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Ronald Paris's mural In Praise of Communism at the DDR Museum

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DDR MuseumMitte

In Praise of Communism – Ronald Paris's Fresco

Now showingPermanent collectionTicketed — see website

Ronald Paris's 11-metre mural of communist utopia, named after a Brecht poem, painted for the Haus der Statistik in 1969 and on show here since 2010.

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Image credits

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In Praise of Communism – Ronald Paris's FrescoCourtesy of DDR Museum
Being Related: Shared Language, Shared Knowledge?© Endangered Languages Archive (ELAR); Foto: Hammanson Sule
Friends for the Arts of East Asia in BerlinCourtesy of Humboldt Forum
DDR MuseumAndreas Praefcke / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0
Humboldt ForumMike Peel / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Altes MuseumJean-Pierre Dalbéra / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0
Alte NationalgalerieManfred Brückels / Wikimedia Commons, Public domain
Neues MuseumFred Romero / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0

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