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Alessandro Roma: Inner Landscapes

August, 19 2020

Working in painting, sculpture, collage and everything in between, Italian artist Alessandro Roma talks to TLmag about how his methodology has continued to change form and takes us through the inspiration behind his practice.

Hilma Af Klint: Artist, Researcher, Medium

August, 18 2020

Before Kandinsky, Malevich and Mondrian, there was Hilma af Klimt. After a breakout exhibition of her work in their Stockholm museum back in 2013, Malmö’s Moderna Musseet revisits the Swedish artist’s oeuvre to present new insights into af Klimt’s systematic research.

Fashion: An Industry in Need of a Conductor

August, 16 2020

Founder of the fashion department of the Ecole nationale supérieure des Arts Visuels (ENSAV) in Brussels, in 1986, which she later baptised La Cambre Mode(s), Francine Pairon continued to pursue her vision,

Erez Nevi Pana: Layers

August, 12 2020

Erez Nevi Pana’s research gives an answer to a specific question: is it possible to conceive design without using any kind of material derived from animals? Born in Bnei Brak (Israel) in 1983,

Neri Oxman’s “Material Ecology”

August, 11 2020

Now available through MoMa’s ‘Virtual Views’ programme, Neri Oxman’s latest exhibition not only takes a critical look at the future of architecture and design, but also aims to re-define the role of the designer as the initiator of a process,

Pearl Lam Galleries: How the Spirit Becomes a Camel

August, 08 2020

“How the spirit becomes a camel, the camel a lion, and the lion at last a child”, these well-known words from Nietzsche inspired the title of the Shanghai-based Pearl Lam Galleries exhibition ‘Metamorphoses’.

Brasília: Freeze Frame of a Future Past

August, 04 2020

In this extensive conversation between Christian Larsen and photographer Vincent Fournier, we learn about the aesthetics and interests behind ‘Brasília, A Time Capsule’, a series which investigates the architecture, landscape, and people of Brasília (Brazil).

Belgian Couch: About Home, Nature and Hospitality

July, 30 2020

Collaborator of our sister gallery Spazio Nobile, Matthias Kohn, developed a project about home, nature, and hospitality. In essence, the concept is based on the idea of placing furniture, most often used in private interior settings,

Sigalit Landau: Crossing Border

July, 29 2020

If her concept for building an island bridge out of salt in the middle of the Dead Sea becomes a reality, artist Sigalit Landau will have created a symbol for connection and hope in the Middle East

Baldwin & Guggisberg’s ‘Walking in the Void’

July, 28 2020

Glasmuseet Ebeltoft’s summer exhibition presents the glass works of Swiss-American power couple Philip Baldwin and Monica Guggisberg. Although the exhibition’s principal medium may be glass, its intentions extend far beyond material and technique.

Studio Pieter Stockmans: Quality, Craftsmanship and Love

July, 23 2020

Piet Stockmans is a Belgian visual artist, as well as the founder and designer at Studio Pieter Stockmans, which specializes in hard porcelain. This autumn, Stockmans turns 80. To celebrate this special birthday,

Marie Hazard: Writing Without Words

July, 22 2020

On her old wooden loom, Marie Hazard weaves stories with miles of thread. Through a long and complex process, she brings together traditional hand weaving techniques and digital printing technology to explore contemporary social and cultural conditions.

Double Trouble: Paul McCarthy

July, 21 2020

This month brings not one, but two exhibitions highlighting Paul McCarthy’s visceral, often hauntingly humorous multi-faceted artistic practice.

Jos Devriendt: Sculpting Light

July, 16 2020

Belgian artist Jos Devriendt is renowned for his ceramic mushroom lamps; minimalist and iconic contemporary sculptures that are conceptual and functional. Following in the footsteps of fellow Belgian René Magritte (Ceci n’est pas une pipe) Devriendt’s everyday objects push the boundaries of function with form,

Steven Haulenbeek: Cast of Characters

July, 15 2020

What people get up to during a polar vortex might not be that newsworthy but in rare cases, these periods of extreme weather can inspire experimentation and spawn fresh output. For Chicago-based Steven Haulenbeek,

MANIERA’s Retrospective Summer Residency

July, 14 2020

For the next two months, pieces from the MANIERA collection find a new home in De Beir House, an early example of architect’s Huib Hoste’s modernist designs.

Villa Noailles: An Island Connected to an Archipelago

July, 13 2020

In celebration of Villa Nouailles’ re-opening and their announcement of a new summer programme, we’re looking back at our interview with the exhibition site’s director and founder of its Design Parade: Jean-Pierre Blanc.

Fondation d’entreprise Hermès: Skills Academy

July, 09 2020

The Fondation d’entreprise Hermès launched its call for applications for the fifth edition of the Skills Academy, its major programme dedicated to exploring skills and innovation centred on a specific raw material.

“Call To The Wild” at Aalto’s Maison Louis Carré

July, 06 2020

Within Louis Carré’s iconic house built by Finnish architect Alvar Aalto in the late 1950s, visitors can now experience the fine artworks of three contemporary Finnish artists: Laura Laine, Kustaa Saksi and Kim Simonsson.

Florian Borkenhagen: Objects with a Compelling Story

July, 06 2020

With a passion for mobility and desire to challenge branded perception, German designer Florian Borkenhagen deconstructs, transforms and reconstructs everyday objects and provides them with a sophisticated value. TLmag caught up with the designer,

Guillaume Désanges: Matters of Concern

July, 03 2020

Now a year into his third curatorial “season” at La Verrière Hermès, TLmag caught up with French curator Guillaume Désanges to discuss the influences behind their latest exhibition ‘Musa Nuit’ –

Lucile Soufflet: Intimacy, Meeting and Sharing

July, 02 2020

Belgian designer Lucile Soufflet is currently based in Brussels. For over a decade she is inspired by the individual, a sense of fun, and a rational perspective play. The Spazio Nobile Gallery commissioned her to design a piece of furniture for the gallery.