Ulay Interview: How I Stole a Painting

The story of one of the most radical performances in art history told by German artist Ulay (b.1943 – d.2020), who in 1976 decided to steal Hitler’s favourite painting from Berlin’s national museum and hang it in the home of a Turkish immigrant family. “This particular painting you could say was a German identity icon.” […]

Zadie Smith Interview: On Shame, Rage and Writing

“Writing is all shame.” Zadie Smith – often referred to as “the superstar of British literature” – here talks about how shame can be used to “propel you on to something,” and why one must try to understand where people’s rage is coming from. On the subject of ‘shame’, Smith feels that there is a […]