Opinion
The Devil Lives in Berlin
I thought I’d found a safe place to make art. Instead, I entered a theatre where most perform the role of liberated artist while swallowing institutions’ diversity scraps.
Berlin
Art Review
The Irony of a Fascism Exhibition in Germany
Once a custodian of critical culture, Berlin’s Haus der Kulturen der Welt has become a model of capitulation to state control.
Features
Berlin’s Porn Film Festival Celebrates 20 Years
Pushing back against rigid boundaries between erotic film and art, the annual festival creates an inclusive, sex-positive space for exploring human desire.
Art Review
A Caribbean Garden in the Middle of Berlin
An exhibition promotes caring for each other and the Earth in the face of ecological catastrophe.
Art Review
For Lygia Clark, Art Was a Means of Survival
The pioneering Brazilian artist and therapist used interactive works to show that art, therapy, and politics are more connected than we may think.
Features
In a Culture of Silence, a Berlin Initiative Speaks Up for Palestine
The Spore Initiative views the Palestinian struggle as part of a pattern of global extraction.
Art Review
An Artist’s Songs for the Armenian Diaspora
With the stringed qanun as its beating heart, Silvina Der-Meguerditchian’s show explores how music crosses boundaries and preserves collective memory.
News
Fareed Armaly Rejects German Prize, Citing “Disturbing Trend of Censorship”
The artist and curator turned down the Käthe Kollwitz Prize from the Academy of the Arts, citing the German state’s crackdown on advocacy for Palestinian rights.
News
Berlin Senate to Slash Arts and Culture Budget
A controversial proposed cut of over €130 million to the cultural budget in the new year has left arts organizations scrambling.
News
“Why Can’t I Speak, Germany?” Says Nan Goldin in Searing Speech
At the opening of her Neue Nationalgalerie retrospective, the artist expressed solidarity with Palestine and lambasted the German government’s support for Israel.
Art
Joshua Serafin’s Living Shrine to Gender Nonconformity
The Filipino-born artist takes a journey through primordial mud, chimeric worlds, and suppressed psychic demons to honor trans people as channels of divinity.
Art
The Destabilizing Project of Jimmy DeSana and Paul P.
Ruins of Rooms explores not just the relationship between their work but the conceptual echoes between their generations.