Franziska Klinkmüller, restoring in the Deutsches Technikmuseum Berlin There are those kinds of artists, that are consciously making self-destructive art - the great Dieter Roth was one of them a…

Roman Signer, Kitfox Experimental, 2014 at KINDL, Berlin It’s hard to write about Roman Signer’s artwork. You might have noticed in my last post that I took the easy way out and sidetracked to a …

Roman Signer's  Kitfox Experimental at KINDL - Centre for Contemporary Art Berlin, Sept. 14, 2014 - June 28, 2015 My friend, the curator Faith Powell, brought beer into the museum in a newly ope…

In the midst of the frantic reaction to the Charlie Hebdo-attack there were a few people who kept their calm: like the chief editor of the German satirical magazine Titanic. It was refreshing to see …

Many people have been screaming this week that  they have to defend the freedom of  the West that has been with us since Enlightenment (by spreading stereotypical satire on Muslims in a Europe that…

I’ve written about museum bookstores as the backstage to the art world. Museum cafés are equally important. They are like the kitchen at home. It’s a big mistake not to have one. Kunsthaus Bethanien, fo…