Who else better than Japanese creative Studio Nendo would curate the design exhibition of ‘Japan: Tradition. Innovation’ at the Canadian Museum of Civilization. Honoring Japan’s impact on contemporary design and technology, the installation is divided into five sections devoted respectively to(...) Read More about The Canadian Museum of Civilization by Nendo (194 words)

ART, EXHIBITION | Permalink | No comment |

September 28, the Gucci Museo opens in Florence, culminating a year of celebrations marking the fashion House of Gucci’s 90th anniversary, located inside the medieval Palazzo della Mercanzia in Florence’s Piazza Signoria, the museum sprawls across 18,500 square feet of exhibition space and(...) Read More about Gucci Museum to Open in Florence (112 words)

FASHION | Permalink | 2 comments |

Opened last week, Shanghai’s new Museum of Glass is sharing the unlimited possibilities of glass. The colorful glass art space shares an essential creative experience with visitors, setting a new direction for International Museums of the future. Both the building glass and the top glass artwork on display inside offer an unforgettable combination of art and technology to visitors.(...) Read More about The Shanghai Museum of Glass (124 words)

ART, CULTURE, FEATURED | Permalink | No comment |

The art world has spawned a new creation in faraway Tasmania. It has been called the ‘Bilbao of the south’ and in the owner’s words a ‘subversive adult Disneyland’. Australian mathematics and gambling guru, David Walsh, is using his fortune to showcase his eclectic collection of art from around the (...) Read More about MONA : Museum of Old and New Art (194 words)

HEARSAY | Permalink | One comment |

Finally a Museum that launches a (free) App ! The Museum of Modern Art in New York is home to the world’s finest collection of modern and contemporary art. Now you can carry MoMA on your Iphone with more than 32,000 art pieces wherever you go. Use the MoMA App to find out about current exhibitions, plan a visit, browse or search tens of thousands of works in the collection, take multimedia tours, or(...) Read More about MoMa Museum goes Iphone (80 words)

TECH | Permalink | 2 comments |

Museum by Patricia Thompson

Here are two great conceptual photo stories shot inside museums -The first one was created as a collaboration between Brazilian photographers Gabriel Mendes and  Patricia Thompson, the second one is American photographer Andy Freeberg. A similar concept indeed but(...) Read More about Conceptual Photography + Museum (125 words)

ART, PHOTOGRAPHY | Permalink | 2 comments |

Chanel Mobile Art installation

In 1955 Madame Coco Chanel launched the iconic, quilted ‘it’ bag 2.55. Now, fifty-three years later, Chanel have decided to make the bag the center of attention once again, namely the center of a traveling exhibition entitled Chanel Mobile Art. Twenty international contemporary artists have reinterpreted the classic Chanel hand bag and designed everything from a gold quilted guitar-shaped shoulder bag to a giant(...) Read More about Art meets Fashion and everybody loves Chanel! (84 words)

ART, FASHION | Permalink | No comment |