Art
In Horizontal Vertigo: WangShui, the Julia Stoschek Collection hosts an exhibition of new works by the New York-based studio known for their explorations of technology, identity, and diaspora.
Art
The curators of Now! Young Painting in Germany have to ask themselves how a survey of German contemporary painting justifies a disproportionate representation of certain art academies.
News
During a performance piece in Berlin, Steyerl demanded state-run art institutions stop showing her work as part of the country's "external cultural diplomacy" until the country changes its policy toward the Turkish invasion of Kurdish areas in northeast Syria.
Art
Videos of a birthing in reverse in Candice Breitz's Labour document the process of mothers undoing the moment they gave birth to men who would become tyrants and dictators.
Film
With Heimat Is a Space in Time, Thomas Heise explores how personal experience shapes the "objective" past.
News
Aachen withdrew its decision to award the Lebanese-American artist a €10,000 (~$10,900) prize for providing an "evasive" answer to an inquiry about his position on the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement.
Art
In Germany, an exhibition seeks to explain the rapid rise of the alt-right.
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News
Doğan and three other artists adorned their bodies with cave paintings from Hasankeyf, an ancient Mesopotamian city, to protest its imminent destruction caused by the construction of a new dam.
News
Leading Jewish studies scholars came out in defense of Peter Schäfer, himself a prominent Talmud Scholar, and called accusations of anti-Semitism against him "false" and "outrageous."
In Brief
Peter Schäfer stepped down from his post after the museum faced criticism for tweeting out an open letter opposing the labeling of the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement (BDS) as anti-Semitic.
Performance
The work on display at Berlin's Theatertreffen draws on film, novels, Brecht, and ancient Greek drama.
Art
Böttner used her body to create art for normalization of non-conforming bodies and sexualities.