Climbing the stairs to Anan Fries’ Kreuzberg flat, which also houses their studio, I lament the fact that these visits always seem to coincide with the few unbearably hot days that this…[read on]
Marianna Simnett seems to have an impressive array of light fixtures in her Siemensstadt studio; this makes sense, given that the space is based in a former light bulb factory, which is…[read on]
We head to the studio, which is a small bustling room tucked away at the end of her apartment’s hall. Its surfaces are covered in images, drawings, sketches. Flags and printed…[read on]
Fette Sans welcomes us into her Prenzlauer Berg studio on the first really hot day of the year. The glass-fronted, ground floor space, draped in sensual purple crocodile velvet, offers…[read on]
Chloé Lee’s studio is located in a calm residential street on the top floor of an apartment building, and it overlooks a tree-lined courtyard. Despite it being a rather cool early April day…[read on]
The warmth of another muggy summer’s day radiates into Pauline Curnier Jardin’s studio. Tucked away in a courtyard just off the Maybachufer, the muffled sounds of…[read on]
Anna Ehrenstein leads us up a few flights of stairs to her Lichtenberg studio where we enter a large room with windows overlooking a particularly grey industrial corner of Berlin…[read on]
Monira Al Qadiri was seven years old during the Gulf War when Iraq, in 1990, annexed Kuwait in just two days. The US-led response resulted in a military conflict that lasted into…[read on]
Aleksandra Domanović’s recent commission by Audemars Piguet Contemporary, ‘Becoming Another,’ gave us the perfect excuse to meet with her in her Kreuzberg studio…[read on]
After six years of renovation, the Neue Nationalgalerie will reopen its doors to the public on August 22nd. Berlin-based artist Rosa Barba has received the honour of its…[read on]
Since July last year, Australia-born, Berlin-based artist Melanie Jame Wolf has been a resident at the Künstlerhaus Bethanien in Kreuzberg. The expansive, high-ceilinged studios…[read on]
I arrive at Hanna Frenzel’s home studio in Charlottenburg on an overcast November afternoon. The neighborhood she has lived in since the 80s has undergone major…[read on]
