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Following a year-long restoration project, the Haus der Kulturen der Welt (House of World Cultures) has reopened with an exhibition dedicated to New York. With the exhibition “New York – States of Mind” the center is celebrating its 50th anniversary. It features works by 26 artists and two artist collectives, all of whom live and [...]

At the 2012 Whitney Biennial, the artist Georgia Sagri presents an ongoing installation / performance titled Travailler Je ne travaille pas (working the no work). VernissageTV documented part of Georgia Sagri’s performance on the occasion of the Biennial’s VIP opening on February 28, 2012. “Georgia Sagri presents an ongoing installation/performance in which she engages a [...]

Spencer Brownstone Gallery presents an exhibition of new paintings by Olivier Mosset, shown alongside several custom-designed motorcycles by legendary master mechanic Indian Larry and one from Paul Cox and Keino of Indian Larry Legacy. Olivier Mosset was born in Switzerland, and has lived and worked in the USA since the 1970′s. He is a lifelong [...]

In addition to recreation, the High Line Park in New York City offers its visitors an ambitious public art program. The latest public art project is called “Space Available“, conceived by the artist Kim Beck. Kim Beck created three sculptures resembling the skeletal framework behind advertisting billboards. In this video interview, Kim Beck talks about [...]

At his gallery space at Zimmerstrasse, Galerie Max Hetzler presents paintings and objects by Frank Nitsche. While the paintings are clean, elegant, and sophisticated, his columns are playful arrangements of cans, stickers and flyers, which the artist collected at his studio. Frank Nitsche: Drops, Galerie Max Hetzler. The show runs until June 14, 2008. May [...]

Dr. Cem Kinay is the CEO and Chairman of O Property Collection, and the developer and owner of Dellis Cay. Dellis Cay is a 560-acre private island located in the Turks & Caicos, British West Indies, 575 miles south of Miami, Florida. Dr. Cem Kinay commissioned the architects / designers Zaha Hadid, David Chipperfield, Kengo [...]

According to Swiss curator and art critic Hans Ulrich Obrist, Madelon Vriesendorp is an “almost unknown artist genius”. The exhibition The World of Madelon Vriesendorp at the Swiss Architecture Museum aims to redress this discrepancy and situate Vriesendorp in her rightful place within late 20th century culture. This video documents the talk Madelon Vriesendorp held [...]

“Nature Design – From Inspiration to Innovation” at the Museum für Gestaltung in Zürich / Switzerland presents more than 500 objects and projects that are inspired by nature. The visitor will find works by over 150 artists and designers, among them: Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec, Fernando & Humberto Campana, Richard Hutten, Ross Lovegrove, Karim Rashid, [...]

The Vitra Design Museum is the first building that Star Architect and Prizker Prize-winner Frank O. Gehry realized in Europe. In total there are four buildings by Frank Gehry in the Basel region: the Vitra furniture factory and the Design Museum in Weil am Rhein, the Vitra headquarters in Birsfelden, and the building on the [...]

Piero Lissoni is one of the designers who have been commissioned to give the luxury resort Dellis Cay a shape. He has designed the Mandarin Oriental Dellis Cay and The Residences at Mandarin Oriental. Piero Lissoni was born in 1956 in Seregno, Italy. He studied architecture at the Politecnico di Milano. Piero Lissoni lives and [...]

In addition to the presentation of design galleries and design objects, Design Miami/ Basel set up a series of live design performances and design films that bring the theme of “Performance/Process” to life. Design Miami/ Basel presents the following Design Performances: Tom Dixon / The Micro Factory; ECAL / Mold Lamp; Martino Gamper / If [...]

rAndom International is a London-based collective set up in 2002 by Stuart Wood, Flo Ortkrass and Hannes Koch. Their work explores the conflict between reinterpreting the cold nature of digital and the often hands-on approach of analogue. Most of their work is interactive with an intense curiosity applied to experimental processes. rAndom International have won [...]

“‘Gay Chic’ takes up a topical social subject. It looks at the way style and aesthetics from the homosexual subculture are affecting our everyday visual lives and setting trends. Our exhibition creates a visual dialogue showing how ‘Gay Chic’ influences advertising, fashion, mass media, films and pop music, but also the significance of historical figures [...]

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 [...]

FriendsWithYou is an art collective founded by the Miami-based artists, Rev. Samuel Albert Borkson and Arturo “Tury” Sandoval III. At the occasion of the opening of their new Flagship Store and Studio in the Miami Design District, VernissageTV had a look at their new shop and studio. FriendsWithYou was founded in 2002. Since then, FriendsWithYou [...]