von Martin Sauter | Jan 15, 2019 | Blog
Several Berlin dailies reported today that the Federal Chancellery is to get an annex, connected to the main building by a (second) bridge. The annex will be built next to the Ministry of the Interior, next to the spot of today’s heli-pad which, in the future...
von Martin Sauter | Jan 11, 2019 | Blog
When some years ago it was reported, that Canadian rock singer had bought an old factory in the Berlin district of Oberschöneweide, there were those who thought he’d gone mad and then again those, who already foresaw the second coming of this godforsaken...
von Martin Sauter | Jan 9, 2019 | Blog
Photo: Martin Sauter Two days ago I attended a preview of this exhibition – whose official opening is tonight – revolving around the „November Group“. The „November Group“ was a loose association of various artists – Otto Dix,...
von Martin Sauter | Jan 7, 2019 | Blog
Who would have guessed that one of the founders of the legendary jazz label Blue Note used to live right round the corner from me, in Berlin’s Friedenau neighbourhood! Wieland Strasse 22 was the address of Alfred Lion. Forced to leave Nazi-Germany because he was...
von Martin Sauter | Jan 4, 2019 | Blog
40 years after it has first been aired in Germany, the American TV-mini-series, Holocaust (1979) will be shown again on German public television for the first time ever since, starting next week. The reason, besides the series‘ 40th anniversary, is its...