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At the Armory Show 2009, Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin from Paris and Miami showed a group of works by the French conceptual art duo Kolkoz, consisting of Samuel Boutruche and Benjamin Moreau. Called “The American Collection” (La Collection Americaine), the presentation displayed a group of frames framing frames. Why that? “Because we wanted to make some [...]

Promoted as one of the highlights of the Spring Gallery Tour 2008 (Frühlingsrundgang) of the Spinnerei in Leipzig, 15 international guest-galleries exhibit for the first time at the Spinnerei this year. The participants are GMG Gallery, Moskau; Galerie Gabriel Rolt, Amsterdam; Walter Otero Gallery, San Juan; Suzanne Tarasiève, Paris; Voges & Partner, Frankfurt; Aeroplastics Contemporary, [...]

At Art Cologne we met Johan Tahon, presented by the Deweer Art Gallery. He set up his own studio at the fair. Johan Tahon was born in Menen, in 1965. He studied art at the Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten in Gent. He lives and works in Sint Denijs Boekel (Zwalm) and Oudenaarde, Belgium. Works [...]

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 [...]

Ten artists and artist groups present playful installations and drawings, miraculous dadaistic boxes and satirical light-sculptures at White Trash Contemporary, Hamburg / Germany. Participating: New York artist Jeff Lutonsky, artist group MFSW from Berlin, Lilli Kuschel and Anna Fiedler (Berlin), Peter Lynen (Hamburg), Prinz (Berlin), Oliver Ross (Hamburg), Ben Hübsch (Freiburg), Tim Kubach (Hamburg) and [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

The 12th International Architecture Exhibition in Venice / Italy, directed by Kazuyo Sejima (SANAA) is titled “People Meet in Architecture”. The show runs from 29th August to 21st November 2010. VernissageTV had a look at the exhibition during the Preview days. In this video we walk through the national pavilions and exhibitions in the Giardini [...]

Since May 24, 2008 the city Bolzano / Bozen in the north of Italy is proud to present the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Museion with the opening show “Peripheral vision and collective body”. The new building corresponds to a redefinition of the entire Museion project: as an institution, Museion has been managed since [...]

The architect and urbanist David Rogers has been one of the speakers at the Architecture Talks Lucerne 2006: “Shopping-Miles And More”. We had the opportunity to talk with him on day one of the symposium. David Rogers is Senior Vice President of Jerde Partnership. He has been responsible for several of Jerde’s most innovative, award-winning [...]

Impressions from the press preview and the vernissage of the design fair Design Miami/ Basel. Coming soon: Interviews with designers Julia Lohmann, Max Lamb and the partnership of Clemens Weisshaar & Reed Kram. Design Miami/ Basel 2008, June 2, 2008. > Right-click (Mac: ctrl-click) this link to download Quicktime video file. > Click this link [...]

Johannes Grenzfurthner talks about monochrom’s first computer game “Soviet Unterzögersdorf“. The game was featured in BoingBoing and Edge (games magazine) chose the game as their “internet game of the month” of November 2005. Monochrom has been invited to present the game at the festival for art and digital culture, Transmediale 2006, in Berlin (project page). [...]

For Dornbracht Edges, designer Mike Meiré is showing the installation “The Farm Project”. With “The Farm Project” Mike Meiré transforms the kitchen into a barn-like, “real-life” stage, charged with aromas, animals, plants and objects – and with an outer cover made of a patchwork of materials. VernissageTV met Mike Meiré in Cologne where “The Farm [...]

Neon Monster is an art and design collective based in San Francisco that curates and creates limited edition experiences: handpicked selections of art, limited edition multiples, designer toys, current and back-issue comics, and new and vintage vinyl records. Neon Monster was founded in October 2007 by four collectors. John Crowe, Kristy Klinck, and brothers Jacob [...]

Beyond the Screen, the current exhibition at Gallery [DAM] Berlin, offers an insight into the world of “fabbing” – digital fabrication. Fabbing allows for the production of structures and surfaces exceeding the limits of digital mass production. By using specific software to control these tools, artists and designers are able to realize unimaginable complex objects. [...]