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Galerie Katharina Krohn in Basel presents new paintings by Swiss artist Nicole Schmölzer. In these paintings, the color yellow plays in important role. “Yellow interests her partly because it is extremely difficult to replicate, its presence an act of resistance to the age of mechanical (and digital) reproduction. With yellow—even more than with other colors—you [...]

Artnet founder and CEO Hans Neuendorf has recently received the Medal of Honor for outstanding contribution to the visual arts from the National Arts Club. Artnet just announced an exclusive partnership with Art Basel. Beginning in 2007, Art Basel and Art Basel Miami Beach can be visited online. “From the last day of the fair [...]

The 11th International Istanbul Biennial bears the title: “What Keeps Mankind Alive?”, the English translation of the song “Denn wovon lebt der Mensch?” from the Threepenny Opera (Dreigroschenoper) by Bertolt Brecht. Thus it’s no surprise that the Istanbul Biennale presents explicitly political works from artists such as Hüseyin Bahri Alptekin, Wafa Hourani, Michel Journiac, Nilbar [...]

Shortly before the opening of the exhibition YOU_ser: The Century of the Consumer at the ZKM | Center for Art and Media we had a conversation with the artist Marc Lee about his interactive work “Breaking The News – Be a News-Jockey“. “Breaking The News” is an interactive installation that transmits information from the internet [...]

Harlem Studio Fellowship (HSF) is a residency program for international artists in New York City. Conceived by Ruggero Montrasio and curated by Raffaele Bedarida, the program invites three young artists every three months and provides them with housing and studio in Harlem. From 14th December until 10th January the Harlem Studio Fellowship presented “Cohabitations: Studies [...]

Coinciding with Art Basel Miami Beach 2009, the collectors Rosa and Carlos de la Cruz opened the Rosa and Carlos de la Cruz Collection Contemporary Art Space in Miami’s Design District. The new space houses the personal collection of Rosa and Carlos de la Cruz and serves as an extension of their home. The three-story, [...]

Within the framework of the 12th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, art curator, critic and art historian Hans Ulrich Obrist conducted live public interviews with every Biennale participant. The six-day live marathon took place in the Arsenale from August 22 through 27. Hans Ulrich Obrist interviewed artists and architects such as Kazuyo [...]

“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, [...]

During our stay in Miami we had the chance to meet with Italian architect and designer Piero Lissoni. Piero Lissoni hosted a book signing and cocktail reception at the Dellis Cay VIP booth at the Art Collectors Lounge of the Miami Beach Convention Center. Piero Lissoni is one of the world-renowned architects who have been [...]

The 12th International Architecture Exhibition in Venice / Italy, directed by Kazuyo Sejima (SANAA) is titled “People Meet in Architecture”. The show runs from 29th August to 21st November 2010. VernissageTV had a look at the exhibition during the Preview days. In this video we walk through the national pavilions and exhibitions in the Giardini [...]

On the second stop of our gallery tour in Madrid we visited La Fabrica. La Fabrica Galeria is located near the famous Museo del Prado, the newly opened CaixaForum and the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía – in the heart of Madrid’s “triangle of art”. The gallery focuses on international contemporary art, with [...]

Viennese-born designer Robert Stadler studied design at the Istituto Europeo di Design in Milan, Italy and then at ENSCI / Les Ateliers in Paris. In Paris, he co-founded the Radi Designers group. Since 2000 he has been working solo while simultaneously continuing his activity with the group. He lives and works in Paris and Rio [...]

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 [...]

Cover Illustrations over Five Decades. Presentation by Littmann Kulturprojekte. Opening reception at the former Museum für Gestaltung Basel. September 29, 2005. Click image or this link to watch video.

The 2007 edition of Design Miami features 26 historical and contemporary design galleries. Eight of the 26 participating galleries make their Design Miami debut: Albion, Casati Gallery, DeLorenzo1950, Donzella 20th Century, Galerie de Casson, Geoffrey Diner, Moss Gallery, and Reform Gallery. In addition to the installations by the galleries, the program of the fair includes [...]