Stories – Friends of Friends / Freunde von Freunden (FvF)

Artnet VP Sophie Neuendorf: Art is a family affair

Considering the fact she’s the daughter of Hans Neuendorf—the German art dealer and founder Artnet, the leading online resource for...

Munich Art

Maurin Dietrich: The role of art institutions now

Unlike many of her contemporaries in the art world, curator Maurin Dietrich spent little time in galleries and museums as...

Berlin Art

Grada Kilomba: The severity of social oppression

Born and raised in Lisbon, Portugal with Angolan, Sao Toman, and Portuguese roots, Berlin-based artist and writer Grada Kilomba finds...

Berlin Art

Sonia González: Potsdam’s Villa Schöningen

When 29-year-old Sonia González heard that Potsdam’s historic residence and exhibition house Villa Schöningen was looking for a new curator,...

Berlin Art

Juerg Judin's Urban Oasis in a '50s Gas Station

For decades, he was successful in the movie business. Today, he’s one of the most influential gallerists in Berlin. Now,...

Berlin Art

Mark Krayenhoff van der Leur: Garments as sculptural forms

In the back room of his bright fourth floor apartment—aptly located close to Kurfürstendamm, one of the biggest shopping streets...

London Photography

Elizabeth Gabrielle Lee: Hegemonic narratives

It’s a mild October morning in London, one where the sun blazes through the almost-bare tree branches, and I find...

London Fashion

Gentlewoman’s Penny Martin: Optimistic vision of change

The leafy landscape of Gunnersbury Park in West London’s suburb of Ealing, with its grand, ivory-colored estate rising atop a...

San Juan Dance

Kianí del Valle: Healing wounds through dance

An integral aspect of Kianí’s arrival to dancing was her family’s Caribbean roots. “I was brought up in a country...

New York City Art

Áron Filkey: Drawing new horizons

“I usually prefer staying on the opposite side of the camera, so I made a prop to create distraction,” he...

Munich Design

Public Possession: Staying Relevant in Music & Design

Oftentimes, the advice we’re given, particularly when attempting to transform a creative vision into a career, let alone into a...

New York City Design

Kai Avent-deLeon’s Sanctuary

Exposed to many different cultures, Kai was born to an African American and a Grenadian American in the Northern part...

Berlin Architecture

Arno Brandlhuber’s Antivilla

This is an architect who mostly works by two mantras: use cost-effective building methods and implement a reasonable energy economy....

Los Angeles Food

Keegan Fong: Quit marketing for a noodle shop

Starting out as a noodle cart and family passion project, the culinary endeavor soon developed into the renowned restaurant it...

Berlin Art

Diandra Donecker: Female role models in art

“From the first moment I read about the house and its history I was determined to work here,” says Diandra...

Mallorca Photography

Kate Bellm: Living the creative's dream

Kate Bellm was “flipping obsessed” with photography from the first moment she picked up a camera. “It was an instant...

Paris Architecture

Antonin Ziegler: Industrial yet serene residences

“What makes Le 107 work is a mix of verticality and openness. It only has a 28 square-meter footprint, but...

Sheffield Architecture

Victoria Okoye: Cities designed for residents

Over a cup of green tea at The Depot Bakery in Sheffield, the South Yorkshire city where she has been...

Paris Food

Rose Chalalai Singh's Parisian workspace

For Chef Rose Chalalai Singh, change is important. When she is not traveling, Rose walks every day from her home...

Barcelona Design

Studio Turbina: Connecting earthy & spiritual

Stones and rocks share an ancient relationship with rituals and spirituality. Stacking stone mounds, placing stones on graves, erecting them...