In 2007, the Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst in Zürich, Switzerland presented a large-scale installation by Olaf Breuning. The exhibition was Olaf Breuning’s largest solo show in Switzerland at that time. The Swiss artist conceived an architecture of art transport boxes. The visitor was invited to stroll through this and discover fantasy figures and strange objects. [...]

In this video Azerian artist Orkhan Huseynov tells us about his two works exhibited at The Journey To the East Exhibition in Białystok, Poland. Occupied is an installation about notion of military occupation. Although the theme of artwork is serious, the work itself is joyful. Some visitors were amused, and some other even ignored this [...]

Egypts contribution to the 54th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia is a tribute to the artist, musician and professor Ahmed Basiony. Ahmed Basiony (1978 – 2011) was killed on Cairo’s Tahrir Square on January 28, 2011, during the 2011 Egyptian Revolution. The exhibition is titled 30 Days of Running in the Space [...]

Ukrainian artist Volodymyr Kuznetsov presents his latest installation in the context of The Journey To The East exhibition presented at Arsenal Gallery in Bialystok / Poland. This installation titled Small Fiat 126p is a kind of monument, it commemorates a certain time the 90s, and portrays a specific situation, witnessed by Volodymyr Kuznetsov. The small [...]

The Garden of Forking Paths is the title of an outdoor sculpture project, which the Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst is staging on the Blum family estate in Samstagern near Zürich, Switzerland. The exhibition, curated by the Migros Museum’s director Heike Munder, is presented in two parts. This video shows the artworks of the second part [...]

While other pavilions overwhelm visitors with visual impressions, the Greek pavilion is more or less empty. The Greek artist Diohandi who is representing Greece at the 54th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia conceived a site-specific installation that transforms the pavilion with wood, water, and light. Diohandi creates a minimalist, rather silent environment. [...]

The Polish artist Robert Kusmirowski is known for his elaborate installations and performances. For the Barbican Center in London he created a replica of a World War Two-era bunker (Bunker, 2010). In Zürich he tranformed the Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst in an old Soviet Union training camp (2006). For the inaugural event of Galerie Magazin [...]

Markus Schinwald represents Austria at the 54th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia. Schwinwald is known for mixed-media installations and films. In his work, he often investigates the psychological relationship between space and the human body. For the Austrian pavilion he conceived an architectural intervention that basically consists of a variety of small [...]

Rat Piss Virus Give It To Me is a group exhibition at Yautepec Gallery in Mexico City, curated by Gerardo Contreras. The exhibition revolves around postsexual subjectivity, Ratpiss, the absurdity of culture, precapitalist sexuality, moral, and Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle. Contreras brings together works by Justin Bochek, Rachel de Joode, Dosha Devastation, Cédric Fargues, Radamés “Juni” [...]

The Vienna-based art collective Gelitin is know for their unconventional exhibitions, installations, and performances. For their participation in the Venice Art Biennale 2011 they conceived the Gelatin Pavilion, located in the Giardini delle Vergini (Arsenale). The centerpiece of the site-specific installation titled Gelatin Pavilion – Some like it Hot is a wood-fired furnace that is used [...]

This episode covers the opening of the solo exhibiton of Dolores Casares at Palacio Duhau in Buenos Aires, Argentina. In this show, the Argentine artist, art teacher and curator presents sculptures made of acrylic, which explore the aesthetics of light and geometry. Dolores Casares at Palacio Duhau – Park Hyatt, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Opening, June [...]

Three artists are representing Venezuela at the 54th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia in Venice, Italy: Bassim Francisco, Yoshi, and Clemencia Labin. While Bassim Francisco and Yoshi exhibit artworks of individual character, Clemencia Labin chose to present a work that she has realized together with others, her social sculpture titled Velada Santa [...]

As part of the exhibition Car Fetish. I drive, therefore I am Museum Tinguely in Basel, Switzerland presents works from the Vector Portraits series of Los Angeles-based artist Andrew Bush. The Vector Portraits are photographs of people in their cars that Andrew Bush took while driving side by side at 50 to 70 mph in [...]

Andrei Monastyrski and the Collective Actions group represent Russia at the 54th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia in Venice, Italy. The Collective Actions group was founded by Andrei Monastyrski in 1976. Its members are Nikita Alekseev, Elena Elagina, Georgy Kizevalter, Igor Makarevich, Andrei Monastyrski, Nikolai Panitkov, Sergei Romashko, and Sabine Hänsgen. Nikita [...]

The Kunsthaus in Bregenz / Austria explores the architectural work of Ai Weiwei with a solo show titled Art / Architecture. While not as widely presented as his artistic oeuvre, Ai Weiwei’s work in the field of architecture is extremely important for the artist because of the collaborative – that is social and political – [...]

Prague-based artist Federico Díaz is known for his work that combines art and technology. For the 54th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia in Venice / Italy he conceived a new work that uses sensors and two industrial robots to create a sculpture created from thousands of black spheres. The installation basically consists [...]

Incidentes de viaje espejo en Yucatán y otros lugares at Museo Tamayo in Mexico City is an exhibition that is loosely inspired by the travels of John Lloyd Stephens and Frederick Catherwood in Yucatan, Chiapas and Central America in 1839 and 1841, and the trip made in 1969 by Robert Smithson in the southeast peninsula. [...]

Incidentes de viaje espejo en Yucatán y otros lugares at Museo Tamayo in Mexico City is an exhibition that is loosely inspired by the travels of John Lloyd Stephens and Frederick Catherwood in Yucatan, Chiapas and Central America in 1839 and 1841, and the trip made in 1969 by Robert Smithson in the southeast peninsula. [...]

For the 54th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, the artist Monica Bonvicini conceived a series of three new sculptures. It’s Monica Bonvicini’s third participation in the Venice Biennale. The title of the series of stairway sculptures is 15 Steps to the Virgin and refers to the number of steps in Tintoretto’s painting [...]

VernissageTV’s first post on Huffington Post Arts features Federico Diaz’ installation at the 54th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia. The exhibition, curated by P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center Founder Alanna Heiss, is titled Outside Itself and runs through September 30, 2011. Outside Itself is an evolution of Federico Díaz’ installation, Geometric Death Frequency-141, [...]