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Landscape Engraved Series - Nando Costa

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Nando Costa

We're always tickled by the work of Brazilian-born designer Nando Costa, and his recent project – a 10-piece limited edition series of wood engraved artworks – lives up to our expectations.

Costa creates an image digitally then laser engraves the intricate detailing onto large blocks of untreated maple. The pictures are inspired by the artist's own surroundings in Oregon and Brazil.

http://archive.nandocosta.com/230700

Richard Hutton - Exhibition in Belgium

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Exhibition in Belgium

Design Museum Gent presents an exhibition with Richard Hutton, whose unconventional work is reflected through his designs for furniture, products, interiors and exhibitions. The Rotterdam-born designer is known primarily for his conceptual body of work that also serve a highly functional purpose.

February 26th to June 6th, 2010. Design Museum Gent, Jan Breydelstraat 5, BE-9000 Gent

http://design.museum.gent.be/eng/whats-new.php

El Ultimo Grito: Dialogues - Exhibition and launch in London

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Exhibition and launch in London

The Aram Gallery presents a night with El Ultimo Grito in celebration of their new book, Abandon Architectures.

Alongside the book launch, the duo that is Roberto Feo and Rosario Hurtado kick off the exhibition "Dialogues," featuring three new collections of work in blown-glass, resin-coated cardboard and honeycomb-mounted photographs reusing famous quotes. This is the UK debut for these works.

March 25th, 6-8:30pm; exhibition runs until May 1st. The Aram Gallery, 110 Drury Lane, Covent Garden, London.

http://www.thearamgallery.org

Dreaming with Open Eyes - Film Screening in Stuttgart

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Film Screening in Stuttgart

Robert Seidel curates this whopping list of short films from both celebrated and up-and-coming artists. The two-hour event will show works from Carsten Nicolai, David O'Reilly, Christiane Wöhler, Volker Schreiner, Julian Rosefeldt, Thorsten Fleisch, Niklas Goldbach, Philipp Hirsch and more.

Tuesday, March 16th, 8-10pm. Kunstverein Stuttgart, Schlossplatz 2, D-70173 Stuttgart

http://www.wkv-stuttgart.de/en/programme/2010/events/dreaming/

Speed of Light - Installation by UVA in London

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Installation by UVA in London

In celebration of its tenth year of broadband, Virgin Media commissioned United Visual Artists to put on a powerful light installation in an old warehouse on London's South Bank. Arranged through multiple rooms and over four levels, the interactive light installation explores the themes of communication and modernity brought to life by fibre optic broadband.

On display from April 9th-19th, with online preview starting on March 31st. The Barge House, Southbank, London, SE1 9PH

http://www.uva.co.uk

Rankin: Eat Me Naked - Exhibition in Paris

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Exhibition in Paris

Fashion's most ubiquitous photographer Rankin presents his cheekily-titled new show, "Eat Me Naked," at A. Galerie in Paris. The exhibition comprises of the Dazed and Confused co-founder's most primal passions – food, clotheslessness and sex.

The approximately three dozen prints on hand range from scandalous to beautiful, and features the likes of Kate Moss and Heidi Klum and Kylie Minogue.

Exhibition runs until April 17th. A.GALERIE, 12, rue Léonce Reynaud - 75116 Paris.

http://www.a-galerie.fr

There is No Such Thing As a Good Painting About Nothing - Exhibition in Berlin

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Exhibition in Berlin

Nearly 70 years later, three new artists take the spirited spontaneity behind The New York School and apply it to graffiti art and street culture.

Urban art gallery Circleculture in Berlin presents "There is No Such Thing As a Good Painting About Nothing," featuring the works of Marco "Pho" Grassi (Milan), Katrin Fidrik (Paris) and Holly Thoburn (London). The artists may originate from different cities but are united by a love for subverting the paradigm.

March 12th to April 24th, Circleculture Gallery, Gipsstrasse 11, Berlin.

http://circleculturegallery.com/exhibitions/there_is_no_such_thing_as_a_good_painting_about_nothing/

L'art et la maniére - A film with Robert Stadler

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100

A film with Robert Stadler

Arte TV presents 'Robert Stadler, designer," directed by Véronique Godé for L'art et la maniére. The film premiered on France's Arte TV on March 7th, and is viewable online until March 14th.

http://plus7.arte.tv/fr/1697660,CmC=3088294.html

Who the Fuck is Ana Botella? - Vandalism Art in Spain

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Vandalism Art in Spain

Ana Botella, woman-in-charge of the department of the Environment in the City of Madrid, has pissed off a lot of people. With anti-green statements like "The Earth is designed to serve man, not man to serve The Earth" and a severe disregard for urban art, the wife of the former Spanish President José María Aznar has now found herself multiplied across the city by a team of rebel vandalism artists who have named themselves after the popular Spanish figure.

By tacking on pictures of her face to statues and monuments across town, plus tagging her name in unlikely places, the team hopes to challenge the notion that graffiti is not art – and the repressive politics that accompany it.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/anabotellacrew/

Penguin Classics x (RED) - New Typographic Covers

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100

New Typographic Covers

Penguin Classics books such as Charles Dickens' "Great Expectations," Bram Stoker's "Dracula" and Leo Tolstoy's "Anna Karenina" get a facelift in the name of AIDS awareness fund (RED).

Re-imagined and re-packaged for the 21st century, the books were given their amazing covers by the Penguin in-house team as well as veteran designers such as FUEL, Nathan Burton, Studio Firth, Grey318, and Non-Format.

http://www.creativereview.co.uk/cr-blog/2010/march/penguin-and-red-covers