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Until June 14, Kunsthalle Basel presented the first major institutional exhibition outside of Great Britain by Lucy Skaer (born 1975 in Cambridge). On the ground floor of the Kunsthalle Basel, Lucy Skaer is presenting three installations created specially for the exhibition as well as existing works, including her 16 mm film Eleonora (The Joker), 2006 [...]

At the 38th edition of the art show Art Basel, 300 galleries from 30 countries are presenting works by over 2000 artists. The pieces on show range from museum-quality masterpieces of modern art to works by contemporary and emerging artists. Second part of our Art 38 Basel visit. Art 38 Basel – The International Art [...]

This video shows an excerpt of the lecture Liam Gillick held last month (February 12, 2009) at the Hamburger Bahnhof in Berlin (the full length version (44:45 Min.) is available after the jump. The lecture was organized within the framework of his upcoming exhibition in Venice as the German contribution to the 53rd Venice Biennial. [...]

Friedrich Loock (owner / director of Galerie Wohnmaschine) talks about Alec Soth’s series Niagara, Soth’s second solo exhibition at Wohnmaschine and his most recent body of work, following his series Sleeping by the Mississippi. Alec Soth’s photography is firmly rooted in the tradition of Walker Evans, Robert Frank, and Stephen Shore. Wohnmaschine, Berlin, April 28, [...]

Currently, the Kölnischer Kunstverein Die Brücke presents Alexandra Bircken (born 1967). As a former participant of the studio grant program (2004–2008) the Kölnischer Kunstverein has been following her career since the very beginning. “Over the past few years, Bircken has developed an individual sculptural language that reveals a deep understanding of the materials she employs [...]

Interview with Frank Joss, initiator and director of the ArchitectureTalks. Frank Joss has been responsible for independently organising the architecture symposium with his team since 2004. With a new name and a new location, the first edition of the ArchitectureTalks Lucerne took place in 2005 in the Culture & Convention Centre Lucerne, designed by French [...]

With the opening of the Museum Brandhorst in Munich’s “Kunstareal”, the Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen gain an institution with an impressive collection of works of modern and contemporary art. The Museum Brandhorst is the new home of the Udo and Anette Brandhorst Collection. Two focal points of emphasis give the Brandhorst Collection its character. With more than [...]

During The Armory Show Week 2010, French architect Jean Nouvel was in New York for the preview of his new and nearly completed residential tower called 100 11th Avenue. The building is located at the intersection of 19th Street and the West Side Highway, along the Hudson River in Manhattan and facing another building by [...]

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 [...]

Jenny Holzer created a site-specific light projection for the newly renovated facade of the Solomon R. Guggenheim museum in New York. The Guggenheim Museum commissioned the piece to mark the completion of the museums’s three-year restoration project. Jenny Holzer’s work, entitled “For the Guggenheim” will be on display from dusk to 11 pm every Friday [...]

Gabrielle Ammann, director of Designer’s Gallery, talks about her program at Design Miami Basel, especially about the “Event Horizon” table by Marc Newson and Zaha Hadid’s “Iceberg” sculpture, and the importance of Design Miami for design galleries. Interior architect Gabrielle Ammann established Designer’s Gallery in Cologne, Germany in 2006. The gallery concept was born out [...]

Canadian fashion designer Ying Gao (born in China in 1973) playfully explores the aesthetic potential at the interface of fashion, art and technology. The current solo show at plug.in in Basel presents five projects that exemplary stand for Ying Gao’s approach: Indice de l’indifférence, (uni)forms, Walking City, Living Pod, Swiss quality 1. Sometimes Ying Gao [...]

Energy Conscience is a concept by designer Christian Jung. He developed a series of “energy parasites” which use different machines, like a washing machine, to produce energy that can be used by mobile phones, digital cameras and other devices. Faculty of Design at Hochschule Pforzheim University, Werkschau, Pforzheim, Germany, July 14, 2007. > Click image [...]

The design studio Atelier Oï was founded in 1991 in La Neuveville in Switzerland by Aurel Aebi, Louis Armand and Patrick Reymond. The name of their studio is inspired by the the Russian word for trio, Tr(oi)ka. Their work ranges from design and set design to architecture. Their work has been recognized by various awards [...]

During our stay in Miami we had the chance to meet with Italian architect and designer Piero Lissoni. Piero Lissoni hosted a book signing and cocktail reception at the Dellis Cay VIP booth at the Art Collectors Lounge of the Miami Beach Convention Center. Piero Lissoni is one of the world-renowned architects who have been [...]