Gymnastics

Conductors can gesticulate wildly when they conduct an orchestra. But have you ever wondered what exactly they are doing with their hands? And why do they use a baton?

With its never-ending corridors, beautiful auditoria and recording studios with arguably the best acoustics in the world, the Berlin Funkhaus was the biggest and most advanced centre for radio broadcasting in the German Democratic Republic. Music publisher Elisabeth Heller, who worked there during its heyday, is our guide.

Not all nipples are the same. On Instagram or Facebook female breasts are censured whereas the bare male torso is not. Some artists are challenging this double standard. 

From queer cake sitting to sex positive tasting evenings, Tracks finds out about food and sexuality.

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

Coupé-Décalé got the world dancing in the early 2000s. Today, its little brother, biama, is going through the roof.

A new wave of erotic magazines is breaking the traditional heterosexist mould and encouraging a new engagement with desire, body image and sexuality.

The story of a wealthy man saving a ‘fallen’ woman has become a cliché (Pretty Woman, Anora), far from the reality of prostitution. But what if sex workers told their own stories through art?

The tradition of Shibari started off as a form of punishment. But it is now a sexual fetish, and a craft, full of precision.

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

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.

The calming voice of Amie Blu in an intimate session.

Ukrainian phenomenon Carpetman brings his swaying electro to the ESNS festival.

After years of moving towards a cashfree society, Europe is weighing up the risks.

How can we have more fulfilling sex? Ronja von Rönne meets couples and singles who have reinvented their sexuality.

The UN is in crisis as its Special Rapporteur accuses Israel of genocide in Gaza. Will Palestine be its downfall?

It’s a police investigation that stretches to 1,000 pages. ARTE Book Club focuses on the highly acclaimed Russian classic.

An old man swims in the sea. As he moves through the water, memories resurface... 

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