ART Hidden for visibility9/15/2021From 18 September to 3 October 2021, the last project of the artists Christo and Jeanne Claude will be on display: The wrapping of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.
ART Reverberating images6/14/2021For decades photographer Ursula Edelmann documented the reconstruction of Frankfurt/Main as well as its economic and cultural boom. To mark her 95th birthday KunstRaum Bernusstrasse is presenting a retrospective of her architecture, art and object photography. In this interview she gives us an insight into her work.
ART Just deserts5/5/2021The exhibition “Women Artists of the Wiener Werkstätte” at the MAK in Vienna showcases the achievements of female designers in the gesamtkunstwerk of the renowned collective.
STYLEPARK LAUFEN On a ceramics base9/17/2020For the "Impressões" project, artists from Brazil have worked on an unusual surface: a ceramic sculpture that the Swiss sanitary ceramics manufacturer Laufen created especially for this purpose. A film documents this very special cooperation.
ART Transcending boundaries8/5/2020Ulrich Hensel photographs fragments of major construction sites in order to bring out the mystical beauty of the unfinished. His work gives rise to ever new, suspenseful perspectives.
ART Surreal Reality7/20/2020Alastair Philip Wiper looks into the heart of industry and science with the photo book "Unintended Beauty".
MICROLIVING Appropriation from above6/30/2020"Who owns the roof?”, ask Jakob Wirth and Alexander Zakharov. And they did not rest content with the question: In the form of the "Penthaus à la Parasit", a Tiny House made of wood with stainless steel cladding, they investigate the right to privileged living.
ART Liberation under wraps6/2/2020Artist duo Christo and Jeanne Claude achieved international fame with their spectacular ‘wrapping’ projects, pushed the boundaries in the process and giving us new ways of seeing things. Now Christo Javacheff has died in New York City at the age of 84.
PORTRAIT At one with the moment5/28/2020The objects by Studio Brynjar & Veronika cannot easily be pigeonholed under labels such as “design” or “art”; they are in a category that is entirely their own. “We are continually trying breaking away from predefined patterns,” says the duo.
ART Lindbergh photographs Dior2/25/2020Taschen-Verlag has now published an opulent two-volume book in which recently deceased photographer Peter Lindbergh stylishly presents the history of the house of fashion that is Dior.
ART Following light9/17/2019For the 2018-19 artistic Zumtobel Annual Report Dietmar Eberle of Baumschlager Eberle Architekten explored the visibility of light in architecture.
FEATURED From Basel to Brazil6/28/2019Bathroom ceramics manufacturer Laufen provides proof of the direct connection between art, design and craft with this project.
FEATURED Walking on art 6/4/2019At the stations of the "Noord-Zuidlijn" metro line in Amsterdam, tiles from Mosa's "Quartz" collection set the direction.
ART Buying Democratic Art6/4/2019The auction house Phillips in London will auction part of the archive of Schellmann Art on 6 June 2019.
ART Beauty or bust?5/13/2019Sagmeister & Walsh are returning to Frankfurt’s Museum Angewandte Kunst with their exhibition “Beauty” and its controversial ideas on design and architecture.
STYLEPARK ZUMTOBEL Art and life3/26/2019Following the general refurbishment of the Secession Building in Vienna, the venue and its works shine in a new light.
STYLEPARK ZUMTOBEL Figure of light2/11/2019Zumtobel fittingly stages the 2000-year-old Apoxyomenos statue at Muzej Apoksiomena in Croatia.
ART Architect of light9/20/2018Under the heading “James Turrell – The Substance of Light,” Museum Frieder Burda in Baden-Baden is hosting a solo exhibition dedicated to the American light artist.
ART Raucous and recalcitrant7/11/2018The Stedelijk Museum is staging a major exhibition that reflects on the erstwhile hippy Mecca that is Amsterdam.
ART Written in the water7/4/2018Mark Wallinger has created an impressive art work in an historical location, prompting audiences to engage critically with its historical legacy.
ART The system artist7/3/2018At first sight the text-heavy, graphic works by Michael Riedel merely seem highly decorative. Only at second sight do you recognize the complex theories underpinning them.
ART The designer's sculpture6/7/2018Konstantin Grcic exhibits six marble objects in the Galerie Kreo, which could also have been created for a religious cult.
ART The Squash: Sham or show?5/8/2018With her installation “The Squash”, Anthea Hamilton lays tiles through part of the Tate Gallery and incorporates a squash-like character who frolics in the space.
SALONE DEL MOBILE 2018 Nothing new for once5/4/2018For Salone del Mobile Lensvelt has come up with an installation that celebrates the tried-and-tested and questions people’s continual search for something new.
ART Please touch the artwork!4/10/2018Designer Paul Kelley will be showing “The Dignity of Labour” in the foyer of Taunusturm in Frankfurt/Main until June 29, 2018. For him, interaction between the installation and the viewer is key. He explained to Anna Moldenhauer why that is.
ART Colour-track of devastation4/6/2018The Berlin architects Gonzalez Haase and June14 Meyer-Grohbrügge & Chermayeff have designed an installation in Munich's Kunstraum BNKR, whose colour symbolism encodes the accidents that mankind are currently bringing across the world.
SALONE DEL MOBILE 2018 Renaissance in the mirror2/26/2018At the upcoming Salone del Mobile Cos is cooperating with the artist Phillip K. Smith III.
ART Child's play11/16/2017The artists and interior architects at New York’s “Snarkitecture” have built a huge marble run in Seoul.
ART Dance with Flags11/4/2017Gagosian Gallery in Le Bourget outside Paris is showing a solo show by William Forsythe titled “Choreographic Objects”.
ART Calm sea10/21/2017Carpenters Workshop Gallery in New York City presents Mathieu Lehanneur’s furniture sculptures in a solo show entitled “Ocean Memories”.
ART When Elephants fight, it is the frogs that suffer6/19/2017What does Documenta 14 say about the current state of the world? What role do the curators play, and what role the artists? A commentary.
ART Documenta Impressions6/9/2017For the 14th time the Documenta in Kassel has opened its gates on June 10th. We show the highlights.
ART Städelschule: Stylepark awards a prize 6/2/2017On the occasion of the "Rundgang" at the Städelschule, students gave insights into their work and the most talented were awarded. The Stylepark prize went to Ada Raczka.
ART Cut me apart5/30/2017Gordon Matta-Clark cut buildings in two, destroyed cars and intended to blow up the Berlin Wall. Why is his deconstructive work now on show in an arcadian palace in East Berlin?
ART Stand still and gaze over the Med5/22/2017Here and there it’s fun to take part, but it comes at a price. The central “Viva Arte Viva” exhibition orders art by concept and evokes the power of origins. Observations at the 57th Venice Art Biennale.
