Born in Erlangen in 1965, Albrecht Mayer is not only the principal oboist of the Berlin Philharmonic but, as he told me in...

Some people living today assume that the West has always been leading the world. However, in 2004, John M. Hobson noted in The Eastern Origins of Western Civilizations (Cambridge, p. 272;...

Below the full text / full transcript of the speech by King Charles III at the Bundestag in Berlin, Germany on March 3, 2023. You...

From our archives: Gerhard Richter: Fourty Years of Painting Gerhard Richter had his first New York appearance in May-June 1969...

After the takeover by the Taleban/Taliban, not only the situation of girls and women in Afghanistan has dramatically...

On Friday, March 17, 2023 Credit Suisse (CS) was valued at 7.4 billion Swiss francs. Over the weekend, with the encouragement and help of the Swiss government, the Swiss National Bank and...

The older of the two sons of Werner Bischof (1916-1954), Marco, is the curator of the late Swiss photographer’s estate. Some time ago, for the first time, he began looking more...

Born in Memphis (Tennessee) in 1939, William Eggleston innovated, revolutionized photography. He broke with black and white...

The evolution of the term “Baltic” Andres Kasekamp is Professor of Baltic Politics at the University of Tartu, Estonia. His book, A History of the Baltic States, is the best...

The famous Belgian artist James Ensor (1860-1949) and his multifaceted work resist classification. Born in Ostend on the North...

Inge Morath (1923-2002) studied photography with Ernst Haas in Vienna, Simon Guttmann in London and Henri Cartier-Bresson in Paris. She was the first female photographer to become a full...

From our archives, written 20 years ago: William Eggleston at the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain Paris. Exhibition from November 20, 2001 until February 24, 2002. Hardcover...

In the October 2022 Brazilian presidential election, turnout was 79.05% in the first round and 79.41% in the second. Luiz Inácio...

One could write an entire book about the new Netanyahu cabinet. Here just a few remarks. The result of the 2022 Israeli Knesset...

The full transcript / full text of the address by Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy / Zelensky delivered in a joint session of...

Donald Trump tried to overturn the result of a free and fair election. For that alone he should be behind bars, of either a prison or a mental institution. In addition, on December 6, 2022...

By 1956, Lynn Chadwick (1914-2003) had already produced over 200 sculptures and had shown throughout Europe and the United...

The Latvian conductor Andris Nelsons — 2006 biography — is the chief conductor of both the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra and...

The British Guardian newspaper reported that protestors had gathered outside Kasra hospital, where Mahsa Amini had been pronounced dead on September 16, 2022. This marks the start of the...

Below you can find the Autumn Statement, the Chancellor of the Exchequer policy paper, published on November 17, 2022 (full text,...