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ART Santa Fe was founded in 1995 to enhance Santa Fe’s contemporary art market and thereby make an important contribution to Santa Fe’s entire art community. This year, 59 exhibitors from 19 countries are participating. ART Santa Fe also provides Project Spaces for “alternative” work. This year, eight non-profit institutions and galleries host Project Spaces: [...]

The current exhibition (May 16 – June 16, 2007) at Chelsea Space explores the intriguing associations between the work of Scottish-Canadian animator Norman McLaren (1914-1987) and British-based Japanese designer Shin Azumi (born 1965). The exhibition has been curated by Jane Won, who gives us an introduction to the exhibition. Chelsea space, London, May 16, 2007. [...]

The exhibition “NeoHooDoo: Art for a Forgotten Faith” at P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center / MoMA brings together a multigenerational group of North, South, and Central American artists who address the value of ritual in the artistic process and the wider implications of spirituality in contemporary art. On display are some 50 works of sculpture, photography, [...]

Joanna Thornberry of Timothy Taylor Gallery and New York correspondent Theodore Bouloukos talk about the artists Martin Maloney and Richard Patterson who’s work was presented by the gallery at the Armory Show 2007. Martin Maloney was born in London in 1961. His paintings and collages reflect the world around him, “injecting urban scenes with life [...]

Johannes Grenzfurthner talks about the different backgrounds of the monochrom team and “Brandmarker“, one of the projects monochrom got a lot of publicity for. The attempt to evaluate the actual power of brands by making Austrian people draw a total of twelve logos from memory led to some interesting conclusions, at the same time funny [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

The architect and urbanist David Rogers has been one of the speakers at the Architecture Talks Lucerne 2006: “Shopping-Miles And More”. We had the opportunity to talk with him on day one of the symposium. David Rogers is Senior Vice President of Jerde Partnership. He has been responsible for several of Jerde’s most innovative, award-winning [...]

James Turrell is famous for his work with light and space. He is best known for his work in progress, Roden Crater, where he is turning a volcanic crater outside Flagstaff, Arizona, into a monumental work of art. In Zuoz, Switzerland, James Turrell realized one of his skyspaces, rooms that are conceived to enable viewers [...]

Listen to the speech of Zaha Hadid taken from the opening ceremony of the Science Center Phaeno. The Phaeno building, created and realized by Zaha Hadid Architects, London and Mayer Baehrle Architects, is already a milestone in the history of architecture. VernissageTV shows pictures of the Phaeno Science Center and the installations of Joe Ansel [...]

The 2007 edition of Design Miami features 26 historical and contemporary design galleries. Eight of the 26 participating galleries make their Design Miami debut: Albion, Casati Gallery, DeLorenzo1950, Donzella 20th Century, Galerie de Casson, Geoffrey Diner, Moss Gallery, and Reform Gallery. In addition to the installations by the galleries, the program of the fair includes [...]

When Pharrell Williams, in an interview at Art Basel 2009, philosophied about the simple things in life, we got the message. So this exhibition is something for him: Vitra Design Museum’s latest show Hidden Heroes. The Genius of Everyday Things in the Buckminster Fuller Dome at the Vitra Campus, a tribute to the products that [...]

Cecilia Dean, co-founder and editor Visionaire talks about the original idea of Visionaire, the concept, the 50th issue and the Visionaire Coloring Toy set. Visionaire is a multi-format album of fashion and art produced in exclusive numbered limited editions. Visionaire celebrates its 50th issue with a very special edition, the “Visionaire 50 Artist Toys”. The [...]

In 1981 Luigi Colani broke a fuel saving record with a streamlined four seater car, in 2002 he completed his 7th streamlined truck. In the final part of the conversation Luigi Colani talks about fuel efficiency, the speed and efficiency records he broke at the Utah Salt Flats in Bonneville and a truck he is [...]

The Danner-Rotunda at Die Neue Sammlung – The International Design Museum Munich presents contemporary works from over hundred international goldsmiths. The exhibition is to a large extend drawn from the international collection of the Danner Foundation (Danner-Stiftung). The collection reflects the broad creative spectrum of modern jewelry arts, starting with the avant-garde artists of the 60′s [...]