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This video documents the final stage and the formal handover of Zurich-based artist Navid Tschopp’s work “Topologische Agenda – Der Weg zum Master”. One of the artists we met when we covered the Master of Fine Arts Degree Show 2010 in Zürich was Navid Tschopp. The project he presented as his Master thesis was created [...]

Anita Beckers talks about the gallery’s program at Pulse New York, especially the Albanian artist Anila Rubiku. Rubiku has been chosen for the Art Triennial “Echigo – Tsumari” in July in Japan where she will show a huge installation. Among the other artists the gallery represents are Anton Corbijn, Bjorn Melhus, Yvers Netzhammer, Flavia da [...]

A special highlight at Art Cologne 2006 is an exhibition of the work of Jannis Kounellis, a major Arte Povera artist (literally, “poor art”), titled “Homage to Jannis Kounellis”. The exhibition features a reconstruction of one of his most famous works, the spectacular installation Untitled (12 Horses). The original was staged in 1969 at Galleria [...]

Kate MacGarry has been invited to present new works by artist Francis Upritchard at Art Cologne, Open Space section. On display are the two works Dark Table and Light Table. In this video, Kate MacGarry tells us more about the artist who presented New Zealand at the 53rd Venice Biennale, the work on display, and [...]

In July/August 2006 Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles, presented two solo shows: Thomas Campbell: “Yep”, and Matt Leines: “The Promise of the North”. Impressions from the opening reception and short interviews with Matt Leines and the owner of the gallery, Bennett Roberts. Roberts & Tilton gallery, Los Angeles, July 15, 2006. By VTV correspondents Parichard [...]

Phaeno is a new science museum in Wolfsburg, Germany. The Phaeno Science Center building is a work of Zaha Hadid in collaboration with Mayer Bährle architects. The museum has been officially inaugurated on November 24, 2005 by mayor Rolf Schnellecke, director Dr. Wolfgang Guthardt, the prime minister of Lower Saxony Christian Wulff, the president of [...]

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 [...]

In an exhibition in the seven-window room of the Kunstmuseum Basel, the museum presents models, plans and visualizations of the planned annex building. The purpose of the extension is to create much needed space for special exhibitions and to provide a appropriate presentation of the valuable works of art from the museum’s public art collection. [...]

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 [...]

The retrospective “Le Corbusier – The Art of Architecture” at the Vitra Design Museum covers a period of 60 years – from Le Corbusier’s early works in his Swiss hometown of La Chaux-de-Fonds to the late works of the 1950s and 1960s (Chapel of Ronchamp, Indian city of Chandigarh). “Divided into three largely independent sections [...]

Interview with Monica Pozzi about Resfest Swissmix. Swissmix is the selection for young Swiss filmmakers of Resfest Switzerland. Swissmix provides young Swiss talent with a professional platform and may work as a steppingstone to reach an international audience. This year’s participants have been Dominic Lahiff / GMD Three, Jonas Meier; Oliver Conrad (Kompost); Ramon & [...]

With the 2009 edition, Design Miami celebrates its 5th Anniversary. Design Miami starts a day earlier than the art fair Art Basel Miami Beach (ABMB), and presents works that could also easily be shown at ABMB, Maarten Baas’ Real Time project, for example, or the Workshop Workshop project by Jim Drain, Graham Hudson and P. [...]

Carl Ettensperger has been involved in some of the most prestigious projects in the hospitality industry. For Dellis Cay, he designed ten Over Water Villas, which will be the Caribbean’s first over-water villas. We spoke with Carl Ettensperger at the Dellis Cay booth he designed for O Property Collection at Art Basel Miami Beach 2008. [...]

The following galleries participated in Design Miami/ Basel: Antik, Demisch Danant, Barry Friedman Ltd., Magen H. Gallery, Nilufar, Galerie Italienne, R 20th Century, Galerie Kreo, Galerie Patrick Seguin, Philippe Jousse, Cristina Grajales, Contrasts Gallery, Galerie Downtown-François Laffanour, Dansk Mobelkunst, Designer’s Gallery Gabrielle Ammann, Mouvements Modernes, and Philippe Denys. Design Miami/ Basel, press tour with the [...]

Joe Colombo – Inventing the Future. An exhibition of Vitra Design Museum in cooperation with the Triennale di Milano and the Studio Joe Colombo, Milan. Interview with the curator of the exhibition, Mateo Kries, on January 20, 2006. Part 1. Televisions that retract into the ceiling, pivoting walls with a built-in mini-bar, underground “nuclear cities” [...]