Alexandra Bircken’s “Silver Lining”: The Logic of Randomness Words by Ann-Kathrin Riedl What do bloodstains have in common with empty sticker sheets, scars with wood grain, or pasta with screws? In Alexandra Bircken's exhibition Silver Lining at the Langen Foundation, seemingly unrelated images become a fascinating exploration of how we perceive the world. A visit to a place where art and architecture share one essential quality: the freedom to see things differently.
Fräulein Talents: ELENI SISMANIDOU on Reversing the Male Gaze and Pushing Beauty Ideals to Absurdity Words by Thiên Ân Therese Kunz To what extent can you challenge traditional beauty standards and defy the male gaze? Through paintings, sculptures and performance art and an exaggerated sexually charged aesthetic, ELENI SISMANIDOU challenges existing images and creates moments of irony. Between silicone, marble and beautiful black hair. Simple, but always seeming to hit just the right nerve.
A New Sport Language Words by Elin Luehmann Through photography and visual storytelling, A NEW SPORT LANGUAGE challenges the way female athletes are represented. Founded by photographer and director Yana Van Nuffel and designer Isabel Wolfs, the project brings together photography, creative direction and sportswear design to develop a visual language shaped by the female gaze.
ANNA UDDENBERG: WHITE NOISE EXHIBITION Words by Samuel Staples and Lucie Wernecke Anna Uddenberg’s recent solo exhibition WHITE NOISE follows her experience of repetition and temporal detachment. It is concerned with structural control in our modern world, viewing the body as an expansion of its environment. In times where digital devices support us in our day to day, they almost became an expansion of the human body, or is it the other way around? WHITE NOISE in Olomouc, Czech Republic can be visited until the 4th of February.
Pick Of The Week: Anastasia Beverly Hills Hydra Prime SPF 50 Words by Nicole Atieno Anastasia Beverly Hills has long been a household name in beauty, first winning our hearts with its iconic brow products and now making a serious impression with Hydra Prime.
LA DOUBLE VIE DE GLORIA DE OLIVEIRA Words by Thomas Clausen, Photography by Beto Ruiz Alonso “Is all that we see or seem, but a dream within a dream?” A question that Edgar Allan Poe was already grappling with in the mid-19th century – and one that Gloria de Oliveira seems to revisit on her new album. We caught up with the Berlin-based artist to talk about the seductive comfort of dark fairy tales, the courage to embrace vulnerability, and the creative process behind The Lying Swans.
Seen by Fräulein: What caught our eye this week Words by Lucie Wernecke Too many headlines, too little time. That’s why “Seen by Fräulein” is our weekly edit of everything the Fräulein team has been talking about, obsessing over, or saving for later.
DONNA x SVEN MARQUARDT: A SPECIAL EDITION, MERGING SHOW x EXHIBITION Interview by Lucie Wernecke, Photography by Sven Marquardt If there’s one thing in Berlin right now that you absolutely have to see, it’s Donna The Show. Théa Hart Barnwell has taken the golden age of Berlin revue, thrown it into 2026, and made it feel fearless and completely alive. On 9 December, the evening continues after the show with an exhibition of portraits by none other than Sven Marquardt, who captured the dancers in his unmistakable black and white.
Alexandra Bircken’s “Silver Lining”: The Logic of Randomness Words by Ann-Kathrin Riedl What do bloodstains have in common with empty sticker sheets, scars with wood grain, or pasta with screws? In Alexandra Bircken's exhibition Silver Lining at the Langen Foundation, seemingly unrelated images become a fascinating exploration of how we perceive the world. A visit to a place where art and architecture share one essential quality: the freedom to see things differently.
Fräulein Talents: ELENI SISMANIDOU on Reversing the Male Gaze and Pushing Beauty Ideals to Absurdity Words by Thiên Ân Therese Kunz To what extent can you challenge traditional beauty standards and defy the male gaze? Through paintings, sculptures and performance art and an exaggerated sexually charged aesthetic, ELENI SISMANIDOU challenges existing images and creates moments of irony. Between silicone, marble and beautiful black hair. Simple, but always seeming to hit just the right nerve.
A New Sport Language Words by Elin Luehmann Through photography and visual storytelling, A NEW SPORT LANGUAGE challenges the way female athletes are represented. Founded by photographer and director Yana Van Nuffel and designer Isabel Wolfs, the project brings together photography, creative direction and sportswear design to develop a visual language shaped by the female gaze.
ANNA UDDENBERG: WHITE NOISE EXHIBITION Words by Samuel Staples and Lucie Wernecke Anna Uddenberg’s recent solo exhibition WHITE NOISE follows her experience of repetition and temporal detachment. It is concerned with structural control in our modern world, viewing the body as an expansion of its environment. In times where digital devices support us in our day to day, they almost became an expansion of the human body, or is it the other way around? WHITE NOISE in Olomouc, Czech Republic can be visited until the 4th of February.
Pick Of The Week: Anastasia Beverly Hills Hydra Prime SPF 50 Words by Nicole Atieno Anastasia Beverly Hills has long been a household name in beauty, first winning our hearts with its iconic brow products and now making a serious impression with Hydra Prime.
LA DOUBLE VIE DE GLORIA DE OLIVEIRA Words by Thomas Clausen, Photography by Beto Ruiz Alonso “Is all that we see or seem, but a dream within a dream?” A question that Edgar Allan Poe was already grappling with in the mid-19th century – and one that Gloria de Oliveira seems to revisit on her new album. We caught up with the Berlin-based artist to talk about the seductive comfort of dark fairy tales, the courage to embrace vulnerability, and the creative process behind The Lying Swans.
Seen by Fräulein: What caught our eye this week Words by Lucie Wernecke Too many headlines, too little time. That’s why “Seen by Fräulein” is our weekly edit of everything the Fräulein team has been talking about, obsessing over, or saving for later.
DONNA x SVEN MARQUARDT: A SPECIAL EDITION, MERGING SHOW x EXHIBITION Interview by Lucie Wernecke, Photography by Sven Marquardt If there’s one thing in Berlin right now that you absolutely have to see, it’s Donna The Show. Théa Hart Barnwell has taken the golden age of Berlin revue, thrown it into 2026, and made it feel fearless and completely alive. On 9 December, the evening continues after the show with an exhibition of portraits by none other than Sven Marquardt, who captured the dancers in his unmistakable black and white.
