Gymnastics

Meet the artist who thinks letters are sexy

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

Children often experience their first feelings of love at nursery age.  What does it feel like for children? 

With seduction and declarations of love, young men emotionally manipulate their ‘girlfriends’ to use them as prostitutes.

Unreal, hypersexualised, mutant bodies... In VRChat, desire is embodied in 3D, sex becomes a performance and fantasy a (virtual) reality. 

Ex-footballer turned anti-poverty activist Neven Subotić discusses the books that changed his life.

How does sex, identity and self-expression interlace? We explore this multi-faceted question through the lives of multiple Berliners

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

The calming voice of Amie Blu in an intimate session.

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

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

Nick Cave brings the full force of his live performance, filled with mystical fervour and passionate celebration, to Paris.

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