Alethea Magazine

23/02/2022

06/02/2022

Last chance: Breguet watch by Jérôme Bonaparte in
"Luxury & Lifestyle. Weimar und die weite Welt",
exhibition in Goethe-Museum, Düsseldorf
Only until 22. February 2022
The exhibition houses not only historical objects but also luxury items such as a selection of Breguet watches and, in particular, the pocket watch of Jérôme Bonaparte. Napoleon Bonaparte's youngest brother was appointed King of Westphalia by him and ruled between 1807 and 1813. He already owned several Breguet watches and on January 14, 1806, he bought the pocket watch, which is one of the highlights of the exhibition, for the then price of 2,200 francs.

Breguet No. 1587
The pocket watch of Jérôme Bonaparte. The initials "JB" are engraved on the back.
On display in the Goethe-Museum in Düsseldorf
©Breguet

05/02/2022

Art Calendar, 3. February 2022 by Francesca Morelli
The exhibition year 2022 at the
Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen in Düsseldorf

Impressive exhibitions await at the Kunstsammlung NRW in 2022!
It is an international selection of established masters and dynamic young artists. One highlight is certainly the exhibition of Gerhard Richter's „Birkenau“-Zyklus. The revered painter, who teaches at the Düsseldorf Art Academy, turns 90 on February 9 2022. His „Birkenau“-Zyklus will be shown once again in Düsseldorf before traveling to Japan and later coming to Berlin's National Gallery.

The Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen is the art collection of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in the state capital Düsseldorf. It spreads its treasure trove of artworks over 3 buildings in the city, the K20 at Grabbeplatz 5, the K21 in the Ständehaus at Ständehausstrasse 1, and the Schmela-Haus at Mutter-Ey-Strasse 3.

Photo: The Walther Collection
Nontsikelelo (Lolo) Veleko, Nonkululeko, 2003
©The artist. Courtesy the artist,
The Walther Collection, Neu-Ulm/New York, and Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg.

05/02/2022

The Art Calendar by Francesca Morelli, 5 February 2022
Franziska Stünkel Exhibition "Coexist" at Leica Galerie Düsseldorf
February 19 - April 30, 2022
Leica Galerie Düsseldorf is showing works by German photographer and film director Franziska Stünkel in the exhibition "Coexist." For more than twelve years, the internationally awarded film director and photographic artist has traveled with her Leica camera through Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas in search of natural reflections on window glass that, in their condensation, tell of the coexistence of human life.

Charged to the highest complexity, her photographs are the visualization of the commonalities and contrasts that exist in our interconnected world. The artist completely dispenses with digital post-processing of her photographs. The result is a multi-layered view of the highly topical question of coexistence in our present. The exhibition at Leica Galerie Düsseldorf presents photographs from the entire twelve-year work cycle "Coexist".
Photo: Portrait Franzisks Stünkel
©Leica

15/01/2022

Art Calendar, 14 January 2022
Sotheby's auction of the Collection of the legendary couple François and Betty Catroux,
the famous designer and fashion icon
Paris 24 February 2022

https://www.amourfou-art.com/Sothebys-auction-of-the-Collection-of-the-legendary-couple-François-and-Betty-Catroux--the-famous-designer-and-fashion-icon

Photo: Betty et Francois Catroux credit Horst P Horst
Sotheby's
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09/01/2022

Ash Barty and Ashvin Harrison - Tennis Meets Art - Rado Art Auction
from 10 - 22 January 2022
This auction at Singularart will open on 10.01.2022, 00:00 Eastern Australian Time.

Australian tennis player Ash Barty, WTA world number one and Rado brand ambassador, created a piece of art with renowned artist Ashvin Harrison, which is now being auctioned for charity. The artwork resulting from the encounter was arranged by the watch brand Rado.

Ashvin Harrison works as a painter and draughtsman in Australia. In his compositions, he strikes a balance between monochrome textures and colourful details meant to represent the complexity of human emotion and connection. He composes figurative works with charcoal and acrylic. With charcoal he captures the representational images; then he draws inspiration from music or nature and combines with abstract, expressionistic colours.

For the joint work with Ashvin, Ash completed one of his artworks - under the artist's guidance, but in her personal way: With tennis balls dipped in paint, which she hit on the canvas, the tennis player added colour and energy to Ashvin's monochrome structure.

The Art for Charity project was initiated by the Swiss watch manufacturer Rado. In partnership with the international online art gallery Singulart, Rado will now auction the artwork.

About the auction
The auction of the artwork for Make-A-Wish will take place from 10 to 31 January 2022 via the renowned online art gallery Singulart. The artwork can be viewed at www.singulart.com/en/events/makeawish from 10 January.

Photos: Rado - Ashleigh Barty and Ashvin Harrison
©Rado
Rado Artwork - Ash Barty Painting by Ashvin Harrison
©Rado

01/01/2022

Art Calendar - 31 December 2021
UMBUNG KONTEKS - DOCUMENTA FIFTEEN
presents new series of talks - held on the first Sunday of every month from 5 December 2021
Tickets out now

The background
Documenta 15 is led by the artist collective ruangrupa. The ruangrupa collective was founded in Jakarta in 2000 and is a renowned name in the Indonesian art and culture scene. ruangrupa is internationally experienced and networked and, for example, organised the art project "Market Share" together with the German artist Tobias Rehberger as a partner of the Goethe-Institut in 2015.

The documenta was founded by Kassel art professor and designer Arnold Bode in 1955 and is considered the most important exhibition for contemporary art. In 2017, it was directed by Polish curator Adam Szymczyk and took place in two cities, Kassel and Athens. It reached more people than ever before in its history; it denounced suffering, colonialism, capitalism, climate catastrophe, but unfortunately recorded a financial deficit.

The directors of documenta 15 ruangrupa, on the other hand, have a participatory approach and an excellent network. Taking their own principle further, they identified other artist collectives from around the world as participants for 2022. The way the participants were announced was also something quite new - they were announced in the German homeless magazine "Asphalt". The list of artists' collectives was also arranged by time zone, not alphabetically.

Photo: Logo documenta fifteen
© documenta fifteen 2022

30/12/2021

Art Calendar - 29 December 2021
Marcel Proust - A Parisian Novel
The great poet's Paris at the Musée Carnavalet
from 16 December 2021 to 10 April 2022

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Photos: Jacques-Emile Blanche, Portrait de Marcel Proust, 1892,
huile sur toile. Musée d’Orsay.
Photo © RMN-Grand Palais (musée d’Orsay) / Hervé Lewandowski
Mobilier ayant appartenu à Marcel ProustCollection du musée Carnavalet - Histoire de Paris
© Pierre Antoine / Paris Musées / Musée Carnavalet - Histoire de Paris
Anonyme, Marcel Proust et ses amis au tennis du boulevard Bineau (au centre Jeanne Pouquet), 1892
© Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris

23/12/2021

NEW 22 December 2021
The Climate Museum in New York
Interview with Saskia Randle and Anais Reyes

Museums are the vehicle for social and political engagement, and can create significant change. That's what Miranda Massie had in mind when she founded the Climate Museum in New York. Art is central to the Climate Museum's mission. Miranda Massie believes that people's climate engagement is facilitated by arts and cultural programmes. She had realised that most Americans are concerned about the climate crisis but do not know how to act. She sees her most important target group in this regard as young people, and her staff also consists mainly of students and high school pupils.
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https://www.amourfou-art.com/the-climate-museum-in-new-york---interview-with-saskia-randle-and-anais-reyes

Photos: Climate Speaks - Climate Museum New York
©Sari Goodfriend
In Human Time - Climate Museum New York
©Sari Goodfriend
Climate Signals - Climate Museum New York
©Justin Brice Guariglia

20/12/2021

Art Calendar, 20 December 2021 - By Renzo F.
Donatello, The Renaissance
Pioneer of the Renaissance
An historical exhibition in Florence
Palazzo Strozzi and Musei del Bargello
19 March - 31 July 2022

https://www.amourfou-art.com/Donatello-Pioneer-of-the-Renaissance--historical-exhibition-in-Florence--Palazzo-Strozzi

18/12/2021

THE MUSEUM AS A PLACE FOR VISUAL LEARNING & THE CHALLENGES OF NFT ART
An interview with the general director of the
Kunstpalast Düsseldorf, Dr. Felix Krämer.

https://www.amourfou-art.com/The-museum-as-places-for-visual-learning--An-interview-with-the-general-director-of-the-Kunstpalast-Düsseldorf--Dr-Felix-Krämer

The phenomenon of NFT art is now part of our present and has found its place in culture. For museums, this poses great challenges. Things are changing at an unusual speed and communication is taking place through images. An interview with the general director of the Kunstpalast Düsseldorf, Dr. Felix Krämer about digital art and the chance of museums as places of learning to see.

Photos:
Outside Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf
Photo: Katja Illner
Photo 2: Banz & Bowinkel
Palo Alto. 2017-2018 - Interactive virtual reality installation - dimensions variable
Computer, Head Mounted Display (HMD), monitor, carpet, various cables, four-colored aluminum bar
Kunstpalast Düsseldorf
Installation view "Schöne neue Welten", Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen, 2017
Photo: Markus Tretter

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18/12/2021

Fashion & Jewerly 17 December 2021
"FLUTUR":
THE NEW CAPSULE FROM PUMA AND DUA LIPA
Dua Lipa Collection Mayze Talent ©Puma

https://www.amourfou-art.com/FLUTUR--THE-NEW-CAPSULE--FROM-PUMA-AND-DUA-LIPA

The new collection from PUMA and pop superstar Dua Lipa, "Flutur" is a limited edition capsule. Inspired by the 90s, the collection consists of apparel and footwear and will be released on Saturday, December 18, and is a taste of what is to come in 2022, when the full collection will be released.
The campaign was shot by German photographer Daniel Sannwald. In his production, he shows Dua's metamorphosis from doll to butterfly, from darkness to Technicolor. It was shot against a black and white background with colorful lighting and visual effects.

15/12/2021

Art Calendar - 14 December 2021
Marcus Jansen
"Victims and Victors"
Almine Rech London
Text by Jennifer Higgie
13 January to 19 February 2022

Each year, at 11am on 11 November the world falls silent to remember those who lost their lives in the battlefields of World War I. The so-called Great War was meant to be the war to end all wars, but since then, countless other conflicts have unleashed their horror and despair across the globe. Again and again, governments insist that the best way to resolve an argument is to kill. How to disrupt this terrible cycle of violence? Art is one way.

https://www.amourfou-art.com/marcus-jansen-is-exhibited-by-for-the-second-time-by-almine-rech-london-13-january-to-19-february-2022

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Photo: Marcus Jansen,
When the House is on Fire, 2021.
Courtesy the artist and Almine Rech

15/12/2021

Art Calendar - 12 December 2021
LEON LÖWENTRAUT
Presentation of the "Global Gate" in Dubai
The world's largest transportable work of art stands in front of the world's tallest building.

https://www.amourfou-art.com/LEON-LÖWENTRAUT--Presentation-of-the-Global-Gate-in-Dubai

Displayed in front of the Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building, at the famous Burj Plaza, alongside Expo 2020 Dubai, the Global Gate will make an important contribution to communicating the Sustainable Development Goals up to and including March 2022. The artwork also borrows from the thematic focus of EXPO 2020, which is "Connecting minds, shaping the future." The world exhibition is expected to attract 25 million visitors from all over the world.

The opening ceremony was attended by Khalil Abdul Wahid, Visual Arts Manager at Dubai Culture, Holger Mahnicke, German Consul General in Dubai, Leon Löwentraut and numerous other personalities from politics, art and society.

The Global Gate is the largest mobile work of art in the world and was designed with the 17 motifs of the campaign by the young German artist Leon Löwentraut, who is only 23 years old. Unmistakably based on the Brandenburg Gate in its construction, the artwork is 24 meters wide, 21 meters high and has a depth of six meters.
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14/12/2021

ANNA MARIA LUISA DE'MEDICI
Art, culture and beauty for Düsseldorf

Anna Maria de Medici is one of the outstanding Rhenish personalities of the late 17th and early 18th centuries. She came from the old Italian ruling dynasty De Medici from Florence. As the wife of the Palatine Elector Johann Wilhelm, she contributed significantly to the rise of Düsseldorf to a European cultural metropolis.

The Medici family had ruled over Florence and the surrounding area for more than 300 years. The Medici name is associated with art and culture. In fact, the family promoted, painters, sculptors and composers. The Medici family conducted trade and banking business throughout Europe and provided three popes. The family was so influential that it was hard to imagine an end to its rule.

https://www.amourfou-art.com/ANNA-MARIA-LUISA-DE-MEDICI--Art-culture-and-beauty-for-Düsseldorf

Anna Maria de Medici
Antonio Franchi, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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05/12/2021

DEUTSCHES FOTOINSTITUT FOR DÜSSELDORF
"German Photo Institute for Düsseldorf"
the latest developments
5 December 2021
The "Deutsches Fotoinstitut" - German Photoinstitut - is to become a center of excellence with worldwide appeal and protect the cultural heritage of photography. The state capital of Düsseldorf has formed new alliances in its efforts to become the home of the German Photo Institute.

New supporters are the Düsseldorf Art Academy, which together with DFI e.V.. (Verein zur Gründung und Förderung eines Deutschen Fotoinstituts e.V.) and the Photographische Sammlung/SK Stiftung Kultur from Cologne are supporting the process of planning and establishing the "Deutsches Fotoinstitut" in Düsseldorf. On November 19, 2021, a letter of intent was signed by Chancellor Johanna Boeck-Heuwinkel and the Rector of the Düsseldorf Art Academy, Prof. Karl-Heinz Petzinka, confirming the Academy as a cooperation partner.
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01/12/2021

1 December 2021
KARL LAGERFELD AUCTION AT SOTHEBY'S
Karl Lagerfeld was a dazzling figure for more than half a century. Her creative output is unparalleled and he has shaped fashion and style for decades. Karl Lagerfeld was also legendary as a collector of art and design objects. Sotheby's pays tribute to his work with an auction of over 1000 lots from his residences in France and Monaco. Auctions will also include his gloves, a Choupette sculpture by Joana Vasconcelos and a work of art by Jeff Koons. More on www.sothebys.com
Part I, auction in Monaco, Dec. 3, 4 and 5, 2021 and online from Nov. 28 to Dec. 6, 2021.
Part II Auction in Paris, December 14 and 15, 2021 and online from December 6 to 16, 2021.
Part III Auction in Cologne in March 2022

Karl Lagerfeld Commons.wikimedia

27/11/2021

"Director's Cut"
A 3, A 7 and A 9
Watch designs by Werner Aisslinger for Nomos
27 November 2021
NOMOS Autobahn neo-m Directors Cut
©NOMOS
You can't see it right away, but the watches are a motorway triangle: the German motorways A9, A3 and A7 (from left) meet here. Because: This is the "Director's Cut" of the NOMOS Autobahn watch. In favourite colours of its designer Werner Aisslinger, each is limited to 175 pieces.

The Nomos Autobahn watch came onto the market in 2018 designed by the German industrial designer Werner Aisslinger. The designer worked with the manufacture for over 4 years to develop the watch, as technical innovations kept coming. When the Autobahn watch was finally completed, it was a sporty watch at the request of the designer. Werner Aisslinger wanted to design a fast watch because speed fascinates him. Thus, the Autobahn watch has a partial luminous ring. The illuminated ring is reminiscent of the illuminated dashboard of a car speeding along a German motorway in the dark.

The Manufacture's new "Director's Cut" watch comes in the colours A3 (white-orange-red), A7 (blue-yellow) and A9 (black-grey). The watches are reminiscent of the cars sleds that enriched the street scene in the 60s and 70s.

The watch seems masculine because of the size, but is also popular with women.

25/11/2021

FLORASIS
Artistic cosmetics from China
22 November 2021
From my daily flood of pictures on Instagram, I discovered a treasure. Beautiful Chinese scenes and true works of art on packaging. Turns out it's the well-established cosmetics brand Florasis in China.

There is probably no packaging design like Florasis anywhere in the world. The jade-coloured powder compacts are decorated with gold patterns and stones. The texture of the powder, eye shadow and lipstick is engraved with traditional Chinese scenes.

Florasis was founded in Hangzhou in 2017. The brand name is a combination of Flora + Sister and means "Goddess of Flowers". The Florasis logo stands for "classicism, elegance and balance". The packaging is mostly dark cyan and rose, a colour combination that stands for elegance in traditional Chinese aesthetics.
Florasis works with Chinese master craftsman Yuan Changjun to create the packaging - bejewelled jars, engraved gold caskets and intricately carved totem poles. The Yuan-designed packaging includes eyeshadows and eyebrow pencils, full-face glam kits, lip colours and skincare products.

https://www.amourfou-art.com/florasis-artistic-cosmetics-from-china

24/11/2021

HEINZ MACK - Only until 5 December 2021
On the occasion of Heinz Mack's 90th birthday, the Düsseldorf gallery Geuer & Geuer presents the exhibition: Heinz Mack - "Die Architektur der Farbe (The Architecture of Colour) - Vernissage with the ZERO artist in Düsseldorf.

https://www.amourfou-art.com/HeinzMack-Die-Architektur-der-Farbe-at-Geuer-and-Geuer

His experimental light reliefs have made him famous. With the ZERO group he became famous worldwide. From Friday, 5 November 2021, the Düsseldorf gallery Geuer & Geuer Art, which has worked closely with Heinz Mack for years, will present new and exclusive works by the artist on the occasion of his 90th birthday this year. In the exhibition entitled "Heinz Mack. The Architecture of Colour", a large number of collages by the artist that have not yet been shown in any museum institution in the world will be presented. The predominantly medium-sized to small-format collages made of hand-painted handmade paper were primarily created between 2017 and 2020.
Photo: Dirk Geuer, Heinz Mack©Galerie Geuer&Geuer
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18/11/2021

HA SCHULT PRESENTS WERTGIGANT IN BERLIN
Schinkelplatz in Berlin - only until 19 November 2021
HA SCHULT AND HIS BERLIN
"Repairing instead of throwing away"

https://www.amourfou-art.com/ha-schult-presents-wertgigant-on-schinkelplatz-in-berlin---ha-schult-and-his-berlin

On Wednesday, 17 November 2021, the artist HA Schult presented his artwork "Der Wertgigant" on Schinkelplatz in Berlin. The sculpture is six metres high, weighs three tonnes and consists entirely of discarded electronic waste - old laptops, refrigerators, mobile phones, washing machines and much more. The statue is an expression of the enormous environmental problem: the gigantic sculpture represents the electronic waste that German households produce in 72 seconds. Within only 20 hours, an army of 1,000 valuable giants is thus created.

HA Schult, a lifelong activist and campaigner against environmental destruction and overconsumption, grew up in Berlin and feels a strong connection to the city.

The art project is made possible by the company Wertgarantie SE. Together with artist HA Schult, Wertgarantie wants to get involved in the fight against electronic waste. The motto is: repair instead of throwing away.

Photo: Wertgigant from HA Schult
©Ansgar M. van Treeck

16/11/2021

WHITE 2.0 BY STUART SEMPLE
After three years of research and development involving 2000 beta testers, British artist Stuart Semple announced that he has developed White 2.0. According to the artist, it is the brightest and whitest paint in the world for artists.

Semple says White 2.0 reflects 99.98% of light and is 50% brighter than the best-selling white paint for artists on the market, according to tests.

For decades, laboratories have been researching the structure of the wings of the Cyphochilus beetle ("ghost beetle") - an unusually white natural material as well as polar bear fur.

Cult artist Stuart Semple, who first developed Pinkest Pink and then Black 3.0, has developed White 2.0 with 2,000 isolated artists who have turned their homes into test facilities. Through this community-driven process, Stuart was able to find out what the artists actually needed and wanted from the colour. According to the artist, one of the qualities of White 2.0 is its incredible opacity, which eliminates the need to apply layers and layers of paint to dark surfaces.

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Photos ©Stuart Semple

14/11/2021

SPICEHUNTER® AN INTERVIEW WITH
MARCEL THIELE
11 November 2021
Marcel Thiele is a well-known personality in the culinary world. He is the brand ambassador of the company Koppert Cress B.V. in the Netherlands. He appears worldwide at congresses or on TV shows. His expertise is sought after by companies and he is the first and only Spicehunter® in the world, a calling and knowledge that he has earned himself. Amour Fou & Art received an exciting interview about his mission, own charity projects in Nepal and an upcoming book.

https://www.amourfou-art.com/Spicehunter®-An-interview-with-Marcel-Thiele

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14/11/2021

DIAMONDS: DIAMOND STORIES
BY ASSOULINE
7 November 2021

COVER
DIAMONDS: DIAMOND STORIES
©ASSOULINE
Once reserved for royalty, red carpets and life's most celebratory moments, diamonds were seen as symbols of wealth and prosperity accessible only to the few. But with the new century comes a new expression of luxury, as a new generation of young designers, as well as established jewellers such as Sabyasachi, Messika, Anita Ko, Boucheron and Fernando Jorge, stage diamonds as an everyday pleasure. Today's leading designers are incorporating diamonds into their designs in unexpected ways. Diamonds today shine with new interesting cuts and colourful hues.
https://www.amourfou-art.com/diamonds-diamond-stories-by-assouline

Model wears a Sabyasachi necklace in 18-karat gold with rose-cut diamonds, brilliant-cut diamonds, Colombian emeralds,
Zambian emeralds and Japanese cultured pearls
Diamonds: Diamond Stories by Assouline
Errikos Andreou DEU Creative Management
©Assouline

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10/11/2021

WORLD PREMIERE
ALEXANDRA DAISY GINSBERG
& HER POLLINATOR PATHMAKER
OPEN CALL
3 November 2021
A world premiere and online since 3 November 2021 to coincide with the United Nations Climate Change Conference. Artist Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg asks us to see the world through the eyes of a pollinator and begins planting living artworks around the world. Pollinator Pathmaker is a new 55-metre living artwork exploring the vital role of pollinators, just planted at the Eden Project in Cornwall. In what is really a fitting moment next to the GOP26 in Scotland, the artist is ahead of many of the participants in her plans for climate protection.

https://www.amourfou-art.com/world-premiere---alexandra-daisy-ginsberg-and-her-pollinator-pathmaker

Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg at Eden Project
Photo by Steve Tanner

Pollinator Axo zoomed in
©Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg

03/11/2021

DAVID MAISEL INTERVIEW
29 October 2021
The Expanded Field at Edwynn Houk Gallery, NY
From 14 October 2021
David Maisel is an American artist working in photography and video who was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts in 2018. His primary concern is to portray the radically human-altered surfaces of the earth and to explore the question of humanity's place in the world. An interview.
https://davidmaisel.com

https://www.amourfou-art.com/david-maisel---an-aesthetic-and-political-message

27/10/2021

ART NEWS
GABY FEY: UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAPHY
Current exhibition
29 October - 21 November 2021
Richterzimmer in the Andreas Quarter, Düsseldorf, Gallery Geuer & Geuer
Gaby Fey explains about her art that each of her pictures holds a secret and that she takes the viewer on a journey into the unconscious, into the magical
universe of wishes and dreams.
Read more
https://www.amourfou-art.com/gaby-fey-underwater-photography
©Marianne - Gaby Fey

22/10/2021

THE CENTRE FOR INTERNATIONAL LIGHT ART
IN UNNA CELEBRATES ITS
20TH ANNIVERSARY!
29. October 2021 to 24. April 2022

EXHIBITION OPENING 29 October 2021
Since its founding in 2001, the 3,000 m2 space of the former cellar of the Linden Brewery has been regularly filled with international light art. The ZfIL is the first and only museum in the world to focus exclusively on the presentation of light art. On the occasion of the anniversary, director John Jaspers promises a particularly spectacular exhibition. Three expansive light art installations will be on display.

https://www.amourfou-art.com/THE-CENTRE-FOR-INTERNATIONAL-LIGHT-ART-IN-UNNA-CELEBRATES-ITS-20TH-ANNIVERSARY!

Adela Andea
Primordial Garden
Flex Neon, CCF Licht, Plexiglas, Schaumstoff
Ausstellungsansicht, Art Palm Beach, Palm Beach, FL, USA, 2014
© Adela Andea

21/10/2021

NEW IN BERLIN: POWER NIGHTS:
Being Mothers, curated by Lucia Pietroiusti at
E-WERK Luckenwalde
October 2021 - May 2022
From October 2021, POWER NIGHTS will open with an immersive installation by the Karrabing Film Collective in E-WERK's 1913 Turbine Hall. In October, Himali Singh Soin will present their new collaborative work Static Range and in November, artists Revital Cohen & Tuur Van B***n will present their new immersive film work Three Hearts. More happenings will take place across the E-WERK site in 2022.

Photo: E-WERK Luckenwalde Exterior 2019
Copyright of E-WERK Luckenwalde and Ben Westob

https://www.amourfou-art.com/POWER-NIGHTS-Being-Mothers-curated-by-Lucia-Pietroiusti-at-E-WERK-Luckenwalde

NEW IN BERLIN: POWER NIGHTS: Being Mothers, curated by Lucia Pietroiusti at E-WERK Luckenwalde October 2021 - May 2022 From October 2021, POWER NIGHTS will open with an immersive installation by the Karrabing Film Collective in E-WERK's 1913 Turbine Hall. In October, Himali Singh Soin will present t...

17/10/2021

EMPATHIC - DISCOVERING A GLASS LEGACY
by Luca Nichetto.
And the threat to Murano glass art.
11. September to 10. April 2022
In the Punta Concherie in Murano, Venice

https://www.amourfou-art.com/empathic-by-luca-nichetto-and-the-threat-to-murano-glass-art

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Photo: The artists
©Empathic - Photo: ©RobertaOrio
©Empathic - Luca Nichetto - Mecha

30/09/2021

SUZANNE BELPERRON
A REVOLUTIONARY IN THE WORLD OF JEWELLERY.

The only woman in the pantheon of early twentieth century master jewellers, Suzanne Belperron's works continue to influence modern jewellery design today. Her jewellery was so bold and elegant that she pioneered a whole new aesthetic in jewellery.

Belperrron's inspiration was nature - starfish, shells, butterflies, leaves, flowers and fruits - but always in an intellectualised and abstracted form. Other inspirations were foreign cultures, paisleys from the Orient, Mayan ornaments and tribal patterns from Africa. With these inspirations in mind, Belperron forged a new look that was hailed by the fashion press as "brilliant" and "barbaric".

Photos: Suzanne-Belperron-1940s - Unknown-2015
Belperron-Couronne-Cuffs-
Emerald-Virgin-Gold-BBR359-2019
© Belperron
Belperron-Tonneau-Pendant-
Earclips-Virgin-Gold-Pearl-2018
© Belperron

https://www.amourfou-art.com/suzanne-belperron---a-revolutionary-in-the-world-of-jewellery

29/08/2021

NEW - COMPETITION!
The deadline for entries is 15 September 2021.
Epic Games the developer of the architectural visualisation tool Twinmotion and the design magazine Dezeen have teamed up to launch the Redesign the World competition, seeking radical new ideas for redesigning planet Earth so that it remains habitable in the future.
Where and how will people live, grow food and produce energy in the future? How will vital ecosystems thrive, and what uses are there for the land, sea, sky and underwater world?
Read more
https://www.amourfou-art.com/dezeen-announces-the-ultimate-design-competition-in-partnership-with-epic-games-redesign-the-world
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29/08/2021

NEW! DR. ULRIKE AL-KHAMIS
Interview in Amour Fou & Art Magazine

https://www.amourfou-art.com/Interview-with-Dr-Ulrike-Al-Khamis-CEO-and-director-of-the-Aga-Khan-Museum

Dr Ulrike Al-Khamis, the newly appointed Director and CEO of the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto, is a recognised leader in the field of Islamic art and museology and a passionate advocate for the art and culture of the Muslim world. In the interview, Dr Ulrike Al-Khamis talks about her mission to showcase the contributions of Muslim cultures and promote pluralism by building bridges between cultures but also about her daily life
as a museum director.

Photo
DR. ULRIKE AL-KHAMIS
Director and CEO of the Aga Khan Museum.
©Aly Manji