The April/May issue of frieze d/e turns its attention to Berlin, posing the question: ‘does Berlin need a new art school?‘ Surveying 30 of Berlin’s leading teachers, artists and writers, including Thomas Demand; Kuehn Malvezzi Architects; Monica Bonvicini and Tom Holert, frieze d/e also invites architects and artists to present their ideas of what a new art school might look like.
Three generations of feminism: An edited conversation, produced by Michaela Melián, between writer Silvia Bovenschen and artist Sarah Schumann, two of the main protagonists of the controversial exhibition Künstlerinnen international 1877–1977 that took place at Berlin’s Charlottenburg Castle in 1977. Plus, interviews with Melián herself and the feminist artist collective ff on the past 40 years of feminism and art in Germany.
Also featured in the issue: Jörg Heiser writes on the dark yet humourous paintings of Norbert Schwontkowski; Sarah James analyzes the photographic practice of Erwin Blumenfeld, from his surrealist photomontages to his New York fashion shoots; Martin Herbert examines the tactics and methods in the politically charged work of Natascha Sadr Haghighian and Lyra Kilston traces the German legacy behind of 1960s proto-hippie movement the ‘LA Nature Boys‘.
