Art News
Iris van Herpen Debuts Major Architectural Collaboration for Naturalis
Iris van Herpen recently created more than a kilometer of hand-sanded concrete three-dimensional designs that shape the new structure of The Netherland's world-renowned Research Institute for Biodiversity.
Lucy McRae: Body Architect opens at NGV Australia
Lucy McRae: Body Architect, on view at the Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia through February 9, explores the Los Angeles-based Australian artist's collaborations with scientists, through to pop musicians, in her creative research practice over the past thirteen years.
Erwan Boulloud First U.S. Solo Show at Twenty First Gallery
From September 20th through November 15th, Twenty First Gallery will present Evolution, the first U.S. solo exhibition of sculptor and furniture designer, Erwan Boulloud.
ESI Design Transforms Chicago Parking Garage into Urban Oasis
ESI Design recently created a massive light-art installation to transform an uninviting outdoor terrace, bordered by the imposing concrete wall of a parking garage, into an urban oasis in downtown Chicago.
Blooom Award by Warsteiner 2019
Blooom Award by Warsteiner 2019, Germany's largest open international young artist award, is open for submissions through July 31, 2019. The competition is open to any discipline of artistic expression and to submissions from all around the world.
Google Lens and Wescover Let Users Explore Art Outside Museums
Google Lens just launched an art experience with Wescover that lets users discover helpful digital information about the physical art and design objects around them, revealing the artists and stories behind local art in hotels, restaurants, and city streets.
ADFF Launches 11th Season with Film on Legendary Female Architects Who Shaped the Cities
The Architecture & Design Film Festival (ADFF) - the largest film festival devoted to the creative spirit that drives architecture and design - will launch its 11th season in New York this October.
Mutuus Studio Creates 'Waypoint' Art Installation for Bellingham's New Waterfront Park
Mutuus Studio has created 'Waypoint,' an art installation for a new park of the same name in Bellingham, WA.
Urban Imprint by Studio INI
Studio INI recently unveiled Urban Imprint, an immersive installation at the A/D/O on view through September 2.
Perkins+Will Wins Award of Excellence by the Austin Chapter of AIA
Perkins+Will has been honored with an Award of Excellence by the Austin Chapter of the American Institute of Architects for its light-based, site-specific art installation, TENTSION.
Play with Your City 2019: Reimagining Lady Street
The Columbia Design League has extended entries for Play With Your City 2019: Reimagining Lady, a project for making the Lady Street corridor in downtown Columbia, South Carolina more inviting to pedestrian traffic.
Seed and Signal by Hypersonic
Hypersonic has unveiled Seed and Signal, a kinetic sculpture that explores how tiny changes in behavior can alter the balance of the group between order and chaos.
RIBA Launches Open Call to Design London Festival of Architecture Installation
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has launched an open call for architects and architecture students to design a temporary installation for the Architecture Gallery at the RIBA at 66 Portland Place, London. The installation will be on show from June 4 through to August 2019, alongside a programme of talks and events, as part of the London Festival of Architecture (LFA).
'Stanley Kubrick: The Exhibition' at Design Museum
The Design Museum has announced a new exhibition that celebrates the work of Stanley Kubrick, one of the greatest filmmakers of the 20th century. Marking the 20th anniversary of Kubrick's death, the exhibition explores his unique command of the whole creative design process of film making, from storyteller to director to editor.
Design Icons Amsterdam 2019
The 7th Design Icons Amsterdam, one of the largest fairs in Europe dedicated to vintage furniture, will take place on April 6-7 at De Kromhouthal in the North of Amsterdam.
Snark Park Announces Inaugural Exhibition, 'Lost and Found'
Snark Park, Snarkitecture's latest venture, has announced its inaugural exhibition, Lost and Found.
Ettore Sottsass and the Social Factory
This April, The Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami (ICA Miami) will launch a new biannual exhibition initiative committed to exploring significant advances in postwar and contemporary design and its relationship to contemporary art, with Ettore Sottsass and the Social Factory - an exhibition that considers the practice of the influential designer beyond his place in the history of design, and places Sottsass' work within the social and economic contexts in which it was produced.
Seven Sisters by Lazerian for Winsford Town Park
Cheshire West and Chester Council recently commissioned Lazerian to consider a series of sculptures for the redevelopment of Winsford Town Park.
2019 Lexus Design Event: Leading with Light
The 12th Lexus Design Event will take place during Milan Design Week. The 2019 edition, titled "Leading with Light," will see the globally renowned Japanese design firm Rhizomatiks - known for their rich experience in the field of design, art, entertainment and their imaginative use of technology - present an immersive display that combines playful and dynamic lighting with advanced robotics.
Illuminated River: The Longest Art Installation in the World
Created by acclaimed American artist Leo Villareal and Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands (LDS), Illuminated River will light up up-to 15 central London bridges, from Albert Bridge in West London to Tower Bridge in the City, unifying them in a single artwork and defining them as a sculptural and symbolic link across the capital.
DANAD Design: The Art of Pop Design
An exhibition of works celebrating DANAD's 60th Anniversary by Peter Blake, Bernard Cohen, Tom Adams, Barry Daniels, Robyn Denny & Edward Wright tells the untold story of the DANAD Design collective (1958-62). The exhibition, sponsored by Abet Laminati and hosted at Paul Smith's Mayfair gallery from April 25 through May 10, is the first in DANAD's 2019-20 series of events celebrating the forgotten story of a group of young artists of the pop-art era.
Architecture & Design Film Festival LA 2019
The 2019 Architecture & Design Film Festival, the nation's preeminent film festival devoted to architecture and design, will return to DTLA for the third edition of ADFF:LA from March 13-17 at the Los Angeles Theatre Center.
Venice International Art Fair 2019
The 2019 Venice International Art Fair will be held at The Room Contemporary Art Space and in Palazzo Ca' Zanardi, from April 11 to May 3. The Fair is a contemporary art exhibition that features collective and solo projects by leading and emerging international artists.
The Bauhaus and Harvard
The Bauhaus and Harvard, on view at the Harvard Art Museums through July 28, marks the centennial of Bauhaus. The exhibition presents nearly 200 works by more than 70 artists, drawn almost entirely from the Busch-Reisinger Museum's extensive Bauhaus collection.
Communication Arts Announces 60th Annual Photography Competition
Communication Arts is calling for entries for its 60th annual Photography Competition.
Amsterdam Light Festival: Call for Concepts
Amsterdam Light Festival invites creatives from around the world - from artists to designers, engineers to architects, and professionals to students - to submit a concept for a light artwork. The festival's eighth edition will take place from November 28, 2019 until January 19, 2020 in the city centre of Amsterdam.
Creative Time Announces Open Call for NYC Residents
Creative Time is inviting NYC-based artists to submit proposals for a new public project. Applicants are invited to come up with original and exciting ideas that have the potential to spark public dialogue and address timely issues.
HOPE: A Light and Sound Installation by Aether & Hemera Studio
HOPE is a large-scale text sculpture featuring hundreds of colour-changing LED tubes, along with speakers projecting local people's experiences of the conflict.
Bluemarlin Creates Seoul Edition with Ballantine's
Bluemarlin, in collaboration by emerging South Korean artist Jieun Park, has designed Ballantine's recently launched new Seoul Limited Edition 17YO blend.
Happy by Studio Cadena Selected as Winner of 2019 Annual Flatiron Public Plaza Design Competition
The Flatiron/23rd Street Partnership Business Improvement District (BID) and Van Alen Institute recently named Studio Cadena's site-specific installation, 'Happy,' as the winner of the fifth annual Flatiron Public Plaza Design Competition.
