Towne Centre Blvd. STE 1058, Provo, UT 84601 Clip: Season 27 Episode 22 | 1m 18sVideo has Closed Captions | CC Watch Stuart Slavid's appraisal of Meissen porcelain pug dogs Problems with Closed Captions? Closed Captioning Feedback Funding for ANTIQUES ROADSHOW is provided by Ancestry and American Cruise Lines Additional funding is provided by public television viewers Link Copied to ClipboardHow to Watch Antiques RoadshowAntiques Roadshow is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet, Roku, Samsung Smart TV, and Vizio. APPRAISER: You are correct in your assumption that these are Meissen their quality is absolutely Meissen quality the one that I'm holding here I'm particularly interested in more so than than the one on the left because of the puppy the market for Meissen has taken a step back APPRAISER: But I think the pug market hasn't because dog people are almost as crazy as cat people We're desperately looking for pug items and willing to pay a good price for them I would expect these to sell in the range of $3,000 to $5,000 APPRAISER: Good for your $500 investment-- is good Appraisal: Gebruder Heubach Cats, ca. 1910 Clip: S27 Ep22 | 3m 31s | Appraisal: Gebruder Heubach Cats Appraisal: Late 19th-Century European Silver Figurines Clip: S27 Ep22 | 2m 48s | Appraisal: Late 19th-Century European Silver Figurines (2m 48s) Appraisal: Schuco "Felix the Cat" Perfume Bottle, ca. 1930 Clip: S27 Ep22 | 2m 45s | Appraisal: Schuco "Felix the Cat" Perfume Bottle Appraisal: Steiff Dog, ca. 1930 Clip: S27 Ep22 | 44s | Appraisal: Steiff Dog Appraisal: Weller Dog Lawn Ornament, ca. 1925 Clip: S27 Ep22 | 2m 33s | Appraisal: Weller Dog Lawn Ornament Copyright © 2025 Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) PBS is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization Sign in with EmailNew to PBS? Create an account Are you sure you want to remove null from My List entitled The Splendor of Rococo: Meissen Porcelain Figurines by Johann Joachim Kaendler opened on Friday and runs until September 29 which is the first of its kind focusing on Kaendler showcases more than 230 porcelain sculptures from private European collections and museums Organized in collaboration with the Munich-based Röbbig Gallery The Splendor of Rococo showcases Kaendler’s figurative masterpieces and juxtaposes them with the Wawel collection providing a comprehensive view of 18th-century courtly life The event marks an opportunity to appreciate the artistic legacy that Kaendler left behind which continues to captivate collectors and art enthusiasts alike became a pivotal figure in the history of porcelain art when he was appointed court sculptor by Augustus the Strong at the tender age of 25 His entire career was devoted to the Meissen porcelain manufactory where his artistic brilliance heralded the golden age of this renowned institution from his early days through the peak of his career were heavily influenced by the courtly and aristocratic circles of 18th-century Saxony reflecting the aesthetics from late Baroque to Rococo and emerging Classicism His work encapsulated the era’s elite lifestyles showcasing scenes filled with hunting parties these were often replaced by the Order of the Pug motifs Kaendler crafted his first crinoline groups vividly portraying the daily and romantic lives of the courtiers named after the structured petticoats that shaped women’s skirts Kaendler also catered to the era's fascination with the bucolic idyll and the pastoral a secret longing among the nobility that would later be epitomized by Marie-Antoinette’s Hameau at Versailles including those of common folk such as craftsmen and peasants and the Cries of Paris series depicting various professions The global trade and exploration of the time spurred a curiosity for the exotic which Kaendler met with figures dressed in national costumes from distant lands and animals previously unknown to Central Europeans His ability to infuse family dynamics into these figures added a unique charm and depth to his works honoring him with a show that narrates the most brilliant period of the Meissen workshop's activities.” The exhibition is co-curated by Dorota Gabryś of Wawel Castle's Ceramics and Glass collection It is set against a backdrop that draws from the grand opera stage traditions set and costume designer Pier Luigi Pizzi and architect and opera director Massimo Pizzi Gasparon Contarini Source: PAP, polskieradio.pl Sorry, we are unable to display this content. Please check your connection. This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks. The action you just performed triggered the security solution. There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data. You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked. Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page. Sotheby’s will auction a collection of early 18th-century Meissen porcelain that was restituted by the Dutch government to the heirs of Franz Oppenheimer, a Jewish businessman who fled his home in Vienna the day before Austria was annexed by Nazi Germany. Oppenheimer’s collection, valued at more than $2m, will be sold in around 100 lots in a New York auction in September, Sotheby’s said in a press release. It includes items of royal provenance such as pieces from the collection of Augustus the Strong, the Elector of Saxony and King of Poland who founded the Meissen porcelain factory in 1710. The collection was housed for more than 60 years in the Rijksmuseum, the Kunstmuseum Den Haag and the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam. But in December 2019, the Dutch Restitutions Committee recommended its return to the heirs of Oppenheimer and his wife Margarethe, whose collection was one of the most important ensembles of early works from Europe’s first porcelain factory. Franz Oppenheimer was born in Hamburg and held various positions in the coal industry. The couple fled Nazi Germany in 1936 for Vienna, taking a part of their collection with them. But in 1938, as the Nazis marched into Austria, the Oppenheimers fled again, this time via Budapest and Stockholm to the US. The part of the collection to be auctioned by Sotheby’s never got to Vienna, but instead found its way to the Netherlands, where it was in the possession of Fritz Mannheimer, a German banker in Amsterdam. While the exact circumstances of Oppenheimer’s loss are unclear, the Restitutions Committee concluded that “he lost possession of these objects involuntarily due to circumstances directly related to the Nazi regime”. Sotheby’s says it will provide more details about the objects to be auctioned in the coming months. A list of restituted items published in 2019 by the Dutch Restitutions Committee includes tankards, coffee pots, cups and saucers, tea caddies, milk jugs, tureens, cane handles, vases and scent bottles. was one of more than 2,500 held as collateral and sold Please email comments to letters@livingchurch.org The Archbishop of Canterbury has released a statement on the 25th anniversary of the Meissen Agreement: With joy I write these few words in the name of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ as we celebrate 25 years of the signing of the Meissen Agreement in 1991 Since the call of Archbishop Robert Runcie in 1983 for reconciliation between the German churches and the Church of England substantial progress has been made to strengthen relationships between our two churches Let me briefly recall: Archbishop Runcie’s visit in the year that commemorated the five hundredth birthday of Martin Luther was to the separated churches of East and West Germany On the day set aside to mourn the destruction caused in Dresden by the Allied Forces Archbishop Runcie also called to memory the destruction by the German Luftwaffe to the city of Coventry All the more was he moved by the friendship hospitality as well as the yearning for peace in the hearts and minds of the German people On his return to England he initiated official discussions between our churches on a journey towards reconciliation and mutual recognition The intense and hope-filled exchange that followed finally led to the signing of the Meissen Agreement between the Church of England and the Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland in 1991 One of the goals of Meissen is the full visible unity between our churches This goal has allowed the development of significant relationships between our two churches at every level and remains a model for other ecumenical agreements The remembrance of that initiative which led to the signing of the Agreement is an important reminder that the churches are at times called to set the agenda and take the lead in matters of unity and reconciliation Over the years parishes and dioceses have created vibrant partnerships and exchanges between them have proved fruitful Our churches and individuals have learned to look at their faith and the life of their parish through different eyes What is currently being experienced between our churches is a programme which could be called “Mission Interchange.” Our churches have therefore come a long way and I am grateful to God for his continuing mercies on this journey It is recognised that the Meissen Commission has produced some significant theological work in the past It has focussed on the missionary dimension of ecclesiology with the goal of finding common approaches for Christian witness in Europe’s process of transformation Its most recent theological conference on the theme “Reformation Then and Now: Anglican and Protestant Perspectives” is to be published soon and I am indeed grateful for this valuable resource as a Meissen launch into the Reformation commemoration year 2017 reflecting on how our memory of the past can positively influence and creatively shape the future the agenda of this ecumenical relationship would fall short of meeting the challenges of our day if its concerns remain limited to the status of our churches in relation to each other And I know that in the work of the Meissen Commission and especially its theological reflections this has not been the case causing dire suffering to untold human lives a common voice and an agreed strategy of action we are confronted with the plight of huge numbers of refugees fleeing regions of conflict The contribution of the German Church and society in this connection has and continues to be one of great compassion It does not leave us unmoved and has been an inspiration to many of us in the work for peace and reconciliation between peoples and nations As we celebrate 25 years of Meissen and plan the 500th anniversary of the Reformation I pray that we continue in our efforts to build a confident church in a pluralistic and troubled Europe across all barriers I thank all those who have contributed to the development and success of the relationship between our two churches I wish the Meissen Commission and its co-chairs and Landesbischof Ralf Meister every success as they continue to lead the Commission May the presence and the love of Christ be with you all The adidas A-ZX series was conceived as a means for the German sportswear giant to partner with creatives from around the globe and offer them the opportunity to interpret the ZX8000 running shoe silhouette in a multitude of unexpected manners we admit we were caught by surprise with the announcement that Europe’s oldest porcelain manufacturer would kick things off in delicate and details style heading into 2021 a historic ceramic piece designed in 1856 by Ernst August Leuteritz with unique porcelain pieces stitched onto the sneaker’s tongue and heel counter The sneaker edition now includes 15 of the vase’s 130 different patterns each adornment credited to the precise skill of four Meissen painters Tillmann Blaschke CEO of Meissen about some of the details related to the project: At first glance it seems the shoe is made entirely of porcelain Could you elaborate upon the amalgamation of leather and ceramics adidas Global Head of Energy: The easiest path to approach this collaboration would have been to create an art piece fully made of porcelain but we preferred to opt for an even more conceptual way to merge these two worlds of MEISSEN and adidas in one product The manufacturing process has been very complex and took us more than a year to finish the product The team has been obsessed to create the perfect object this is actually what I liked the most: the love Meissen assigned a team of four highly skilled painters to adorn the one off sneaker with the colorful embellishments Even in the hands of accomplished artisans the task of painting the shoes by hand required 6 months to complete Tillmann Blaschke CEO of Meissen: From the beginning we strived for the sneaker to be an art piece like no other The leather shoe is decorated with MEISSEN original paintings the shoe’s absolute highlights are hand painted porcelain parts creating an amazing symbiosis between adidas and MEISSEN Noting the MEISSEN painters are typically tasked to embellish porcelain did they find working on an entirely novel surface challenging Tillmann Blaschke CEO of Meissen: Of course it was a remarkable honor for our painters to work on such a unique project that will stay one of a kind in the history of MEISSEN Therefore especially experienced and trained painters who are familiar with leather decoration techniques painted the décors on the ZX8000 Porcelain sneaker This was especially challenging as no mistakes are allowed due to the fact that the colors immediately are soaked up by the leather so no corrections are possible Jagla of adidas notes while the collaboration will remain a “1 of 1” art piece the sportswear brand has plans already in motion to take the project and produce a more accessible realization for fans of both brands in the immediate future in the form of a wearable sneaker The ZX8000 Porcelain is to be auctioned off via Sotheby’s from December 7th to the 16th with a starting price of $70,000 $1 to $1,000,000 The final auction sale amount will be donated to the Brooklyn Museum to support access to arts education to the underserved youth in NYC A wearable ZX8000 Porcelain silhouette directly inspired by the one of kind art piece sporting the same traditional Meissen design will be made available for purchase on December 11th Gregory Han is a Senior Editor at Design Milk. A Los Angeles native with a profound love and curiosity for design, hiking, tide pools, and road trips, a selection of his adventures and musings can be found at gregoryhan.com FiiO'S sub-brand Snowsky has launched the Retro Nano user-friendly vinyl flattening machine that restores warped records to their original shape using precision heat technology Zaha Hadid Architects transforms public transit at the KAFD Metro Station in Riyadh with futuristic architecture Full of natural materials and respect for modern Swedish design the STOCKHOLM 2025 collection from IKEA debuts 96 new pieces You’ll always hear it from Design Milk first Our passion is discovering and highlighting emerging talent and we’re energized by and for our community of like-minded design lovers — like you This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page artistic and technical strengths of Meissen geometrically shaped showcases in bright colors and with ‘pointed tops’ These showcases not only serve the Meissen objects also autonomous in character More images by Iwan Baan and information after the break. Meissen | SO – IL Exhibition / © Iwan BaanThe porcelain shown comes from the collection Von Klemperer, the Meissen factory and several private collections in England and Germany. Meissen | SO – IL Exhibition / © Iwan BaanThe exhibition comes with a book highlighting both the porcelain and the architectural conceptions of SO – IL For more information, please click here You'll now receive updates based on what you follow Personalize your stream and start following your favorite authors If you have done all of this and still can't find the email Antique Trader StaffPublished Sep 21 2021 7:42 PM PDTShare this storyOne of the greatest pre-war collections of Meissen porcelain ever assembled has shattered expectations after selling for $15 million at Sotheby’s New York The final result of the more than 117 rare pieces from the early 18th-century sold which Sotheby’s said is "the most significant collection to come to auction in the last half century," is five times the pre-sale estimate The crown jewel of the Margarethe and Franz Oppenheimer Collection selling for $1,593,000 and soaring past its estimate of $200,000-$400,000 The case's gilt-bronze mount is most likely of German origin from the mid-18th century and the movement signed “Barrey à Paris,” is dated circa 1700.  were acquired by the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam where many of the pieces were displayed for the last 60 years while a quarter of the lots sold to online bidders The pieces were expected to realize $3.1 million and estimated prices ranged from $300 to $400,000 Three other lots sold for more than $1 million each According to Sotheby’s, the collection of early works from Europe’s first porcelain manufactory was meticulously assembled by Dr. Franz and Margarethe Oppenheimer in the early decades of the 20th century the collection was commemorated in a catalog which was published privately and authored by the leading ceramics scholar of the day Following their persecution in Germany by the Nazis due to their Jewish heritage the Oppenheimers fled to Austria in December 1936 not knowing that their refuge would come under Nazi control after the Anschluss in March 1938 The porcelain collection changed hands several times over the ensuing decades and eventually became part of the holdings of the Dutch State from which it was loaned to three distinguished museums in the Netherlands: the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam and the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam before being restituted to the Oppenheimers’ heirs in 2021 known as the oldest and most luxurious porcelain in Europe was first produced for Augustus the Strong The Oppenheimer collection included pieces distinguished by royal and noble provenance Additional auction highlights include a Meissen armorial tea and coffee service made for the noble Morosini family of Venice circa 1731 which sold for $1.4 million against a high estimate of $180,000; a pair of Meissen Augustus Rex underglaze-blue-ground beaker vases which sold for $1.2 million against a high estimate of $120,000; and a Meissen famille verte goblet circa 1725 and possibly inspired by a Chinese Kangxi blue and white porcelain prototype, which realized $1.1 million against a high estimate of $70,000 Sotheby's noted that nearly 98 percent of the pieces achieved prices above their high estimates The results mark “the highest-ever total for a European ceramics sale,” said Richard Hird specialist in Sotheby’s English and European ceramics department “The depth of bidding and sustained competition that we witnessed throughout the sale as well as the numerous acquisitions by the Rijksmuseum were not only a testament to the extraordinary quality of the pieces themselves but also the exceptional taste and vision of Dr More results of the auction can be found here © 2025 Active Interest Media All rights reserved UW-Platteville celebrates the grand opening of its newly renovated Cyberlab equipped with the latest technologies and tools to prepare students for the burgeoning field of cybersecurity The University of Wisconsin-Platteville celebrated the grand opening of its newly renovated Cyberlab on Jan The lab has been transformed into a state-of-the-art facility designed to attract recruit and train top cybersecurity talent With cyber threats becoming increasingly common, the need for cybersecurity professionals has never been greater. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics the industry is projected to grow by 32% by 2032 UW-Platteville’s Cyberlab is equipped with the latest technologies and tools to provide students with the hands-on experiences necessary to prepare them for the ever-evolving world of cybersecurity it is important that we stay on the cutting edge we celebrate having a modern space for a modern program,” said Chancellor Tammy Evetovich Chancellor Evetovich also thanked the generosity of several alumni donors who made the renovation possible. That included Ron and Eileen Meissen, who donated $50,000 to make the lab a reality. Ron Meissen, the vice chair of the UW-Platteville Foundation Board of Directors has been a significant supporter of the cybersecurity program He said the renovated Cyberlab will uniquely position the university to train the next generation of professionals to meet a growing regional and national demand “This will be a great learning environment for the students and a fantastic place to bring prospective students and their parents,” Meissen said “I think this is just one example of alumni and the university working together to make a real positive impact on the learning environment for students.” have also established the CSSE Endowed Scholarship Fund with a goal to reach $100,000 by the end of 2024 These scholarships will aid in attracting and retaining students interested in computer science including the growing field of cybersecurity The Cyberlab is located at 207 Busby Hall. Visit www.uwplatt.edu/program/cybersecurity to learn more about the UW-Platteville cybersecurity program. To contribute to the CSSE scholarship, visit uwplatt.edu/give Link to original story: https://uwplatt.edu/news/uw-platteville-unveils-state-art-cyberlab-train-top-cybersecurity-professionals Share how you or someone you know is contributing to the inspiring work at our public university campuses throughout Wisconsin Share Your Story universityrelations@wisconsin.edu © 2025 Board of Regents - University of Wisconsin System 2019Save this storySaveSave this storySaveAll products featured on GQ are independently selected by our editors we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through these links Is Supreme About to Create a Whole New Generation of Porcelain Freaks the collaborator’s audience may not even be aware of Supreme Now that the company is one of the most famous fashion brands in the world that dynamic is getting harder and harder to create But before Supreme dissolves into total information overload the brand may have found the last remaining Supreme-free audience in the obscure and cosseted world of European porcelain I asked Christie’s Head of Ceramics Carleigh Queenth, who also runs @BreakingIsBad, Instagram’s premiere porcelain influencer account, whether this might be a “grail,” as it were “It’s amusing how they put this traditional model into a new context,” Queenth told me “I would think the figurine would appeal more to new audiences that love tongue-in-cheek contemporary art than to the traditional Meissen collectors who tend to focus on 18th- and 19th-century works.” Could Tom Ford be the new king of New York fashion and hunk designer Tom Ford is being proposed as her replacement The role involves serving as the public face of the CFDA which promotes the interests of the American fashion industry and its designers and inspiring intense sartorial patriotism he is one of fashion’s most glamorous personalities and a bona fide star.” It’s true: Ford is like Karl Lagerfeld merged with a cowboy but with the skin and grooming regimen of an imperious Italian aristocrat the CFDA doesn’t hold quite the same grip over the fashion industry France’s The Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode which literally makes laws about what is and isn’t Fashion But France invented the idea of our earthly rags being extremely important tools of communication and power Maybe Ford can help lasso us into something more meaningful A cosmetics company is making a greasy burger that you smear all over your face for beauty Or it’s a bunch of eyeshadows in ketchup and mustard colors? Idk, sounds horrible, but so does everything else. Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker When New York-based artist Jen Ray first toured the Meissen porcelain manufactory in Talstrasse she was stunned by one of the company’s trained artisans He was painting an impossibly intricate design on a porcelain watch face ‘I do it between breaths and heartbeats,’ ” Ray recalls I am definitely coming back here.’” Shortly thereafter Ray became an artist in residence at Meissen She had never worked with porcelain before Meissen is Europe’s oldest porcelain manufacturer The goals are twofold: Allow the artists to create new works and explore a new medium and make Meissen—which has historically fallen squarely in the realm of decorative arts—visible in the contemporary art world “There’s a lot more that you can do with porcelain beyond tableware and figurines,” says Claudia Gulden “That’s what we’re trying to show with the residency we want to bring contemporary influence into the company as a whole so we can appeal to a younger generation of collectors.” Last year, the residency had a moment when sculptor Arlene Shechet’s work from her time at Meissen went on display at the Frick Collection in New York (the yearlong exhibition ended this past April) Shechet was the first contemporary artist to have her work shown in that museum the show uniquely paired Shechet’s works with traditional Meissen pieces she selected from the Frick’s Arnhold Collection—one of the largest and most important Meissen collections in the world Also in New York last year, fellow former Meissen resident Chris Antemann had an exhibition of her porcelain works, titled “Forbidden Fruit,” at the Museum of Arts and Design beginning in September 2016 unlike any other ceramic: It has a brilliant whiteness The material was invented in China roughly a millennium ago It was imported to Europe from China at enormous cost and developed the nickname of “white gold.” Europeans scrambled to replicate porcelain and produce their own commissioned an alchemist and a mathematician to investigate how porcelain was made The two men were the first Europeans to do so successfully and thereafter Meissen Porcelain Manufactory opened in 1710 Meissen is still owned by the Free State of Saxony and it is considered a jewel of the region which includes a museum of historic porcelain and a contemporary gallery is located roughly 100 kilometers south of Leipzig and employs 650 people worldwide Meissen began collaborating with artists in the 1920s when its general manager Max Adolf Pfeiffer brought in a group of artists “to bring new inspiration into the company,” Gulden explains But the artists weren’t creating unique pieces; instead they developed designs for tableware and figurines making collaboration with outside artists all but impossible who initiated the artist residency program He hoped the artists would served to bridge Meissen’s past—its 300 years of tradition and history—and its future artists were invited to interview and tour the manufactory to inspire ideas artists are given access to the facilities and master artisans leaving them free to shape the residency to their interests While artists are given this great freedom they’re also presented with a great challenge: Porcelain is notoriously difficult to work with If an artist is simply painting on the porcelain artists often have to visit the manufactory numerous times over a period of years many artists work by creating molds from a clay model which takes about two weeks (it also shrinks by 20 percent and a second firing—which can draw out the process to around two months And that’s before the piece can even be painted “People think we are just sleeping,” Gulden says with a laugh “But the reality is that porcelain takes a lot of time.” Antemann, who earned an MFA in ceramics, was familiar with the process before she started working with Meissen in 2011. She had previously worked with her own mixture of English-style bone porcelain. Long fascinated by the European tradition of porcelain figurines, she took cues from the work of Johann Joachim Kändler Kändler began the figurine tradition when he had the idea to make collectible porcelain pieces based on forms that were cast in sugar for 18th-century banquets Antemann’s sexually suggestive figures riff on the excesses and temptations of 18th-century banquet culture where alliances were formed and individuals showed off their power and wealth “My idea was to take the woman figure down from her pedestal and make her a participant in the party,” Antemann explains She poses the male figures as the “plus one” and portrays them very simply rejecting stereotypically coy relationships and the male gaze Her approach is intentionally subversive: “As a woman in the male-dominated art world I was often written off as making something cutesy and decorative.” Known for her paintings that depict Amazon warriors and performances that celebrate female strength she started off painting porcelain at Meissen in 2012 “which of course I did not know before I got there Every single piece they make there is hand-painted by these women who are incredible even though she knew little about the process imagining a weapon that one of her Amazon characters would carry which she then covered with traditional flowers “The artisans at the manufactory were bringing me these porcelain flowers they make and the application took me weeks.” The axes were recently shown (and sold) at Art Basel in Hong Kong “I wanted to work as a team with the artisans at Meissen and I became part of the family there,” says Ray Meissen was the first residency she’d ever done; the residency experience had never appealed to her before I don’t talk that way about my other artwork.” Both Antemann and Ray agree that the way the residency fosters opportunities to create new work is its greatest benefit Antemann has formed a unique relationship with Meissen limited-edition figurines that appeal to traditional porcelain collectors As far as Meissen’s visibility in the greater art world there’s no reason they can’t have a stake in it,” Ray offers “They could do an excellent contemporary art show the pair of sneakers was painstakingly assembled over a six month period the art piece brings together the meissen ‘krater’ vase and the adidas originals ZX8000 silhouette the ‘krater’ vase unites a number of decorative styles and techniques from throughout the manufacturer’s 310 year history paying homage to this quintessential piece of meissen design adidas’ ZX8000 shoe model is adorned with 15 of the vase’s 130 different patterns each pattern has been painstakingly crafted with the utmost care and precision by four individual painters across three separate meissen departments inspired by the art piece and traditional meissen design will be available for purchase in december collaborators: adidas X meissen happening now! partnering with antonio citterio, AXOR presents three bathroom concepts that are not merely places of function, but destinations in themselves — sanctuaries of style, context, and personal expression. Below, a peek into the exhibition, as well as stunning (and jaw-dropping) porcelain from Old World houses still available today. “Porcelain, No Simple Matter: Arlene Shechet and the Arnhold Collection,” May 24, 2016, through April 2, 2017, at the Frick Collection Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information Pieces from the Oppenheimer collection on display in 1962 has been untouched for more than half a century By subscribing, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy Meissen and adidas Originals are two heritage German companies that know and dominate their field, so a partnership between the two on a pair of ZX 10000 C sneakers seems only natural The historic porcelain manufacturer has a meticulous eye for attention to detail, while adidas‘ ZX line is arguably one of its most recognizable, successful, and important divisions within the sportswear giant’s catalog. By combining both of their sensibilities, the duo has crafted a limited-edition pair of shoes that looks as if Meissen’s vase and the ZX had a love child. Clip: Season 19 Episode 5 | 3m 20sVideo has Closed Captions | CC Appraisal: Meissen "Day & Night" Porcelain Figurines David Lackey appraises meissen "day & night" porcelain figurines Huon Mallalieu tells the tale of an 18th century fraud perpetrated on the ceramic-loving public director of the Saxon state porcelain collection wrote an article in the catalogue for Art Antiques London on an ambitious scam perpetrated by a Parisian porcelain dealer in partnership with the Elector of Saxony’s Home Secretary a story relevant to a piece currently for sale in Paris This skulduggerous pair were Rodolphe Lemaire born in 1688 of a family of marchands faïencier who had spent some years enjoying himself in Paris before becoming Saxon ambassador there he had done very well from John Law’s Mississippi Company bubble using the proceeds to acquire a considerable collection of Old Masters He also succumbed to the Parisian craze for Japanese Arita Kakiemon porcelains which derived from Chinese colours and patterns and This interest may have been relevant in 1728 as his responsibilities included directing the Meissen porcelain manufactory Lemaire had ceramics decorated for him in the Netherlands where von Hoym arranged an interview with Augustus Lemaire was thus allowed to commission Meissen copies of Kakiemon pieces he had brought with him some for Augustus and more to sell in France Augustus stipulated the copies must carry the factory’s crossed swords mark in underglaze blue the Elector-King had to spend much time in Warsaw to establish his rule there and the duplicitous pair put his absences to great advantage Von Hoym and Huet had genuine Kakiemon pieces from Augustus’s vast collection copied and then leant on the decorator Gregorius Höroldt to paint the crossed swords over rather than under the glaze so that they could later be removed by nitrate acid or scraping with a diamond to be replaced with supposed Chinese marks where Huet sold — and priced — them as genuine Chinese who regarded him as ‘Frenchified’ His collections were seized and he was sacked before being tried on a lurid variety of charges Eventually sentenced to life imprisonment for treason he committed suicide in Königstein Fortress before being expelled from Saxony and disappearing from history the pieces sold in Paris became a superb advertisement for Meissen’s quality and Huet made his fortune from the monopoly to sell genuine Meissen pieces in France It is thus appropriate that I have been reminded of the tale by Laura Kugel which deals in treasures and curiosities of all sorts currently including an unmarked gold-mounted Lemaire Kakiemon Meissen covered jar Gold or ormolu mounts for Oriental porcelain was another fashion that originated in France This one was made by the specialist Jean Gaillard II in 1731–32 but the decoration of prunus and blue birds is charming — and the story is good The dust has now settled following the $450 million sale of Leonardo Da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi a work thought to be in the style of Sandro Botticelli languished in a museum storeroom Credit: Two Hacks by George Stubbs (Parker Gallery) Gallery owner Archie Parker thought something was amiss when he came across this painting in an online sale catalogue Toby KeelToby Keel is Country Life's Digital Director and has been running the website and social media channels since 2016 An auction featuring 117 Meissen porcelain pieces has fetched over £10 million The items auctioned off once belonged to lawyer and industrialist Dr The collection later fell into the hands of the Nazi regime The collection was held at various Dutch museums over the course of 70 years. It was in the hands of the Rijksmuseum when the Oppenheimers’ descendants approached the Dutch Restitutions Constitution Committee The committee sided with the family in 2019, citing they’d “lost possession of the objects involuntarily due to circumstances directly related to the Nazi regime.” Upon getting ownership of the collection, the family approached auctioneers Sotheby’s about selling it “After the defeat of the Nazi regime, the collection was discovered by Allied Monuments officers in a salt mine in Austria, where it had been placed by Hitler’s curators for safety,” said Lucian Simmons worldwide head on restitution at Sotheby’s “The collection was taken first to Munich and was then sent by the Allies to Holland The Dutch government placed it in three museums where it remained until it was restituted to the Oppenheimer heirs but they are group of individuals and it is quite common for restituted collections to be sold to convert the inheritance into a form that is more easily distributed amongst the descendants of a victim of Nazi persecution,” he continued The Meissen factory was established in 1710 and was the first in Europe to produce hard-paste porcelain products equal to those seen in China which had produced porcelain for 2,000 years While the auction was expected to bring in £2 million Among the items sold was a rare Meissen armorial tea and coffee service from 1731 The highest-earning item was a 17-inch-high Meissen clock from 1727 More than half of the collection was bought by the Rijksmuseum. The Rembrandt Association confirmed it made a contribution to the museum to allow it to purchase back the items According to Richard Hird a specialist in Sotheby’s English and European ceramics department the sale marks “the highest-ever total for a European ceramics sale The depth of the bidding and sustained competition that we witnessed throughout the sale were not only a testament to the extraordinary quality of the pieces themselves but also the exceptional taste and vision of Dr The collection of German porcelain was acquired by Oppenheimer and his wife during the 1920s and ’30s They purchased the items at a time when they were being deaccessioned from the Royal Collection in Dresden as the Nazis began to place restrictions of Jewish people in Germany the Oppenheimers fled their home in Berlin and relocated to Vienna They emigrated to the United States two years later just before Austria was annexed by Germany they sold off their Meissen ornaments and figurines in an attempt to keep them out of Nazi hands A large portion of their collection was purchased by a man named Fritz Mannheimer The 117 pieces of 17th and 18th century Meissen were ultimately found in the Netherlands in 1941by a member of the SS and handed over to Hitler First housed in the Vyšši Brod Monastery in South Bohemia was moved to Austrian salt mines to keep it safe from Allied bombings The items were eventually located by members of the Monuments and museum curators tasked with recovering stolen art before the Nazis could destroy it The collection was transferred to the Central Holding Point and sent back to the Netherlands As Mannheimer’s executors were not interested in seeking restitution the collection was passed into Dutch state holdings of which some were held as property available for restitution and the rest given to the Rijksmuseum Clare Fitzgerald is a Writer and Editor with eight years of experience in the online content sphere Graduating with a Bachelor of Arts from King’s University College at Western University her portfolio includes coverage of digital media Among her accomplishments are being the Founder of the true crime blog, Stories of the Unsolved, which garners between 400,000 and 500,000 views annually, and a contributor for John Lordan’s Seriously Mysterious podcast she also served as the Head of Content for UK YouTube publication Clare likes to play Pokemon GO and re-watch Heartland over and over (and over) again She’ll also rave about her three Maltese dogs whenever she gets the chance linkedin.com/in/clarefitz/ adidas continues to add to their A-ZX collection by keeping things close to home as “M” stands for Meissen, a city in eastern Germany just a few hours away from adidas HQ. Therefore, this latest adidas ZX 1000 C is Made in Germany The shoe sports a clean White upper that’s decorated in array of floral print on the vamp Other details includes a translucent eyelet cage perforations on the toe and heel completed with a Sail rubber outsole Look for the Meissen x adidas ZX 10000 to release on December 18th at select retailers and adidas.com UPDATE 12/12: Inspired by the floral designs of German porcelain manufacturer Meissen, this ZX celebrates craftsmanship at its finest. A release date has been confirmed for December 18th exclusively on the adidas Confirmed app SBD provides millions of monthly visitors with sneaker updates on Jordan Sneaker Bar Detroit has quickly become one of the top sneaker sources on the web Advertise With Us || Email: info[at]sneakerbardetroit.com Buy: adidas and select retailers worldwide Editor’s Notes: adidas has teamed up with legendary German porcelain manufacturer Meissen to rework the ZX 10,000 C in the latter’s signature style Meissen and adidas have printed a delicate floral pattern across parts of the upper which takes inspiration from Meissen’s hand-painted porcelain vases In addition to the ZX 10,000 C, which drops worldwide on December 18, the two companies have put together a 1-of-1 porcelain ZX 8000, which is currently being auctioned off via Sotheby’s in New York All proceeds from the auction will go to benefit the Brooklyn Museum adidas1 / 5To stay updated on everything happening in the sneaker world, follow @highsnobietysneakers on Instagram, check our sneaker release date calendar, and subscribe to our sneaker chatbot on Facebook to receive lightning-quick updates to your inbox Our designated Selects section features products that we love and want to share with you. 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The graceful battle hits are synchronized to the music I wish I had enough room to name all the designers and runners/performers responsible for the technical aspects So many interdependent performance elements and practical effects must come together at the right moments in quick succession for this show to work – and they did Rairdin-Hale's production would have become a messy melee.) These words just can't convey the grand scope and impact of She Kills Monsters and applause during scenes – and not just at the end of them – demonstrate the power of this production She Kills Monsters runs at St. Ambrose University's Galvin Fine Arts Center (2101 North Gaines Street, Davenport IA) through November 21, and more information and tickets are available by calling (563)333-6251 and visiting SAU.edu./theatre Mike Schulz River Cities Reader #1032 -... by River Cities Reader You'll get both the current official narrative challenge and What's Happenin' in the Quad Cities.(Did you know we publish a new Real Astrology and RCR Crossword every week?)  Get the printed Reader edition mailed to you (or anyone you want) first-class for 12 months for $48.$24 goes to postage and handling Submit your event listings to calendar@rcreader.com We publish a monthly printed tabloid size magazine available for free throughout the Quad Cities at over 300 locations The Reader provides keys to the Quad Cities' culture in print and online with exhaustive event calendars and coverage of arts cartoons and crosswords are also published in print monthly Mayor Curtis participates in the cities annual Wine Festival parade along with Meissen officials Germany and Provo share one thing in common Provo is one of thousands of cities to participate in a sister city program aiming to foster international relations by giving communities the opportunity to share information and ideas across the globe One of Provos' sister cites is Meissen, Germany Meissen is a city of 30,000 located on the banks of the Elbe River in eastern Germany The city is best known for its world famous porcelain industry and wine Meissen shares a special Provo connection as the birthplace and childhood home of Karl G the first official president of what would become Brigham Young University '(Maeser) brought with him the traits and cultures he grew up with and you can see it here,' said Scott Bowles business development coordinator for Provo He said it's important to connect to our city's heritage something the sister city agreement has helped Provo to do Provo and Meissen regularly exchange high school students interested in experiencing a new language and culture The program also facilitates the exchange of ideas and information between sister cities Bowles said the lord mayor of Meissen asked Provo Mayor John Curtis for advice on being more socially connected to his citizens. Curtis is known for being very active and open with social media with his own blog Provo's other sister city is located on the other side of the world in Nanning The city is located near the border of Vietnam and has a population of over 3 million people The area is rapidly growing with a strong industrial market and has reached out to Provo to learn more about American culture Mayors from both Nanning and Provo have made trips to the other city but there have yet to be student exchanges between the two Mayor Curtis blends in with the locals of Meissen Many cities in the program choose to acknowledge their friendships in unique ways the city planted a friendship tree for each of its sister cities near the city council building Descendants of Maeser worked to have a statue of him erected in Meissen The statue was originally meant to be placed in front of a school named after him but due to controversy among the locals it was instead placed in front of the local LDS stake center The city of Nanning has a large friendship garden to symbolize its relationships across the world Here it has placed a granite statue of a cougar similar to the BYU statue outside LaVell Edwards Stadium The sister city program was started in 1956 by President Dwight D Eisenhower to help build up relations between war-torn countries As for the future of Provo and the sister city program Bowles said the mayor wasn't going to engage other cities in an agreement until they learned what Provo could bring to the table 'It's a continually maturing program,' Bowles said The Mayor of Meissen will be in Provo from Oct 19–24 and there will be a re-signing of the sister city agreement during the city council meeting on Oct The Daily Universe is an educational lab tied to the curriculum of the journalism sequence in the BYU School of Communications and is committed to the mission of BYU and its sponsoring institution The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Contact us: Dureceptionist@byu.edu In effect until 10 AM Tuesday morning along & west of I-35. Very large hail and isolated tornadoes possible RADARBodies pile up at crematorium in Germany's virus hot spotby FRANK JORDANS Associated Press Germany (AP) — The caskets are stacked three high in the Meissen crematorium's somber memorial hall piled up in empty offices and stored in hallways others are labeled "infection risk," "urgent" or simply "COVID." A surge of coronavirus deaths in this corner of eastern Germany has boosted business for crematorium manager Joerg Schaldach and his staff The crematorium would typically have 70 to 100 caskets on site at this time of year when the flu season takes its toll on the elderly "It's normal for more people to die in winter than in summer," said Schaldach "That's always been the case." Now he has 300 bodies waiting to be cremated and each day dozens more are delivered to the modernist building on a hill overlooking Meissen an ancient town better known for its delicate porcelain and impressive Gothic castle Meissen county once again took the unwanted lead in Germany's COVID-19 tables with an infection rate three times the national average includes six of the 10 worst-hit counties in Germany Schaldach says the crematorium is doing its best to keep up with demand firing up the twin furnaces every 45 minutes and managing 60 cremations a day "The ashes still end up in the right urn," he said But whereas staff would normally try to ensure the deceased look good for relatives to bid their final farewells infection rules now mean the caskets of COVID victims have to remain shut throughout making the entire process even harder for those involved Some have linked Saxony's high infection rate to wider anti-government sentiment in a state where over a quarter voted for the far-right Alternative for Germany party at the last national election Its lawmakers have objected to the need to wear masks limits on people gathering and the closure of stores A few have even denied the existence of a pandemic outright Other commentators have noted the state's large number of elderly and its reliance on nursing home workers from the neighboring Czech Republic including the head of the county administration the local doctors association and the lawmaker representing the region in parliament all declined to be interviewed about the situation Saxony's governor, Michael Kretschmer acknowledged in a recent interview with daily Freie Presse that he had underestimated the impact of the pandemic in his state and paid too much attention to those calling for businesses and schools to remain open A video showing Kretschmer talking to anti-lockdown protesters outside his home Sunday ends with him walking away after one person dons a mask made to look like the German Imperial War Flag says most people in Saxony accept the rules has read comments on social media branding reports about bodies piling up at his crematorium as fake news "Those who believe in conspiracy theories can't be helped We don't want to debate with them," he told The Associated Press "They have their beliefs and we have our knowledge." devoid of the usual tourists or even the bustle of locals Franziska Schlieter runs a gourmet food store in the historic city center that's among the few allowed to stay open amid the lockdown which has been run by five generations of her family is being sustained by a trickle of regulars buying lottery cards and gift baskets God sent people plagues when they didn't behave," said Schlieter who feels easing the lockdown over Christmas was a mistake "Sometimes I have to think of that." Matthias Huth tends a lone food truck outside his shuttered restaurant He defends those who have questioned the government's COVID-19 restrictions but says skepticism shouldn't justify denial "Conversations are starting to change," Huth said as he served up a dish of chopped blood sausage sauerkraut and mash known locally as 'Dead Grandma.' "Everyone wants it to be over." 2020Save this storySaveSave this storySavePeter Marino–designed pedestals at a new Musée Condé exhibition are particularly ravishing Despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and the current state of work-from-home life, celebrated AD100 architect and interior designer Peter Marino shows no signs of slowing down Case in point is a major new Musée Condé exhibition he has designed on prized 18th-century Meissen and Chantilly porcelain The very setting for “The Manufactory of Extravagance of Meissen and Chantilly,” which opened this week and runs through January 3 of next year The museum is housed within the palatial chateau of Louis-Henri de Bourbon who established the making of Chantilly porcelain and served as prime minister to Louis XV this latest museum project is about far more than designing a showcase for the finely painted and intricately modeled porcelain vessels and figurines It’s a window into the rivalry of the Prince of Condé and Augustus II the Strong who reigned as Elector of Saxony and King of Poland The primary focus of their ongoing competition was not territory or natural resources but their considerable porcelain collections and the establishment of those related enterprises whose own vast porcelain collection includes Meissen and Chantilly rarities While both Condé and Augustus battled for supremacy when it came to setting new stylistic standards as well as from a series of private collections there are the requisite vases and cachepots but there are also cunning figurines such as fierce white leopards.) For the exhibition Marino designed a bevy of gilded bronze pedestals that complement the lavish interiors filled with finely carved and gilded boiserie the porcelain is fittingly displayed atop ornate marquetry consoles which is lined with 18th-century paintings of war scenes Marino injected a theatrical flourish by designing stylish red silk tents in which to showcase brilliantly modeled birds Get a year of unlimited access for $25 $20 per month What is the appeal of such rarefied specialties when streamlined design and a monochromatic palette are often the norm for Marino from exquisite modeling to a palette that ranged from the subtle to the bold,” the designer replies Kandler’s life-sized birds remain remarkable close to three centuries [after their initial creation].”  European craftsmen first worked out how to make porcelain in the 18th Century became obsessed with the material – he claimed to be gripped by Porzellankrankheit or ‘porcelain madness’ He built palaces to house his massive collections – which included whole regiments of soldiers – in order to fill the world with representations of his power ‘Meissen porcelain’ – named after the town where it was produced – became associated with the Teutonic ideal as Edmund de Wall puts it: “a pure white substance made from German earth.” But the connection between Meissen pottery and the Nazi party is rarely discussed De Waal visits the Meissen archive to find out how Allach porcelain – prized by the rulers of the Third Reich – was created in the concentration camp at Dachau Edmund de Waal investigates the stories and memories that objects can hold he explores the creative power of remembering – even the memories we might want to forget Artsnight: Edmund de Waal: Memory is on BBC World News on 12 and 13 March 2016 – check the schedule for broadcast times where you are. 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Hosting the evening was Paul Arnhold (artisan of glass) and Wes Gordon (designer of Carolina Herrera), the former’s grandfather having amassed a resplendent collection of Meissen porcelain over the course of his illustrious life. A selection of that collection (which was thankfully smuggled out of Germany so as to not fall prey to the Nazis) now calls the Frick Collection home and was revealed last night in an intimate exhibition with a dinner to follow. Most wore Carolina Herrera; “I’m a Bavarian princess,” remarked Sarah Hoover, in a high-necked, smocked white gown. Nearby stood actual Princess Ekaterina of Hanover, in a yellow-printed frock. Also in attendance was Martha Stewart, the divine Deeda Blair, Seth and Alexi Ashe Meyers, Nell Diamond, Indre Rockefeller, Jessica Joffe, Peter Marino, and more. After the viewing hour, it was time for dinner. A beautiful dinner laid with a damask tablecloth, amber glassware, tassel name cards, and the aforementioned wigs, which were slung on the backs of each chair. Hairpieces in place, rounds of selfies and comparisons ensued. (Some envied their neighbor’s cotton candy pink wings; others prompted, “How do I look?”) And then for a dinner of a seasonal harvest salad, seared halibut, and a modern rendition of black forest cake. Sometime between courses, Arnhold cleared his throat to address the crowd, explaining that some pieces of the collection were also auctioned off to fuel the porcelain craze for a whole new batch of antiquarian collectors. “My father grew up surrounded by porcelain, playing soccer in the house, and not once did he break a piece…I hope the next owners have the same luck!” Photo: Raul Tovar1/19Inside the Frick Collection. Photo: Raul Tovar2/19Pieces from the Henry Arnhold’s Meissen Palace: Celebrating a Collector exhibition Photo: Raul Tovar3/19Paul Arnhold, Martha Stewart, and Wes Gordon Aptly dubbed the Meissen x adidas Originals ZX8000 “Porcelain,” this sneaker is much more a piece of art than a wearable rarity Premium hand-painted leather is combined with hand-made porcelain overlays that are adorned with 15 of the 130 possible patterns that Meissen adds to its historic Krater Vase.