Nick Cave - Skeleton Tree

As a hardcore fan for more than 30 years, Nick Cave’s ability to tell stories and to create his entire insane atmospheric world around his songs and ballads, especially when he executes them on…


Andy Sandoz speaks

During one of the Berlin School residencies we had Andy Sandoz as guest speaker. A public talk at Scholz & Friends in Berlin Mitte was followed by a more intimate workshop the day after. London…


The paintings of Matsukawa Tomona

I discovered Mastukawa Tomona’s dark and sensually intriguing work in a group exhibition at the Mori Art Museum in Tokyo (May 2016). Matsukawa’s work is atmospheric. You can almost touch or…


The International (digital) Dada Archive

This collection of Dadaist publications collected and digitalized in high resolution pdf files by the University of Iowa has always been amazing to browse through. A flashback to the interbellum.…


Observations, Impressions (and Fantasy): a Narrative

I have good memories of Washington Square Park. I always feel good there. It’s located in the Village, which I love. It’s away from the traffic and noisy shopping around Broadway, and it’s a pretty…


Peter Doig in Edinburgh

While visiting Edinburgh a few years ago, we took the opportunity to check out the Peter Doig exhibition at the Scottish National Gallery. It was Doig’s first major exhibition in his home…