European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 14, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Calendar Austria world creche Congress Innsbruck nov. 28 dec. 2. Denmark Christmas Angels exhibition on Angels in cultural history Rosmilde museum Rosmilde nov. 15-Jan. 5. Dog show organized by the America club Cronic Gads Kaseane Nestved nov. 17. France St. Catherins s Day fair Saint sans nov. 23-24. Wines Day Chablis nov. 24. St. Catherine s Day celebrations Veroul nov. 25. Germany a Winter tale Rothenburg of Der Tauber nov. 30-Jan. 1. The festivities will include the Christmas Market until dec. 22. There will be stage coach rides or children torchlight processions Art exhibitions puppet shows and concerts. Ski fair sponsored by Mainz itt outdoor recreation Village inn at Martin Luther King Village 10 a.m.-4 . Nov. 23. Arts and crafts Market Ulm nov. 30-dec. 1. Ski gathering. Crest hotel Heidelberg nov. 16 17, a first for English speaking skiers in Germany sponsored by euro ski Magazine with ski lessons on a 60-meter artificial Snow slope. Daily noon-8 . Crest hotel is just off the Patrick Henry Village autobahn exit at Heidelberg. Groat Britain mid Wales Beer festival Llanwrtyd Wells nov. 20-24. British artificial ski slopes championships Hillend ski Center Edinburgh nov. 23-24. Cardiff festival of music Cardiff nov. 23 dec.7. Lombard Rac rally staged from Nottingham nov. 24-28. Italy Advent concert Annichen nov. 30. Luxembourg exhibition of Model railways Walfer Dange nov. 23-24. The Netherlands thanksgiving for american Community pilgrims Church in Del shaven near Rotterdam nov. 28. Switzerland the radio ship at the Burkli Platz Dock Zurich nov. 23-dec. 1. Turkey International St. Nicholas festival Deere dec. 3-7. Gallery Belgium Brussels the glories of Spain 1500-1700, palais Des beaux arts until dec. 22. This exhibition is in conjunction with eur Opalia 85, which features works from Spain. Denmark Rosmilde Christmas and Angels Rosmilde museum nov. 15-an. 5. Aarhus . Escher s strange world aarhus Art museum until nov. 17. France Paris Victor Hugo s drawings Victor Hugo s House place Des Vosges until dec. 31. Germany Dusseldorf Janker Adler exhibition Stadt Ischen Kun Thalle until dec. 8. Munich Toulouse Lautrec Neue Pina Kotchek Art gallery at Bare Strasse 29, through dec. 1. Open 9 a.m.-4 30, closed monday. Entry fee is 6 Marks free sunday. Frankfurt plastic models exhibition Airport gallery nov. 16-17. Berlin Martin Wagner Academy of Art until an. S. Ulm creche exhibition Kuns thaus Frey nov. 15-dec. 20. Great Britain London free wednesday evening lectures on "20th Century Interior decoration Victoria and Albert museum until dec. 11. Dundee color rhythm and dance paintings and drawings by . Fergusson and his Circle in Paris 1910-1914, Dundee museum and Art gallery until nov. 23. The show goes to Edinburg Art Center dec. 6-feb. 1 and Aberdeen Art gallery feb. 15-March 12. Fergusson was a leading scottish Painter of his generation. London homage to Barcelona Hayward gallery nov. 14-feb. 16. London space works Halley s Comet National maritime museum Greenwich nov. 14 dec. 31. London a Century of painters sculpture Whitechapel Art gallery nov. 16-Ian 12. Warrington playthings past Warrington museum and Art gallery nov. 18-an. 4. London the human Story Commonwealth Institute nov. 20-feb. 23. Luxembourg Luxembourg the self portrait in Luxembourg painting until nov. 30. The Netherlands Amsterdam spar re artists of the 17th Century Rijk museum until an. 26. The exhibition is loaned from Madrid s Prado and includes Al Greco Ribera Murillo Zurbaran and Velasquez. Sweden Stockholm islam Art culture museum of National antiquities until december. Switzerland Basel co mix to or a retrospective Gerald Poussin museum of applied arts until nov. 24. Cologne emerges As Germany s Art Center by Nesha Starcevic associated Preti the Brick wads have been painted White and the Gray floors have been polished but the Large old elevators in the former Coal mine conveyor Belt factory Are the same in what has become one of the largest Art galleries in the world. Sandwiched Between old Low buildings and modern High rises the Kun Straume Art space in Cologne Germany offers four spacious floors to aspiring Young modern Painter and sculptors. It was opened a year ago by Thomas Krings Ernst a former new York Stock Exchange broker. He bought the four Story redbrick factory in 1982. It gave him 2,160 Square Yards of space. He moved in with his wife and also built living quarters for artists. Each artist has a floor to him or herself. I be seen Many galleries in the world but i be never seen such a big one. I believe that mine is the biggest private gallery in the world Krings Ernst said. My Mission As i see it is to stir up the awareness of society to Art. The West German Middle class thinks about How to get a larger car not about Art he said. My Job is to Wake up its senses to what is happening in their  12 Ttripi a full nor Tabor hims the 38-year-old Krings Ernst is one of More than 100 gallery operators in Cologne which has emerged As West Germany s Art Center overshadowing nearby Dusseldorf and West Berlin with their famous Art academies. The energetic local Art association and culture minded City fathers have cooperated in making the Rhineland Metropolis a showcase of modern Art. When the $180 million Peter Ludwig museum opens next year in Cologne to House his world famous collection of new German Art it will be one the world s largest centers of modern Art. Ludwig 60, is West Germany s biggest Art collector. He used the Fortune earned from his Ludwi Monheim  Rik chocolate company to sponsor modern Art in West Germany and co financed construction of the museum. Hungarian born Krings Ernst believes the City s Lively Art scene Marks West Germany s return As a european culture Leader. If s fascinating to see what s happening he said in an interview. For the first time since the end of world War ii Young German artists Are winning recognition in  influenced by the exploding new York Art scene of the late 1960s and Early 70s, Krings Ernst left Wall Street to create his gallery. From the Start i realized that artists needed More space to show their work. There was just no space big enough for their works he said. He got the idea to convert the factory during his stay in new York where Industrial spaces were often converted into lofts for cultural enterprises. I used to watch the disused factory in Cologne from the window of my apartment in one of the High rises across the Road he said. Krings Ernst plans to take works from his gallery to West Germany s Industrial giants including the Mercedes automaker in Stuttgart and the Hoechst chemical company outside Frankfurt. He plans to exhibit paintings in factories. I want workers and executives to buy with their eyes i want to stir their minds he said. Hal s. To get the companies interested Krings Ernst is also campaigning to change tax Laws because investments in Art Are not tax deductible in West Germany. Art has to be much More recognized he said