MICHEL WÜRTHLE Berlin interview by SVEN SCHUMANN photography by MAXIME BALLESTEROS The Paris Bar is an institution of Berlin nightlife. A classic French brasserie on West Berlin’s Kantstrasse, Charlottenburg, its walls are filled with works by important contemporary artists. David Bowie and Iggy Pop used to be regulars. Rainer Werner Fassbinder and his noisy entourage often stopped by. Martin Kippenberger paid for meals with artworks. In 1979, a young Austrian named Michel Würthle bought the restaurant and although he had to sell it a decade ago, he still runs it today. Without Michel, the place would simply not be the same. Berlin has changed dramatically over the years, but not the Paris Bar. SVEN SCHUMANN — You were born in Vienna and lived for years in Paris. How did you end up in Berlin? MICHEL WÜRTHLE — I came to Berlin to visit a mathematician friend of mine, and somehow…