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Marc de Puechredon Gallery in Basel presents new work by French artist Laurent Ajina (born 1970 in Paris, France). Ajina studied at the University of Architecture Paris – Val de Seine and the Penninghen Art School in Paris. It is his first solo show at Marc de Puechredon. Ajina will be participating in the group [...]

With the group show “MA Fine Arts Degree Show 2010” the Zürcher Hochschule der Künste (ZHdK) (Zurich University of the Arts) presents for the first time the degree work of the newly established Master of Arts in Fine Arts (MFA) course of studies. The exhibition that runs until June 18, 2010, takes place at Shedhalle [...]

Galerie Michael Schultz focuses on contemporary, young, german and international art. The gallery is specialized in the representation of young german figurative painters. At the gallery’s booth at Pulse Art Fair New York Michael Schultz talks about the young Korean artist SEO (Masterstudent / Georg Baselitz). Other artists presented by the gallery are Norbert Bisky, [...]

The Third Mind – Carte Blanche à Ugo Rondinone is one of a series of exhibitions at the Palais de Tokyo, site de création contemporaine, which gives an internationally renowned artist the freedom to conceive an entire exhibition. This time Swiss artist Ugo Rondinone had carte blanche and among the artists presented are Robert Gober, [...]

In the third part of our visit to the exhibition “Who’s Afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue? Positions of Color Field painting”, at the Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden we see works by Imi Knoebel, Heimo Zobernig, Stephen Prina, Gerhard Richter, Palermo. Among the works is a painting by Imi Knoebel which is a reaction to the [...]

Global Street Food is the latest project by German designer / creative director / curator / artist Mike Meiré. At Vitra’s Art Basel Party we had the opportunity to have a look at Global Street Food and spoke with Mike Meiré and Andreas Dornbracht of kitchen and bathroom brand Dornbracht. Global Street Food is part [...]

In Liam Gillick’s German Pavilion at the 53rd International Art Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia 2009 one meets a kitchen and a cat. The kitchen is inspired by the design of the Frankfurter Küche (Frankfurt Kitchen) by the Viennese architect Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky. Conceived in 1926, the Frankfurt Kitchen with its functional form was intended to [...]

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 [...]

The CaixaForum Madrid is a new cultural center in the historical center of Madrid, near the renowned Prado, Reina Sofia and Thyssen-Bornemisza museums, designed by Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron, the 2001 Pritzker Architecture Prize winners. The CaixaForum is a restoration and expansion of one of the few examples of industrial architecture in Madrid’s [...]

Listen to the speech of Zaha Hadid taken from the opening ceremony of the Science Center Phaeno. The Phaeno building, created and realized by Zaha Hadid Architects, London and Mayer Baehrle Architects, is already a milestone in the history of architecture. VernissageTV shows pictures of the Phaeno Science Center and the installations of Joe Ansel [...]

German artist John Bock’s event at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin was announced as a lecture, bearing a rather long title – and turned out to be an entertaining fashion show with weird vogue, underground action and some animals that were not injured. John Bock’s show Die abgeschmierte Knicklenkung im Gepäck verheddert [...]

On the occasion of the exhibition Design High at Louise Blouin Foundation in London VernissageTV met up with Joep van Lieshout, who presented the work Wombhouse in the show. In this video, Joep van Lieshout talks about his background, his work between the poles of art and design, how his work changed over the years, [...]

With “Jean Prouvé. The poetics of the technical object” the Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein presents the first comprehensive and systematic touring exhibition on the work of French designer and architect Jean Prouvé (1901-1984). VernissageTV talks with his daughter Cathérine Prouvé at the occasion of the opening reception of the exhibition. Vitra Design [...]

Part 2 of the interview with the curator of the exhibition Joe Colombo – Inventing the Future at the Vitra Design Museum, Mateo Kries, on January 20, 2006. One of the most successful designers of his time, Joe Colombo produced design classics such as the “Elda” armchair, the “Universale” chair or the lamp “Alogena”. In [...]

Among the companies which exhibited at the Designers’ Saturday were firms like Alias, B&B Italia, Corian, Création Baumann, Delta Light, Girsberger, Glas Trösch, Hector Egger Holzbau, Lista, Moroso, Nils Holger Moormann, Ruckstuhl, USM, Vitra, and Zumtobel. Designers’ Saturday, Langenthal / Switzerland, November 4, 2006. Part 2/2. > Click image to watch quicktime video in new [...]