Posts Tagged ‘Modernism’
Thao Nguyen Phan’s Mythic Counterhistories
by Adela Lovric // Dec. 22, 2023
At Pirelli HangarBicocca’s cavernous, industrial exhibition space, Thao Nguyen Phan’s works—videos, installations, drawings and paintings—bring a certain poetic softness…[read on]
John Monteith
by Jayne Wilkinson // Oct. 20, 2023
Whenever I visit John Monteith’s studio in Toronto, the first thing I’m always struck by is colour. He’s a fastidious colourist and his many series of abstractions are remarkable for…[read on]
Giveaway: An Homage to Italian Modernist Architect Gio Ponti
May 7, 2021
Italian architect, industrial designer, furniture designer, artist, teacher, writer and publisher, Gio Ponti, is well-known for his contributions to Italy’s mid-century Renaissance…[read on]
Giveaway: Beatriz Milhazes’ Colorful Expanded Monograph
Apr. 20, 2021
Brazilian artist Beatriz Milhazes’ colorful monograph has recently been expanded to include works made as recently as 2020, exploring all of the artist’s creative phases,…[read on]
OPEN CALL for designers, architects, curators // Bauhaus Lab 2016: Desk in Exile
Article by Alice Bardos in Berlin // Feb. 18, 2016
The 2016 Bauhaus Lab is an opportunity to explore design and global modernism with a socio-economic focus. Today Walter Gropius’ original 1923 desk, which was created for an early collection of design…[read on…]
Exhibition // Domestic Utopias at NGBK
Article by Andrea Ongaro – in Berlin; Saturday, June 29, 2013.
The exhibition Domestic Utopias presented at the NGBK deals with a very articulated topic and confronts different artistic positions around the concept of dwelling and the organization of domesticity. The idea is to underline how architectural issues reflect and interpret social utopias, proposing…[read on…]