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In the second part of the interview with the curator of the exhibition “The Expanded Eye” at the Kunsthaus Zürich Bice Curiger talks about the tasks and feelings during the installation of the exhibition, personal favorites, the popularity of contemporary art and the the experience of writing for a weblog. Bice Curiger is curator at [...]

THE MOST INCREDIBLE THINGS ARE NOT OUTSIDE: These are the words you see if you look at Enrique Guerrero’s booth in the Project Rooms section of ARCO 2006. The work is by Olga Adelantado (born in Valencia, 1970, lived and worked in New York and Mexico City between 1998 and 2002). Galeria Enrique Guerrero is [...]

The exhibition “Remembering Forward. Australian Aboriginal Painting since 1960” at the Museum Ludwig in Cologne / Germany presents works by nine artists: Paddy Bedford, Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Queenie Mckenzie, Dorothy Napangardi, Rover Thomas, Ronnie Tjampitjinpa, Clifford Possum Tjalpaltjarri, Tim Leura Tjapaltjarri, and Turkey Tolson Tjupurrula. Their work spans the last forty years of contemporary Australian [...]

For Art Cologne 2011, ARTE Creative invited artists to realize performances that inspire the visitors of the art fair. The artists are Nick Meeter, Thylacine, Antipreneur, Heiko Beck, and Christian Falsnaes. Christian Falsnaes presented a performance that is based on the participation of the audience. VernissageTV documented Falsnaes’ performance on 14 April, 2011. Christian Falsnaes [...]

At the 2012 Whitney Biennial, the artist Georgia Sagri presents an ongoing installation / performance titled Travailler Je ne travaille pas (working the no work). VernissageTV documented part of Georgia Sagri’s performance on the occasion of the Biennial’s VIP opening on February 28, 2012. “Georgia Sagri presents an ongoing installation/performance in which she engages a [...]

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 [...]

Madelon Vriesendorp is a Dutch artist best known as one of the co-founders of the Office of Metropolitan Architecture in the early 1970s (together with Rem Koolhaas and Elia and Zoe Zenghelis). She is most famous for the painting “Flagrant Delit” which was the cover illustration of Delirious New York, the book that Rem Koolhaas [...]

After Jeff Koons in 2008 and Xavier Veilhan in 2009, this year Takashi Murakami takes over the Château de Versailles. It’s Takashi Murakami’s first major retrospective in France. VernissageTV correspondent Christophe Ecoffet met the artist in the garden of the palace for an exclusive interview. On display in the 15 rooms of the Château and [...]

Interview with Frank Joss, Initiator and Director of the Architecture Talks Lucerne. Architecture Talks Lucerne provides a platform for networking and an opportunity for architects, interior designers, designers, general contractors, investors, for professionals and students, and – specific to the 2006 edition – retailers to meet. Architekturgespräche Luzern 2006, May 12, 2006. Interview with Frank [...]

In the Desert of Modernity – Colonial Planning and After is an exhibition at the House of World Cultures (Haus der Kulturen der Welt) in Berlin, that focuses on the European modernization fantasies in colonial North Africa. The car-oriented city, the underground car park and other projects were intended as a blueprint for Europe’s metropolises, [...]

Part 2 of the interview with Laurence Desarzens. This year’s festival featured a short film program, Feature Films about football and graffiti resp., an overview of motion graphics and broadcast design, retrospectives on Traktor, music videos and much more. For more information visit: Resfest Switzerland, Resfest International, Res Mag. November 27, 2005. Part 2/2 of [...]

At the College Exhibition at Pforzheim University we had an interesting conversation with Prof. James Kelly. He told us about the history and the concept of the Faculty of Design at Pforzheim University, the application and selection process, and what the students learn in the undergraduate and masters courses of Transportation Design. Pforzheim, Germany, July [...]

The design fair Design Miami has selected the German designer Konstantin Grcic as this year’s recipient of the Designer of the Year Award. The fair has commissioned him to produce a new piece for the fair, and presented an exhibition of highlights from Konstantin Grcic’s career, curated by Grcic himself. In this conversation with VernissageTV’s [...]

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 [...]

The Danner-Rotunda at Die Neue Sammlung – The International Design Museum Munich presents contemporary works from over hundred international goldsmiths. The exhibition is to a large extend drawn from the international collection of the Danner Foundation (Danner-Stiftung). The collection reflects the broad creative spectrum of modern jewelry arts, starting with the avant-garde artists of the 60′s [...]