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In the second part of the studio visit Wolfgang Petrick talks about his latest show at Michael Schultz Gallery in 2006 entitled “Good Slave, Bad Master”, fire as one of the subjects of his work, Prometheus, and the relation of science and art. Interview: Marek Claassen, Artfacts.Net. An Artfacts.Net and VernissageTV studio visit. Berlin, December [...]

Christine Hill (born 1968 in Binghamton, New York, lives and works in Berlin and New York) has been working on the project “Volksboutique” since the early 1990s. She first drew international attention to her work with this project at documenta X in Kassel in 1997. The work “Official Template” now on display at the ifa [...]

The paintings by Michael Cline entitled “Folks” are reminiscent of George Grosz and Pierre Klossowski. Michael Cline (born in Cape Canaveral, Florida), lives and works in New York. He received an MFA from the Art Institute of Chicago in 2003. His work has been included in “Happy Days Are Here Again” at David Zwirner Gallery [...]

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With the fourth edition of the HangART-7 exhibition – “New York Contemporary : Art Times Squared” – Hangar-7 is dedicating itself exclusively to the city of New York. Seven artists, selected by seven curators have been invited: Zachary Clement (curator: Ombretta Agrò Andruff), Bradley Castellanos (Dan Cameron), Kehinde Wiley (Jeffrey Deitch), John Lurie (Alanna Heiss), [...]

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 [...]

“Architecture is undergoing a crisis. Our buildings no longer satisfy people. It is necessary to start to create differently: in place of design and aesthetics to take inspiration from the deeper laws of nature.” This quote by architect Martin Rajniš illustrates the basic concept of the Pavilion of the Czech and Slovak Republic at the [...]

“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, [...]

Today internationally active star architects are designing and building spectacular new wineries around the world. The exhibition “WineArchitecture. The winery boom” presents for the first time, a well-researched Austrian survey supplemented and shown in context by the use of other examples of wine architecture from around the world. The focus is in particular on the [...]

Together with Jan Kaplicky Amanda Levete heads Future Systems, an architectural and design practice based in London. Future Systems realized many prestigious projects such as retails designs for Comme des Garçons in New York, Tokyo and Paris and the Selfridges department store in Birmingham. For Established & Sons Amanda Levete designed the sofa “Chester” and [...]

Since last year, we have been following the development of an ambitious project on the Caribbean island Dellis Cay. Dellis Cay is the project of Dr. Cem Kinay, Chairman and CEO of the real estate development group O Property Collection. Kinay purchased the 560 acre island (part of the Turks and Caicos archipelago) and commissioned [...]

Global Street Food is the latest project by German designer / creative director / curator / artist Mike Meiré. At Vitra’s Art Basel Party we had the opportunity to have a look at Global Street Food and spoke with Mike Meiré and Andreas Dornbracht of kitchen and bathroom brand Dornbracht. Global Street Food is part [...]

Johannes Grenzfurthner talks about monochrom’s first computer game “Soviet Unterzögersdorf“. The game was featured in BoingBoing and Edge (games magazine) chose the game as their “internet game of the month” of November 2005. Monochrom has been invited to present the game at the festival for art and digital culture, Transmediale 2006, in Berlin (project page). [...]

Zaha Hadid is one of the world’s most popular architects and designers. The Iraqi-British architect created landmark buildings such as the Phaeno Science Center in Wolfsburg, Germany; the Bergisel Ski Jump in Innsbruck, Austria; the Chanel Mobile Art Pavilion; the MAXXI – National Museum of the 21st Century Arts in Rome, Italy; the Guangzhou Opera [...]

With “Jean Prouvé. The poetics of the technical object” the Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein presents the first comprehensive and systematic touring exhibition on the work of French designer and architect Jean Prouvé (1901-1984). VernissageTV talks with his daughter Cathérine Prouvé at the occasion of the opening reception of the exhibition. Vitra Design [...]