Berlin

Photography

Things we learned from iconic music photographer Anton Corbijn’s Berlin retrospective

Images, icons and imperfections — Dutch photographer and filmmaker Anton Corbijn is most famous for his authentic pictures of famous musicians. In honour of his 60th birthday, a retrospective of his work is displayed in Berlin.

Written by: Yuki Schubert

Art

Artists and architects unite to imagine creative solutions to the global housing crisis

The future of living space — Huck visits a new exhibition in Berlin to see how innovative thinkers are using architecture to re-empower communities fragmented by the housing crisis.

Written by: George Kafka

Art

Berlin Wall artist Thierry Noir paints in the key of jazz

Thierry Noir: Jazz — Thierry Noir takes a step away from the Berlin Wall in his new exhibition that explores the harmony between art and music.

Written by: Robin Nierynck

Activism

Meet the Berliners resisting the rise of the far right in Germany

Marching against PEGIDA — Anti-Islam group PEGIDA is rallying against multiculturalism across Germany but now there is a resistance movement fighting back.

Written by: Jen Calleja

Music

Techno producer Benjamin Damage describes his Berlin, a free city united by music

A place to realise a dream? — Hedonism and hard work in Berlin, 25 years after the fall of the Wall.

Written by: Benjamin Damage

Film

5 Books, Films & Records about the Berlin Wall

Lou Reed, David Bowie, Anna Funder and more. — An enduring inspiration?

Written by: Shelley Jones

Opinion

Filmmaker Yony Leyser unpacks the myth of Berlin's underground

Capital of the disenfranchised? — It's been 25 years since the Berlin Wall fell. But can the united city hold onto its liberal reputation? Filmmaker Yony Leyser describes his last five years in Germany's Shangri-La.

Written by: Yony Leyser

Opinion

First artist to paint the Berlin Wall describes the city today

Thierry Noir on the lasting legacy of freedom in Europe — As the world celebrates the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, one of the city's most famous artists Thierry Noir describes how things have changed.

Written by: Shelley Jones

Reportage

The OAP fighting neo-nazi propaganda in Berlin

Otherwise known as The Hate Destroyer — Berlin-based pensioner Irmela Mensah Schramm is on a one-woman crusade against fascist propaganda.

Written by: Cinnamon Nippard

Top Picks

TWOONE’s art weaves together man and beast

Hunted Hunter's Head solo show opens at London’s StolenSpace — Artist TWOONE blends human and animal features to reveal the inner character of people who pass through his life.

Written by: Alex King

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