"On a recent autumn evening in Dusseldorf's Kunstpalast museum, the guide Joseph Langelinck paused next to a Renaissance sculpture of a man with a wooden club and challenged his flock of 18 visitors to name the mythical hero depicted. Hercules? a woman in the front row proposed in a soft voice. If you know the answer, why can't you tell us in a way that those at the back can hear you, too? Langelinck admonished the visitor, before challenging her to name the 12 labours"
"Oh god, I feel like I'm back at school, sighed the woman, 62-year-old Corinna Schroder. The museum advertises Langelinck's tours, which cost 7, as grumpy and highly unpleasant, though that might still be an understatement. Over the course of the 70-minute walk, the ponytailed art historian points fingers into visitors' faces, tells them off for checking their phones or sitting down, and berates them for their general ignorance, all while stomping through the palatial corridors of the Kunstpalast at breakneck speed."
An abrasive guided tour at Dusseldorf's Kunstpalast invites visitors to experience a deliberately rude museum performance. The guide persona, Joseph Langelinck, confronts and insults visitors for perceived ignorance, admonishing answers, policing phone use and stamping through galleries during a 70-minute walk. The tours cost 7 and have sold out since the launch in May. The performance was conceived and is performed by Carl Brandi, who says he directs contempt at an inferred ignorance and aims to make visitors feel ignorant. The format blends comedy and cabaret aggression with museum settings and provokes strong emotional reactions.
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