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Calls | February 23, 2020
ITSLIQUID Group, in collaboration with Mercato Metropolitano and YMX Arts, is selecting all interesting photography, painting, installation/sculpture, video art and performance art works to include in the next exhibition THE EXTENDED BODY - MIXING CULTURES that will be held in London, at THE LINE Contemporary Art Space from March 19 to April 17 2020. Read more
Calls | February 21, 2020
Venice International Art Fair is a contemporary art fair that presents collective and solo projects by leading and emerging international artists. Founded in 2001 by ITSLIQUID Group the 12th edition will represent a forum for direct exchange of ideas and contacts between collectors, artists, photographers, designers and art professionals. The art fair features paintings, sculptures, photography art, installations, video art and live performance. Read more
Fashion | February 21, 2020
The room is stark, empty, nearly spotless. The initial astonishment gradually gives way to reflection and conjecture. The eye wanders. Read more
Architecture | February 21, 2020
Empyrean is a temple of opportunity, inclusion, interactivity and experience of our transformative multiverse. Empyrean represents the region just beyond our physical realm that is the highest center of wisdom, and the source of energy-consciousness. It's at this highest point where one can interact with their own highest concept of the divine. In ancient cosmologies, Empyrean is the realm of pure light that is believed to be the birthplace of fire. To the community, Empyrean offers the healing properties of its central, eternal flame: reflection, resolution, release and renewal. Read more
Art | February 21, 2020
Christian Helwing: (B)east! Kunsthalle Krems, AustriaJuly 07 – November 11, 2020 The art of Christian Helwing grows out of a sensitive and precise reaction to existing spaces. He develops site-specific art in which he takes into consideration the formal, architectural, and historic parameters of the location. For the Dominikanerkirche Krems, Helwing designs an installation with […] Read more
Architecture | February 20, 2020
Sheltering beneath a vast crescent of shade, a teeming cultural and recreational entrepot dedicated to the celebration of the global culture of the camel shimmers like a mirage. Read more
Art | February 20, 2020
The inaugural exhibition, The Red Bean Grows in the South (December 15, 2019 – April 11, 2020), explores themes of war, politics, hope, and longing with large-scale and experiential works by acclaimed international artists Ai Weiwei, Georg Baselitz, Louise Bourgeois, Cecily Brown, Cai Guo-Qiang, Tracey Emin, Omer Fast, Anselm Kiefer, Edward and Nancy Reddin Kienholz, Christian Lemmerz, Paul McCarthy, Richard Mosse, Yoko Ono, Robert Rauschenberg, Alison Saar, Danh Vo, and Yu Hong. Read more
Architecture | February 19, 2020
The proposal for the Water Cultural Centre (in Danish 'Vandkulturhuset') paves the way for new perspectives on creating a landmark of an international calibre and with popular appeal; a landmark that fits in beautifully with iconic neighbours such as the Copenhagen Opera House and Royal Danish Playhouse and holds the potential to become the new healthy gathering point for both locals and visitors in Copenhagen. Read more
Fashion | February 19, 2020
On 25 April 2020, the V&A will open Bags: Inside Out, the UK's most comprehensive exhibition dedicated to the ultimate accessory. From designer handbags to despatch boxes, vanity cases to military rucksacks, the exhibition will explore our longstanding fascination with the bag. Featuring innovative designs from Mulberry to Karl Lagerfeld, statement handbags worn by Margaret Thatcher to Sarah Jessica Parker, the heritage of Hermès to the streetwear of Off-White, and an exclusive look inside the world of the factory and atelier; Bags: Inside Out provides an unprecedented look at this global obsession. Read more
Interviews | February 19, 2020
David Leitch is a contemporary artisan in Los Angeles. He grew up in Rochester, New York, and moved to California to attend Berkeley in 1972. In 1990 he moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in fine art and developed into a woodworker living there. His work consists of functional and fine art. As well as fine art, he produces interior furnishings, and his love for food and cooking have resulted in involvement with the Los Angeles restaurant community. Read more
Interviews | February 18, 2020
Interview: Timo Frank Luca Curci talks with Timo Frank during CONTEMPORARY VENICE 2019 at THE ROOM Contemporary Art Space and during ALCHEMIC BODY 2019 at THE LINE Contemporary Art Space. Read more
Design | February 18, 2020
AÃRK Collective announce their second collection of unisex watches, 002, available online and in stores from 09 April 2015. AÃRK’s new collection, 002, develops the Melbourne-based brand’s signature minimalist aesthetic and playful approach to detail. While 001 explored a whimsical interaction between colour and geometric shapes, 002 draws inspiration from the ideas of time and space. Read more
Art | February 17, 2020
"Herbert Bayer: Bauhaus Master" marks the centenary of the founding of the Bauhaus in Weimar, Germany, in 1919 and features rare works by the groundbreaking 20th-century graphic designer Herbert Bayer. Read more
Fashion | February 16, 2020
The delicateness of the lace, the lightness of the silk, the finesse of the motifs and the expert couture: the Fashion & Lace Museum invites visitors to discover the sensual, sophisticated world of Carine Gilson and also offers a historic dialogue with lace through symbolic pieces from the incomparable collection of the Museums of the City of Brussels. Read more
Fashion | February 15, 2020
You might have seen the Aftersocks on social media or on the TV; they're the innovative socks with a "barely-there" sole that have got everyone talking. Since launching in August, the company's founders have been rushed off their feet. Read more
Architecture | February 14, 2020
Snøhetta has won the competition for designing a new Maritime Center in Esbjerg, Denmark, called Lanternen. Inspired by the geometry and craftmanship of boats, the design developed together with the Danish architecture firm, WERK Arkitekter, pays homage to the maritime tradition. The result is a center situated in a new urban enlargement of Esbjerg on the Danish west coast, containing multiple water-sport clubs, boat storage, training facilities, a large workshop, and social functions. Read more
Art | February 13, 2020
The exhibition entitled Guggenheim. The Thannhauser Collection. From Van Gogh to Picasso to be held at Palazzo Reale from October 17th 2019 to March 1st 2020, will feature around 50 works by leading Impressionists, Post-Impressionists and exponents of the early 20th-century avant-gardes, including Paul Cézanne, Edgar Degas, Paul Gauguin, Édouard Manet, Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Vincent van Gogh and a significant number of works by Pablo Picasso. Read more
Art | February 12, 2020
Perrotin Paris is pleased to announce Paris, 3020, an exhibition of new works by New York-based artist Daniel Arsham, on view from January 11 through March 21, 2020. Read more
Interviews | February 12, 2020
Interview: Alexandra Petranaki Luca Curci talks with Alexandra Petranaki during CONTEMPORARY VENICE 2019 at THE ROOM Contemporary Art Space. Read more
Art | February 10, 2020
The Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain is pleased to announce the largest exhibition to date dedicated to the work of Claudia Andujar. For over five decades, she has devoted her life to photographing and protecting the Yanomami, one of Brazil’s largest indigenous group. Read more
Interviews | February 10, 2020
Interview: Daphna Katzor Laszlo Luca Curci talks with Daphna Katzor Laszlo during CONTEMPORARY VENICE 2019 at THE ROOM Contemporary Art Space. “The works of Daphna Katzor turn a collection of professional photographs from the realms of advertising and journalistic documentary into a unique artistic creation of a different scale and emit fresh messages.” (Ma’ariv, May […] Read more
Fashion | February 9, 2020
Jean Paul Gaultier is a benign voyeur, curious about everything and fascinated by difference. Worlds untouched by the standardisation of fashion are grounds for stylistic expression. By transposing, distorting and assembling, he succeeds in cross-border blending. As early as the Return of Prints collection (Women’s RTW Spring/Summer 1984), Gaultier was mixing the African and the European, draping his models in tunics or kaftan miniskirts and accessorising them with a fez. Read more
Design | February 8, 2020
In a cutting-edge exploration of collaboration in design, the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit that operates Wikipedia, has partnered with Snøhetta to create a new visual identity for its global organization. Read more
Art | February 7, 2020
L’Arc de Triomphe, WrappedParis, FranceSeptember 19 – October 04, 2020 Christo, in close collaboration with the Centre des Monuments Nationaux and the Centre Pompidou, will create a temporary artwork in Paris entitled l’Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped (Project for Paris, Place de l’Étoile-Charles de Gaulle). This work of art will be on view for 16 days […] Read more
Design | February 6, 2020
The museum space and the ADI Compasso d'Oro logo have just been presented to the public in Milan. April will see the award ceremony and the opening of the XXVI Compasso d'Oro exhibition. The space housing the new ADI Design Compasso d'Oro Museum in Milan is ready and was visited by Attilio Fontana, President of the Lombardy Region and the Mayor of Milan Giuseppe Sala accompanied by ADI President Luciano Galimberti and the President of the ADI Compasso d'Oro Foundation Collection Umberto Cabini. The headquarters of the new museum are located in Porta Volta in the heart of the restored area between via Ceresio and via Procaccini, in a piazza-garden open to the public and accessible from via Ceresio 7 or directly from the space in front of the Monumental Cemetery. Read more
Events | February 6, 2020
ITSLIQUID GROUP, in collaboration with Venice Events and Ca' Zanardi, is proud to announce THE BODY LANGUAGE - ITSLIQUID International Art Exhibition 2020 that will be held in Venice during the period of Venice Carnival 2020, at the art gallery THE ROOM Contemporary Art Space, from February 13 to March 12 2020 and at Palazzo Ca' Zanardi from February 14 to March 12 2020. Read more
Architecture | February 6, 2020
"The Sliding Shelter" is an isolated refuge amidst vast snowy slopes. Its inclined geometry hugs the topography as much as it contrasts by its abstraction. After the precarious balance ofTip-Box, The Sliding Shelter suggests a motionless slip towards freezing depths below. Both structures may question the place of man in his environment and the future of this cohabitation. Read more
