Cynthia Porter, assistant professor of German at The Ohio State University, will give a keynote lecture in celebration of the annual induction ceremony of Delta Phi Alpha National German Honor Society ...

AMSTERDAM (AP) — When he was just 17 years old, German artist ... modern and contemporary art museum in Amsterdam to stage a ...

But should they be considered works of art? When it comes to their legal status, the answer is no: Last week, a German federal court ruled that Birkenstocks aren’t art and therefore can’t ...

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Villain Arts Tattoo Festivals is coming back to Atlanta this March. The Villain Arts Atlanta Tattoo Arts Festival 2025 will be held from March 14 to 16. Visitors can get top-tier tattoos from ...

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A German court is putting its foot down. Birkenstocks are not art. Birkenstocks are cool enough for influencers, Hollywood stars and even Barbie — but they do not qualify as art, Germany’s top ...

Birkenstocks: They are ubiquitous in summer, comfy and very German. Sometimes they look chic and sometimes shabby. But can these sandals be considered art? That’s the question Germany’s ...

There are many things you can say about the popular cork-soled shoes and sandals—but you can’t call them a work of art, according ... This week, the venerable German shoe company, which ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. FILE -A Birkenstock sandal is pictured in Birkenstock store in Frankfurt, Germany, Oct. 4, 2023. (AP Photo ...

"The claims are unfounded because they are not copyright-protected works of applied art," Judge Thomas Koch ruled. Birkenstock was fighting to have rival sandals removed from the market in a ...

But a German court may have just set a precedent on whether such work can be legally protected. This week, the court ruled that Birkenstocks fail to meet the legal definition of art. Birkenstocks ...