Culture coverage on film, music, literature, media and events in Germany, Europe and Ukraine.
The British TV host Jeremy Clarkson has disclosed his cancer diagnosis in the current season of his Amazon series 'Clarkson’s Farm'. According to Spiegel, the 66-year-old is suffering from an aggressive form of prostate cancer.
Martin's producer Robi Draco Rosa initially believed the song 'María' would end the singer's career, but it became his global breakthrough.
Catalan viol player Jordi Savall, recipient of the 2026 Ernst von Siemens Music Prize, speaks in an interview with the FAZ about the healing power of music, intercultural influences, and his unusual sleep rhythm.
Social media continues to gain ground as a news source, according to the Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2026, to which the Leibniz Institute for Media Research contributed a sub-study.
The discussion about artificial intelligence in the world of authorship is becoming increasingly heated. Mario Voigt has become a symbol of the conflict between tradition and innovation.
In June 1976, Dagmar Berghoff became the first woman to read the news on Germany's flagship Tagesschau broadcast, breaking a nearly 24-year male monopoly.
Jacqueline Jansen’s film “Sechswochenamt” follows a young woman grappling with bureaucracy and family expectations after her mother’s death. The award-winning movie hits theaters this week, reports the Süddeutsche Zeitung.
The Canadian circus Cirque du Soleil will perform its insect parade 'Ovo' at Munich's Olympiahalle in January 2027. According to the Süddeutsche Zeitung, the 17-year-old production features 53 acrobats in insect costumes.
Michel Friedman was scheduled to speak at the opening of the 150th Bayreuth Festival about antisemitism and Richard Wagner. The festival management canceled the event due to security concerns, as reported by the Süddeutsche Zeitung.
The controversial statue of former Vienna mayor Karl Lueger has been re-erected under police protection. Vienna's Greens criticize the return of the monument as insufficient and warn of a problematic signal in times of growing anti-Semitic tensions.
Stephan Kimmig directs the "Oresteia" by Aeschylus at the Nuremberg State Theatre. The premiere is based on Robert Icke's adaptation and presents the ancient material as a gripping family drama.
US Donald Trump celebrated his 80th birthday with a controversial martial arts spectacle directly in front of the White House. Singer Sheryl Crow sharply condemned the event.
Abdullah Ibrahim, the renowned South African jazz pianist and composer, has died at the age of 91. Cyril Ramaphosa announced the musician's death, citing information from the family.
Icelandic director Hlynur Pálmason's new film "The Love That Remains" portrays a family falling apart – and how it still holds together, reports Süddeutsche Zeitung.
The French artist JR has opened a walk-in cave installation on the Pont Neuf bridge. According to Euronews, the "Caverne" can be seen until June 28.
A 12-year-old girl has discovered a bronze arm ring from the Celtic period in Büdingen, Hesse. According to the FAZ, the roughly 2,700-year-old treasure is now on display at the Keltenwelt am Glauberg museum.
Researchers at the University of Cambridge have proposed a new theory on the origin of biodiversity: stress factors such as tides and storms may have driven the evolution of sexual reproduction. According to Die Zeit, the prehistoric creature Fractofusus was evolutionarily stuck without sex.
The Frankfurt literature festival 'Literaturm' explored the tensions between East and West Germany in its 13th edition, with discussions on consumerist mothers, the legacy of dictatorship, and the difference between novelist and historian.
Giacomo Puccini's "Tosca" premiered at the Theater Lübeck on Friday, turning the timeless story of love, jealousy, and betrayal into a gripping psychological thriller, as reported by NDR.
The Club Cassiopeia and other cultural institutions on the RAW-Gelände in Berlin-Friedrichshain face eviction as early as June. According to the Tagesspiegel, the owner of the site, the Kurth Group, has broken off negotiations with the Senate and the district that had been ongoing for years.
From June 15 to 19, State Minister Wolfram Weimer will visit selected cultural buildings across Germany to highlight their role for the country's cultural identity and showcase the diversity of the cultural landscape beyond major cities.
The Komische Oper Berlin presents the revue 'Mokka-Hits and Milchbar Dreams' – a musical journey through East German history. Directed by Axel Ranisch and Adam Benzwi, as reported by Tagesspiegel.
Acting legend Jane Fonda has called the planned takeover of Warner Bros. by Paramount Skydance a direct attack on free speech and media freedom. At a counter-event to Donald Trump's birthday, she urged people to sign a petition against the merger.
James Graham's new work 'The Standard of Living' explores the life of economist John Maynard Keynes, from 1917 to his death in 1946. Directed by Nicholas Hytner, it opens at the Haymarket Theatre in September.
At a sold-out show in Berlin's Columbiahalle, Mike Skinner and his project The Streets delivered a party night of the highest order. The Brit played a greatest-hits set that sent the audience into ecstasy – and at the end, he let himself be carried through the crowd on their hands.
A new resignation is emerging on social media: more and more young women are heterosexual but convinced that a relationship with men only brings frustration or danger. An FAZ feature explores the reasons and legitimacy of this attitude.
The 32-year-old musician was among six people killed when two helicopters collided over a parking lot in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday.
The Oper Frankfurt presents Händel's oratorio 'The Triumph of Time and Insight' as a Frankfurt premiere at the Bockenheimer Depot. Director Katharina Kastening stages the Baroque work as a contemporary critique of beauty obsession and self-optimization.
The Musikfestspiele Potsdam Sanssouci have launched their 35th season with two opening concerts featuring Baroque music, migration history, and Handel's Fireworks Music, reports Tagesspiegel.
Tyra Banks has filed a defamation lawsuit against Netflix over the documentary series 'Inside American's Next Top Model,' which she claims is defamatory.
Munich has a rich pop music history, but successful careers often start elsewhere. A new themed history trail and a songwriter camp this summer aim to change that.
Journalist John Cassidy has written a book covering 250 years of criticism of capitalism. His conclusion: capitalism can be reformed – under one condition.
The pop musical "Six" about the six wives of Henry VIII is now showing at the Alte Oper Frankfurt. According to FAZ, the success began in 2017 in a student basement in Edinburgh.
The winners of the Low German storytelling competition "Vertell doch mal" have been announced at the Ohnsorg Theatre in Hamburg. The gala is being streamed live, according to NDR.
The new FIFA game on Netflix is a bitter disappointment. In his column, Josef Erl tears apart the Launch Edition as a historic debacle.
The Danish open-air museum Den Gamle By in Aarhus has won the European Museum of the Year Award 2026. The prize was awarded on Saturday evening at the EMYA gala in Bilbao, Spain.
The Romería de El Rocío, one of Spain's largest religious pilgrimages, takes place from May 20 to 25 in El Rocío. Each year, over a million people make the pilgrimage to this significant festival to honor the Virgin Mary.
A Georgian criminal network has been sentenced in France to prison terms of up to seven years for stealing rare original editions of Russian literature from libraries and replacing them with forgeries. The thefts spanned five countries, according to Spiegel.
The museum in the former emergency reception camp in Gießen (NAL) celebrates its first anniversary – and is appearing at Gamescom and the Hessentag. A Trabant is among the exhibits.
A painting recently attributed to Wassily Kandinsky was auctioned at Ketterer in Munich for €4.4 million – more than double the estimate.