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Currently, the Chelsea-based gallery David Zwirner presents an exhibition of new work by German artist Daniel Richter. It’s the artist’s second solo show at David Zwirner. The exhibition “Daniel Richter: Die Idealisten” will feature a selection of paintings and works on paper. Daniel Richter studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Hamburg and became [...]

Adriana Cavarero (born 1947) is a feminist philosopher who lives and works in Verona. She currently is professor of political philosophy at the University of Verona and member of the Expert Group on the Humanities at the European Commission in Brussels. Her work for the Manifesta 7 exhibition in Fortezza / Franzensfeste consists of a [...]

Until the 7th February 2009 the gallery Seiler + Mosseri-Marlio in Zurich, Switzerland, presents two artists, Beth Campbell and Stephen Willats. The exhibition is titled Social Interactions: Beth Campbell / Stephen Willats. Campbell and Willats are of separate generations and educational experience. Beth Campbell was born in the USA in 1971. She recently participated in [...]

The exhibition “Open, Sesame!” (“Sesam, Öffne Dich!”) at Museum Ludwig in Cologne, Germany, is a major retrospective at the work of German sculptor Isa Genzken. The show has been developed in cooperation with the Whitechapel Gallery in London. It’s the most comprehensive solo show to date. On display is a selection of over 60 works, [...]

The American artist Dan Graham (born 1942 in Urbana, Illinois) is known for his architectural sculptures in the form of complex glas pavilions based on simple geometrical forms and made of metal and two-way mirror glas. The works of the Danish artist Jeppe Hein (born 1974 in Copenhagen) question the spatial and institutional structures of [...]

In the second part ot the interview with David Rogers he talks about art and architecture, the partnership with ING and the mixed-use project. David Rogers is architect and urbanist and Senior Vice President of Jerde Partnership. One of his projects, Zlote Tarasy, just won the 2006 Architectural review MIPIM Future Project Award in the [...]

Interview with Marion Kuzmany, responsible for the excursions at the Az W. The Architekturzentrum Wien is a living exhibition space with changing exhibitions and the central aim to mediate architecture as a cultural discipline, as an everyday phenomenon and as a complex process. VTV is talking with Marion Kuzmany about the center’s activities and influence, [...]

A more contemplative view of Rudolf Stingel’s exhibition LIVE at Neue Nationalgalerie Berlin. The dominant element of the exhibition is a giant carpet, that covers the entire floor of Mies van der Rohe’s landmark building New National Gallery. The images have been taken while the press conference was held on the lower floor of the [...]

Zaha Hadid’s ideal house at IMM Cologne appears as a big, red cube, hollowed out and morphed into a sequence of rooms that lead into one another and also open up wide to the outside. Zaha Hadid’s ideal house cologne “retains the traditional form of the home as a unit and protective shell. The rest, [...]

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 [...]

Interview with Established & Sons CEO Alasdhair Willis. The British design and manufacturing company Established & Sons received Design Miami/ Basel’s first “Designer of the Future” award “because of their visionary approach has forged a new model for design companies of the 21st century.” (PR Design Miami/ Basel). Alasdhair Willis was a founding member and [...]

Dzine (b. Carlos Rolon, 1970) is a Chicago-based artist who appropriates elements from popular culture, Baroque design, and the Arts and Crafts movement, to develop his own language. As media, he mainly uses sculpture, painting and installation. For his exhibition at the Bass Museum of Art in Miami, Dzine created a new custom lowrider tricycle [...]

At the 2008 edition of the design fair Design Miami, the Brazilian designers Humberto and Fernando Campana received the Designer of the Year Award. In keeping with Design Miami tradition, the Campana brothers created an installation for the fair. VernissageTV spoke with Humberto and Fernando Campana at the HSBC VIP lounge, which they also designed. [...]

At the Designers’ Saturday more than forty companies, including highly regarded institutions and designers from the world of international interior decor, exhibited at six attractive locations in Langenthal / Switzerland. The setting of the exhibitions – sandwiched in between manufacturing plant – is a unique feature, making Designers’ Saturday a very special experience. Langenthal, November [...]

Luigi Colani: Translating Nature at the Design Museum London brings together Luigi Colani’s extraordinary large scale protoype designs including trucks, aircraft and cars. It is the first retrospective of Colani’s work in the UK, and the first exhibition to be commissioned under Deyan Sudjic’s directorship at the Design Museum. In her assessment of the exhibition [...]