The art of diplomacy

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In recognition of her efforts at the Art Academy, Habsburg was awarded Georgian citizenship. In November 2009, the Georgian parliament elected her ambassador, and she took up her position in Berlin the following March. Was it fate that she, an artist, should end up here, a city of artists? “Let’s just say it was a good coincidence,” she laughs.

Habsburg sees no conflict between her work as an artist and diplomat. “My family were involved in politics for many hundreds of years,” she says, “so I grew up in a family where we never spoke about anything at mealtimes except politics. And of course, that is reflected in my sculpture.”

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