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1968: ITALIAN RADICAL DESIGN

1968, the newest project from Maurizio Cattelan and Pierpaolo Ferrari’s TOILETPAPER in collaboration with the DESTE Foundation in Athens, offers an unorthodox, kaleidoscopic walk through the Dakis Joannou Collection of Italian Radical Design furniture. Published as a board book, and named after a year that was pivotal for architecture and design (and, of course, the […]

UPCOMING BOOKS IN THE “2000 WORDS” SERIES

Following the success of the first six books in the 2000 Words book series published by the DESTE Foundation (which include the monographs on Pawel Althamer, Roberto Cuoghi, Urs Fischer, Elad Lassry, Josh Smith and Andro Wekua), we are happy to inform you that four more monographs will be available in the Summer of 2014! Stay tuned for the books on the work […]

ANNOUNCEMENTS, NEWS 11.3.2014

ANDRO WEKUA – PANEL DISCUSSION

PANEL DISCUSSION with Andro Wekua in conjunction with the exhibition ANDRO WEKUA – PINK WAVE HUNTER Benaki Museum – Main Building Wednesday, March 19, 2014 19:00 Admission to the panel discussion is free. Panel Participants: Simon Castets, Director, Swiss Institute / Contemporary Art, New York Jeffrey Deitch, Art Dealer George Tzirtzilakis, Assistant Professor, Department of […]

ANNOUNCEMENTS, NEWS 7.3.2014

BENAKI MUSEUM – EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM

MEMORY BLOCKS: RECONSTRUCTING LOST PLACES Educational Program for adults and children aged 14 years or older Benaki Museum – Main Building Sunday, March 16, 2014 11:00 – 12:30 Memory is an active process- something that is constantly being remade. Something tactile and plastic. Yet it is something always on the verge of being forgotten. By […]

ANNOUNCEMENTS, NEWS 3.2.2014

NEW YORK MINUTES – Columbia University GSAPP

Friday, February 7, 2014 1:00pm Columbia University, NY East Gallery, Buell Hall New York Minutes is a conversation with artists, architects, scholars, curators and collectors on the status of new museums, collecting practices, and the roles of architecture and the cities in which these institutions are lodged. New York Minutes is a component of Collecting […]