(S+) Berlin: New Cultural Senator Wedl-Wilson Wants to Avoid Closures and Criticizes Joe Chialo

She is considered a healer, but she will also have to save a lot: the new Berlin cultural senator Sarah Wedl-Wilson talks about the failures of her predecessor Joe Chialo and the limits of freedom of art.

After continuing criticism of the budget cuts in the cultural sector, Joe Chialo resigned as a cultural senator. In "Spiegel", his successor Sarah Wedl-Wilson now accuses him of not having sought dialogue with the scene.

Sarah Wedl-Wilson faces a difficult task: Berlin's cultural sector is suffering from budget cuts, something she blames on her predecessor.