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Brasília: Freeze Frame of a Future Past

TL Magazine_True Living of Art & Design
August, 04 2020

In this extensive conversation between Christian Larsen and photographer Vincent Fournier, we learn about the aesthetics and interests behind ‘Brasília, A Time Capsule’, a series which investigates the architecture, landscape, and people of Brasília (Brazil).

Belgian Couch: About Home, Nature and Hospitality

TL Magazine_True Living of Art & Design
July, 30 2020

Collaborator of our sister gallery Spazio Nobile, Matthias Kohn, developed a project about home, nature, and hospitality. In essence, the concept is based on the idea of placing furniture, most often used in private interior settings,

Sigalit Landau: Crossing Border

TL Magazine_True Living of Art & Design
July, 29 2020

If her concept for building an island bridge out of salt in the middle of the Dead Sea becomes a reality, artist Sigalit Landau will have created a symbol for connection and hope in the Middle East

Baldwin & Guggisberg’s ‘Walking in the Void’

TL Magazine_True Living of Art & Design
July, 28 2020

Glasmuseet Ebeltoft’s summer exhibition presents the glass works of Swiss-American power couple Philip Baldwin and Monica Guggisberg. Although the exhibition’s principal medium may be glass, its intentions extend far beyond material and technique.

Studio Pieter Stockmans: Quality, Craftsmanship and Love

TL Magazine_True Living of Art & Design
July, 23 2020

Piet Stockmans is a Belgian visual artist, as well as the founder and designer at Studio Pieter Stockmans, which specializes in hard porcelain. This autumn, Stockmans turns 80. To celebrate this special birthday,

Marie Hazard: Writing Without Words

TL Magazine_True Living of Art & Design
July, 22 2020

On her old wooden loom, Marie Hazard weaves stories with miles of thread. Through a long and complex process, she brings together traditional hand weaving techniques and digital printing technology to explore contemporary social and cultural conditions.

Double Trouble: Paul McCarthy

TL Magazine_True Living of Art & Design
July, 21 2020

This month brings not one, but two exhibitions highlighting Paul McCarthy’s visceral, often hauntingly humorous multi-faceted artistic practice.

Jos Devriendt: Sculpting Light

TL Magazine_True Living of Art & Design
July, 16 2020

Belgian artist Jos Devriendt is renowned for his ceramic mushroom lamps; minimalist and iconic contemporary sculptures that are conceptual and functional. Following in the footsteps of fellow Belgian René Magritte (Ceci n’est pas une pipe) Devriendt’s everyday objects push the boundaries of function with form,

Steven Haulenbeek: Cast of Characters

TL Magazine_True Living of Art & Design
July, 15 2020

What people get up to during a polar vortex might not be that newsworthy but in rare cases, these periods of extreme weather can inspire experimentation and spawn fresh output. For Chicago-based Steven Haulenbeek,

MANIERA’s Retrospective Summer Residency

TL Magazine_True Living of Art & Design
July, 14 2020

For the next two months, pieces from the MANIERA collection find a new home in De Beir House, an early example of architect’s Huib Hoste’s modernist designs.

Villa Noailles: An Island Connected to an Archipelago

TL Magazine_True Living of Art & Design
July, 13 2020

In celebration of Villa Nouailles’ re-opening and their announcement of a new summer programme, we’re looking back at our interview with the exhibition site’s director and founder of its Design Parade: Jean-Pierre Blanc.

Fondation d’entreprise Hermès: Skills Academy

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July, 09 2020

The Fondation d’entreprise Hermès launched its call for applications for the fifth edition of the Skills Academy, its major programme dedicated to exploring skills and innovation centred on a specific raw material.

“Call To The Wild” at Aalto’s Maison Louis Carré

TL Magazine_True Living of Art & Design
July, 06 2020

Within Louis Carré’s iconic house built by Finnish architect Alvar Aalto in the late 1950s, visitors can now experience the fine artworks of three contemporary Finnish artists: Laura Laine, Kustaa Saksi and Kim Simonsson.

Florian Borkenhagen: Objects with a Compelling Story

TL Magazine_True Living of Art & Design
July, 06 2020

With a passion for mobility and desire to challenge branded perception, German designer Florian Borkenhagen deconstructs, transforms and reconstructs everyday objects and provides them with a sophisticated value. TLmag caught up with the designer,

Guillaume Désanges: Matters of Concern

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July, 03 2020

Now a year into his third curatorial “season” at La Verrière Hermès, TLmag caught up with French curator Guillaume Désanges to discuss the influences behind their latest exhibition ‘Musa Nuit’ –

Lucile Soufflet: Intimacy, Meeting and Sharing

TL Magazine_True Living of Art & Design
July, 02 2020

Belgian designer Lucile Soufflet is currently based in Brussels. For over a decade she is inspired by the individual, a sense of fun, and a rational perspective play. The Spazio Nobile Gallery commissioned her to design a piece of furniture for the gallery.

Amy Hilton on ‘Ilha Grande’

TL Magazine_True Living of Art & Design
June, 30 2020

With her image as the cover for TLmag’s 31st print edition, we decided to take a stroll down memory lane and take another look at Amy Hilton’s ever more relevant reflections on how isolation and solitude are among the keys to gaining a sense of unrestrained creativity.

Kaleidoscopes: Contemporary Portraiture

TL Magazine_True Living of Art & Design
June, 25 2020

Perrotin Hong Kong is pleased to inaugurate its new location at K11 ATELIER Victoria Dockside with a group exhibition exploring meanings of portraiture through the lens of selected artists. Perrotin’s first group exhibition on contemporary portraiture features ten artists working from a range of cultures and practices to explore different manners of representation and self-representation,

Lada Semecká’s ‘Haiku’

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June, 24 2020

Having developed her own methodology of devitrifying and crystalising glass particles, Lada Semecká’s minimalist ‘glass pictures’ are as much a reflection of the mastery of her craft as they are physical manifestations of her dreamy inner landscapes.

Pae White: Ephemeral Attraction

TL Magazine_True Living of Art & Design
June, 23 2020

Playing with scale and contradiction, Pae White is unafraid to push the limits of what a material or tool can do. Her ability to capture fleeting moments like a puff of cigarette smoke or the reflection of shiny tinfoil within a woven surface challenges our perceptions and adds a bit of magic into our everyday lives.

Xavier Hufkens: Sterling Ruby

TL Magazine_True Living of Art & Design
June, 18 2020

Xavier Hufkens is delighted to announce that his third gallery space will be inaugurated by artist Sterling Ruby as of June 18th with a new series of assemblages. The origins of these works can be traced back to the WIDW paintings that were first exhibited at the gallery in 2018.

The Finnish Line: Gallerist Juhani Lemmetti

TL Magazine_True Living of Art & Design
June, 17 2020

Juhani Lemmett’s vast collection of glass and ceramics illustrates the rich heritage of design and craft in Finland and anyone asked where to catch an all-encompassing glimpse of the country’s contemporary design movement would list Helsinki’s,