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The current exhibition Julie Mehretu: Grey Area at the Deutsche Guggenheim in Berlin is dedicated to the American artist Julie Mehretu. Julie Mehretu has been asked to realize a work for the Deutsche Guggenheim’s series of commissions that started in 1998 with James Rosenquist. The works of the suite of paintings she created for this [...]

Part 2 of the interview with the chief curator of the Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation (CIFO), Cecilia Fajardo Hill. In the second part of the conversation Cecilia Fajardo Hill talks about the relevance of Art Basel Miami Beach for Miami, the reasons for Miami to florish artistically, the distinctions between the several private collections in [...]

At Hong Kong International Art Fair, ART HK 10, the Indonesian artist Jompet Kuswidananto presented the installation “Third Bodies”. In this interview with the artist, Jompet Kuswidananto talks about his background, how he became visual artist, and the concept of his installation. This is an excerpt, the complete interview is available after the jump. Jompet [...]

With the Kunstraum Grässlin and the Räume für Kunst in St. Georgen in the Black Forest, the Grässlin Foundation opened a new form of collector’s museum in June 2006. “In the field of contemporary art, a series of notable private collections has emerged over the past few years that quite characteristically reflects the direct contact [...]

This video shows an excerpt of the performance Strange Attractors by Aki Sasamoto at the Whitney Museum of American Art on the 26th February 2010. Aki Sasamoto’s contribution to the Whitney Biennial 2010 consists of the “careful arrangement of sculpturally altered found objects and insistent repetitions of performance that change and add to the feelings [...]

The distinguished Swiss architect Peter Zumthor (*1943) speaks about his experiences and the difficulties in planning and constructing the Museum Kolumba in the centre of Cologne. After Zumthor won the architecture prize in 1997 it continued up to now to realize this extraordinary project in which the ruins of the late Gothic church “St. Kolumba”, [...]

Richard Neutra is considered one of modernism’s most important architects. The Austrian architect was active primarily in Southern California. The exhibition Richard Neutra: Buildings and Projects 1960-1970 in Switzerland at the Swiss Architecture Museum focuses on the his projects in Switzerland. Between 1960 and 1970, Richard Neutra realized two housing developments and eight villas in [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Since May 24, 2008 the city Bolzano / Bozen in the north of Italy is proud to present the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Museion with the opening show “Peripheral vision and collective body”. The new building corresponds to a redefinition of the entire Museion project: as an institution, Museion has been managed since [...]

VTV is talking with Kenny Schachter about his gallery’s concept and his booth at ARCO 2006. Amongst others he shows works by Zaha Hadid and Vito Acconci. Untitled (2006) by Zaha Hadid is a cell / body that offers / allows multi functional uses, as a table, counter, seat, container and as a surface to [...]

Hrafnkell Birgisson and Sebastian Summa have worked together on projects for exhibition- and product design since 2002. Sebastian Summa was trained as a blacksmith before he began his industrial design studies in Berlin. He also designed the lamp “phon” for Hugo Bräuer Metallwaren. Hrafnkell Birgisson studied design in Saarbrücken and Berlin. He works and teaches [...]

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 [...]

This exhibition features the winners of the design competition organized by the Swiss Federal Office of Culture (BAK), one of the most important contemporary design promotion instruments. The exhibition provides an insight into current Swiss design work in the fields of graphics, textile and fashion design, photography, and industrial and stage design. Design is not [...]

He is perhaps the most influential living industrial designer of modern times and some call him the Godfather of Apple design: Dieter Rams. For design addicts the similarities in the design philosophy of Dieter Rams’ designs for Braun during the second half of the 20th century and Jonathan Ive’s designs for Apple are obvious, but [...]