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On the opening day of Art Cologne 2011, we met with several art dealers and galerists. In this video, Dr. Bettina Krogemann takes a look at the booth of the galleries Fred Jahn and Matthias Jahn, who have a joint booth the Art Cologne. Among others, the galleries showcase works by Willem de Kooning, A.R. [...]

Art Basel’s Art Unlimited exhibition is the art fair’s sector for large sculptures, and installation and video art. In the first part of our exhibition walkthrough we had a look at works by Elisabetta Benassi, Yoshitomo Nara, Beat Zoderer, Sislej Xhafa, Ayse Erkmen, Pascale Marthine Tayou, Fabrice Gygi, Surdashan Shetty, Farhad Moshiri, Jesús Fafael Soto, [...]

For the first time in its history, the Rubell Family Collection has dedicated its entire 45,000-square-foot museum space to a single exhibition. Red Eye: Los Angeles Artists from the Rubell Family Collection presents a cross section of the artwork produced in Los Angeles over the past 20 years by 36 L.A.-based artists. Among the artists [...]

The title of this years topical show at the Centre PasquArt is “Branding”. The exhibition focuses on the artwork between authenticity and aura, criticism and calculus. Participant artists are Sam Abell, Francis Baudevin, Thomas Baumgärtel, Otto Berchem, Daniele Buetti, Barbara Bunker, f & d cartier, COM&COM, herman de vries, Philippe Decrauzat, Stéphane Ducret (Yodeli), etoy, [...]

Charlotte Lund introduces her gallery and talks about the works she brought to Swab International Art Fair Barcelona. Among the works are pieces by Andres Serrano, Astrid Svangren, Jonas Nobel, Mats Gustafson, and Denise Grünstein. VTV also had the opportunity to talk to young Swedish artist Astrid Svangren. May 10/12, 2007. > Right-click (Mac: ctrl-click) [...]

At the presentation of the Velux Stiftung Daylight-Award presentation at the S AM Swiss Architecture Museum in Basel, Switzerland, another honorary award was given to Isa Stürm Urs Wolf Architects who realized a new (day-)light concept for the museum Kunst(Zeug)Haus Rapperswil-Jona. It’s an invention whereby the main structure of the building stays untouched. The jury [...]

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 [...]

An essential part of the Jenny Holzer exhibition at Fondation Beyeler in Riehen / Basel in Switzerland is a series of projections in public space. Since 1996 Jenny Holzer has created light projections in public spaces around the world, at sites including the glass pyramid at the Louvre in Paris and the facade of the [...]

The exhibition “Italy: The New Domestic Landscape”, curated in 1972 by Emilio Ambasz at the MoMA in New York was a huge success. The show featured a selection of work, theory and historical background of twelve Italian designers and architects at a peak of the Italian radical design movement of the 1960s, early 1970s: Archizoom, [...]

Interview with Frank Joss, Initiator and Director of the Architecture Talks Lucerne. Architecture Talks Lucerne provides a platform for networking and an opportunity for architects, interior designers, designers, general contractors, investors, for professionals and students, and – specific to the 2006 edition – retailers to meet. Architekturgespräche Luzern 2006, May 12, 2006. Interview with Frank [...]

Luigi Colani: Translating Nature at the Design Museum London. Final part of the exhibition walkthrough with curator Dr. Albrecht Bangert. Design Museum London, May 17, 2007. Part 3/3. > Right-click (Mac: ctrl-click) this link to download Quicktime video file. > DVD available. Related Articles:Luigi Colani: Translating Nature / Design Museum London / part 2/3Luigi Colani: [...]

At Design Miami/ Basel 2007 we met dealer Philippe Jousse of Jousse Entreprise, Paris. Jousse Entreprise (founded 1997) represents mid-20th century architects´ furniture. Philippe Jousse talks about the gallery and the works brought to the fair. Design Miami/ Basel 2007, June 11, 2007. > Right-click (Mac: ctrl-click) this link to download Quicktime video file.

On the occasion of the current exhibition “Jean Prouvè. The poetics of the technical object” the director of the Vitra Design Museum, Alexander von Vegesack, talks about the future projects the Vitra Design Museum is working on. There are plans for exhibitions about “minimal spaces for living and moving”, the Campana brothers, Le Corbusier, and [...]

Sophie Taeuber-Arp: Avant-garde Pathways at the Museo Picasso Málaga is the first retrospective of the work of Swiss artist Sophie Taeuber-Arp in Spain. The show presents over 130 exhibits that include paintings, drawings, collages, textiles, puppets, plans, photographs, sculptures and furniture. The exhibition is divided into three sections: Broken Rhythm examines the work from her [...]

The first Design Miami (formerly design.05 Miami) took place from December 1-5, 2005 in the historic Moore Building in the Miami Design District. Driving force behind Design Miami is real-estate developer Craig Robins with his company Dacra. He is the principal of Design Miami/ Basel and known for his addiction to art, architecture and design [...]