A través del programa de “Intervenciones” de La Casa Encendida, Obra Social Caja Madrid continúa dedicando su esfuerzo al impulso de la creación contemporánea. Tamara Arroyo, Marcelo Cidade, Lucia Koch, Carolina Silva e Irene van de Mheen han presentado una serie de trabajos específicamente creados para el centro: pasillos, escaleras, patio y terraza han acogido sus creaciones integrando el arte actual en la vida diaria de LCE.
Belgian artist Ann Veronica Janssens opens Serendipity, a new exhibition, at Wiels in Brussels this Friday, September 4. … more
BaseDesign has been featured in “The Annual”, Creative Review magazine’s yearly issue profiling the 100 top design projects of the year. The project selected is our book-catalog for It’s Not Only Rock ’n’ Roll, Baby!, a 2008 exhibition staged in Brussels’ BOZAR that displayed artworks by artists better known for their musical talent. The show focused on the relationship between art and music through work from more than 20 icons of (not only!) rock including Yoko Ono, Patti Smith, Chicks on Speed, The Kills, Pete Doherty, Antony (Antony and the Johnsons), and Belgian rocker Bent Van Looy (Das Pop). … more
Ryan McGinness, an artist who works across the street from us at Base in New York, is friends with Tom of BaseWords. Over the last three years, they’ve volleyed back and forth an interview that has now been released as “The Q&A 500″ in Ryan McGinness Works (Rizzoli, 2009). A few select entries follow. … more
Belgian songstress and soul diva Axelle Red has collaborated with Base on three very different projects, each capturing the various aspects of her personality, each involving us.
For her new double album Sisters & Empathy, … more
Miquel Barceló ha deixat la seva petjada a l’ONU, amb l’espectacular pintura de la cúpula de la Sala XX del Palau de les Nacions Unides a Ginebra, que va inaugurar-se el passat divuit de novembre.
Just un any abans, l’artista balear deixà una altra petjada a la Fundació Francisco Godia, … more
Ayer se inauguró en La Casa Encendida la exposición “Beautiful Losers: Arte actual y cultura urbana”, comisariada por Aaron Rose y Christian Strike. Una muestra de aire callejero en la que hemos participado, tanto en la organización del espacio expositivo como en el diseño … more
What?! You haven’t heard of deSingel?! deSingel is a multi-disciplinary cultural institution in Antwerp that stages contemporary dance, music, and theatre performances, as well as architecture and contemporary art exhibitions. Yes, that’s a wide range of cultural offerings. … more
On October 19th, Brussels will inaugurate its first contemporary art biennial. Included will be contributions from more than 40 international artists, and exhibitions by contemporary art institutions such as B.P.S.22, BOZAR, MuHKA, and Van Abbemuseum. … more
America Ferrera, the actress best known as star of television series Ugly Betty, has launched her own production company. She expects the company, called Take Fountain, … more
