
Why the Humboldt Forum’s exhibition ‘Beyond Borders: Artistic Internationalism in the GDR’ got it so wrong
Now on at the Humboldt Forum, 'Beyond Borders' aims to explore the GDR's international artistic connections, but falls […]
Tuesday, October 1
Petition calls on Berlin to expose right-wing donors behind Humboldt Forum
A new online petition aims to highlight right-wing funding and transfer all such donations to anti-racist causes.
I Know a Little Place
Palast der Republik: The tumultuous story of Berlin’s lost people’s palace
In 2006, Berlin tore down East Germany’s Palast der Republik and replaced it with the contentious Humboldt […]
Berlin
Day of the dead: Where to celebrate Día de los Muertos in Berlin
Día de los Muertos - or the day of the dead - is a Mexican festival to […]
Berlin
The Palace simulation: How a PR stunt changed the face of Berlin
This is the story of how a monumental PR stunt paved the way for the demolition of […]
Politics
Red Flag: Berlin finally changed two colonial street names. What took so long?
In the African Quarter in Wedding, Lüderitzstraße and Nachtigalplatz are no more. Nathaniel Flakin wonders: what took […]