David Bowie’s Collection of Memphis Furniture to Go to Auction in November
Sotheby’s “Bowie/Collector” sale on November 10 and 11, 2016—and its accompanying exhibition—are bound to draw crowds this fall. The British auction house recently published the entire catalog...
View ArticleUNESCO Report Says Culture Makes Cities Safer and Stronger
The UNESCO makes a strong case for systematically fostering culture in city planning in its new “Global Report, Culture: Urban Future,” launched on October 18 at the Third United Nations Conference on...
View ArticleHala Wardé to Design New Beirut Museum of Art in Lebanon
Lebanese-French architect Hala Wardé and her firm HW architecture have been selected to build the new BeMA: Beirut Museum of Art, one of the most ambitious museum projects in Lebanon in decades....
View ArticleRevolution Precrafted Presents Modular Home by Jean Nouvel at FIAC
A modular home designed by French architect Jean Nouvel is perhaps one of the largest highlights at this year’s FIAC “Hors les Murs” program. The architectural installation titled “Simple,” on view at...
View ArticleLes Arts Décoratifs Goes Bauhaus Big Time With 900-Exhibit Survey
The German Bauhaus movement is the subject of a major exhibition this fall at Musée des arts decoratifs in Paris. Only weeks after the 2016 Bauhaus Triennale in Weimar, Dessau, Berlin ended in early...
View Article“We want to help pass on everything we can”: Loïc Le Gaillard and Julien...
In 2006 Julien Lombrail, originally from Bordeaux, and Loïc Le Gaillard, originally from Paris, opened a gallery for collectible contemporary design in a former carpenter’s workshop in London’s...
View ArticleDatebook: Johnston Marklee at Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago (MCA Chicago) is hosting an installation “Johnston Marklee: Grid is a Grid is a Grid is a Grid is a Grid” that will be on view through November 18, 2016.The...
View ArticleRonald Phillips Shows Historic Treasures at TEFAF New York
World renowned London-based antiques dealer Ronald Phillips is presenting a selection of extremely important items at the inaugural edition of TEFAF New York (booth 66), including “The Bridgwater House...
View ArticleSanaa’s Grace Farms Win Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize
Kazuko Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa, or rather their Pritzker-decorated Japanese practice Sanaa, has won the 2014/ 2015 Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize, an award that recognizes “distinguished...
View ArticleArtcurial Sells Marc Newson ‘Pod of Drawers’ for Record €1M
Artcurial has set a new auction record for Australian designer Marc Newson’s “Pod of Drawers” 1987 during its October 25 Heavy Metal sale in Paris.The riveted aluminium chest of drawers sold to an...
View ArticleThe Opulence, Ornamentation, and Eroticism of Vases at V&A
London’s V&A has opened a new display celebrating the opulence and ornamentation of vase sets taken from some of Britain’s most beautiful National Trust properties. These groups of rare, decadently...
View ArticleNorthern Exposure
When a custom-designed dining table made in 1952 by Danish cabinetmaker Peder Moos was auctioned at Phillips London in October 2015 for £602,500, ($1.3 million), more then quadruple the presale...
View ArticleDutch Experience Designer Leanne Wijnsma on Data Leakage and How Smell Can...
The “Smell of Data,” a new project by Dutch designer Leanne Wijnsma and filmmaker Froukje Tan, recently baffled the international design community both thanks to its interesting aesthetics and...
View ArticleTake a Tour of Juergen Teller’s New Studio in London
German photographer Juergen Teller, legendary for his edgy and uncouth fashion shoots and artistic portraits (remember Kim Kardashian crawling up a pile of dirt in a flesh-colored bodysuit in 2015?),...
View ArticleBe a ‘Game Changer’ for Hong Kong at deTour 2016
Running parallel with Business of Design Week (BODW), deTour 2016, bringing forth the theme of “Game Changer,” the city’s most awaited cultural event will be on view at PMQ, Hong Kong from November 24...
View Article‘Business of Design Week 2016’ at Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre
“Business of Design Week 2016,” a flagship event being hosted by Hong Kong Design Centre, will take place at Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre from November 30 through December 4, 2016.The...
View ArticleQ&A: Gaetano Pesce on Gender Inequality, Humor in Architecture, and the...
Italian designer Gaetano Pesce is busily opening exhibitions this fall. While the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles is currently showing a survey of his work with cast resin, Pesce’s critique...
View ArticleSCAF Sydney Announces Shigeru Ban’s First Australian Project
The Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation (SCAF) has announced Pritzker Prize-winning Japanese architect Shigeru Ban’s First Australian Project. The architect will design two installations to be...
View ArticleDidier Fiúza Faustino: My Crafts at Michel Rein Gallery, Paris
Michel Rein Gallery is exhibiting Didier Fiúza Faustino’s “My Crafts” that will continue to run through December 17, 2016.This is the artist’s third solo exhibition at the gallery after “We can’t go...
View ArticleGlenn Barkley's "itsallright" at Utopia Art Sydney
Glenn Barkley’s first solo exhibition titled “itsallright” is on display at Utopia Art Sydney that will run through November 26, 2016.Turning from a full-time curator to a creative dynamo within two...
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