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The St. Moritz Art Masters‘ “Walk of Art” was inaugurated with a cocktail reception at Galerie Gmurzynska St. Moritz. Currently, the gallery shows the exhibition “Modern & Contemporary Masters”. On display are works by, among others, Robert Indiana, Fernando Botero, Yves Klein, Karl Lagerfeld, and Henri Matisse. Galerie Gmurzynska is known as a leading gallery [...]

British artist Richard Long is a pioneer of Land and Conceptual art. Richard Long is widely recognized as one of the most important artists to have emerged since the 1960s. Haunch of Venison Berlin presents a solo exhibition with two large semi-circular works by Richard Long: A sculpture in local stone on the floor and [...]

Berlin-based artist Nik Nowak likes to rock his audience with strange-looking mobile sound systems that emit bass-driven electronic music. His creations bear names like Baron Bass, Sackkarre (sack barrow), Mobile Booster. They are a mixture between extravagant vehicles and big speakers. His latest bass monster looks like tank and is called that way. Nik Nowak [...]

As every year, Deutsche Bank is presenting an exhibition at their VIP Lounge at Frieze Art Fair. This year, the show is dedicated to the work of German photographer Thomas Struth. Deutsche Bank has over fifty of Struth’s earlier works in its collection. Many of them examine the 50s and 60s German city developments of [...]

VTV talks with Susan de Voldère, Co-Director of Virgil de Voldère Gallery about a video piece by Taiwanese artist Hung Chi Peng and the gallery’s program. The video also shows a work by J Shih Chieh Huang which the gallery presented at Pulse art fair. Interview: Theodore Bouloukos. Pulse Art Fair New York, March 11, [...]

The CaixaForum Madrid is a new cultural center in the historical center of Madrid, near the renowned Prado, Reina Sofia and Thyssen-Bornemisza museums, designed by Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron, the 2001 Pritzker Architecture Prize winners. The CaixaForum is a restoration and expansion of one of the few examples of industrial architecture in Madrid’s [...]

In celebration of Ferrari’s latest sports car, the car manufacturer commissioned video artist Marco Brambillo to create a Formula 1-inspired 3D video loop. The work was showcased on the occasion of Art Basel Miami Beach at the Ferrari party at Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron’s unique 1111 Lincoln Road parking structure in Miami Beach. [...]

Gigon / Guyer Architects are the winners of the Daylight-Award, which the Velux-Stiftung awarded for the third time after 2007 and 2010. The Daylight-Award is a prize that honors architecture projects, that systematically use daylight in order to increase quality of life and energy efficiency. The architects Annette Gigon and Mike Guyer received the award [...]

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 [...]

This is the first part of a talk the artists Doug and Mike Starn held at their studio in Beacon. Mike and Doug Starn talk about their large installation called Big Bambú, a massive, moving construction made out of countless bamboo poles that is in constant transformation (see also this video on VernissageTV: Mike + [...]

Design Miami celebrated its opening with cocktails and hors d’oeuvres. The design fair presented international design galleries exhibiting historic and contemporary design. Design Miami also features Design Talks, Design Satellite Exhibitions, art/design installations, and other various collaborations with designers, critics, curators, cultural institutions, gallerists and collectors throughout the Miami Design District. Impressions from the Vernissage. [...]

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 [...]

This year’s Design Miami/ Basel moves even closer to the art fair Art Basel. The design fair takes place in Hall 5 of Messe Basel, with a direct passage to Art Basel’s Art Unlimited sector. The marketplace for limited-edition design features design galleries such as Contrasts Gallery, Shanghai; Droog, New York; Carpenters Workshop Gallery, London; [...]

Design Miami/ Basel runs concurrently with Art Basel. The first edition of the fair in Basel featured 17 galleries exhibiting modern to contemporary museum-quality design. “Design Miami/ Basel endeavors to do for design what Art Basel has done for contemporary art, bringing together the best collectors, connoisseurs, artists and designers from around the world in [...]

The design studio Atelier Oï was founded in 1991 in La Neuveville in Switzerland by Aurel Aebi, Louis Armand and Patrick Reymond. The name of their studio is inspired by the the Russian word for trio, Tr(oi)ka. Their work ranges from design and set design to architecture. Their work has been recognized by various awards [...]