Paula Modersohn-Becker - No Compromises

In the 17th century, many Dutch women painters excelled at depicting the natural world in their art.

Was everything better in the past? Twist meets nostalgia enthusiasts to find out.

The Lichtburg Essen is a grand old cinema with a turbulent history.

Some people are not interested in the here and now, what is so fascinating about living in yesteryear?

Art and nature with adventurer Lise Wortley, photographer Max Fischer, The Walk Productions and artist and runner Vincent Dogna.

How can deconsecrated churches be put to good use? Twist travels across Europe to discover how former places of worship are being transformed.

What does hair symbolise in the visual arts, from the 15th century to the present day?

Christian philosophy is based on two abstract and complex concepts, but art can simplify them: Paradise, where everything was good and is lost, and Hell, which is so scary that no one wants to go there. And in between there is…us!

A look at the world of communal singing with Hamburg Girls Choir, composer Eric Whitacre’s Virtual Choir and singing culture in Lithuania.

Marking the opening of the 60th edition of the Montreux Jazz Festival, RAYE invites a host of international pop stars to join her on stage for an evening of music.

Cologne, Autumn 1944: In the bombed-out city, a small group of young people put up armed resistance against the Nazi regime

Audio pornography leaves room for the imagination while arousing the listener with erotic stories

An odyssey through Iran in search of a lost father for one Tehrani teenager and her friends.

Does wealth make you happy? Or maybe true wealth is having nothing at all?

Why do massive inequalities exist despite a global economy that has produced the most wealth in human history?

Art and nature with adventurer Lise Wortley, photographer Max Fischer, The Walk Productions and artist and runner Vincent Dogna.

With one of his paintings, Gerhard Richter made an intervention into a long-running an passionate debate: Which way round should you put the toilet roll?

Some Paleolithic burials are exceptional. Dated around 25,000 BC, they are far more complex and decorative than we usually give the era credit for.

It seems that scientist have proven that the enigmatic gaze of the Mona Lisa does not follow you as you move around the room. So why did we think that in the first place?