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For the second time, the Zürcher Hochschule der Künste (ZHdK) (Zurich University of the Arts) has been showcasing the degree work of the Master of Arts in Fine Arts (MFA) course of studies. As in 2010, the MA Fine Arts Degree Show 2011 took place in June, at Shedhalle in Zürich / Switzerland. This video [...]

For her first solo exhibition at Kunsthalle Basel in Switzerland, the young artist Hannah Weinberger conceived a site-specific sound installation that fills the five ground floor galleries of the Kunsthalle. The work is titled When You Leave, Walk Out Backwards, So I’ll Think You’re Walking In and consists of eleven ambient sound loops that are [...]

Utopics is the title of the 11th Swiss Sculpture Exhibition (Schweizerische Plastikausstellung, SPA), taking place in the Swiss town of Biel/Bienne from August until October 2009. The first edition of this event goes back to 1954. Since 1980, sculpture isn’t the exclusive medium anymore, and with this years edition, the notion of art in the [...]

James Cohan Gallery presents an exhibition of new paintings by artist Trenton Doyle Hancock. The main part of the show is devoted to large mixed-media works from a new series entitled “In the Blestian Room”. The gallery also presents a new set of prints, called “The Ossified Theosophied”. Hancock has shown in numerous exhibitions nationally [...]

Voilà, part four of our Art 38 Basel visit. Art 38 Basel – The International Art Show 2007. Update: Art 38 Basel has put all participating artists online (at Artnet.com). > Right-click (Mac: ctrl-click) this link to download Quicktime video file. Related Articles:Art 38 Basel 2007 / part 3Art 38 Basel 2007 / part 1Art [...]

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… [...]

In the Desert of Modernity – Colonial Planning and After is an exhibition at the House of World Cultures (Haus der Kulturen der Welt) in Berlin, that focuses on the European modernization fantasies in colonial North Africa. The car-oriented city, the underground car park and other projects were intended as a blueprint for Europe’s metropolises, [...]

In an exhibition in the seven-window room of the Kunstmuseum Basel, the museum presents models, plans and visualizations of the planned annex building. The purpose of the extension is to create much needed space for special exhibitions and to provide a appropriate presentation of the valuable works of art from the museum’s public art collection. [...]

Topotek 1 are not the typical landscape architects. Topotek 1′s mission is to expand the possibilities of landscape architecture. On the occasion of the inauguration of their latest projects and their work on the competition for the redesign of the Flughafen Tempelhof site, VernissageTV met with the Topotek 1 principals Martin Rein-Cano and Lorenz Dexler. [...]

George Nelson (1908-1986) was one of the most important American designers of the 20th century. In 2008 George Nelson would have been 100 years old. In recognition of this anniversary, the Vitra Design Museum presents the first comprehensive retrospective on his work: George Nelson. Architect, Writer, Designer, Teacher. In this video, curator Jochen Eisenbrand talks [...]

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 [...]

Dzine (b. Carlos Rolon, 1970) is a Chicago-based artist who appropriates elements from popular culture, Baroque design, and the Arts and Crafts movement, to develop his own language. As media, he mainly uses sculpture, painting and installation. For his exhibition at the Bass Museum of Art in Miami, Dzine created a new custom lowrider tricycle [...]

Luigi Colani: Translating Nature at the Design Museum London brings together Luigi Colani’s extraordinary large scale protoype designs including trucks, aircraft and cars. It is the first retrospective of Colani’s work in the UK, and the first exhibition to be commissioned under Deyan Sudjic’s directorship at the Design Museum. In her assessment of the exhibition [...]

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). The exhibition was organised under the direction of the Vitra Design Museum in cooperation with the Design Museum Akihabara, [...]

“Nature Design – From Inspiration to Innovation” at the Museum für Gestaltung in Zürich / Switzerland presents more than 500 objects and projects that are inspired by nature. The visitor will find works by over 150 artists and designers, among them: Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec, Fernando & Humberto Campana, Richard Hutten, Ross Lovegrove, Karim Rashid, [...]