Wolf Biermann News Today

A critical view from German and Czech museums All photos Muriel Blaive, 2023 Many thanks to Gérard-Daniel Cohen for his critical remarks on this text. I...

Germany's cultural scene largely avoided showing solidarity with the victims of the Hamas attacks in Israel, pianist Igor Levit has said, which is why he wanted to hold an event that would break the silence.

Xi Jinping is ‘an idiot’ and 'my biggest promotor' — writer Liao Yiwu

Exile in 1976 spawned mass protest movement and led to exodus of some of GDR’s top artists and actors

A new exhibition dedicated to German singer-songwriter and famous former East German dissident Wolf Biermann reflects the history of a divided Germany.

A show at the German Historical Museum honors Wolf Biermann, whose music and moral stance endeared him to audiences across the once divided country.

The intellectual life, literary and political history of Germany after 1945 cannot be imagined without the poet and writer Hans Magnus Enzensberger.

The more than 70 signatories of the open call demand more support for Ukraine to help the country survive winter during the war.

The arrival of AR Rahman coincided with the efflorescence of Indipop.

Gorbachev became an unlikely cultural icon, appearing in Pizza Hut and Louis Vuitton ads and winning a Grammy