Italy’s furbissimo ladrone aka Silvio Berlusconi (September 9, 1936 – June 12, 2023) got a state funeral today. He was one of Italy’s richest men. He died a multi-billionaire....

[Today, June 14, 2023 took place Berlusconi’s state funeral in Milan. Therefore, from our archives, part of an article...

The exhibition concept for Cindy Sherman – Anti-Fashion at the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart from April 21 until September 10, 2023 was elaborated and realized by Alessandra Nappo...

What took place in Turkey on May 28, 2023 was neither fair nor an election but an “election” farce. Recep Tayyip...

Casablanca is one of the great classic movies thanks to its timeless ingredients: lost love, romance, intrigue, mystery and melodrama set against the background of the Second World War. The...

Instead of an obiturary for Tina Turner, who died at the relatively young age of 83 in her home in Küsnacht (Switzerland), after...

The world needs new classical music compositions in order to renew the genre. The Artistic Director of Madeira Classic Orchestra,...

While I am writing these lines, it remains unclear who will become Turkey’s next president and which parties will have a...

Since 1998 the Orquestra Clássica da Madeira has been performing the island’s Flower Festival Concert. The 2023 edition on...

At 12 rue Cortot in Montmartre, Paris, once lived, worked and and gathered many famous artists. Among them was Auguste Renoir...

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...