ARTROOM

All articles

Culture news, previews, reviews and essays – newest first.

26 Oct 21:29	CULTURAL POLICY	Pop funding needs more than project grantsThe draft budget for 2027 puts funding mechanisms under pressure. What is at stake is not just money for individual acts, but an entire chain of support.
26 Oct 21:29	MUSIC	Listening to Feldman means making timeMorton Feldman’s piano music stretches the concert evening. The Munich festival also asks who can sustain attention for so long.
26 Oct 21:28	ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN	How much city is there in an award-winning high-rise?Five finalists, five answers to the question of what a tower can give back to its city – from conversion to green, high-density housing.
26 Oct 21:28	STAGE	Salzburg’s brief joint leadership and the question of shared powerSophia Aurich is leaving the artistic leadership of Schauspielhaus Salzburg early. What the case reveals about shared responsibility in theatre.
26 Oct 21:28	VISUAL ARTS	Özgür Kar: When an Exhibition Becomes a StageIn Basel, Özgür Kar spreads a new theatrical production across several rooms. The audience must find its own way through the scenes.
26 Oct 21:28	VISUAL ARTS	Showing women artists – but also changing museum historyThe ALBERTINA is focusing on women artists from five centuries. What needs to happen for a temporary exhibition to become a new museum narrative?
26 Oct 21:28	FILM	Who gets to decide a young person’s future?A teenager is considering entering a convent, and her family is alarmed. Alauda Ruiz de Azúa’s “Glaube” (Faith) opens in German cinemas on 29 October.
26 Oct 21:28	FILM	Documentary: Responsibility does not end with filmingConsent is more than a form. Documentary filmmakers must also consider risks, editing and the consequences of release.
26 Oct 21:28	LITERATURE	Christine Wunnicke and the authority of knowledgeFrom historical outsiders to parrots: Christine Wunnicke turns established knowledge into literature that shifts certainties.
25 Oct 12:35	IN BRIEF	The shortlist is not the whole of literatureA nomination offers an occasion to present books afresh. What follows cannot be seen from the Austrian Book Prize lists alone.
25 Oct 12:35	CULTURAL POLICY	A biennale to assess technology against the common goodSeoul appoints Irini Papadimitriou for 2027. A look at the structures behind critical media art – and at ZKM and MO Museum.
25 Oct 12:35	VISUAL ARTS	Who bears the risk of an art fair?A fair offers opportunities to sell, not guaranteed income. What young galleries in Turin have to fund upfront — and what support reaches them.
25 Oct 12:35	CULTURAL POLICY	How Saxony’s spending cuts could change its theatresA theatre can remain open and still make less possible. Saxony’s budget debate shows where the pressure to cut spending is being felt.
25 Oct 12:35	MUSIC	Hearing Jelinek, not just celebrating herPiano, voice, organ: Wien Modern opens up a musical approach to Elfriede Jelinek. A preview of 3 November.
25 Oct 12:35	VISUAL ARTS	Bodies between screen, space and laboratoryWho is looking, and who is being looked at? Three forthcoming programmes in Berlin, Basel and Vienna connect questions about the body with video, sound and research.
25 Oct 12:35	ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN	Don't demolish: What we can learn from Barbara BuserA film puts Barbara Buser in the spotlight. Her projects show why reuse takes more than salvaged windows and goodwill.
25 Oct 12:35	FILM	Ulrike Ottinger: How to Build a World from ImagesHow do painting, language and costume become a film? Ulrike Ottinger’s “Die Blutgräfin” (The Blood Countess) takes us to the heart of her working method.
25 Oct 12:35	FILM	Short films, long journeys to audiencesAfter the festival comes the next screening: how distribution, on-demand libraries and funding keep short films visible.
25 Oct 12:34	STAGE	Who speaks for the provinces?New episodes of “Warten auf’n Bus” (Waiting for the Bus) are coming to the Berliner Ensemble. Voices from the Oderbruch broaden the view of the supposed periphery.