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A new exhibition at the Istanbul Modern brings together modern and contemporary women artists from Turkey in its new exhibition “Dream and Reality”. The show has its focus on the work produced by women artists for more than a century. Curated by Fatmagül Berktay, Levent Çalıkoğlu, Zeynep İnankur, and Burcu Pelvanoğlu, the selection includes the [...]

The 290 galleries which have been selected for the 37th edition of Art Basel show works by over 2000 artists of the 20th and 21st centuries. 48 galleries make their first appearance at the show. A new addition to Art Basel is the “Art Premiere” sector, where 12 young galleries have the opportunity to introduce [...]

Until April 3, 2010, Mike Weiss Gallery in New York presents Remote Control, a multimedia installation including sculpture, photography and drawing by artist Sofi Zezmer. It’s the artist’s third solo exhibition at Mike Weiss Gallery. Work her work, she uses fragments of manmade, mostly synthetic materials. Sofi Zezmer constructs her works by a gradual additive [...]

World Art Masters is an event which will take place in St. Moritz, Switzerland, for the first time in 2008. World Art Masters was founded by Monty Shadow (Time & Motion) and Artinvestor Magazine. It is planned as a summer event presenting world class contemporary art and classical music performances in and around St. Moritz. [...]

With Anthony McCall: Five Minutes of Pure Sculpture, Berlin’s museum for contemporary art, Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart presents the largest exhibition of McCall’s work to date. The museum presents a selection of Anthony McCall’s works from the past ten years. The historic central hall of the former railway station has been transformed into [...]

In the second part ot the interview with David Rogers he talks about art and architecture, the partnership with ING and the mixed-use project. David Rogers is architect and urbanist and Senior Vice President of Jerde Partnership. One of his projects, Zlote Tarasy, just won the 2006 Architectural review MIPIM Future Project Award in the [...]

James Turrell is famous for his work with light and space. He is best known for his work in progress, Roden Crater, where he is turning a volcanic crater outside Flagstaff, Arizona, into a monumental work of art. In Zuoz, Switzerland, James Turrell realized one of his skyspaces, rooms that are conceived to enable viewers [...]

The High Line in New York City is a rather new place for New Yorkers to relax and enjoy the city. The pedestrian walkway and park was created by the non-profit Friends of the High Line along a former elevated rail spur in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan. The first section of the part, from [...]

Currently, the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York City presents the first comprehensive exhibition in New York of the works of Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa / SANAA, the Tokyo-based architects who have designed the museum’s new building at 235 Bowery. “SANAA: Works 1998-2008” features not only the new museum, which is the [...]

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 [...]

Falling Light is an immersive installation by the London art and design studio Troika. It consists of 50 ceiling-mounted illumination devices that immerse the visitor in a virtual shower of light “drops”. This is achieved by projections of light through an optically pure, custom-cut Swarovski crystal lens. VernissageTV’s Sabine Trieloff met with two of the [...]

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 [...]

Interview with Frédéric Eyl, Gunnar Green, Richard Thé, the creators of “Parasite”, an independent projection-system that can be attached to subways with suction pads. Interview: Jussi Ängeslevä (assistant professor at the Universität der Künste Berlin). Reality Check c-base @ Transmediale.06, Berlin, Exhibition here/there – works of the digital class of the udk berlin of C-Base, [...]

In the third part of the interview Luigi Colani talks about his relationship with colleague designers, his architectural projects in China, the Rotor House Project, and the needs and challenges of realizing a large flying wing passenger aircraft. More interviews with Luigi Colani: Conversation with Luigi Colani at Building Design Podcasts, interview at “Plastics – [...]

Industrial designer Yves Béhar is know for his engagement in the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project. For OLPC he designed the XO laptop. In the second part of the interview with Yves Béhar at Baselworld 2010, he gives us an update on the OLPC project and talks about his work, the future of design [...]