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In the context of the 2nd edition of St. Moritz Art Masters, Galerie Bruno Bischofberger presents works by American artist Julian Schnabel. Schnabel became known for his “plate paintings”, large formated images of shattered porcelain painted over with expressive traces of oil colors. Julian Schnabel is also a filmmaker. He has directed four films, his [...]

This is an interview with artist Brian Burkhardt on the occasion of his exhibition at Gallery Diet in Miami, Florida. The exhibition titled “Bi(h)ome” presents sculptures and objects as well as Brian Burkhardt’s studio, a geodesic dome in which he conceives and creates all his work. Brian Burkhardt creates seemingly organic and realistic natural specimens [...]

From 11 February, the Musée d’Art Moderne da la Ville de Paris / ARC presents Haute Culture, a retrospective devoted to the work of the Canadian collective General Idea. For us this is a welcome opportunity to look back on General Idea’s comprehensive overview of their work at Kunsthalle Zürich in 2006 with this second [...]

On the opening day of Art Cologne 2011, we met with several art dealers and galerists. In this video, Dr. Bettina Krogemann takes a look at the booth of the galleries Fred Jahn and Matthias Jahn, who have a joint booth the Art Cologne. Among others, the galleries showcase works by Willem de Kooning, A.R. [...]

Currently, the performance artist Alexandra Bachzetsis (born 1974 in Zürich, Switzerland) presents “Show“, her first major institutional exhibition as a series of interconnected live acts in the main hall (Oberlichtsaal) of Kunsthalle Basel. Bachzetsis’ exhibition including rehearsals for performances will be open for viewing during Kunsthalle’s regular opening hours. The exhibition’s run will be punctuated [...]

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… [...]

Dr. Cem Kinay is the CEO and Chairman of O Property Collection, and the developer and owner of Dellis Cay. Dellis Cay is a 560-acre private island located in the Turks & Caicos, British West Indies, 575 miles south of Miami, Florida. Dr. Cem Kinay commissioned the architects / designers Zaha Hadid, David Chipperfield, Kengo [...]

With “William Leavitt: Theater Objects” the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in Los Angeles presents the first solo museum exhibition of the work of Los Angeles-based artist William Leavitt. The retrospective at MOCA Grand Avenue surveys William Leavitt’s 40-year career and includes paintings, photographs, works on paper, performances, and installations from the late 1960s to [...]

Zaha Hadid’s ideal house at IMM Cologne appears as a big, red cube, hollowed out and morphed into a sequence of rooms that lead into one another and also open up wide to the outside. Zaha Hadid’s ideal house cologne “retains the traditional form of the home as a unit and protective shell. The rest, [...]

With the opening of the Museum Brandhorst in Munich’s “Kunstareal”, the Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen gain an institution with an impressive collection of works of modern and contemporary art. The Museum Brandhorst is the new home of the Udo and Anette Brandhorst Collection. Two focal points of emphasis give the Brandhorst Collection its character. With more than [...]

Among the clients of designer Nacho Carbonell are collectors and celebrities such as Brad Pitt. A brand new piece that he presented at the booth of Galleria Rossana Orlandi is his “Bush of Iron”, a chair / desk combination in afro style, build with thousands of iron wires. “Bush of Iron” belongs the Nacho Carbonell’s [...]

Mike Meiré is the creative mind behind many diverse projects. He is designer as well as art director, artist, editor, and curator and defines himself more as a professional dreamer. In 2006 he won the Visual Leader of the Year Award for the art direction of the publications Brand Eins, Kid’s Wear, McK Wissen, Mini [...]

During Art Basel Miami Beach 2007 the China Chair Project Exhibition presented functional contemporary Chinese Sculpture at the Carlyle Hotel, Miami Beach. The artists were selected by Paul Hughes. Many of the artists participating in the project had never worked in three-dimensional media before, and all but one had never worked on a chair. Each [...]

In this conversation with the Chief Curator of Die Neue Sammlung – The International Design Museum in Munich, Dr. Corinna Rösner, Alessandro Mendini talks about his work for Alessi, the personal bonds with the Alessi family, and the phases the Alessi design went through over the decades. Alessandro Mendini is one of the great figures [...]

Interview with producer Laurence Desarzens about Resfest Switzerland 2005. Resfest is a film festival taking place in several cities in Africa, America, Asia, Australia and Europe. Zurich is the tour city in Switzerland with Resfest Switzerland being produced by Laurence Desarzens and Monica Pozzi. This year’s festival was held at the movie theater Riffraff in [...]