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The Art Public section of Art Basel Miami Beach presents sculptures, performances and site-specific performances. The 2011 edition was special because it inaugurated a new collaboration with the Bass Museum of Art. This presentation in the public space between the Bass Museum and the Oceanfront with most of the works placed in Collins Park compliments [...]

The exhibition “Angela Dwyer: Let me take you somewhere” shows new paintings and paperworks by the artist. Angela Dwyer (born 1961 in Palmerston North / New Zealand) lives and works in Berlin since 1984. “Her new work challenges preconceptions of abstract painting, inviting the viewer to a journey to an unknown place, exciting, sensual and [...]

From 1998 to 2005 the Förderkoje was a small exhibition space (not much space, really: 6.69 cbm) in a private flat in Berlin, Germany. As of March 2006, the Förderkoje changed the concept and will temporarily be moving into the private homes of individual hosts. The type of presentation will be worked out, organised and [...]

White Trash Contemporary (WTC) Hamburg presents Oliver Ross, “Emergentia Multiplex”: paintings and installation. For his first solo show at WTC artist Oliver Ross (born 1967 in Munich) transforms the gallery space into an elaborate labyrinth of “deco-rational paravants”. Esthetically Ross’s work oscillates between the humorous collage art of Dada artists and the manic production power [...]

While other pavilions overwhelm visitors with visual impressions, the Greek pavilion is more or less empty. The Greek artist Diohandi who is representing Greece at the 54th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia conceived a site-specific installation that transforms the pavilion with wood, water, and light. Diohandi creates a minimalist, rather silent environment. [...]

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 [...]

The Kunsthaus in Bregenz / Austria explores the architectural work of Ai Weiwei with a solo show titled Art / Architecture. While not as widely presented as his artistic oeuvre, Ai Weiwei’s work in the field of architecture is extremely important for the artist because of the collaborative – that is social and political – [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

Iván Navarro’s work was already very present at ARCO, the contemporary art fair in Madrid, and now in New York his work seems to be omnipresent. At The Armory Show, one of the highlights was his site-specific installation at the booth of Paul Kasmin Gallery (see in our Armory Show coverage here). The gallery is [...]

Max Lamb is one of the four designers / design collectives who won the “Designers of the Future Award 2008″. Each of the designers were commissioned by the the design fair Design Miami Basel to create new works using concrete and wool. Max Lamb developed “Solids of Revolution”, two collections of stools in concrete and [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Monika Sprüth and Philomene Magers present “Mondi Possibili”. On display are furniture and objects by Richard Artschwager, Benjamin Bergmann, Thomas Demand, Thea Djordjadze, Peter Fischli / David Weiss, Claus Föttinger, Stefan Kern, Frances Scholz, Andreas Schulze, Franz West, and Martin Wöhrl. “The works on display deal with the subject of furniture from a variety of [...]

In the third part of the interview Luigi Colani talks about his relationship with colleague designers, his architectural projects in China, the Rotor House Project, and the needs and challenges of realizing a large flying wing passenger aircraft. More interviews with Luigi Colani: Conversation with Luigi Colani at Building Design Podcasts, interview at “Plastics – [...]