Nausikaä El-Mecky
Nausikaä El-Mecky specialises in attacks on art and is a fellow at the Heidelberg School of Education.
Mass nudity and a decoy magician
How Spencer Tunick turned public nakedness into art – while avoiding the police
19 May 2017
Monuments to mundanity at the Socle du Monde Biennale
This event is a must-see if you want your understanding of Piero Manzoni and the other featured artists turned on its head
28 Apr 2017
Inside the UNESCO conference to save Syria’s heritage
Experts gathered in Berlin to share ideas, but coming up with a coordinated strategy is impossible when the situation is so volatile
10 Jun 2016
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The Masterpiece podcast: episode three
This episode explores an ancient funeral stele, Marie Antoinette’s breast bowl, and how digital technologies are helping to preserve Egyptian heritage sites
‘I cannot bury myself with my own hands.’ The self-censorship of Syrian cartoonist Fares Garabet
In 2015 Garabet left war-torn Syria for Germany. But even from the relative safety of Europe, the cartoonist fears the consequences of his critical work