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“Fortunate Objects: Selections from the Ella Fontanals-Cisneros Collection” is an exhibition showcasing contemporary art inspired by everyday objects. It features works by artists such as Ai Weiwei, Damien Hirst and José Antonio Hernández-Diez. Fortunate Objects is structured around three main themes: the appropriated object, the surrogate object, and the object utilized. “Fortunate Objects proposes a [...]

S.L. TransPod NYC by Rodney Swanstrom is “…a multi-disciplinary installation that explores travel and transition, inspired by the architecture of transport.” It is a “neutral zone” where the viewer can contemplate where he is and where he wants to go. Rodney Swanstrom is talking about his work at his installation at DiVA 2006 New York [...]

One of the videos shown at the fortress in Fortezza / Franzensfeste as part of the exhibition “Scenarios”, is Michael Snow’s 1982 film “So Is This”. Michael Snow (born 1929) is a Canadian artist who works in various media such as painting, sculpture, photography and film. The film “So Is This” (16mm, b&w, silent, 45 [...]

The Whitney Museum of American Art presents the first full-scale retrospective in twenty years of Gordon Matta-Clark. Gordon Matta-Clark: “You Are the Measure” (February 22 – June 3, 2007) includes Matta-Clark’s major works and presents numerous projects. Gordan Matta-Clark (1943 – 1978) is best known for his “building cuts”. Although all of the buildings he [...]

This is a the second part of a conversation between Madelon Vriesendorp and Shumon Basar, who curated the exhibition The World of Madelon Vriesendorp together with Stephan Trüby. The World of Madelon Vriesendorp. Swiss Architecture Museum, Basel / Switzerland, January 16, 2009. > Right-click (Mac: ctrl-click) this link to download Quicktime video file. > Click [...]

In this video, VernissageTV takes a look at the exhibition “Acconci Studio and Ai Weiwei: A Collaborative Project” at the contemporary art space Para/Site in Hong Kong Island. Para/Site Art Space has invited Ai Weiwei and Vito Acconci to create a work together. Both artists have never met before, so the collaborative process is kind [...]

ArchitectureTalks Lucerne is a two-day international symposium offering a stage on which world-renowned protagonists from the worlds of architecture, art, culture, philosophy, business and politics will address architectural and urban issues in an interdisciplinary manner. This year’s theme was “Shopping Miles and More”. Initiator and Director of the Talks is Frank Joss. Short documentation of [...]

Le Corbusier – The Art of Architecture is the current exhibition at the Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein, Germany. Le Corbusier (1887 – 1965) is probably the most influential architect of the 20th Century. The retrospective aims to address the many aspects that still make Le Corbusier’s work such an important point of [...]

The Golden Lion for best artist in curator Daniel Birnbaum’s Fare Mondi / Making Worlds art exhibition at the 53rd Venice Biennale went to German artist Tobias Rehberger. Tobias Rehberger designed the cafeteria at the Biennale pavilion (formerly known as Italian Pavilion). The jury stated: “Tobias Rehberger is awarded the Golden Lion as best artist [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Design Miami/ Basel runs concurrently with Art Basel. The first edition of the fair in Basel featured 17 galleries exhibiting modern to contemporary museum-quality design. “Design Miami/ Basel endeavors to do for design what Art Basel has done for contemporary art, bringing together the best collectors, connoisseurs, artists and designers from around the world in [...]

Julian Hönig is working at carmaker Audi as Senior Designer Audi Design Exterieur. He studied industrial design in Austria and car design in Pasadena and is the designer of the Audi RSQ concept, a futuristic film car for the motion picture “I, Robot”, and the concept car “Cross Coupé quattro”. In this interview he shows [...]

Naoto Fukasawa’s cube at IMM Cologne “takes the visitor through a monumental and reduced arrangement of massive, room-high wallplates. The philosophical appearance of the furniture arrangement in his ideal house destances itself from the surroundings and radiates contemplative peace” (PR IMM Cologne). Statements by Naoto Fukasawa, IMM Cologne 2007, Ideal House Cologne 07. > Click [...]

At Design Miami Basel 2009 Natalie Kovacs curated a show for Carpenters Workshop Gallery entitled Never-Ever Land. Located at the Design Miami entrance, Never-Ever land presented an alternative functional sculpture garden, “exploring the possibility for design to entertain, enliven and enlighten”. Among the pieces on display were the Sensory Deprivation Skull by Atelier van Lieshout, [...]