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Since early in her artistic life Aleksandra Mir has taken a special interest in cartography as a tool for interrogating our received notions, addressing the subject in films, photographs and performances. For her exhibition in the Kunsthaus Zürich, she has realised a series of new large-format drawings on the subject of Islands; political, geographical and [...]

Currently, the Centre Pompidou in Paris, France, is showing works by the American artist Jim Hodges, titled Jim Hodges: Love, etc. It’s the first personal exhibition devoted to Jim Hodges by a major European institution. On display are around sixty of his works, offering a panorama of the unique world of this artist. On occasion [...]

Currently, the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich presents “Your mobile expectations: BMW H2R project” by Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson (born 1967). Olafur Eliasson was commissioned by the car company BMW to design the 16th BMW Art Car. What sets Eliasson’s “car” apart from previous Art Cars is that it is not recognizable as a car [...]

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. In 1976 [...]

The group exhibition The Historical Box at the gallery Hauser & Wirth in Zürich, Switzerland presents American artists who are not widely known, but who’s work is nevertheless seen as highly influential and relevant. Curated by Mara McCarthy, director of Los Angeles based gallery The Box, the show features work by John Altoon, Judith Bernstein, [...]

On the occasion of the exhibition Design High at Louise Blouin Foundation in London VernissageTV met up with Joep van Lieshout, who presented the work Wombhouse in the show. In this video, Joep van Lieshout talks about his background, his work between the poles of art and design, how his work changed over the years, [...]

In collaboration with Dürig Architects, the Berlin-based landscape architects Topotek 1 designed one of the largest sports facilities in Zürich, Switzerland. The sports facility is located between a nature reserve, a highway crossing, residential housing and large-scale industrial buildings. It comprises twelve football fields and a baseball field complemented by three buildings: an ice-rink, a [...]

The new museum for modern and contemporary art, the Museion Bozen Bolzano, Italy, was designed by the Berlin-based architects KSV Krüger Schubert Vandreike. At the occasion of the inauguration of the new museum, VernissageTV met with Torsten Krüger, Christiane Schuberth, Bertram Vandreike who guided us through the Museion and explained the concept behind the building [...]

On March 1, 2011, the Museo Soumaya in Mexico City opened the doors of its new building with an inaugural event. The Museo Soumaya is a private art museum that was founded in 1994 by the Carlos Slim Foundation. It houses art collected by billionaire Carlos Slim and his late wife Soumaya. The collection includes [...]

On the occasion of the opening of the Rosa and Carlos de la Cruz Collection Contemporary Art Space in Miami’s Design District, VernissageTV met with the architect of the new space, John Marquette. In the second part of Sabine Trieloff’s conversation with John Marquette, the Miami-based designer talks in detail about the different elements of [...]

Will it blend? Modern art, jewelry, classical antiquity, vintage design, old masters, contemporary design: The current edition of the Cologne Fine Art & Antiques fair juxtaposes works of art from different cultures, epochs and collecting fields ranging from antiquity to the 21st century. VernissageTV attended the opening of the fair and tried to figure out [...]

The Wolfsonian design museum in the Art Deco district of Miami Beach, Florida, was founded in 1986 by Mitchell Wolfson, Jr. to show his personal design collection. In 1997 he donated the collection and its building to Florida International University. The museum mostly focuses on the late 19th to mid 20th century design. In this [...]

Furniture producer Vitra took the opportunity to present itself during the international art show Art 38 Basel. A rich program of events drew art and design lovers to the Vitra Campus in Weil am Rhein, approximately 7 km from Art Basel, especially for the opening of the latest exhibition at the Vitra Design Museum, “Home [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]