He is considered by many, alongside with Marcel Duchamp, John Cage and Andy Warhol, one of the most prominent artists of 20th century.He "extended the definition of art" by saying "Everybody is an artist," and emphasizing the role of art in transforming the society. Today, all the topics he kept busy with are still relevant, though nearly all of them has a polarizing effect on discussions.<img src="https://images.aposto.com/2021/4/2021-05-31T19:29:24.417Z_sm.jpeg" style="display: block; float: none; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px; border-style: none; position: relative; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box;" ratio="1.29" alt="Beuys's signature" fr-original-style="display: block; float: none; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable">Beuys's signatureRelated with his 100th birthday, books are published, events and exhibitions are organized all over the world. Here is a selection:English and German; extensive project with events in both Germany and the world "<a fr-original-style="" href="https://beuys2021.de/en" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">beuys2021</a>";German; a video series on how his ideas echo today "<a fr-original-style="" href="https://beuysbts.de/" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">behind the scenes</a>“;To hear how young people relate with the artist today and more: '<a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.100beuys.com/" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">100beuys.com</a>”Akbank Art Center's "<a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60rhehrU1X4&list=PLafAn8dOqMtzHIFAnjGZlVqkBhVFHmofF" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">100 Yıl Beuys</a>" is a video series moderated by art curator and academician Marcus Graf.

If sculpture, action and installation artist, scholar, politician and activist Joseph Beuys (1921-1986) lived, he would be 100 years old today.

Joseph Beuys at 100

Professor Emeritus Ülker Gökberk published a book recently that brought Walter Benjamin's Berlin and Bilge Karasu's Istanbul together. We talked about this togetherness that crosses space and time.

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