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In this video: a topless car, funny noise, art fair venues, the streets of Basel, Scope Basel Sneak Preview. Part 1/2. Fairs during Art Basel Week 2008 are: Art Basel, Volta, The Solo Project, Liste, Scope, Design Miami, Hot Art Fair Bâlelatina. June 1, 2008. > Right-click (Mac: ctrl-click) this link to download Quicktime video [...]

At Art Cologne 2009 the ADKV Art Cologne Preis für Kunstvereine (Prize for Art Associations) was awarded to the Heidelberger Kunstverein. The Heidelberger Kunstverein is one of about 270 art associations in Germany. Each year, the Association of German Kunstvereine (Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Kunstvereine / ADKV) donates this price for outstanding curatorial practice and educational programs. [...]

First impressions from Preview Berlin – The Emerging Art Fair. This time, Preview Berlin has chosen quite a special venue, a former hangar at Berlin’s Tempelhof Airport. 57 galleries and project spaces present works at Preview Berlin 2007. September 27, 2007. > Click image to watch Flash video in new movie window. > Right-click (Mac: [...]

KölnSkulptur 5 – Reality Check ist the fifth exhibition of outdoor sculpture at the Skulpturenpark Köln. KölnSkulptur 5 has been curated by Managing and Artistic Director Dr. Renate Goldmann and presents 17 new works to the public. Among the works is Dirk Skreber’s Reaktor, a hole with a car inside that seemingly collided with a [...]

T-B A21 (Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary) is a new foundation for contemporary art. T-B A21 was founded by Francesca von Habsburg in Vienna, Austria, in 2002. “Its mission is to support through co-productions and unique commissions the creation of new works from artists that contribute important positions to the contemporary art practice” (PR T-B A21). In [...]

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 [...]

In this video, Ingar Dragset of the artist duo Elmgreen & Dragset talks about their exhibition “The Collectors” that they showed as representation of Denmark and Nordic Countries Finland, Norway and Sweden at the 53rd Venice Biennale 2009 – the idea behind the exhibition, how it came about, the different concepts for the Danish and the [...]

ArchitectureTalks Lucerne is a two-day international symposium offering a stage on which world-renowned protagonists from the worlds of architecture, art, culture, philosophy, business and politics will address architectural and urban issues in an interdisciplinary manner. This year’s theme was “Shopping Miles and More”. Initiator and Director of the Talks is Frank Joss. Short documentation of [...]

The new museum for modern and contemporary art, the Museion Bozen Bolzano, Italy, openend its doors with the inaugural exhibition “Peripheral Vision and Collective Body” which is on display from May 21 until September 21, 2008. Taking part in this group show is also Portuguese artist Ângela Ferreira with her work “Maison Tropicale“. The project [...]

As part of our trip to Madrid we visited the Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo (CAAC) in Sevilla, Spain (2.20 hours away from Madrid by High Speed Train). Located right in the front of the CAAC we encountered an installation by Matthew Richie, titled The Morning Line. The installation was commissioned by the Thyssen Bornemisza [...]

The Wolfsonian design museum in the Art Deco district of Miami Beach, Florida, was founded in 1986 by Mitchell Wolfson, Jr. to show his personal design collection. In 1997 he donated the collection and its building to Florida International University. The museum mostly focuses on the late 19th to mid 20th century design. In this [...]

In this episode, VernissageTV sat down with Peter F. Braunwalder, President and CEO of HSBC Private Bank (Suisse) SA in the HSBC Lounge at Design Miami/ Basel. Peter F. Braunwalder talks about his personal interest in art and design, design as collecting item, and why HSBC Private Bank sponsors art and design events, especially Design [...]

The first Design Miami (formerly design.05 Miami) took place from December 1-5, 2005 in the historic Moore Building in the Miami Design District. Driving force behind Design Miami is real-estate developer Craig Robins with his company Dacra. He is the principal of Design Miami/ Basel and known for his addiction to art, architecture and design [...]

“Nature Design – From Inspiration to Innovation” at the Museum für Gestaltung in Zürich / Switzerland presents more than 500 objects and projects that are inspired by nature. The visitor will find works by over 150 artists and designers, among them: Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec, Fernando & Humberto Campana, Richard Hutten, Ross Lovegrove, Karim Rashid, [...]

The VitraHaus is the newest addition to the architecture park that the furniture company Vitra has realized during the last decades on their company site. The premises now features architecture by Nicholas Grimshaw (who realized the first building after a blaze that destroyed the old building and conceived the master plan for the site), Zaha [...]