BERLIN — Thomas Struth’s current exhibit at the Martin-Gropius-Bau is compact yet compelling.
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Dismantling the Myths of Sports
BERLIN — Today, more than ever, athletes are presented as role models.
Architecture’s Impenetrable Imagery and Rarely Seen Machinery
BERLIN — The interplay of flatness and dimensionality in Franka Hörnschemeyer’s site-specific installations yields images seemingly more penetrable than the adjacent structures.
Germany’s Leading Art Prize Sets a Museum in Motion
BERLIN — The prestigious Preis der Nationalgalerie, considered the German equivalent of the Turner Prize, was inaugurated in 2000 and recognizes artists under the age of 40 who live and work in Germany, regardless of nationality.
Soviet Symbols Going Up and Coming Down
It’s been nearly a quarter century since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, but the physical reminders of Central and Eastern Europe’s communist past are still provoking controversy.
Publicly Shaming the US’s Top Surveillance Officials with Street Art
New York-based artist Paolo Cirio is chastening key NSA, CIA, and FBI officials involved in the agencies’ surveillance programs by finding and disseminating across the world snapshots of them in informal or intimate contexts.
Ephemera from the East German Underground
Through zines sneaked hand-to-hand and punk performances in private apartments, an underground art movement formed beyond the censors in East Germany.
Public Display of Gay Men’s Photos, Texts Incites Outcry
BERLIN — When does public, participatory art become predatory?
An Artist-Turned-Drag Queen Reigns in Berlin
BERLIN — Fellas, I wanna know if I could talk to ya for just a minute. … Is it okay?
The sultry voice cut through the din of hundreds of people. Chandelier Divine Brown’s lip-synch performance of the 1990s a cappella “Work This Pussy,” by American transgender vocalist Sweet Pussy Pauline, sent the crowd into a frenzy.
The Amazing Erotic Art of Dorothy Iannone
As New York Times art critic Roberta Smith has written, we live in the age of the art revival — a time when all sorts of artists are being recovered from their forgotten corners and brought into the art-world limelight.
8th Berlin Biennale Curator on Berlin, Contemporary Art, and Gentrification
BERLIN — Juan A. Gaitán is a typical hyphenated global art professional. The Canadian-Colombian independent writer and curator is based in Mexico City and Berlin, and he was chosen to curate the 8th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art, which opens today.
Gallery Weekend Berlin: Post-poor, Post-sexy
BERLIN — Gallery Weekend Berlin wrapped up its tenth edition on Sunday evening. What began in 2004 as a small group of local gallerists teaming up to lure outside collectors to the “Land of Poor but Sexy” for one weekend has grown from 21 to 50 galleries in the past decade.