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At Hong Kong International Art Fair, ART HK 10, the Indonesian artist Jompet Kuswidananto presented the installation “Third Bodies”. In this interview with the artist, Jompet Kuswidananto talks about his background, how he became visual artist, and the concept of his installation. This is an excerpt, the complete interview is available after the jump. Jompet [...]

In Swiss artist Ueli Etter’s show “THE PARK and The Spirit of de Grisogono 1″ at the gallery Hubert Bächler in Zurich, Switzerland, a diamond plays a key role: In the year 1996 the Geneva-based Jeweller Fawaz Gruosi introduced black diamonds to the high-end sector of his business. The heart of his collection is the [...]

Solo show by Jeff Soto at BLK/MRKT Gallery, Los Angeles. “Featuring a new series of paintings on canvas, panel and paper, Cold Ice Age continues Soto’s intrepid exploration of his private imaginary world but with a twist – the amplified conscience of a new parent; the show’s title refers to his intensifying apprehension about the [...]

“Equality, one of the most fundamental democratic principles, is the theme of Rohkunstbau XIV. In this, the second part of the trilogy Three Colours: Blue, White, Red, ten visual and a large number of performing artists will create at Sacrow Palace site-specific works of art addressing this challenging and timely topic. Following Krzysztof Kieslowski’s famous [...]

At Scope London 2006 we met the artist Paul Sakoilsky. Paul Sakoilsky was born in 1964. He works in numerous forms and media. His work is rooted in performance and actionism. One of the most well known performances / installations, which he has developed and performed since 1995 is based on a text by Konrad [...]

VTV is talking with Kenny Schachter about his gallery’s concept and his booth at ARCO 2006. Amongst others he shows works by Zaha Hadid and Vito Acconci. Untitled (2006) by Zaha Hadid is a cell / body that offers / allows multi functional uses, as a table, counter, seat, container and as a surface to [...]

Global Street Food is the latest project by German designer / creative director / curator / artist Mike Meiré. At Vitra’s Art Basel Party we had the opportunity to have a look at Global Street Food and spoke with Mike Meiré and Andreas Dornbracht of kitchen and bathroom brand Dornbracht. Global Street Food is part [...]

The VitraHaus is the newest addition to the architecture park that the furniture company Vitra has realized during the last decades on their company site. The premises now features architecture by Nicholas Grimshaw (who realized the first building after a blaze that destroyed the old building and conceived the master plan for the site), Zaha [...]

Coinciding with Art Basel Miami Beach 2009, the collectors Rosa and Carlos de la Cruz opened the Rosa and Carlos de la Cruz Collection Contemporary Art Space in Miami’s Design District. The new space houses the personal collection of Rosa and Carlos de la Cruz and serves as an extension of their home. The three-story, [...]

Zaha Hadid Architecture – Projects and Built Work at the Architectural Museum Basel. No. 2 in VTV’s REMIX series. Video showing impressions from the opening of the exhibition. Architekturmuseum Basel / Switzerland. September 9, 2005, Click image or this link to watch video.

At Design Miami 2008 we had the pleasure to document a conversation between British designer Ross Lovegrove and Dr. Albrecht Bangert about Ross Lovegrove’s work for Swarovski Crystal Palace and specifically his piece Liquid Space. In this conversation Ross Lovegrove talks about how the piece fits into his work, the piece itself (the aesthetic and [...]

Konstantin Grcic was born in Munich, Germany in 1965. After training as a cabinet maker at Parnham College in England he studied Design at the Royal College of Art in London from 1988-1990. Since setting up his own design practice Konstantin Grcic Industrial Design in Munich in 1991 he has developed furniture, products and lighting [...]

In this video, Ingar Dragset of the artist duo Elmgreen & Dragset talks about their exhibition “The Collectors” that they showed as representation of Denmark and Nordic Countries Finland, Norway and Sweden at the 53rd Venice Biennale 2009 – the idea behind the exhibition, how it came about, the different concepts for the Danish and the [...]

Global Street Food is the latest project by German designer / creative director / curator / artist Mike Meiré. At Vitra’s Art Basel Party we had the opportunity to have a look at Global Street Food and spoke with Mike Meiré and Andreas Dornbracht of kitchen and bathroom brand Dornbracht. Global Street Food is part [...]

Gabrielle Ammann, director of Designer’s Gallery, talks about her program at Design Miami Basel, especially about the “Event Horizon” table by Marc Newson and Zaha Hadid’s “Iceberg” sculpture, and the importance of Design Miami for design galleries. Interior architect Gabrielle Ammann established Designer’s Gallery in Cologne, Germany in 2006. The gallery concept was born out [...]