The art historian and author Elizabeth Otto adds an important chapter to the history of the Bauhaus: that of the queer creative. Her book "Haunted Bauhaus: Occult Spirituality, Gender Fluidity, Queer Identities, and Radical Politics" will be published on 17. September. We talked to her in advance about art in a queer context, gender at the Bauhaus, and the forgotten activist and designer Richard Grune.

In August all signs point toward relaxation. Perhaps you’re still in holiday mood. Nonetheless, 100 years of Bauhaus offers you experiences that are not only pleasing to the eye, but also offer food for thought: the interplay between design and politics, the psychological effect of cold, the interconnectedness of art and information and the value of interdisciplinary work. Come and see for yourself: exhibitions, installations, discourses and lectures on all these topics. Enjoy!

Weimar already has its museum and Dessau is taking great strides towards its own museum opening. Berlin is also making progress with its new Bauhaus buildings. But what is going on behind the scenes at the building sites and in places where visitors already outnumber the bulldozers? A summary of the status quo.

The film-maker Susanne Radelhof’s documentary “Die Bauhausfrauen” presents a far-reaching contribution to the theme of gender and the Bauhaus. We spoke to her.

Replacing classrooms with workshops is one of the Bauhaus’s best-known innovations. A hundred years later, the “workshop” is an indispensable component of all design education. But where are the limits and opportunities of this format, and what role does the realization of collective structures play in the further development of new technologies?