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With the exhibition “The Expanded Eye. Stalking the Unseen” the Kunsthaus Zurich is showing an exhibition which takes a look at “the ever-widening horizons of the human eye in the age of its physiologically and technologically extended faculties” (PR Kunsthaus). The exhibition includes renowned works by Op Artist Bridget Riley, the Surrealist Salvador Dalí and [...]

The Adolpho Leirner Collection is considered as one of the most significant collections of Brazilian Concrete-Constructive art. For the first time in Europe, Haus Konstruktiv in Zürich, Switzerland, showcases the “Adolpho Leirner Collection of Brazilian Constructive Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston”. Although individual works from the collection have been shown frequently in [...]

In the second part of the conversation with Olga Stefan, Daniel Knorr talks specifically about two of his works in the show Led R. Nanirok at Kunsthalle Basel: the spectacles produced from pieces of broken glass, and the large LED wall that welcomes the visitor in the first gallery of the Kunsthalle. Daniel Knorr’s solo [...]

Paul McCarthy (b. 1945) lives and works in Los Angeles. Paul McCarthy is among the most important and influential artists of his generation in the US. His reputation is that of a critical analyst of a mass media and consumer-driven American society. Since 2000, he has collaborated closely with his son Damon McCarthy (b. 1973) [...]

Part 2 of the conversation between artist Daniel Domig and VTV’s New York Correspondent Theodore Bouloukos at Thrust Projects, New York. It’s Daniel Domig’s second exhibition at Thrust Projects. Daniel Domig was born 1983 in Vancouver, Canada and raised in Salzburg, Austria. A graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, he was featured [...]

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 [...]

Together with Jan Kaplicky Amanda Levete heads Future Systems, an architectural and design practice based in London. Future Systems realized many prestigious projects such as retails designs for Comme des Garçons in New York, Tokyo and Paris and the Selfridges department store in Birmingham. For Established & Sons Amanda Levete designed the sofa “Chester” and [...]

In an exhibition in the seven-window room of the Kunstmuseum Basel, the museum presents models, plans and visualizations of the planned annex building. The purpose of the extension is to create much needed space for special exhibitions and to provide a appropriate presentation of the valuable works of art from the museum’s public art collection. [...]

On the 14th January 2010, the Velux Stiftung presented the second Daylight-Award at the S AM Swiss Architecture Museum in Basel. The presentation was realized in collaboration with the Department of Architecture of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (DARDEN ETH), Zürich and the S AM Swiss Architecture Museum. Winner of the Daylight-Award 2010 is [...]

Phaeno is a new science museum in Wolfsburg, Germany. The Phaeno Science Center building is a work of Zaha Hadid in collaboration with Mayer Bährle architects. The museum has been officially inaugurated on November 24, 2005 by mayor Rolf Schnellecke, director Dr. Wolfgang Guthardt, the prime minister of Lower Saxony Christian Wulff, the president of [...]

Carl Ettensperger has been involved in some of the most prestigious projects in the hospitality industry. For Dellis Cay, he designed ten Over Water Villas, which will be the Caribbean’s first over-water villas. We spoke with Carl Ettensperger at the Dellis Cay booth he designed for O Property Collection at Art Basel Miami Beach 2008. [...]

The retrospective “Le Corbusier – The Art of Architecture” at the Vitra Design Museum covers a period of 60 years – from Le Corbusier’s early works in his Swiss hometown of La Chaux-de-Fonds to the late works of the 1950s and 1960s (Chapel of Ronchamp, Indian city of Chandigarh). “Divided into three largely independent sections [...]

Together with Jan Kaplicky Amanda Levete heads Future Systems, an architectural and design practice based in London. Future Systems realized many prestigious projects such as retails designs for Comme des Garçons in New York, Tokyo and Paris and the Selfridges department store in Birmingham. For Established & Sons Amanda Levete designed the sofa “Chester” and [...]

In this episode, Prof. Thomas Gerlach and student Nils Uellendahl show and explain an exciting transportation concept based on swarm intelligence. Faculty of Design at Pforzheim University, Werkschau, Pforzheim, Germany, July 14, 2007. > Click image to watch Flash video in new movie window. > Right-click (Mac: ctrl-click) this link to download Quicktime video file. [...]

Viennese-born designer Robert Stadler studied design at the Istituto Europeo di Design in Milan, Italy and then at ENSCI / Les Ateliers in Paris. In Paris, he co-founded the Radi Designers group. Since 2000 he has been working solo while simultaneously continuing his activity with the group. He lives and works in Paris and Rio [...]