Author: Natalie Göltenboth

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Michael Buthe's "Sun Room" installation, 1976. Musee du Echnaton (source:: VG Bild-Kunst)

German artist Michael Buthe

″My inner Marrakesh″

Arabian prince, magician, master of ceremonies and traveller between worlds: Michael Buthe (1944–1994) was one of the most vivid personalities of the German art scene, dividing his time between Cologne and Marrakesh during the 1970s. A portrait by Natalie GoltenbothMore

Edward Said's "Orientalism" in Arab discourse: Instrumentalised on all sidesInterview with Leila Alaoui: Morocco's art scene: a coin with two facesThe Marrakesh Art Fair: Morocco's art market awakensMoroccan artists' collective "La Source du Lion": The art of orange juice
Artist Frauke Frech (source: vimeo)

Refugees, Frauke Frech and The Grand Beauty Salon

From peach to nectarine

It’s a delicate matter – placing one’s looks in the hands of a stranger, all the more so if this person comes from another part of the world. With her cosmopolitan art studio for beauty, artist Frauke Frech has created a platform for meetings between cultures. By Natalie GoltenbothMore

Book review: "Always Coca-Cola" by Alexandra Chreiteh: The agony and the allure"Among women": Beauty under wraps in Iran″Deportation Regime″ at Copenhagen′s CAMP art gallery: The right of blood