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Yousef Hammoudah’s vision for Fotografiska Berlin as a platform for cultural change

Emma Hammar — Tue, 18 Jul 2023 10:17:19 +0000

“To be successful in the long run, we need to be of tangible value to the community and understand how to do that.” View this post on Instagram A post shared by Fotografiska Berlin (@fotografiska.berlin) View this post on Instagram A post shared by Fotografiska Berlin (@fotografiska.berlin) “To be successful in the long run, we

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A minimalist home with a sentimental flair: Inside with Jessica McGowan

Lucy Pullicino — Wed, 05 Jul 2023 12:59:31 +0000

This interview is part of “Inside with…” a series of home stories and studio visits produced in collaboration with the Scandinavian design brand Muuto. Through dialogue with different creatives, the series explores the ever-evolving concept of personal space. “I feel like the city has more of that small-town feeling. It’s also more restorative in Berlin. The

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Inside Sissi and Pat’s closet: How a rare Vivienne Westwood crown found its way into their collection

Emma Hammar — Thu, 29 Jun 2023 13:45:06 +0000

Sissi Pohle and Pat Scherzer epitomize how the clothes we wear, and objects we hold can be used to express the depths of our personalities. Their shared wardrobe is a mix and match of patterns, knits, eras, and prices. Every outfit is a distinct and carefully curated composition that conveys care and admiration for the

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Mehdi Chouakri’s artistic world in Berlin, from his private collection to his industrial exposition space

Emma Hammar — Wed, 28 Jun 2023 15:01:41 +0000

Galerie Mehdi Chouakri on Fasanenplatz’s exterior is crisp and smooth, and just above the entrance lies a sculpture of the glasses Mehdi himself wears: thin, delicate, round-framed spectacles in an understated silver. All around, Summer is being beckoned into the city by the sweeping arms of the trees that line the streets. Every borough of

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Super Super Markt: Storytelling Exhibition at the FF Apartment

Julia Merkelbach — Sat, 08 Apr 2023 11:45:00 +0000

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Marina Paulenka on the future of visual culture and opening Fotografiska Museum in Berlin

Emma Hammar — Thu, 06 Apr 2023 09:46:55 +0000

With over 15 years of experience on different ends of the art spectrum, she has already worked for art fairs, photography festivals, and universities, all while pursuing her own artistic practice. Now, as the newly appointed Director of Exhibitions at Fotografiska Berlin, she is determined to confront the complicated relationship between arts and commerce, but

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WAA Podcast celebrates their journey to inspire the female leaders of the future

Isabelle Moulding — Tue, 21 Mar 2023 14:30:03 +0000

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A Song For You: The power of many voices becoming one

Isabelle Moulding — Mon, 16 Jan 2023 17:11:17 +0000

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Rebuilding the art ecosystem: Super Super Markt brings together different generations of art lovers

Emma Hammar — Thu, 24 Nov 2022 15:51:13 +0000

From recommending an exciting show in town to advising in first art purchases, both Julius Jacobi and Rory Kirk-Duncan have always been the “designated art person” in their circle of friends. Grandson of an art historian and having co-run an exhibition space in Cologne, Julius began laying the foundations of Super Super Markt—a Berlin-based membership

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Raving in ruins: Brox+1 visually captures Berlin, a playground of possibility, from 1991-2000

Isabelle Moulding — Thu, 10 Nov 2022 17:30:47 +0000

Brox+1 is a photographer and producer from Berlin. His new photobook Berlin Possibility charts the the spaces and faces of Berlin amidst the beautiful chaos of this city- following the fall of the wall in 1989, accompanied with written anecdotes from Tobias Rapp and Anton Waldt.

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