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The exhibition “Under Destruction” at Museum Tinguely in Basel / Switzerland presents works by twenty internationally known contemporary artists that have the subject matter “destruction” as common theme. Despite of the common theme, the works are very diverse: From loud artworks such as Martin Kersels’ “Tumble Room” (2001) to silent pieces such as Nina Beier [...]

The year 2007 was packed with major art events: Venice Biennale, Documenta, Sculpture Projects. After the art overdose in summer, the year ends with the crazy Art Basel Miami Beach week. Art Basel Miami Beach is an art fair – but equally a social highlight. Now in its 6th year, Art Basel Miami Beach is [...]

With this exhibition walk-through we have a look at the exhibition “Der Traum vom Fliegen – The Art of Flying” at the House of World Cultures (Haus der Kulturen der Welt) in Berlin, Germany. With this show, the curators Thomas Hauschild and Britta N. Heinrich explore the human dream of flight as well as the [...]

For the Art Parade, artists, performers and designers are invited to create floats, balloons, placards, portable sculptures, performances and street spectacles. On September 8th, 2007 the Art Parade took place for the third time on West Broadway, between Houston and Grand Street. This year’s Art Parade included over 75 projects, including those by Tauba Auerbach, [...]

For her debut with the gallery Cristina Guerra in Lisbon / Portugal, the Berlin-based artist Sabine Hornig will be presenting one of her preferred subjects, a series of large, colour photographs of barren or abandoned shop windows, where she conflates issues of site and sight, and a new sculpture of a folding screen depicting a [...]

In this video, VernissageTV takes a look at the exhibition “Acconci Studio and Ai Weiwei: A Collaborative Project” at the contemporary art space Para/Site in Hong Kong Island. Para/Site Art Space has invited Ai Weiwei and Vito Acconci to create a work together. Both artists have never met before, so the collaborative process is kind [...]

In 2007, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam / Netherlands came into possession of the prototype of a quite spectacular piece of architecture: Finnish architect Matti Suuronen’s Futuro: house of the future. With its distinctive flying saucer like shape Suuronen’s Futuro is an icon of 1960s design. In 1965 Matti Suuronen was commissioined to design [...]

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 – [...]

Chad Oppenheim is one of the architects who design for Dellis Cay, a private island in the Caribbean (Turks & Caicos). He is designing an exclusive zone of villas on the island that will be released during Phase I of the project. The O Property Collection and Nadine Johnson invited us to a plane trip [...]

This is a the second part of a conversation between Madelon Vriesendorp and Shumon Basar, who curated the exhibition The World of Madelon Vriesendorp together with Stephan Trüby. The World of Madelon Vriesendorp. Swiss Architecture Museum, Basel / Switzerland, January 16, 2009. > Right-click (Mac: ctrl-click) this link to download Quicktime video file. Related Articles:Madelon [...]

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 [...]

The Design Miami satellite exhibition Architecting the Future: Buckminster Fuller & Lord Norman Foster in Miami’s Design District is dedicated to two iconic inventions by architect, designer and inventor Buckminster Fuller: the Fly’s Eye Dome and the Dymaxion 4 car. In 1961, the Fly’s Eye Dome was envisioned by Fuller as a fully functional, air [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

London-based designer Julia Lohmann is one of the four designers / design collectives who have been awarded Design Miami/ Basel’s “Designers of the Future 2008″ prize. Julia Lohmann’s response to the concrete and wool brief set by Design Miami/ Basel is based on research into manmade structures that are exposed to the elements, re-conquered by [...]