From: sevenload on Sun, Aug 22 2010 9:05 PM

The international arts show has come to Switzerland for the 41st ART BASEL art fair. For the first time events are taking place across the city.Our ARTS.21 reporter goes out and about in the exhibition halls and the historical city center, and discovers the global economic crisis has left the Ba...

From: sevenload on Sun, Aug 22 2010 9:05 PM

Art has long played an important role in helping to convey notions of power and authority. For centuries, court artists used their talents to glorify rulers and potentates. Today’s corporate executives and politicians also recognize the power art has as a status symbol.Now a new exhibition is ex...

From: sevenload on Sun, Aug 22 2010 9:05 PM

Michael Court could be a model - but you won’t see this Bremen-born 24-year-old on the runway. He works behind the scenes as a fashion designer.Court won this year's European Fashion Award with styles that combine excellent construction and a hint of Japanese influence. He makes high-volume ...

From: sevenload on Sun, Aug 22 2010 9:05 PM

The Ruhr region in western Germany is a European Capital of Culture this year. With enough space and ideas to go around, a new project has been launched, set to run for a hundred days.Along the Emscher River between Castrop-Rauxel and Oberhausen, sluice gates, abandoned industrial sites and urba...

From: sevenload on Sun, Aug 22 2010 9:04 PM

Kibera, on the edge of Nairobi, is one of the largest slums in the world. It’s a place ruled by poverty, violence and hopelessness. The association "One Fine Day" is making it possible for people living here to take film courses.The feature film "Soul Boy" was the result of one of the workshops,...

From: sevenload on Wed, Aug 18 2010 7:16 PM

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From: sevenload on Wed, Aug 18 2010 6:52 PM

Michael Court could be a model - but you won’t see this Bremen-born 24-year-old on the runway. He works behind the scenes as a fashion designer.Court won this year's European Fashion Award with styles that combine excellent construction and a hint of Japanese influence. He makes high-volume ...

From: sevenload on Wed, Aug 18 2010 6:51 PM

The Frankfurt skyline is shaped by towering structures made of glass, steel and concrete. It can’t compete with the cityscapes in New York or Tokyo, but it's one-of-a-kind here in Germany.With four new skyscrapers in the works, the view in Frankfurt is set to become even more dynamic. Our r...

From: sevenload on Mon, Aug 16 2010 7:02 PM

Just as it takes a well-tailored dress to show off a good figure to its best advantage, the new Folkwang Museum in Essen is now being cast in the best possible light by British architect David Chipperfield’s new extension.The Pritzker Prize winner, whose projects include the recently restored an...

From: sevenload on Mon, Aug 16 2010 7:01 PM

Not only are there quite a number of museums among the spectacular new building projects in Germany these days; many of them are also attracting record numbers of visitors.What’s behind this development? Slick marketing? A boom in the tourism industry? Or is it just that in these increasingly unc...

From: sevenload on Wed, Jul 21 2010 10:29 AM

Paris is refined, Milan elegant. London and New York set standards in fashion. But let’s be honest: the real heart of the fashion world beats in Berlin! You just have to know where to find it: such as in Berlin's hidden courtyards or ecologically sound products at the refined Adlon Hotel in...

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From: sevenload on Tue, Jun 29 2010 9:40 AM

A ring of laurel trees from all the continents forms the basic idea for the new Botanical Garden in Shanghai.German architect Christoph Valentien drew up the plans which accompany the EXPO 2010. They consist of 35 theme areas combining European and Chinese gardening traditions. Meanwhile, they p...

From: sevenload on Tue, Jun 29 2010 9:40 AM

Cities are shaping the face of the planet more and more. They mean security, freedom and prosperity, change and turmoil.The Berlin photo agency Ostkreuz has documented the development and decay of cities in a long term project. The pictures they have produced lie between utopia and nightmares.

From: sevenload on Fri, Jun 25 2010 10:01 AM

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From: sevenload on Tue, Jun 15 2010 9:30 AM

In an exclusive interview, artists Damien Hirst and Michael Joo will be talking about their new shows in Berlin and their thoughts on Germany and the German capital.

From: sevenload on Tue, Jun 15 2010 9:29 AM

We visit two Biennale artists at home: Petrit Halilaj from Pristina and Marie Voignier from Paris. Like many artists, they divide their time between their home countries and Berlin.

From: sevenload on Tue, Jun 15 2010 9:29 AM

Is Berlin still sexy? After twenty years in the vanguard of the zeitgeist, the dust is starting to settle in the capital’s art scene. Galleries still come and go, and insiders say that creative types will soon be heading off to pastures new - the next happening cities such as Warsaw and Istanbul...

From: sevenload on Tue, Jun 15 2010 9:28 AM

As the 6th Berlin Biennale for contemporary art kicks off, a special edition of ARTS.21 takes a look at the current state of the capital’s art scene. Our reporters check out the latest trends and discoveries at the event, which has become one of the most important dates on the German art calendar.