Elisa Lago addressing the audience Today we - the Choir Cantalindo , conducted by my friend Elisa Lago - had our first live performance with a repertoire of five songs. Quite exciting for 11am on a…

The Alice B. Toklas Cook Book, 1954 Do you know that Pablo Picasso was on a strict diet? I know, it seems like a very un-Picasso thing to do. But artists' dishes are a good topic - I heard all…

Roman Signer's  Kitfox Experimental at KINDL - Centre for Contemporary Art Berlin, Sept. 14, 2014 - June 28, 2015 My friend, the curator Faith Powell, brought beer into the museum in a newly ope…

I’ve written about museum bookstores as the backstage to the art world. Museum cafés are equally important. They are like the kitchen at home. It’s a big mistake not to have one. Kunsthaus Bethanien, fo…

Me at the dinner club, korean barbecue at Arirang, Charlottenburg This might be new to you but the latest trend in town is to be part of a club. I myself actually kind of set this trend in 2014 and i…

Berliner Cupcake Where did I get the idea that riding the subway is no fun? I took the subway two days in a row, feeling too lazy for my usual bike ride. Both times exciting things happened.…