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At Art Amsterdam 2011 Galerie West, Den Haag, was participating in the No Holds Barred section of the art fair with the video installation “In the Company Of” by Simon Gush. “In the Company Of” is a sophisticated singel-channel video, 10-channel audio installation that shows a football match on railroad tracks in the neighborhood of [...]

The Polish artist Robert Kusmirowski is known for his elaborate installations and performances. For the Barbican Center in London he created a replica of a World War Two-era bunker (Bunker, 2010). In Zürich he tranformed the Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst in an old Soviet Union training camp (2006). For the inaugural event of Galerie Magazin [...]

ArtMbassy was established in April 2005 as a curator gallery for contemporary art. Founder and artistic director Chiara Marzi is establishing additional galleries in Germany and abroad. In the interview Chiara Marzi talks about the concept of the gallery, the art scene in Rome and Berlin and the future projects of the gallery. Preview Berlin, [...]

Martin Z. Margulies is collecting art since more than 30 years already, the Margulies Collection at the Warehouse celebrates a decade of exhibitions and educational programming. Currently, during Art Basel Miami Beach and through April 2009, the Collection presents work – among others – by Magdalena Abakanowicz, Isaac Julien, and George Osodi. In this video, [...]

Mickey Mouse, Superman, Little Nemo, Spiderman, Tintin, Blake et Mortimer, Astérix, Iznogoud, Blueberry, Batman, Le Chat… These characters and heroes bron from the pen of the great authors of comics have not only delighted millions of readers around the world, but have also influenced artists such as Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Takashi Murakami, Jean-Michel Basquiat, [...]

In collaboration with Dürig Architects, the Berlin-based landscape architects Topotek 1 designed one of the largest sports facilities in Zürich, Switzerland. The sports facility is located between a nature reserve, a highway crossing, residential housing and large-scale industrial buildings. It comprises twelve football fields and a baseball field complemented by three buildings: an ice-rink, a [...]

Piero Lissoni is one of the designers who have been commissioned to give the luxury resort Dellis Cay a shape. He has designed the Mandarin Oriental Dellis Cay and The Residences at Mandarin Oriental. Piero Lissoni was born in 1956 in Seregno, Italy. He studied architecture at the Politecnico di Milano. Piero Lissoni lives and [...]

Until November 9, 2008, the Central Park in New York hosts Chanel Mobile Art and the Chanel Contemporary Art Container by Zaha Hadid. The futuristic pavilion designed by Prizker Prize-winning architect Zaha Hadid presents changing installations of works by contemporary artists from all over the world. Among the participating artists are Tabaimo, Nobuyoshi Araki, Loris [...]

One of the events during Armory Week was the celebration of High Line Art’s Spring Season and Opening of the new public art project “Space Available” by Kim Beck. In this video, we take a walk on the High Line and speak with the curator and director of the High Line’s art program, Lauren Ross. [...]

“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 [...]

This is the second part of our coverage of the retrospective exhibition Antibodies. The Works of Fernando & Humberto Campana 1989 – 2009 at the Vitra Design Museum. In this video, the curator of the exhibition, Mathias Schwarz-Clauss talks about the Campana brother’s approach to design, how their work differs from that of other designers [...]

One of the really great figures of design – Alessandro Mendini – is curating and designing a retrospective of the last 30 years of Italian design specially for Die Neue Sammlung. Alessandro Mendini focuses his exhibition on a key player in the design world: the Alessi company, which has very successfully morphed from a small [...]

After our interview with the Brazilian designers Fernando and Humberto Campana at Design Miami in December 2008 we now had the opportunity to have a closer look at the works of the two brothers. The Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein near Basel presents an exhibition called Antibodies (Antikörper) that spans 20 years of [...]

Hochschule Pforzheim University is one of the world’s leading schools of design. In the final part of our Werkschau series at Hochschule Pforzheim University, Faculty of Design, Professor Thomas Gerlach talks about the University in general and specifically about the application and evaluation process at the Faculty of Design and the basic concepts of the [...]

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 & [...]