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The Art Newspaper is perhaps the most widely read arts journal. Many people know The Art Newspaper through the special daily editions from the art fairs Art Basel, Art Basel Miami Beach and Frieze London which are distributed free. It was founded by Anna Somers Cocks in 1990. We were curious about why she thought [...]

There are many highlights to be seen at this year’s Art Cologne, 44. Internationaler Kunstmarkt in Cologne, Germany. Galerie Thomas for example shows a large painting by Joan Mitchell and an orange colored sculpture by Wim Delvoye; and Galerie Karsten Greve focuses on works by Louise Bourgeois. Art Cologne 2010 Highlights, part 1. Cologne / [...]

Leipzig is just an hour away from Berlin, so it’s great that the Walkabout of the Spinnerei-Galleries in Leipzig (Frühjahrsrundgang 2008 – PDF) opened just a day before the Gallery Weekend in Berlin. And it’s very practical for the collectors. The weather was as nice as the Bratwurst and the beer (fresh from the Black [...]

The selection committee for the first year of Swab International Art Fair Barcelona is made up of Leo Koenig (from Leo Koenig Inc., New York), Marta Moriarty (from Vacío 9, Madrid) and Fred Mann (from Fred London, London). Impressions from the fair, part 3. May 10/12, 2007. > Click image to watch Flash video in [...]

The newest of Berlin’s art fairs, Preview Berlin was launched in 2005 as a joint effort by four galleries in Berlin – Förderkoje®, Galerie Jarmuschek und Partner, Galerie Kuttner Siebert and loop – raum für aktuelle kunst. Preview Berlin has positioned itself as an important event on the international art fair circuit. The primary focus [...]

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 [...]

The Hungarian contribution to the 12th International Architecture Exhibition in Venice presents an extensive installation composed of video projections, ninety kilometers of rope, twenty thousand pencils and hundreds of drawings. The concept of the exhibition in the Hungarian pavilion titled “BorderLINE Architecture” has been created by the designers and architects Andor Wesselény-Garay and Marcel Ferencz. [...]

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 [...]

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. > Click [...]

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 [...]

Mike Meiré is the creative mind behind many diverse projects. He is designer as well as art director, artist, editor, and curator and defines himself more as a professional dreamer. In 2006 he won the Visual Leader of the Year Award for the art direction of the publications Brand Eins, Kid’s Wear, McK Wissen, Mini [...]

In partnership with Carpenters Workshop Gallery, Louise Blouin Foundation in London presents a group exhibition of design art with works by Atelier van Lieshout, Drift, Ingrid Donat, Joris Laarman, Lionel Scoccimaro, Marc Quinn, Mathieu Lehaneur, Pablo Reinoso, Rainer Splitt, rAndom International, Robert Stadler, Sebastian Brajkovic, Thierry Dreyfus, Vincent Dubourg and Wendell Castle. VernissageTV attended the [...]

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 [...]

“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 [...]

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 [...]