Interviews
with artists and curators
Kristian Ly Serena and Dominique Hauderowicz
2020-06-17
Interview with Kristian Ly Serena and Dominique Hauderowicz
Public space too often excludes senior citizens, say Kristian Ly Serena and Dominique Hauderowicz, two young architects from Denmark. The ideas in their book, Age Inclusive Public Space – From Mini-Parks to Japanese Waterways, prove that it can be done better. More »
Alastair Philip Wiper
2020-01-28
Interview with Alastair Philip Wiper
The photographer Alastair Philip Wiper is not only celebrating the human ingenuity in this book. His photographs also show us where we are going wrong in the world, symbols of overconsumption and the negative aspects of capitalism. More »
Jan Scheffler
2019-12-17
Interview with Jan Scheffler
Jan Scheffler captures the light and vastness of the north in his photographs. In a conversation with Deutschlandfunk Kultur he talks about the title of his book, which isn’t as surprising as it might seem at first, and how he goes on the hunt for the endangered beauties of nature. More »
Armin Mueller-Stahl
2019-03-23
Interview with Armin Mueller-Stahl
The actor, artist, and East-West traveler Armin Mueller-Stahl talks to the Handelsblatt about the fall of the Berlin Wall thirty years ago, the state of the republic, and moments full of freedom. More »
Jean Molitor
2018-12-16
Interview with Jean Molitor
From Bremen to Burundi, the photographer Jean Molitor’s goal is to create an archive of modern global architecture. To satisfy his Bauhaus enthusiasm, he’ll risk being arrested from time to time. More »
Yan Wang Preston
2018-09-06
Interview with Yan Wang Preston
An old tree in the midst of a modern city is transplanted at great expense. This happens daily in China’s metropolises. The photographer Yan Wang Preston talked to Spiegel Online about her photography project and the tree business.
Leonhard Hurzlmeier
2018-08-21
Interview with Leonhard Hurzlmeier
Leonhard Hurzlmeier’s colorful oil paintings depict archetypal images of women involved in everyday life. He spoke with curator and editor Christian Ganzenberg about portraits of women in art history and about the difference of painting women and men. More »
Matthias Steinkraus
2018-05-22
Interview with Matthias Steinkraus
For his long-term study, Matthias Steinkraus spent six years, from 2010 to 2016, documenting the apartment block on the Kottbusser Tor, a large crossroads in Berlin, and the legendary 24-hour pub Rote Rose, or “red rose.” In an interview with Leona Koldehoff, he talks about the background of his work. More »
Daniel Sannwald
2018-02-19
Interview with Daniel Sannwald
London based artist-come-photographer, Daniel Sannwald has released his book entitled, Spektrum, showing the best works of recent years. He spoke to Felicity Carter at Forbes Magazine about his start off in the industry, his aesthetics and inspirations. More »
Ola Kolehmainen
2018-01-14
Interview with Ola Kolehmainen
Ola Kolehmainen spent three years traveling through Europe, photographing sacred places. He told Spiegel Online about the tricks he used to light the enormous interiors—and why the guards at Hagia Sophia are like siblings to him.
Gianluca Galtrucco
2017-09-27
Interview with Gianluca Galtrucco
Like no other city in the world, Los Angeles encourages the observer to play with illusions—and to be played with in turn. Photographer Gianluca Galtrucco works with this quality and discovers comedic and dramatic images throughout the city that blur the boundary between reality and artifice. The result are mysterious photographs that challenge the observer.
In our interview with Consulting Editor for Photography Art Books Nadine Barth, he talks about what inspires him and how his new book For Your Consideration came into being. More »
Volker Staab
2017-08-30
Interview with Volker Staab
Volker Staab makes room for art: the Berlin-based architect helps water flow through walls, loves installations beneath staircases, and hates the tyranny of industrial norms. Above all, Staab is known for his museum buildings, from Nuremberg to Ahrenshoop, as well as for the sensitive way he embeds the buildings in their often historical surroundings.
For the Tagesspiegel, Björn Rosen and Susanne Kippenberger conducted a long interview with the star architect, which was the newspaper’s lead story on Sunday, August 13, 2017. More »
Maxime Ballesteros
2017-07-04
Interview with Maxime Ballesteros
Celebrated French photographer Maxime Ballesteros is known for capturing the primal themes that haunt our daily existence. Hees lens sees a version of life that cannot see, or perhaps have become numbt to. Raw emotion, revealed through flesh, leather, stockings and heels. Pictures of death and decay, freedom and exploration.
For the French fashion magazine L'Officiel our consulting editor for Photography Art Books Nadine Barth talked with Ballesteros about his work. Please find here the complete interview. More »
Latif Al Ani
2017-06-20
Interview with Latif Al Ani
Latif Al Ani was one of the first photographers in Iraq. He had an active career for more than twenty years, starting in the early 1950s. Al Ani presented the vivid Iraqi culture in its abundance and complexity: besides documenting the westernized everyday life, the political culture and industry, he also captured images of Iraq from the air for the Iraq Petroleum Company.
This interview took place in Baghdad, where he still lives, over several conversations in January and February 2015. More »
Kemang Wa Lehulere
2017-05-26
Interview with Kemang Wa Lehulere
“In his wall drawings, collages, and complex performances, he revisits his own history and the pain of his society by creating poignant images that are never literal or explanatory, but are instead a territory to be traversed, understood, and revealed,” writes
Victoria Noorthoorn, the directors of the Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires, describing Kemang Wa Lehulere’s art.
In spring of 2017, Kemang Wa Lehulere presented his first institutional solo exhibition in Germany at the Deutsche Bank KunstHalle in Berlin. Together with the curator Britta Färber Kemang Wa Lehulere talks about his source of inspiration. More »
Nancy Borowick
2017-02-08
Interview with Nancy Borowick
When Photojournalist Nancy Borowick’s parents—Howie and Laurel—were diagnosed with stage IV cancer and simultaneously underwent treatment, she did the only thing she knew how—she documented it. By turning the camera on her family’s life during this most intimate time, Borowick learned a great deal about herself, family, and relationships in general.
We talked to her about her book and project The Family Imprint. More »
Gerhard Richter
2016-09-28
Interview with Gerhard Richter
"Art is never just content but always form." For the first time, Gerhard Richter gives a detailed insight into the origins of his famous 1260 Farbfelder (1260 color fields).
He left the color composition to coincidence - as a provocation against the color cult of a Josef Albers or Max Bill.
Equality as effect? Read more in our interview by Stefan Koldehoff.
Jochen Raiß
2016-07-28
Interview with Jochen Raiß
In the current issue of the German art magazine »art. Das Kunstmagazin«, the book »Women in Trees« was presented as »the most charming photobook of the summer«. Jochen Raiß is the man behind this considerable project, that brings together 52 old black and white amateur photos of women sitting in trees.
We met this charming fellow from Hamburg in our Berlin office and had a chat while sitting together with a cup of coffee and a piece of strawberry cake. More »
Stefan Hanke
2016-04-19
Interview with Stefan Hanke
A »portraitist of the soul«, the Regensburg-based photographer Stefan Hanke was called by one of the contemporary witnesses. More than ten years he spent visiting concentration camp survivors in seven different countries to portray them for his photo project »KZ überlebt« (Concentration camp survivors).
The encounters were more than mere photo sessions. Our interview gives very personal insights into his work. More »
Kristin Feireiss
2016-04-01
Interview with Kristin Feireiss
Dr. h.c. Kristin Feireiss is a member of the jury for the renowned Pritzker Architecture Prize, which was awarded to Alejandro Aravena on April 4, 2016, at the United Nations’ headquarters in New York City. Publisher Dr. Cristina Steingräber spoke with Dr. Feireiss about the jury’s unanimous decision to honor the forty-eight-year-old Chilean, who is also this year’s director of the Venice Architecture Biennial. More »
Nora Gomringer
2016-02-17
Interview with Nora Gomringer
Finding a shared harmony, the poet Nora Gomringer and photographic artist Andreas Herzau have collaborated with the Bamberg Symphony to create a fascinating anniversary publication. The result: over 150 packed pages giving visual form to sound.
We talked to Nora Gomringer about the project. More »
Dr. Thomas Girst
2015-10-20
Interview with Dr. Thomas Girst
Our publisher, Dr. Cristina Steingräber, met with Dr. Thomas Girst, the head of BMW Group Cultural Engagement, to talk about the special program. More »
Frank Horvat
2015-04-12
Nadine Barth, Photography Program Consultant for Hatje Cantz, in Conversation with the Photographer Frank Horvat. (Cotignac, April 12, 2015) More »
William Lim
2014-05-14
"The history of contemporary art in Hong Kong is probably less than twenty years old. It is still a very young art scene, and there will be many new developments in the future. As collectors of Hong Kong art we are just at the beginning, and there is definitely a long way to go." Christoph Noe interviews William Lim. More »
Thorsten Brinkmann
2014-01-27
“And so what was there was mixed with additions to form something new.” The artist Thorsten Brinkmann in an interview with Caroline Schilling on his house installation, La Hütte Royal, and the crazy desire to combine things that don’t belong together. More »
Alfred Seiland
2013-09-01
Interview with Alfred Seiland
The photographer Seiland has spent years exploring the traces of the global Roman Empire. The interview was conducted by the journalist Andreas Langen about megalomania, tripod permits, and beach mats in Nero’s imperial villa. More »
Ulrich Seidl
2013-04-04
Interview with Ulrich Seidl
“Filming is a process, and I don’t cling to what is in the script.” The director, screenplay author, and producer Ulrich Seidl, in an interview with journalist Thomas Hummitzsch, on his new trilogy of films, Liebe, Glaube, Hoffnung (Love, Faith, Hope). More »
Steve Schapiro
2012-10-16
Interview mit Steve Schapiro
In the world of photography nothing is real. Above all, you cannot equate it with the truth. The journalist Marcus Woeller interviews Steve Schapiro. More »
Annette Kulenkampff
2012-07-15
dOCUMENTA (13) - Behind the scenes:
Art journalists Nicole Büsing & Heiko Klaas interview Annette Kulenkampff, head of Hatje Cantz Publishers. The conversation took place in a hotel in Kassel on June 8, 2012, during the previews of the dOCUMENTA (13). More »
Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev
2012-06-05
dOCUMENTA (13) - Behind the scenes:
Five questions and notes to Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, artistic director of dOCUMENTA (13) More »
Bernd Leifeld
2012-05-29
dOCUMENTA (13) - Behind the scenes:
Bernd Leifeld, Executive Director of the documenta and Museum Fridericianum Veranstaltungs GmbH, interviewed by art journalists Nicole Büsing and Heiko Klaas. More »
Annelies Bakker
2012-05-22
dOCUMENTA (13) - Behind the scenes:
Interview with Annelis Bakker, Back Office Management Assistant for the Technical Production Team More »
Elfi Kopler
2012-05-15
dOCUMENTA (13) - Behind the scenes:
Elfi Kopler, Worldly Companion, interviewed by art journalists Nicole Büsing and Heiko Klaas. More »
Matthias Sauer
2012-05-08
dOCUMENTA (13) - Behind the scenes:
Art journalists Nicole Büsing & Heiko Klaas interview Matthias Sauer, head of infrastructure, concerning all topics across the organizational backgrounds of dOCUMENTA (13). More »
Katrin Sauerländer
2012-04-24
dOCUMENTA (13) - Behind the scenes:
Interview with Katrin Sauerländer, Managing Editor Publications More »
Walther und Franz König
2012-04-17
dOCUMENTA (13) - Behind the scenes:
Interview with Walther and Franz König, Booksellers and Publishers More »
Eva Scharrer
2012-03-01
dOCUMENTA (13) - Behind the scenes:
Eva Scharrer, Agent dOCUMENTA (13), interviewed by art journalists Nicole Büsing and Heiko Klaas. More »
M. Braschler und M. Fischer
2011-10-05
Interview with Mathias Braschler and Monika Fischer
Journalist Nadine Olonetzky interviewed Mathias Braschler (*1969 in Aargau) and Monika Fischer (*1971 in the Rhine Valley, Switzerland) about their book, The Human Face of Climate Change. The two photo-journalists spent eight months traveling through sixteen countries and across every continent, in the attempt to put a face to climate change. More »
Dr. Dietmar Elger
2011-09-20
Interview with Dr. Dietmar Elger
Art journalist Stefan Koldehoff interviews Dr. Dietmar Elger, head of the Gerhard Richter Archive in Dresden, about the behind-the-scenes work involved in producing the comprehensive catalogue raisonne of Gerhard Richter's paintings and sculptures. More »
Dr. Wolfram Völcker
2011-07-01
"My manual works like a spotlight."
Art journalist Claudia Herstatt spoke to Dr. Wolfram Völcker. More »
Dirk Boll
2011-03-07
“Contemporary art is the key to the future for the art markets”
Art journalist Claudia Herstatt spoke to Dirk Boll, managing director of Christie's, Zurich. More »
Dr. Ingrid Pfeiffer
2011-02-15
Rendezvous with Sewing Machine and Umbrella
Art critic Christian Huther in conversation with Ingrid Pfeiffer, curator of Surreal Objects at the Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt More »
Kathrin Luz
2010-12-29
Interview with Kathrin Luz
Kathrin Luz, head of communications for dOCUMENTA (13), in conversation with art critic Annette Lettau. More »
Markus Schaden
2010-09-10
Interview with Markus Schaden
Journalist Markus Weckesser in Conversation with Markus Schaden (*1965), on the phenomenon of photography books. The Cologne resident owns a bookstore specializing in photo books. More »
Andreas Herzau
2010-07-05
"In Istanbul, the stones are made of gold"
Art Journalists Nicole Büsing and Heiko Klaas in Conversation with Photographer-Artist Andreas Herzau. More »
Dr. Felix Krämer
2010-03-15
Interview mit Dr. Felix Krämer
A new retrospective of the work of Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, the first in 30 years, will be shown in Germany—and it will change the way Kirchner's work is seen. Art critic Dorothee Baer-Bogenschütz spoke to Felix Krämer, who is curating the exhibition at the Städel Museum in Frankfurt. More »
Mel Ramos
2010-02-12
»That's the way the world is; it's the way I wee it as a painter.«
Hans-Joachim Müller, a well-known German art journalist, spoke to Mel Ramos, American Pop Art painter. More »
Katharina Dohm
2010-02-08
Interview mit Katharina Dohm
The Schirn Kunsthalle in Frankfurt will be the first museum in Germany in almost thirty years to present a survey of works by Georges Seurat. Barbara Luik, Marketing Hatje Cantz, spoke with Katharina Dohm, Curator at the Schirn Kunsthalle. More »
Dr. Andreas Schumacher
2009-11-06
Interview with Dr. Andreas Schumacher
The art critic Annette Lettau interviews Dr. Andreas Schumacher, Curator of the Botticelli Exhibition at the Städel Museum in Frankfurt. The show runs from November 13, 2009, to February 28, 2010. More »
Wolfgang Scheppe
2009-10-01
The Escalation of the Globalized City.
Meike Gatermann, Director of Public Relations at Hatje Cantz, discusses the project Migropolis with Wolfgang Scheppe. More »
Oliver Mark
2009-09-30
Red Box Interview with Photographer Oliver Mark
Mark is known for his portraits of artists and celebrities, as well as for fashion spreads and architectural photographs, among other things. More »
Mark Gordon
2009-09-14
The guide through the European art world
The journalist Marcus Woeller interviews Mark Gordon, author of Contemporary Europe. Art Guide: "See art as something to value and to invest in for the future." More »
Annette Kulenkampff
2009-06-24
Acoustic and visual enjoyment of art
Dr. Susanne Kaufmann, arts editor at SWR Radio, in conversation with Annette Kulenkampff, managing director of Hatje Cantz, discussing the new series, Art to Hear. More »
Dr. Ulf Küster
2009-03-31
A New look at Alberto Giacometti
Hans-Joachim Müller, a well-known German art journalist, spoke to Ulf Küster, curator at the Foundation Beyeler, about the major summer exhibition Giacometti. More »
David Chipperfield
2009-02-13
Interview with David Chipperfield
Andres Lepik, curator of contemporary architecture at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, in conversation with architect David Chipperfield on the Neues Museum in Berlin. More »
André Odier
2008-10-30
Interview with André Odier
The journalist Marcus Woeller interviews André Odier, secretary of the Friends of the Nationalgalerie in Berlin. More »
Frank Kunert
2008-05-26
Modelled on Life
Art Journalists Nicole Büsing and Heiko Klaas in Conversation with Photographer-Artist Frank Kunert More »
Dr. Andreas Blühm
2008-05-19
Interview with Dr. Andreas Blühm
The journalist Dr. Thomas Köster interviews Dr. Andreas Blühm, director of theWallraf-Richartz-Museums in Cologne. More »
Claudia Herstatt
2008-05-19
Interview with Claudia Herstatt
Dr. Anke Manigold talks to the journalist Claudia Herstatt about her new book Women Gallerists in the 20th and 21st Centuries. More »
Jürgen Schadeberg
2008-05-19
"Showing what people haven't seen."
The Photographer Jürgen Schadeberg talks about his Life and Work. More »
Dr. Ingrid Pfeiffer
2007-12-11
"We're giving them the recognition they deserve."
The arts journalist Anke Manigold interviews Dr. Ingrid Pfeiffer, curator of the Women Impressionists exhibition at the Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt. More »
Dr. Tobia Bezzola
2007-12-10
»Analysis of Light and Colors«
Annette Kulenkampff, publisher at Hatje Cantz, talks to the curator Dr. Tobia Bezzola about Italian Divisionism and the exhibition Revolution of Light at the Kunsthaus Zurich. More »
