Marianne Thoermer’s studio has the two key ingredients of light and space. The street outside is peppered with trees—from one sounds the high-pitched call of a redstart and its mate…[read on]
The defining feature of Via Lewandowsky’s practice is not a material or a theme but an attitude—a nearly palpable, restless curiosity. It is also what makes his work so difficult to pin down…[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 sign above the studio entrance reads “Video Inn,” written in all caps and now coloured by an 80s patina. There, we meet painter Elif Saydam, sitting on the steps of the former video…[read on]
Ilit Azoulay’s well-lit studio space is a welcome contrast to the bleak Berlin sky outside. Upon entering the space, we hear the recording of a warm, powerful female voice singing…[read on]
On a cloudy December day, I arrive at Rafaella Braga’s studio, located in a quiet street in Treptow. The walls of Braga’s space are brimming with large-scale canvases,…[read on]
It’s hotter inside than outside at this time of year, especially in artist Christa Joo Hyun D’Angelo’s sunny third-floor Kreuzberg studio. Floating through the window from…[read on]
Layers of painted brick unfurl along the façade of the industrial building that houses Tschabalala Self’s studio in New Haven, Connecticut. Inside, the…[read on]
“No credible scientists would ever build anything like this because it would ruin their careers,” boasts Klara Hobza, smirking at the artistic endeavor standing before her,…[read on]
When I met multidisciplinary artist Nathalie Anguezomo Mba Bikoro for the first time, I got the sense that she already knew me, my mother, my grandmother and my grandmother’s…[read on]
Scottish, Berlin-based artist Douglas Gordon gained critical acclaim in the art world with his 1996 Turner Prize win and his piece ’24 Hour Psycho’, a rear-projected…[read on]
The geometrical shapes and subdued colours of Katja Strunz’s works are aesthetically consonant with her high-ceilinged, brightly lit studio in Kreuzberg, as if they…[read on]