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First impressions from Preview Berlin – The Emerging Art Fair. This time, Preview Berlin has chosen quite a special venue, a former hangar at Berlin’s Tempelhof Airport. 57 galleries and project spaces present works at Preview Berlin 2007. September 27, 2007. > Click image to watch Flash video in new movie window. > Right-click (Mac: [...]

Laurie Anderson reads from her new book “Night Life” ; a collection of short descriptions of dreams with paintings to illustrate them. Experimental performance artist and musician Laurie Anderson (born June 5, 1947, in Glen Ellyn, Illinois) studied art history, her first performance art piece – a symphony played on automobile horns – was performed [...]

The current exhibition at the Migros Museum in Zürich links recent collection acquisitions to older works of the Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst collection. This year it is celebrating its 30th year jubilee with, amongst others, works by Monica Bonvicini, Christoph Büchel, Maurizio Cattelan, Marc Camille Chaimowicz, Dan Flavin, Gilbert & George, Douglas Gordon, Mark Leckey, [...]

Emerson Gallery Berlin presents new works by Berlin artist Susanne Wehr (born 1960). Large format digital drawings form the center of the solo exhibition. Starting point for the artist are anonymous, private photos. Emerson Gallery is located in the “Mitte” district of Berlin. Emerson Gallery Berlin, impressions from the opening, November 17, 2006. > Click [...]

Capsule Gallery is based in Chelsea, New York, with a focus on japanese artists. Jeffrey is showing us his booth at the Kunst 05 Zürich art fair. For further information: www.capsulegallery.com. November 17, 2005. Click image or this link to watch video.

The VitraHaus is the newest addition to the architecture park that the furniture company Vitra has realized during the last decades on their company site. The premises now features architecture by Nicholas Grimshaw (who realized the first building after a blaze that destroyed the old building and conceived the master plan for the site), Zaha [...]

Chad Oppenheim is one of the architects who design for Dellis Cay, a private island in the Caribbean (Turks & Caicos). He is designing an exclusive zone of villas on the island that will be released during Phase I of the project. The O Property Collection and Nadine Johnson invited us to a plane trip [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

The Golden Lion for best artist in curator Daniel Birnbaum’s Fare Mondi / Making Worlds art exhibition at the 53rd Venice Biennale went to German artist Tobias Rehberger. Tobias Rehberger designed the cafeteria at the Biennale pavilion (formerly known as Italian Pavilion). The jury stated: “Tobias Rehberger is awarded the Golden Lion as best artist [...]

Luigi Colani: Translating Nature at the Design Museum London brings together Luigi Colani’s extraordinary large scale protoype designs including trucks, aircraft and cars. It is the first retrospective of Colani’s work in the UK, and the first exhibition to be commissioned under Deyan Sudjic’s directorship at the Design Museum. In her assessment of the exhibition [...]

George Nelson (1908-1986) was one of the most important American designers of the 20th century. In 2008 George Nelson would have been 100 years old. In recognition of this anniversary, the Vitra Design Museum presents the first comprehensive retrospective on his work: George Nelson. Architect, Writer, Designer, Teacher. In this video, curator Jochen Eisenbrand talks [...]

At Design Miami/ Basel 2007 we met designer Sebastian E. He showed us some works he presented at the booth of Cristina Grajales Gallery, New York. Sebastian E. works in Santiago, Chile, as designer, artist, teacher, columnist and consultant. Check out Sebastian E.’s website for more information about his work. Design Miami/ Basel 2007, June [...]

“Along with his studio Konstantin Grcic Industrial Design (KGID) that was set up in 1991 he has made a name for himself through experiments with materials and a constructive individuality. KGID products are characterised by their everyday usefulness and formal restraint as well as by humour and perspicacity. These are the kind of products that [...]

For the 2009 edition of the design fair Design Miami, architect and designer Greg Lynn created the HSBC Lounge and a large installation for Swarovski Crystal Palace. Greg Lynn’s installation for Swarovski extends over 80 square metres and reaches over seven metres in heigh. The ‘walls’ and ‘ceiling’ are made of Swarovski crystal-encrusted suspended panels [...]