Though they work in different fields and countries, what unites them is their focus on a Europe in transition: Arvo Pärt, Anita Raja and Prodromos Tsinikoris have been awarded the 2026 Goethe Medal.

Berlin studio Kéré Architecture has used compacted-earth blocks to create a headquarters for the non-profit Goethe-Institut in Dakar, Senegal. Set next door to the Musée Léopold Sédar Senghore, which ...

The Goethe-Institut's new building in Dakar champions sustainable architecture, made from the earth. Star architect Francis Kere has blended local materials with contemporary design. In Dakar, the ...

Designed as "a platform for exchange, innovation, and sustainable cooperation" by Burkinabé architect Francis Kéré, winner of the 2022 Pritzker Prize, the center combines traditional craftsmanship ...

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe is usually remembered as a towering figure of European culture: poet, playwright, scientist, and all-around genius of the Enlightenment. His drama Faust opens with a scene ...

The biographer of a truly world-historical writer finds his work weighted with a double burden. He must trace how his subject’s private passions and follies gave rise to original art, and he must show ...

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The following is the third of a series of illuminating articles revealing Goethe’s lively interest in Jewry and things Yiddish, based upon excerpts from “Goethe and the Jews,” (G. P. Putman’s Sons, ...

A1 and A2 milk differ in their protein content, specifically the type of casein. Some studies suggest that A2 may be healthier, but more research is needed. Is it possible that the health effects of ...