Álex Vicente

For some of the winners of the award, which will be announced this Thursday in Stockholm, it was a ‘kiss of death.’ Many never wrote any more notable works, and others felt uneasy about the loss of their privacy

On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Surrealist manifesto, an exhibition at the Centre Pompidou in Paris proposes a new reading that broadens the role of women and non-Western voices

On its 65th anniversary, an exhibition in London questions the liberated reinterpretation offered by Greta Gerwig’s blockbuster film. The story of the successful toy is, in fact, a mix of emancipation and conservatism

An exhibition commemorates the demolition of the former parliament building in the German capital in 2008, an example of the persistent erasure of traces of socialism in the city

The mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, plunged into the river in a highly publicized event meant to show that the water is ready for the Olympic Games. But there is more to it than that, and a long history of failures

A Weimar exhibition reveals that dozens of professors and students at the school, a hotbed of artistic vanguard in 1930s Germany, were members of the party or accepted commissions from the Third Reich

The writer was one of the brightest stars of British literature when he debuted with ‘Politics’ at the age of 24. Converted to experimental prose, he returns with ‘The Future Future’, a historical novel that speaks of the present and searches for the roots of the #MeToo movement, the erosion of the patriarchy, and celebrity culture

The French writer and soldier, who also penned ‘The Bridge over the River Kwai,’ didn’t think that his portrait of a society in ruins would work well on screen. We are into the 10th film in the franchise

The grand gathering of contemporary art celebrates marginalized identities with a ground-breaking edition in which artists from the global south, many of them largely unknown, are in the majority

France celebrates the anniversary of the art movement with an exhibition at the Musée d’Orsay, focusing on the first exhibition organized in 1874 by artists who challenged the establishment to paint modern life

Distanced from the overwhelming fame that ‘Twilight’ brought, she has become the undisputed star of Hollywood’s most daring side. The actress stars in ‘Love Lies Bleeding,’ a lesbian noir film with steroids, serial murders and rough sex

An exhibition at the Tate Britain in London investigates the great American artist’s interest in the attire of his models, with 50 paintings on display along with the dresses that inspired them

Director Justine Triet once believed that her movie, nominated for five Academy Awards, would not have any success or impact. After conducting an impeccable campaign in the United States, with dogs and ‘hot lawyers’ included, anything is possible at Sunday’s ceremony

‘Supersex’ — a series inspired by the life of the Italian pornographic actor — will be released this Wednesday. Siffredi celebrates the changes that have taken place in the genre where he has built his career: ‘In today’s porn, the strong ones are the women, not the men’

From a film about the possibility of resurrecting the dead to a genre remake of ‘Star Wars,’ several movies debuting at the Berlin International Film Festival speak of a future that looks very much like today’s world

The former Oasis vocalist has released a new album with Stone Roses guitarist John Squire and isn’t closing the door on a potential reconciliation with his brother, Noel. The two haven’t spoken since their band broke up in 2009

The French writer has screened her film – ‘A Family’ – at the 74th Berlin International Film Festival. In this disturbing documentary, she confronts the family members who did not support her in the face of her father’s sexual abuse

While the competition was accused of taking a lukewarm stance on the Middle East crisis, Berlin has refuted the criticism with several films and debates

Seven years after the finale of her polemic series, the actress-director explores her Polish Jewish roots in ‘Treasure,’ which was presented at the Berlinale

Spanish cinema’s surprise of the year has to be the three nominations for the film debut of Venezuelans Alejandro Rojas and Juan Sebastián Vásquez at this Saturday’s ceremony

Auteur cinema entered a twilight phase with the returns of Moretti, Kaurismäki, Loach and Erice. Meanwhile, Hollywood indulged in innocuous criticism of the system, with the success of ‘Barbie’ becoming a new milestone

From Kirsty Bell to Vincenzo Latronico, several foreign authors are reflecting the changing identity of the German capital, a city marked by the rising cost of living and the traumatic weight of history

The singer’s memoir describes her descent into hell as though it were a gothic novel, with the reader swept into a world of ghosts, forests and foretold tragedy

The two cities aspire to become the capital of the sector in Europe. London remains dominant despite the burden of Brexit, but Paris is favored by its new private museums and by the arrival of Art Basel, which has created a new fair in the city

The Louis Vuitton Foundation has opened a major retrospective that pays attention to aspects that have been little explored in the painter’s work