Wes Anderson’s uniqueness explained through 5 movie sets
The American filmmaker is undoubtedly unique in the history of cinema - thanks to the precision and consistency of his furnishings and buildings. What would his films be without them?
Geumhyung Jeong: “I’m a collector who buys things and modifies them to interact with them”
Just before the general lock down in Italy, Fondazione Modena Art Visive introduced one of the most intriguing solo shows voted to merge the unpredictable relationship between humans and robots. The interview.
Art Basel Hong Kong is now open through the online Viewing Rooms
This is the first time in history a fair is held entirely on a digital platform. The Viewing Rooms will open to the public today.
People fighting Coronavirus: the pictures of Fangbin Chen
The Chinese photographer, winner of the Sony World Photography Awards 2020, depicts the outbreak in his hometown and the fight of people, reminding how important it is to defend biodiversity. The interview.
Zhijun Wang’s sneaker masks
“Without a smog or virus alert, no one will change their lifestyle,” the Chinese artist told Domus. For seven years his masks have been drawing attention to pollution. The last one made from an Esselunga shopping bag, instead, shifts the attention to Milan and the Coronavirus.
Peter Szendy
Are we producing way too many images?
The dark side of the visible in exhibition in Paris. An investigation on the universe behind the overproduction of online images, from clickworkers to storage, from their transportation to their economic value.
Art Twenty One: the project dedicated to Nigerian design and experimentation
In Nigeria a dynamic platform promotes art, design and craftsmanship of the city of Lagos. The first exhibition, “Floor One 9”, will be on an international tour.
10 masterpieces of cinema in which architecture and design are fundamental
Movies that talk about architects and architecture, but also in which design plays a fundamental role. From Bertolucci, to Greenaway, to Spielberg's Minority Report.
131 artists united for a colouring book on contemporary art
From Cattelan to Adrian Paci, over a hundred artists have been called to create original drawings that can be downloaded for free and coloured. A way to express creativity in times of quarantine.
Are we producing way too many images? The dark side of the visible in exhibition in Paris
An investigation on the universe behind the overproduction of online images, from clickworkers to storage, from their transportation to their economic value. Here's the interview with the curator, Peter Szendy.
The margins of New York in the pictures of Antonio Rovaldi
A special photographic project, traces a crossing of Manhattan along the Broadway, from south to the northern part of the island.
The impressive dream visions of Sun Yuan & Peng Yu at St. Regis in Rome
The hyper-realistic portrait of the mother of one of the two artists hovers at the centre of the room, surrounded by several animals: a surreal post-mortem vision invades the majestic lobby.
Danny Boyle: to save humankind, “choose culture”!
Our possible extinction, AI saving the planet and writing poems, Steve Job’s love for intuition and Usain Bolt’s flaws are among the topics that we discussed with the British director.