Wins the Goslarer Kaiserring 2021. Wahlkampagne interview by Agata Hofrichter published in Der Tagesspiegel. Invited to join American Academy of Arts & Letters. Shakes the Corona Virus in eight days by fasting on hot water and carrot juice, fights the symptoms of "long COVID" for the next several months, begins in-depth training of APRA Board of Trustees and team to run APRA by themselves. Gradually regains part of asana practice. Decides not to publish any more philosophy texts. Interrupts study of Gibbon Volume V to reread Günter Benser's DDR – gedenkt ihrer mit Nachsicht. Publishes "On the Tuileries Slave Memorial Jury 'Impasse'" in Artforum.