On the occasion of the opening of Block Universe, I interviewed curator Louise O’Kelly to learn more about London’s leading international performance art festival. The festival runs for 10 days, starting on the Spring Bank Holiday Weekend – 26 May to 3 June 2018. Carla Ingrasciotta: How was Block Universe born and what motivated you to start a performance art festival? Louise O’Kelly: Block Universe was born out of a desire to support artists working with performance and to create a platform to promote this medium. There remain many misconceptions about ‘performance art’ in the public mind, and I was keen to champion what I saw as a new generation of artists working at the... Read More

As Saudi Arabia experiences unprecedented social change, garnering major international media attention, it also makes its first participation in the International Architecture Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia. Here, curators Jawaher Al-Sudairy and... Read More

A new international art fair, Taipei Dangdai will open in Taipei in January 2019. The inaugural edition of the fair will bring together 80 exhibitors from Asia as well as strong selection of leading galleries from outside the region that have shown a... Read More

On Saturday May 26th the international jury of the 16th Architecture Biennale has announced the awards at Ca’ Giustinian. The Golden Lion for Best National Participation is awarded to the Swiss Pavilion, titled “Svizzera 240: House Tour”... Read More

On the occasion of the Venice Architecture Biennale 2018, I interviewed renowned designer Philippe Starck to learn more about his vision and to investigate on the projects he undertook in Venice. Born in 1949 in Paris, France, Philippe Starck studied... Read More