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fromwww.archdaily.com
2 days ago

Flipmod / Ambit Narrative Design (A.N.D)

Flipmod is a modular shading system designed for public spaces in subtropical cities, promoting climate responsiveness and public engagement.
NYC music
fromThe Washington Post
3 days ago

Opinion | What's that mysterious sound in Times Square? Look down.

Max Neuhaus created 'Times Square,' a sound sculpture that blends urban noise with art, designed to be experienced without any visible markers.
fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
3 days ago

how lachlan turczan reshapes matter by bending light and water in atmospheric installations

Lachlan Turczan's practice sits in the space between physics, optics, and environmental art, as he works with lasers, water, mist, and custom-built lenses to produce sculptures made entirely from light.
Berlin music
Graphic design
fromColossal
4 days ago

Stitch Your Favorite Destinations with Jake Henzler's 'Knit the City'

Knit the City by Jake Henzler allows users to create unique knitted representations of architectural landmarks using modular patterns.
Arts
fromArtnet News
2 days ago

David Nott Brings Textured Abstraction to the Screen with LG Gallery+

David Nott's textile works blend sculpture, design, and craft, with his 'Color Riddle' series emphasizing color, shape, and texture.
#art
Arts
fromKALTBLUT Magazine
1 week ago

HYDRA! An Illusion of Abundance - KALTBLUT Magazine

Art, fashion, and sustainability converge in the HYDRA project to inspire ethical consumption and collective responsibility for a sustainable future.
Media industry
fromKALTBLUT Magazine
1 week ago

Building Stories That Matter: A Conversation with Manuel Scheuernstuhl - KALTBLUT Magazine

Manuel Scheuernstuhl transitioned from child voice actor to video journalist, blending storytelling sensitivity with a global perspective in his work.
#photography
Photography
fromAnOther
1 week ago

Norbert Schoerner's Experiments with Photography in the Age of AI

Norbert Schoerner's book contains no photographs, exploring the impact of ubiquitous images on perception and meaning.
Arts
fromBerlin Art Link
2 days ago

Review of Group Show Anahita Sadighi Gallery | Berlin Art Link

The exhibition 'Let Us Believe in the Dawn of Spring' celebrates renewal through diverse artistic expressions coinciding with the Persian New Year.
Design
fromArchDaily
4 days ago

Reversible Cultural Pavilion Activates Public Space in Frankfurt 2026

Spain's pavilion for World Design Capital 2026 emphasizes reversible cultural infrastructure and innovative materials to address environmental and social challenges.
Berlin music
fromBerlin Art Link
5 days ago

Review of MaerzMusik 2026 | Berlin Art Link

The interplay of sound and senses at MaerzMusik 2026 lacked clarity and strong direction amidst cultural and political challenges.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
3 days ago

An Artist Embraces the Metaphorical Cracks of Matzah

Emily Drew Miller's art reflects the disconnection felt among Jewish people through her matzah-inspired prints.
fromYanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
5 days ago

BREMEN Turns a Broom Into a Guitar and a Desk Into a Piano - Yanko Design

BREMEN is designed to change the way people interact with music by allowing everyday objects to become actual instruments, thus removing traditional barriers to music-making.
Berlin music
Remodel
fromApartment Therapy
3 weeks ago

21 Ways to Bring the FunHaus Design Trend to Your Space, According to Experts

FunHaus is a maximalist decor trend inspired by circuses and carnivals, featuring bright colors, bold graphic prints, and sculptural silhouettes to create joyful, whimsical home spaces.
Arts
fromwww.amny.com
3 days ago

Grimanesa Amoros and the architecture of illumination

Light is a powerful force in art, transcending culture and language, and is essential to understanding perception and truth.
Design
fromArchitectural Digest
1 week ago

Joris Laarman Looks to Mother Earth and the Latest Tech for Inspiration

Joris Laarman creates a live-work community in Zaandam, blending design, family, and nature after being inspired by Australia's natural beauty and subsequent bushfires.
Coronavirus
fromArchDaily
3 weeks ago

The Embellished, the Transient, and the Critical Installation / Alsar Atelier

During the pandemic, urban spaces transformed dramatically as animals reclaimed cities and streets became vibrant communal areas filled with greenery and public life.
Arts
fromKALTBLUT Magazine
3 days ago

Perceptrum and the Emergence of Augmented Painting: When the Canvas Begins to Listen - KALTBLUT Magazine

Perceptrum redefines painting by allowing touch, creating a sensory dialogue that transforms the relationship between observer and artwork.
Graphic design
fromItsnicethat
2 weeks ago

The identity for Spatial festival feels aptly three-dimensional

Motion was integrated as a foundational design element rather than an afterthought, creating a dynamic, three-dimensional brand identity that responds to physical and digital spaces.
fromBOOOOOOOM!
4 days ago

"Idling" by Artist Greta Kresse

"These paintings merge the landscape and the intimacy of windows through the framing of the car, bridging the two realms I've typically explored separately. The car becomes a meditation on transition, on existing simultaneously here and elsewhere."
Arts
Renovation
fromColossal
4 weeks ago

Alvaro Urbano Suspends Fleeting Moments of Decay in Metal Plants

Álvaro Urbano sculpts plants from metal and paint to preserve fleeting moments of nature that would otherwise disappear within days or minutes.
Philosophy
fromBerlin Art Link
1 month ago

Letter from the Editor: Abjection | Berlin Art Link

Abjection describes visceral reactions to undefined things like bodily waste that threaten our stable sense of self and expose our mortality.
#maurizio-cattelan
Arts
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 days ago

Calling all sinners: for his latest work, artist Maurizio Cattelan wants people to confess

Maurizio Cattelan invites global callers to confess sins via a hotline, culminating in a livestreamed event where he offers symbolic absolution.
Arts
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 days ago

Calling all sinners: for his latest work, artist Maurizio Cattelan wants people to confess

Maurizio Cattelan invites global callers to confess sins via a hotline, culminating in a livestreamed event where he offers symbolic absolution.
Design
fromArchDaily
2 weeks ago

Smiljan Radic: Material Explorations Between Ephemerality and Permanence

Chilean architect Smiljan Radić creates buildings that blend ancient monumentality with provisional fragility, combining diverse materials in experimental ways that challenge conventional architectural categorization.
Berlin music
fromKALTBLUT Magazine
2 weeks ago

Experience the Pulse of Existence: "Urgency" by Leonis Works at Haus Der Visionare - KALTBLUT Magazine

"Urgency" is a groundbreaking multi-disciplinary dance work exploring personal experience and socio-political issues through immersive choreography that transcends traditional stage boundaries.
Miscellaneous
fromArtforum
1 month ago

Stefanie Hessler

John Knight's installation critiques productivity paradigms by allowing untrimmed plants to grow freely, inspired by Paul Lafargue's manifesto on the right to leisure.
Arts
fromArtforum
4 days ago

Can the Biennial Serve a City, or Just "Big Art"?

Regional juried exhibitions have evolved, with new triennials emerging to address local artmaking and economic growth, but face challenges in meeting diverse expectations.
Design
fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
3 weeks ago

paul&albert turn dutch front doors into sculptural cabinet for citizen participation in assen

Paul&Albert designed a Front Door Cabinet for Assen municipality that combines domestic door architecture with public communication tools, symbolizing the threshold between private and public life.
fromKALTBLUT Magazine
3 weeks ago

In Conversation with Malte Bossen! A Movement Of Change. - KALTBLUT Magazine

Pornceptual challenges mainstream perceptions of pornography, reframing it as inclusive, artistic, intimate, and respectful rather than exploitative or taboo. Its events, from Berlin to international stages, bring a sex-positive, body-inclusive ethos to nightlife. Strict consent practices, no-photo policies, and spaces designed for authentic self-expression create a rare kind of freedom - one that allows visitors to explore identity, desire, and intimacy without judgment.
Berlin music
fromHyperallergic
1 week ago

Taking a Seat at Robert Therrien's Table

Robert Therrien's 'Under the Table' is a 10-foot-tall sculpture that captivates visitors, inviting them to experience its scale and intricacies from below. The piece exemplifies Therrien's ability to transform everyday objects into monumental art.
Arts
Arts
fromObserver
1 week ago

Robert Wiesenberger On Thinking Relationally and Brooklyn's Art World Ambitions

Robert Wiesenberger joins the Brooklyn Museum as Senior Curator of Contemporary Art, aiming to enhance its collection and address contemporary issues.
Arts
fromColossal
1 week ago

Ambiguity Reigns in Olaf Hajek's Mysterious Illustrations

Olaf Hajek's work emphasizes connections over differences, blending nature and culture to create dreamlike, ambiguous compositions.
#contemporary-art
Berlin music
fromArtforum
1 month ago

METHOD ACTING: BERLIN WINTER SHOWS

Berlin gallery exhibitions explore the dissolution of boundaries between professional and private spaces through experimental film and contemporary art installations.
Arts
fromBerlin Art Link
2 weeks ago

An Interview with Igshaan Adams | Berlin Art Link

South African artist Igshaan Adams translates memory into physical matter through installations, textiles, and performances that weave spirit and remembrance into materials like cotton, plastic, and stone.
Design
fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
1 month ago

reclaimed corrugated fiberglass panels reform as luminous sculpture by heilig objects

Salvaged corrugated fiberglass panels from an abandoned hut are transformed into a limited-edition light sculpture, preserving fifty years of environmental patina within custom wooden frames.
Arts
fromColossal
2 weeks ago

Marc Fornes' New Sculptural Pavilion Reimagines the Architectural Folly

Marc Fornes creates a contemporary sculptural pavilion in Cary Park that reimagines the 18th-century architectural folly tradition through high-tech digital fabrication and innovative design.
Medicine
fromBerlin Art Link
2 months ago

An Interview with Lukas Feireiss | Berlin Art Link

Interdisciplinary alliances between arts, medicine, and science foster attention and responsibility, promoting ethical care, patient agency, and collaborative public education.
fromArtforum
2 months ago

Fatima Hellberg

Small, nimble cameras occupy perspectives inaccessible to human perception, creating images that are more visceral and embodied than the purely retinal. In the absence of verbal narration, we witness an interconnected logic of violence: The camerawork lets us see the brutal working conditions, but also the brutality toward other sentient beings and the sea, all unfolding as part of the same process.
Film
fromBerlin Art Link
1 month ago

Studio Visit with Jerszy Seymour | Berlin Art Link

Countering the passive consumption of today's social, political, ecological and informational debacle, artist and designer Jerszy Seymour proposes a necessarily utopian alternative, grounded in cooperative creativity. His interdisciplinary practice engages the transformative potentials of art, design and activism through instinctual and embodied energies.
Design
fromBerlin Art Link
2 months ago

Review of Alexander Basil at Galerie Judin | Berlin Art Link

Alexander Basil has created a cosmos. His instantly recognizable style and established color palette implicate the subject matter in a process of calm and sure scrutiny. Central to this cage is the familiar figure that reappears, on a quest through daily life. The protagonist is both the subject and object of reflection that morphs in and with his surroundings, travelling worlds beyond the room he finds himself in.
Wellness
Berlin music
fromKALTBLUT Magazine
1 month ago

Immerse Yourself in Time: The Infinite Now at Kraftwerk Berlin - KALTBLUT Magazine

Berlin Atonal and Unsound present The Infinite Now, a 30-hour continuous sound experience at Kraftwerk Berlin on May 16-17, 2026, featuring over 20 artists in a communal immersive environment.
Design
fromDesign Milk
1 month ago

F5: Amber Pan Talks an Iconic Lamp, Sculpture + More

Amber Pan transitioned from architecture to interior design, founding Studio ŪMA to create spaces that tell stories through imperfect beauty, weathered materials, and intentional restraint.
fromwww.kaltblut-magazine.com
1 month ago

Experience the Essence of Black Creativity at Platte Berlin!

From February 17 to March 10, 2026, the vibrant intersection of fashion and art will come alive at Platte Berlin with SPOTLIGHT ON BLACK CREATIVITY. This unmissable pop-up exhibition showcases the brilliance of Black designers and visual artists, setting the stage for an extraordinary celebration of heritage and contemporary expression. Dive into a world where creativity knows no bounds, featuring groundbreaking brands such as adesa, Amaluma Studio, Gelisa George, Dinga, Azea Zalea, and GEMZ.
Fashion & style
fromHyperallergic
3 weeks ago

Embracing Friction in the Art World

On Franklin Street in Brooklyn's Greenpoint neighborhood, one non-commercial gallery fosters 'a small, stubbornly human space for friction.' Friction—the ubiquitous buzzword that captures the simultaneous delight and discomfort of doing things the slow way—is at the heart of artists Pap Souleye Fall and Char Jeré's current show at Subtitled NYC. It also reflects the overall spirit of this little exhibition space and of a burgeoning movement to reject our culture of optimization in favor of a bumpier, more intimate, less alienating experience.
Arts
fromKALTBLUT Magazine
2 months ago

In Conversation with STAMM - KALTBLUT Magazine

Elisabet's creative journey for this season began with a thoughtful reflection on what truly matters in fashion, the art of selection and refinement over mere excess. Collaborating with the UK-based 360 Group, she honed her signature ultra-exaggerated design language, creating voluminous coats that envelop the wearer in comfort while allowing for freedom of movement. This collection showcases puffers with organically curved shapes, innovative features like dual-access pockets, and adjustable hems, ensuring that functionality harmonises with style.
Fashion & style
fromKALTBLUT Magazine
1 month ago

Richert Beil Fall/Winter 2026 - LANDEI - KALTBLUT Magazine

LANDEI transcends the conventional notion of a "place"; it embodies a state of mind, challenging perceptions of naivety or unsophistication. This deliberate reclamation of the term speaks volumes about the brand's ethos and intention. At the heart of this collection lies an exploration of fashion that distances itself from the spectacle of the industry, shifting the focus toward origin, patience, and a deep, internal contemplation of creativity.
Fashion & style
Photography
fromBOOOOOOOM!
2 months ago

"Input/Output" by Artist Jacob Rochester

Jacob Rochester's paintings explore familial ties and intergenerational connection through music, blending photorealism, gestural marks, photographic sources, and layered oil glazing to evoke collective nostalgia.
fromBerlin Art Link
2 months ago

Studio Visit with Myriam Jacob-Allard | Berlin Art Link

Myriam Jacob-Allard appears through a heavy door and greets us with an easy warmth, scooping us up and welcoming us into her world. We are immediately absorbed by an unexpected color-drenched stairwell. Every surface is saturated in a dense, glowing yellow that reads unmistakably as egg yolk, insulating us from the outside in as we make our ascent. We turn into a long hallway whose fragrant freshly waxed floor catches the light, reflecting it back upward so that the corridor seems to glow beneath our feet.
Photography
Arts
fromColossal
1 month ago

'Architectural Fantasies' Chronicles Elaborate Creations by Self-Taught Artists

Self-taught artists across the U.S. create distinctive vernacular environments using salvaged and found materials, driven by spiritual fervor and personal vision.
Design
fromDesign Milk
2 months ago

Weltevree and the Kroller-Muller Museum Put a Bench in Motion

A movable, weather-resistant aluminum Wheelbench enables single-person repositioning, personalization with museum-art stickers, and playful outdoor seating in sculpture gardens.
Arts
fromColossal
1 month ago

Itty-Bitty Signs and Portals by Michael Pederson Reimagine Everyday Urban Details

Michael Pederson creates playful miniature interventions that transform mundane urban and natural occurrences into moments of wonder and curiosity.
#anish-kapoor
Arts
fromColossal
1 month ago

Itamar Gov Draws on History and Legend for 'The Rhinoceros in the Room'

A towering inflatable rhinoceros occupies a medieval church nave, referencing Dürer's inaccurate 1515 woodcut and reflecting themes of power, memory, myth, and endangered wildlife.
fromBerlin Art Link
1 month ago

An Interview with Monia Ben Hamouda | Berlin Art Link

Monia Ben Hamouda's work weaves calligraphy, material transformation and ancestral memory into sculptures and installations that oscillate between language and form. In conversation, we traced the conceptual and sensory threads of her practice, unfolding through key works that reflect on heritage, embodiment and translation. Using materials such as iron, stone and pigment, her installations become sites where history is not only referenced but physically felt.
Arts
#henrike-naumann
Arts
fromArtnet News
2 months ago

Swiss Artist Andre Thomkins Invented 'Lackskins'-Now They Are On View

André Thomkins developed 'Lacksins', a chance-based marbling-derived drawing technique blending bookbinding, varnish-on-water processes, and Surrealist/Dada influences.
fromBerlin Art Link
2 months ago

Review of David Horvitz at ChertLudde | Berlin Art Link

In ChertLüdde, evocations abound: the show is a transcription of California (I've never been, but I imagine it to be sun drenched and a bit dehydrated), which is transposed onto the grid of the gallery in Schöneberg. Shells, dried stalks, bits of pottery, sea urchins, art left behind by visitors, are arranged on a stage (a duplication of the one found in Horvitz's garden in Los Angeles),
Arts
Arts
fromBerlin Art Link
2 months ago

An Interview with Egill Sbjornsson | Berlin Art Link

Art can act as an evolving, collaborative life form that heals, generates joy, and reshapes human relationships through sensory participation, play, and tech-material hybrid environments.
Arts
fromdesignyoutrust.com
2 months ago

Robert Reimann Turns Synthography Into Surreal Fine Art Where Prompts Meet Hand And Lens

A wide-ranging showcase of contemporary visual art and photography spanning surrealism, digital and AI art, conceptual sculptures, documentary photography, and inventive fashion and design.
fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
1 month ago

an inflatable rhinoceros occupies the medieval gallery of kunstmuseum magdeburg

The Rhinoceros in the Room, an inflatable installation by Itamar Gov, occupies the central volume of Kunstmuseum Magdeburg in Magdeburg, Germany with a single, overwhelming gesture. Installed inside the former monastery church that houses the museum, the project places a larger than life rhinoceros directly in the nave, its bulk stretching from aisle to aisle and rising toward the Romanesque vaults, so that the animal becomes the primary spatial condition of the building rather than an object within it.
Arts
fromColossal
2 months ago

Luftwerk Transforms Paint and Aluminum into Radiant Explorations of Sunlight

Topped with a roof shaped like a crabshell, Le Corbusier's Chapelle Notre-Dame-du-Haut is a sanctuary amid the French mountainside. The 1955 construction rests atop a hill in Ronchamp, standing unobstructed by the otherwise forested inclines. As the sun rises and falls, light filters in through the mélange of rectangular windows tinted to cast streams of color around the space. The stained glass apertures of Le Corbusier's modernist chapel are a clear reference point for Luftwerk's "Open Frame."
Arts
Arts
fromJuxtapoz
2 months ago

Juxtapoz Magazine - Nicolas Party "Dead Fish" @ Karma, New York

Nicolas Party reinvents art-historical genres by producing small-scale oil-on-copper reworkings and pastel studies that loop past masterpieces into present, devotional-inspired compositions.
Arts
fromArtnet News
2 months ago

Ai Weiwei Returns to China After a Decade in Exile

Ai Weiwei returned to China after ten years in exile; brief airport interrogation occurred, but no further interference, prompting questions about space for dissent.
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