Observingart: Hemmerle at TEFAF Maastricht 2016

Hemmerle will be exhibiting at TEFAF Maastricht for the 19th time. Presented at the fair is a new exhibition-stand featuring a sculptural structure designed by the Dutch architect Tom Postma in collaboration with Hemmerle. Postma is the fair architect for TEFAF Maastricht, among other world class building projects.  Read more

Observingarts: Nasjonalmuseet - Norway - Villa Tugendhat, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Foto: David Zidlicky 

The exhibition “Villa Tugendhat” recounts the history of the house and documents the extensive restoration work carried out in the period 2010–2012. A similar restoration is slated for Villa Stenersen. The exhibition is on display in Villa Stenersen 7 February–24 April.

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Observingarts: “Architecture in Comic-Strip Form” at the National Museum, Oslo

“Architecture in Comic-Strip Form”, the new autumn exhibition at the National Museum – Architecture, examines the relationship between the medium of the comic strip and architecture to reveal an aspect of the architectural discipline that few people are aware of. Many architects use the comic strip as a form of expression – as a kind of counterpart or supplement to digital drawing. © Alexandre Doucin,Govi. © All rights reserved

Observingarts: DAN GRAHAM Lecture, "New Works Between Art and Architecture" KADK, Copenhagen October 8 | 2015 | 5 pm

Dan Graham, Half Square / Half Crazy (2004) Como, Italy

	On October 8, Dan Graham will give a lecture at KADK - The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture, Design and Conservation. The lecture, entitled "New Works Between Art and Architecture", will focus on Graham's recent pavilions and the ways in which he sees them interacting with city planning and their urban environment.   For more information, please click here.

Observingarts: Pipilotti Rist: The Shimmering Solution - The Tender Pixel Storm.

Pipilotti Rist: The Shimmering Solution - The Tender Pixel Storm

Installation with printed backlit screens, 1200 m2, Statoil, Fornebu, Oslo (2011)

I came across this monument the other day. The architecture of a-lab - "Five elements" - is so strikin it hardly allows for integration of artwork in the exterior. You are inside before you really have gotten to see Rist's enormous installation. Gazing to the sky from the ground in a transit area is awkward and leaves you with fractures of what should really be a great experience. The artwork becomes more of a gem for the building than an artwork in its own right. Size is not the only thing that matters.

Get more background on the artist from this short clip made by SF MOMA: