Visionaire 55 esce con un nuovo sorprendente numero dal titolo Surprise, realizzata in collaborazione con Krug. Una limited edition pensata per reinventare il concetto di magazine di moda e trasformare foto in 3D. Il risultato sono 12 incredibili libri pop-up realizzati con artisti come Steven Meisel, Mario Testino, Steven Klein, Sophie Calle, Andreas Gursky, Cai Guo-Qiang, Guido Mocafico, S0lve Sundsb0, Yayoi Kusama, Gareth Pugh e Alasdair McLellan. I libri, in edizione limitata, sono r

The newest issue of the high-concept fashion quarterly Visionaire pushes the limits of paper with an issue devoted to pop-ups. Visionaire 55: Surprise presents 12 hardcover pop-up books, boxed together, with projects by Steven Meisel, Mario Testino, Steven Klein, Sophie Calle, Andreas Gursky, Cai Guo-Qiang, Guido Mocafico, S0lve Sundsb0, Yayoi Kusama, Gareth Pugh and Alasdair McLellan. Together, the pop-up folios are housed in a cloth-covered case with a magnetized closure and an engraved metal

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Catherine Opie talks about her day job on NY Times video of Guggenheim Gala While we're on the subject of the Guggenheim: Do you wish you could have attended last week's Guggenheim Gala? Now you can---via video on the NY Times website. Listen in as the Guggenheim's new director, Richard Armstrong, entertains the assembled swells with his dry wit, saying that he's "very happy to have this job. In fact, I'm glad to have a job, period!" Watch Christie's Christopher Burge as he energetically wiel

Visionaire has given pop-up books a high-art twist by inviting the likes of Andreas Gursky, Mario Testino, and Cai Guo-Qiang to contribute mini-tableaux to its latest issue, Surprise. This layout is Chinese artist Guo-Qiang’s cascading waterfall and seems to be a beautiful rendition of his real life artwork: More on Men.Style.com Technorati Tags: art, China, Chinese artists, Cai Guo-Qiang, Visionaire

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On Friday I had the opportunity to tour Hearst Tower with Hearst Senior V.P. for Integrated Media, Jeff Hamill. Hearst Tower is Norman Foster's magnificent creation on 57th & 8th Avenue in NYC and is the new home to the Hearst Corporation. Foster preserved six stories of Joseph Urban's original Hearst Building to serve as a base for his new tower design. Using the original building's outer structure creates a wonderful open atrium at the base of the new Hearst Tower. Hearst T

Visionaire, an art and fashion publication is out with its latest issue and this one is truly dedicated to the art of pop-ups. Don't worry, it won't have a clown popping out. Visionaire is the pioneer in the changing format publication since as early as 1991. 'Surprise', in conjunction with the House of Krug features beautiful pop-ups for contemporary artists and designers. Sophie Calle, Andreas Gursky, Cai Guo-Qiang, Steven Klein, Yayoi Kusama, Alasdair Mclellan, Steven Meisel,Guido Mocafico,

Whe I first saw artworks by American artist Josh Keyes I was attracted to his composition style that fuses urband everyday items with nature. It was an ackwardly perfect match. Many of then featured animal in a surealist environment and unlikely pairing, bold and beautifully executed. Thank you to Josh for answering the questions. Q. It seems that all your paintings are mix between urban and nature. What are the massages that you like to convey? A. Environmental awareness and the common spa

It's always interesting to see Art Review Magazine's annual list of the Power 100 in contemporary art. Lots of collectors on the list. I love that people have been writing in to ask how they can get on the list next year. If you have to ask.... 01. Science (Damien Hirst) 02. Larry Gagosian 03. Kathy Halbreich 04. Sir Nicholas Serota 05. Iwan Wirth 06. Jay Jopling 07. David Zwirner 08. François Pinault 09. Jasper Johns 10. Eli Broad 11. Jeff Koons 12. Steven A. Cohen 13. Daniel Birnbaum 14. Ch

El letrero pone: “Things are gonna change“. Teniendo en cuenta lo que pasa esta noche, espero que esa frase sea premonitoria. Aunque, visto lo visto, no creo que cambie para bien… En fin, échale un vistazo a los pequeños mundos creados por Jeremy Mora. Poesía en formato comprimido. PD: Cómo no sólo de pan vive el hombre, el sr. Mora le pega también a otras cosas. Por ejemplo, al lápiz, los collages, la sinhueso… Un, dos, tres, responda otra vez. Actualización Por primera vez que el futuro

Mark Bradford’s “Ark” proves hope still floats in New Orleans… Widely considered to be the single most important art event of 2008, the first-ever NEW ORLEANS BIENNIAL, “Prospect.1” curated by art world heavy and former New Museum senior curator DAN CAMERON opened this Saturday in an effort to revitalize the area’s art culture. Featuring a star-filled roster of 81 artists including heavyweights like CAI GUO QIANG, TONY FITZPATRICK, GAJIN FUJITA, ADAM CVIJANOVIC, YASUMASA MORIMURA, FRED TO

Mark Bradford’s “Ark” proves hope still floats in New Orleans… Widely considered to be the single most important art event of 2008, the first-ever NEW ORLEANS BIENNIAL, “Prospect.1” curated by art world heavy and former New Museum senior curator DAN CAMERON opened this Saturday in an effort to revitalize the area’s art culture. Featuring a star-filled roster of 81 artists including heavyweights like CAI GUO QIANG, TONY FITZPATRICK, GAJIN FUJITA, ADAM CVIJANOVIC, YASUMASA MORIMURA, FRED TO

The new issue of Visionaire is out. Visionaire No. 55 “Surprise” is a collaboration with Krug. “The new issue of Visionaire pushes the limits of paper with an issue devoted to pop-ups. Visionaire 55 Surprise collaborates with the House of Krug and features intricate pop-ups by Sophie Calle, Andreas Gursky, Cai Guo-Qiang, Steven Klein, Yayoi Kusama, Alasdair McLellan, Steven Meisel, Guido Mocafico, Nicola Formichetti/Gareth Pugh, Sølve Sundsbø, and Mario Testino. The pop-up folios are housed

From Bonny Cassidy ... In his series of photographed process works, The Century with Mushroom Clouds (1996), New-York based Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang summons the horror of the nuclear cloud, but to what effect? Photographed in various “test sites”, Cai’s cloud (produced by gunpowder rather than atomic fission) is no longer sublimely fearsome but reduced and therefore impotent. In the image from Nevada, for instance – a location that invokes Land Art works of the sixties and seventi

Article du Point n°1883 de la semaine dernière : #1 - Jeff Koons Le must du marché Né en 1955, vit à New York. Prix record: 14,5 millions d’euros. On ne présente plus l’artiste qui a les honneurs de Versailles jusqu’au 14 décembre. Son oeuvre est devenue un must du marché de l’art, possédée par les plus puissants collectionneurs, d’Eli Broad - cofondateur de l’empire immobilier Kaufman & Broad - à l’homme d’affaires français François Pinault - propriétaire du “Point”. Mais ce sont les

Last year Kim Zetter wrote several smart articles about how outrage toward Lori Drew soon turned into out-of-control social shaming, after her name was released on the internet following the suicide of her neighbor, 13 year old Megan Meier. Drew created a fake Myspace boyfriend who “broke up” with Meier over email just days before she hung herself.: Experts say the firestorm that followed illustrates what happens when the social imperative to punish those in a community who violate social n

Cai Guo-Qiang making some magic!  creating one of his gunpowder drawings.   Photo Chris Smith. If you see him on the street, tell him congrats on receiving the 7th Annual Hiroshima Prize!

Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art Cai Guo-Qiang creating gunpowder drawing Bird of Light (2004) Fireworks by Grucci, Brookhaven, New York Photo Chris Smith, courtesy Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden The 7th Hiroshima Art Prize Cai Guo-Qiang October 25 - January 12, 2009 Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art (Hiroshima MOCA) 1-1 Hijiyama Koen, Minami-Ku, Hiroshima, JAPAN http://www.hcmca.cf.city.hiroshima.jp/ Exhibition Outline Established by the city of Hiroshim

Domani viene ufficialmente annunciata “The Power 100” ovvero la lista dei 100 nomi più potenti dell’arte secondo la rivista ArtReview, che compila la classifica da sette anni. Il Telegraph ne anticipa i risultati che vedono Damien Hirst (sesto nel 2007) dominare su Larry Gagosian (2), Kathy Halbreich (3) e Sir Nicholas Serota (4). Questo come risultato dei lavori svolti e del prestigio accumulato negli ultimi 12 mesi, che per Hirst vuol dire la mossa coraggiosa intrapresa con Sotheby’s, seg