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For the spring Rundgang (walkabout) of the SpinnereiGalleries Pierogi Leipzig presents Bahamian artist Tavares Strachan and Brian Conley. We had a closer look at the project of conceptual artist Brian Conley. Brian Conley presents the body of work “Decipherment of Linear X”. This project began ten years ago when he discovered several dozen wooden sticks [...]

G.H. Hovagimyan (born 1950) is an experimental digital artist working in a variety of forms. Hovagimyan was one of the first artists in New York to start working with the Internet in the early nineties. His work ranges from hypertext works to digital performance art and installations. G.H. Hovagimyan’s streamed video talk shows, Art Dirt [...]

Nobuyoshi Araki’s exhibition at Jablonka Gallery in Berlin presents 100 black-and-white photographs from the series “Kinbaku”. In Japan, Kinbaku is a traditional art form combining elements from the arts of packaging and of flower decoration (Ikebana). At first glance the photos of tied up woman seem to be in line with the Western concept of [...]

Thomas Krens, director of the Guggenheim Foundation since 1988, talks about the exhibition “The Guggenheim Collection” at the Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany in Bonn, and the plans for a Frank Gehry-designed new museum in Abu Dhabi/United Arab Emirates. Following the tradition established by the famous Frank Lloyd Wright-designed museum [...]

Greene Naftali Gallery presents the second New York solo exhibition by Jim Drain. On display are four new large-scale sculptures, furniture works, collages, photographs, stained glass, wallpaper, and a curtain dividing the space. All the elements create a brightly colored environment. Jim Drain: I Would Gnaw on My Hand at Greene Naftali Gallery, New York. [...]

The Drawing Center presents Yona Friedman: About Cities (Feb. 24 – April 7, 2007), an exhibition of work by the Hungarian-French architect and artist, who, despite significant reputation in Europe, has never had a solo exhibition in the United States. Showcasing both Friedman’s urban-sociological concerns and his urban-design innovations, the exhibition introduces his work to [...]

On the occasion of the exhibition Design High at Louise Blouin Foundation in London VernissageTV met up with Joep van Lieshout, who presented the work Wombhouse in the show. In this video, Joep van Lieshout talks about his background, his work between the poles of art and design, how his work changed over the years, [...]

The new museum for modern and contemporary art, the Museion Bozen Bolzano, Italy, openend its doors with the inaugural exhibition “Peripheral Vision and Collective Body” which is on display from May 21 until September 21, 2008. Taking part in this group show is also Portuguese artist Ângela Ferreira with her work “Maison Tropicale“. The project [...]

For the 2009 edition of the design fair Design Miami, architect and designer Greg Lynn created the HSBC Lounge and a large installation for Swarovski Crystal Palace. Greg Lynn’s installation for Swarovski extends over 80 square metres and reaches over seven metres in heigh. The ‘walls’ and ‘ceiling’ are made of Swarovski crystal-encrusted suspended panels [...]

In the Desert of Modernity – Colonial Planning and After is an exhibition at the House of World Cultures (Haus der Kulturen der Welt) in Berlin, that focuses on the European modernization fantasies in colonial North Africa. The car-oriented city, the underground car park and other projects were intended as a blueprint for Europe’s metropolises, [...]

Part 2 of the interview with the curator of the exhibition Joe Colombo – Inventing the Future at the Vitra Design Museum, Mateo Kries, on January 20, 2006. One of the most successful designers of his time, Joe Colombo produced design classics such as the “Elda” armchair, the “Universale” chair or the lamp “Alogena”. In [...]

German artist John Bock’s event at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin was announced as a lecture, bearing a rather long title – and turned out to be an entertaining fashion show with weird vogue, underground action and some animals that were not injured. John Bock’s show Die abgeschmierte Knicklenkung im Gepäck verheddert [...]

In the third part of the interview Luigi Colani talks about his relationship with colleague designers, his architectural projects in China, the Rotor House Project, and the needs and challenges of realizing a large flying wing passenger aircraft. More interviews with Luigi Colani: Conversation with Luigi Colani at Building Design Podcasts, interview at “Plastics – [...]

Monika Sprüth and Philomene Magers present “Mondi Possibili”. On display are furniture and objects by Richard Artschwager, Benjamin Bergmann, Thomas Demand, Thea Djordjadze, Peter Fischli / David Weiss, Claus Föttinger, Stefan Kern, Frances Scholz, Andreas Schulze, Franz West, and Martin Wöhrl. “The works on display deal with the subject of furniture from a variety of [...]

At Design Miami Basel we met with Rianne Makkink and Jurgen Bey of Studio Makkink & Bey who presented new work at the booth of Contrasts Gallery, Shanghai / China. Gallery Director Pearl Lam has invited Studio Makkink & Bey, the joint-venture of architect Rianne Makkink and designer Jurgen Bey to investigate Chinese craftmanship and [...]