The Wall Project

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To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, The Wende Museum developed the Wall Project, in which eight sections of the Berlin Wall were relocated to Los Angeles, and an adjacent symbolic wall was built, painted by artists and torn down for the project's culmination last night.

Had I known about the project earlier, I definitely would have attended what sounds like an amazing event, which featured films, music, dignitaries and special guests.  Fortunately for those of us who missed the event there is still plenty to explore on The Wall Project website, including related events and interviews with Thierry Noir, the first artist to paint on the Berlin Wall, as well as a border guard and Cold War political prisoner.  More