Schneider, Ruth

Agitprop on Linienstraße: The 7th Berlin Biennale

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 13:00:00 GMT

INTERVIEW. Polish artist Artur Żmijewski on curating Berlin’s seventh Biennale: a regular at major exhibitions and biennials the world over, Żmijewski is known for ruffling feathers.

Berlinale interview: "War" hits the Berlinale

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 08:00:00 GMT

Andrey Gryazev's 'Zavtra' documents the exploits of radical Russian art activists Voina (“War”). The film arrives among heat from the unsuspecting activists themselves.

The empress of vintage

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 08:00:00 GMT

Germany’s largest, most beautiful private collection of vintage fashion is the lifework of a most charismatic East Berliner, Josefine Edle von Krepl – whose life has primed her to be a true vintage sovereign.

Don't mention the G-word

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 08:00:00 GMT

Death camps, mass executions, starvation and eugenics are all part of the lexicon of horror associated with Germany’s past. But few know they date back to German colonial rule in Namibia, 40 years prior to Auschwitz.

From Prenzlauer Berg to the gulag

Wed, 09 Nov 2011 13:58:00 GMT

Last April, Alexander Egay became one of tens of thousands of businesspeople imprisoned in Russia on fabricated charges. His wife is now struggling, caught between Berlin and Moscow.

“Democracy is not like an aspirin you dissolve in water”

Mon, 17 Oct 2011 07:00:00 GMT

Interview: Tahar Ben Jelloun. The Arab Spring caught the world by surprise. If anyone has anything to say on these developments, it is the prolific Moroccan-French writer Jelloun.

“It was always a tightrope act”

Mon, 22 Aug 2011 07:00:00 GMT

Interview: Joachim Sartorius. The Berliner Festspiele is turning 60. Sartorius, the man at the helm since 2001, is using the occasion of a duly celebrated jubilee on August 27 to throw in the towel. Time for a chat.

Julia Kristeva: The Berlin interview!

Wed, 02 Mar 2011 08:00:00 GMT

Julia Kristeva is one of the few contemporary intellectuals one can't mention without a bit of humble respect or downright awe. Find out for yourself why.

"A messiah for Russia"

Sat, 05 Feb 2011 08:00:00 GMT

German director Cyril Tuschi embarked on a perilous five-year journey to explore the rise and fall of Mikhail Khodorkovsky. We spoke to the director during this year's Berlinale. The film hits cinemas on Nov 17.

Soho in NoTo

Fri, 11 Jun 2010 10:03:00 GMT

Berlin’s launching its own special club for special people in the “creative industries”. The 1928 Bauhaus building sets it apart from its counterparts – but does that make it right for a city that prides itself on its rebelliousness?

Interview: Art Spiegelman

Thu, 06 May 2010 12:33:15 GMT

No self-respecting comic retrospective – let alone a Jewish one – could do without the work of Art Spielgelman, author of "Maus": the Jewish Museum's includes a few original prints. But isn’t Spiegelman more than a ‘Jewish artist’?

Migraine facts

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 12:43:54 GMT

The industry of pain: living with migraines in Berlin

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 05:00:00 GMT

Over 10 percent of Berliners suffer from migraines. They are trapped in a cycle of debilitating pain, inadequate treatments and closed minded doctors. Meanwhile, the drug companies thrive.

Plastic surgery to the rescue?

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 03:44:00 GMT

Dr. Thomas Mühlberger may be Berlin’s most controversial migraine specialist. The plastic surgeon has been treating migraine patients in Berlin for four years by popularizing a new surgical method developed in America.