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  • Spice Sommelier & Gastrosopher

    Dr. Manuela Mahn

    Dr. Manuela Mahns great passion are food and spices. Already with her doctoral thesis, she set new standards in spice research. She conducts research as a spice expert and master of gastrosophy in the field of healthy nutrition, training of spice sommeliers, as a lecturer at university, advisor to the food industry, consultant and trainer of professionals from the food industry and gastronomy. Dr. Mahn also supports the media with their expertise and is in constant professional exchange with other scientists and star chefs. Her knowledge is not only accumulated in her books, but also in the German Spice Museum. She is the project-curator of this museum. Though her work has global focus, she is based in Bamberg/Bavaria.

Gallery on Board

The gallery on Deck 9 of the EUROPA 2 is a place for exclusive art enjoyment. With regularly changing exhibitions, outstanding works of contemporary art are showcased – from paintings and smaller sculptures to photography and works on paper. Each exhibition is carefully curated and bears the distinctive signature of renowned galleries and artists. As a result, every journey becomes an inspiration for art lovers who not only want to experience art but also acquire it.

  • Gallery

    Commeter

    "Every beginning has its magic," wrote Hermann Hesse. When the Commeter Art Gallery opened in 1821 on Johannisstraße, it was the first business of its kind in Hamburg. The founders, Ernst Georg Harzen and Johann Matthias Commeter, significantly shaped the city's art scene and left a lasting legacy with 30,000 engravings and drawings that founded the Kupferstichkabinett at the Kunsthalle. In 1847, Wilhelm Becker and Christian Meyer took over the gallery, which was further developed by Wilhelm Suhr in 1878 and moved to a magnificent Art Nouveau building in 1908. Suhr Junior led the gallery into the modern era, showcasing Munch, Nolde, and other Expressionists, becoming a key address for modern art. In 1952, Andreas Suhr took over, followed by his daughter Hella Suhr. Today, Carola Persiehl, a descendant of the founders, runs the gallery and features contemporary artists such as Jochen Hein, Maria Ikonomopoulou, and Klaus Schweier. In 2007, she co-founded the sister gallery Persiehl & Heine, specializing in contemporary photography. The gallery’s legacy of art enthusiasm and business acumen continues to thrive.

    Discover all cruises on which the gallery is represented on board.

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  • Gallerist

    Annette Schneider

    Annette Schneider is an expert in art and cultural sciences. With her company Schneider Kulturkonzept, she works independently for numerous institutions including Kunsthalle Bremen, Weserburg (Museum für moderne Kunst), Musikfest Bremen and Alte Nationalgalerie in Berlin as well as Museum Barberini in Potsdam. As a curator, she has organised many exhibitions with works, for instance, by Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, photographer Candida Höfer and visual works by Armin Mueller Stahl.

    She also specialises in art and culture tours, which take her to New York, Bilbao, Berlin, Venice and other places several times a year, where she passionately conveys the many facets of these cultural metropolises. When the native Franconian is not on the road, she calls both Bremen and Berlin home.

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