INSPIRATION FROM AROUND THE WORLD FOR AN AESTHETIC AND MEANINGFUL LIFESTYLE
From November 7 to 10, 2024, Art Week Tokyo (AWT) will once again serve as a hub for art enthusiasts and experts from around the world. With over 40 participating galleries, this year's edition offers a rich program that showcases the diversity of Japanese contemporary art, complemented by perspectives from international artists. The event will feature both renowned names and promising emerging talents.
Graz, Austria's second largest city, is known for its well-preserved historic city centre, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. But in addition to its historical splendour, Graz is also a centre for modern architecture and innovative design that harmoniously combines traditional elements with contemporary accents.
The architecture studio Populous has recognised the potential of water and is designing a potential living space around the banks of America's rivers: Riverfront Recreation. Still just a vision - it may soon become reality.
Riccardo's Locanda al Colle in Tuscany is a Wunderkammer. The host has lovingly placed numerous furnishing treasures in his guest house, a historic farmhouse, and brought them together to create a harmonious whole. The chairs, tables and lamps come from antique markets and earlier times, from contemporary artists and old design icons, from Italy or London. Breathing new life into old objects and placing them in a new context is one of Riccardo Barsottelli's passions. It's worth asking where the pieces in Locanda al Colle come from and what stories they tell…
The recently opened Simose Art Museum outside Hiroshima not only exhibits art and design from Japan, guests can also stay overnight in one of the iconic villas designed by star architect Shigeru Ban.
The American Gregory Crewdson (*1962, Brooklyn) is one of the most internationally renowned photographers. Since the mid-1980s, Crewdson has been using the backdrop of small American towns and film sets to create technically brilliant and seductively colourful stagings of human loneliness and the abysses of society.
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