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Artists Talk with Richard Serra at Fondation Beyeler, Basel. In this excerpt of Richard Serra’s conversation with Martin Schwander, the world-renowned sculptor talks about how he quit with painting and started to work in three dimensions. The complete talk (55:47 min.) is available for VernissageTV Members after the jump. Artists Talk with Richard Serra at [...]

In this video, we have a look at the work of Jasper Niens, an artist who is known for his site-specific installations for art fairs. Each of the installations deal with the traditional booth architecture that art fairs are known for and transforms it. For Art Basel Miami Beach he conceived an installation that doesn’t [...]

At the gallery’s booth VTV correspondent Theodore Bouloukos talks with Steve Zavattero, Co-Director of Heather Marx Gallery, San Francisco, about the artists presented by the gallery at Pulse Art Fair. At Pulse the gallery shows works of Michael Arcega, Libby Black, Davis & Davis, David Hevel and Lisea Lyons. Part 1/2 of the interview. Pulse [...]

As in 2007, DiVA Digital & Video Art Fair is presenting its program in shipping containers. We had a look at the containers of the galleries The Proposition, ALP Galleries and Yuanfen. The Proposition shows videos by Tom Jarmusch, David Caspe and Zhou Xiaohu, ALP Galleries presents Willi Bucher’s “beboxxes“, and Yuanfen Center for Contemporary [...]

Sitting in front of his work “Gateway” (2001), artist Patrick Meagher and VernissageTV correspondent Theodore Bouloukos talk about the aesthetics of packaging, art production and collaboration in the 21st century, and the digital component in Patrick Meagher’s work. Interview: New York correspondent Theodore Bouloukos. New York 2007, March 3, 2007. Part 2/4. > Right-click (Mac: [...]

“Architecture is undergoing a crisis. Our buildings no longer satisfy people. It is necessary to start to create differently: in place of design and aesthetics to take inspiration from the deeper laws of nature.” This quote by architect Martin Rajniš illustrates the basic concept of the Pavilion of the Czech and Slovak Republic at the [...]

Zaha Hadid Architecture – Projects and Built Work. Presentation of the project for the Neue Stadt-Casino Basel. Video showing impressions from the opening of the exhibition.
Museum of Architecture Basel / Switzerland. September 9, 2005. > Right-click (Mac: ctrl-click) this link to download Quicktime video file.

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. [...]

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 [...]

The Golden Lion for the Best Project of the 12th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia 2010 with the title “People Meet in Architecture” was given to Junya Ishigami and Associates for their installation “Architecture as Air: Study for Château la Coste”. The jury acknowledged the “unique and uncompromising vision of its author… [...]

Konstantin Grcic was born in Munich, Germany in 1965. After training as a cabinet maker at Parnham College in England he studied Design at the Royal College of Art in London from 1988-1990. Since setting up his own design practice Konstantin Grcic Industrial Design in Munich in 1991 he has developed furniture, products and lighting [...]

In the second part of the interview Rick Poynor talks about the relation between independent and political design and the difference between Swiss graphic design and British graphic design. “Communicate – Independent British graphic design since 1960″ features 600 exhibits from album covers for New Order and Primal Scream, identities for BBC 2 and Big [...]

Chelsea space is a public gallery next to Tate Britain. Chelsea space is part of the Chelsea College of Art & Design and its programme which includes public exhibitions, lectures, concerts and events, some of which are organized in collaboration with the Tate Britain. Exhibitions director, Donald Smith says, “The intention for CHELSEA space is [...]

When Pharrell Williams, in an interview at Art Basel 2009, philosophied about the simple things in life, we got the message. So this exhibition is something for him: Vitra Design Museum’s latest show Hidden Heroes. The Genius of Everyday Things in the Buckminster Fuller Dome at the Vitra Campus, a tribute to the products that [...]

“Form is Process”. “Mass Customization”. “Infinite Infinities”. “Number is All”. “The Moral Justification for Modernist Standardization… is no more”. “Professor Lalvani is continuing to explore the fundamental principles of geometry where Fuller left off”. This is what Design Miami visitors could read on the walls of the booth of the design gallery Moss from New [...]