The disturbing relevance of Arendt's work is well-known. Nowhere is this more evident than in her three-volume work, “The Origins of Totalitarianism”, published in 1951.

Hannah Arendt was a smoker – as countless iconic photographs reveal. Katharina Holzmann asks how this simple ritual shaped the philosopher’s thinking.

Rainer Maria Rilke, one of the most important poets of literary modernism, was born 150 years ago. In this interview, literature professor Sandra Richter explains what made him who he was as a person and why his work is still worth studying today.

Was Surrealism a reaction to fascism or even its radical antithesis? How does art today respond to bizarre political trends? We talk to Adrian Djukić, who, in collaboration with Stephanie Weber and Karin Althaus, curated the exhibition “But Live Here? No, Thanks.” at the Lenbachhaus.