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Shanghai International Contemporary Art Fair Begins

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November 11, 2016

Shanghai International Contemporary Art Fair Begins

The fourth edition of Shanghai International Contemporary Art Fair (part of the 18th China Shanghai International Arts Festival) kicks off today and promises to be more exciting than ever. From November 10 to 13, no less than 84 galleries, institutions and individuals from 18 different countries will display their work in the hopes of seducing art enthusiasts and collectors.

Directed by Thomas Wuestenhagen, the 2016 edition promises to be a breath of fresh air in the art world: among the participants, 28 are here for the first time. AFP Relaxnews selected eight new comers that deserve the hype.

Greene Naftali (New York, USA)

One of the oldest galleries in the Chelsea district, Greene Naftali became famous for shows including artists such as 1999’s “Free Coke” which brought together artists such as Tracy Emin, Jack Pierson and Chris Ofili. The painter Alex Katz was also an early coup for the gallery owner, Carol Greene.

Gallery Hyundai (Seoul, Korea)

The first specialized gallery in Korea (1970), the Hyundai Gallery presents the country’s most prominent contemporary artists as well as up-and-coming names. The two-location gallery has also exhibited international artists such as Ai Weiwei, Bernar Venet, Billy Childish, François Morellet, Michael Craig-Martin, Natee Utarit, Robert Indiana, Thomas Struth and Zeng Fanzhi.

10 Chancery Lane (Hong Kong, China)

Over 15 years, the 10 Chancery Lane gallery has become one of the leading galleries on the Hong Kong art scene, supporting emerging and historically important art forms across Asia-Pacific such as Dinh Q. Lê, The Propeller Group, Huang Rui, Wang Keping, and Manit Sriwanichpoom.

Esther Schipper/Johnen (Berlin, Germany)

Two of Germany’s leading art galleries made the announcement that they would be merging in 2015, marking the birth of a Berlin-based art powerhouse. The completion of the five-year merger will see the opening of a new exhibition space in the city’s creative Potsdamer Strasse neighborhood.

Hauser & Wirth (Zurich, Switzerland)

Established in Switzerland, the international gallery now also operates from London, New York, Somerset and Los Angeles. It has garnered a reputation for representing some of the world’s most exciting emerging and established contemporary artists such as Mark Bradford, Christoph Büchel, Roni Horn, Paul McCarthy and Pipilotti Rist.

Galerie nächst St. Stephan Rosemarie Schwarzwälder (Vienna, Austria)

Rosemarie Schwarzwälder has owned the internationally-renowned Austrian gallery — which was first founded by Monseigneur Otto Mauer in 1954 — for almost 30 years. Over its history, the gallery has developed a reputation for exceptional exhibitions featuring abstract, conceptual and Minimal art.

1335 MABINI (Manila, Philippines)

Considered one of the top must-see contemporary art galleries in the region, 1335 MABINI is a gallery and multi-disciplinary space set in an historic colonial building. The gallery represents the emerging Filipino art scene.

SODA Gallery (Bratislava, Slovakia)

Closely tied to the SODA architectural agency, SODA is a young contemporary art gallery that has quickly made its way onto the list of Bratislava’s top art spaces.

New In: Michelin Guide Hong Kong Macau 2017

Dining

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November 10, 2016

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New In: Michelin Guide Hong Kong Macau 2017

For the 2017 edition of Michelin Hong Kong Macau, four restaurants have nabbed two Michelin stars. Three of the newest additions – Kashiwaya, Ta Vie and Mizumi – serve Japanese cuisine. The fourth restaurant to be awarded those two stars is none other than Feng Wei Ju, which is well-known for its Sichuan and Hunan cuisine. There are now 19 two-starred dining establishments in the region.

“The Hong Kong market has stabilized, gained in quality, and maintained a very rich offering with 49 different cuisines listed in the guide this year,” said international director Michael Ellis in a statement.

“Over the past three years our inspectors have noted a real development in Japanese cuisine, with more and more Japanese chefs deciding to open branches of their existing Japanese gastronomic establishments. This phenomenon is reflected in the 2017 selection of the Michelin Guide.”

Ellis is referring to Osaka-based Kashiwaya, and Sushi Tokami, a one-starred restaurant which hails from Tokyo. All eight restaurants across the region maintained their three-star status.

Seven addresses in Hong Kong and three restaurants in Macau earned their first star this year, bringing the total in the area to 53 (41 in Hong Kong and 12 in Macau). This year’s Street Food category, which highlights the best street food vendors in the region to reflect the local food scene, features 21 addresses in Hong Kong and 12 in Macau.

The Michelin Guide Hong Kong Macau 2017 is available in English and Chinese November 10.

Alfa Romeo Giulia Named Most Beautiful Car 2016

Wheels

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November 10, 2016

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Alfa Romeo Giulia Named Most Beautiful Car 2016

Every year since 1976, The Golden Steering Wheel awards, hosted by German automobile magazine Auto Bild and newspaper Bild am Sonntag, distinguish the best models in each market segment. This year, the Most Beautiful Car award went to the Alfa Romeo Giulia, honouring the Italian carmaker’s flagship sedan for its looks.

Moving on to more objective categories, The Jaguar XF defeated the new Mercedes-Benz E-class in the Saloon category – while Tesla took home the best SUV award thanks to the Model X – even though the brand failed to impress with their Electric car. Elsewhere, Audi took home two prizes for best compact SUV (the Audi Q2), while its latest-generation A5 Coupé was declared the best Sportscar of 2016.

But the biggest surprise was BMW winning in the best electric/hybrid category for the i3 for the second time. Although the basic car hasn’t changed in the three years since its launch, earlier this year its battery was significantly overhauled almost doubling its range between recharges. As such it becomes the first car to scoop the green award twice (2013 and 2016).

Review: TAG Heuer Monza Chronograph

Watches

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November 10, 2016

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The Monza is definitely one of the lesser known TAG Heuer watches, as most of the limelight goes to scene stealers like the Monaco, the Carrera, and the Aquaracer. This makes the Monza an extra delightful treat, especially the latest one, which is a reissue commemorating its 40th anniversary. Like the Monaco, the Monza is associated with a prominent racecar driver. But the difference is that Steve McQueen is a racer on screen only, while Niki Lauda, for whom the Monza was made, is an actual Formula 1 champion.

It was in 1976 that Jack Heuer, great grandson of the brand’s founder, created a chronograph to celebrate Lauda’s first world championship title with the Ferrari team in the 1975 season. Why name the watch Monza? Lauda’s championship win that season was confirmed when he finished third place at the Italian Grand Prix at – you guessed it – Monza. He drove the then-new Ferrari 312T and his teammate Regazzoni won that race, allowing Ferrari to clinch its first constructor’s championship in 11 years. Then, TAG Heuer, at that time named Heuer, was the official timekeeper for Scuderia. Incidentally, it was the first time that the name Monza appeared on the dial of a watch.

That watch had a cushion-shaped case inspired by a 1925 model. It had an all-black color scheme and its chronograph came with both pulsometer and tachymeter scales – apt, considering how the diabolical speeds of Formula One cars would set your heart racing. Red hands and counters give it an added touch of sportiness, recalling the company’s racing heritage.

The remake preserves much of the original. Its shape remains cushion, its color scheme is predominantly black, and its hours and minutes hands are black and white lacquered. The indexes are painted with a vintage Super-LumiNova as a nod to the 1970’s and the logo used is the historical Heuer one, as opposed to the contemporary green and red TAG Heuer shield. What has change, however, is the case material, now titanium vis-à-vis steel then. It gets the black color tone from the titanium carbide coating. Its size, too, has increased to 42mm from 39mm. Further details include the Calibre 17 automatic chronograph movement inside, and a numbered screw-on case back featuring the historic Heuer logo engraved with red lacquer finish.

Specs

Dimensions: 42mm
Functions: Hours, minutes, chronograph
Power Reserve: 42 hours
Movement: Self-winding Calibre 17 chronograph
Material: Titanium coated with black titanium carbide
Water resistance: 100 meters
Strap: Full-grain perforated calfskin with deployant buckle in black-coated titanium

This article was first published in World of Watches.

“Illuminated River” Contest Lights Up Thames

Art & Design

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November 9, 2016

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“Illuminated River” Contest Lights Up Thames

Lighting up the Thames after dark, is the ambition of London’s “Illuminated River” art project, originally launched by writer and filmmaker Hannah Rothschild. “Imagine going to Paris or Rome and not being able to walk alongside the Seine or the Tiber. Imagine New York without the Brooklyn Bridge lit up. And what would Londoners think if St Paul’s or the Houses of Parliament or the National Gallery were dark most of the time? The Thames is our liquid history and we must reclaim it.” declared Rothschild to the Guardian.

ai Guo-Qiang - 'London Bridge is Falling Down' © MRC and Adjaye Associates — Cai Guo-Qiang – ‘London Bridge is Falling Down’

Architects and agencies were asked to propose creative designs for Westminster, Waterloo, London and Chelsea bridges. The winning proposal will transform 17 bridges along the River, making it “a ribbon of light”. Among 100 entries, 6 projects have been shortlisted: Adjaye Associates, A_LA, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Leo Villareal with Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands and Future\Pace, Les Éclairagistes Associés with ecqi and Federico Pietrella, and Sam Jacob Studio with Simon Heijdens.

Each team has taken a different approach to the project. London-based Adjaye Associates, for example, have assigned a different artist to each bridge, including the world-renowned contemporary artist Cai Guo-Qiang, and have focused on the bridges’ individual histories. Architects Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands have worked with Leo Villareal, the imagination behind The Bay Lights installation on San Francisco’s Bay Bridge in 2013, to create an interactive light display that would involve participation from a ferry boat operator. The designs by Sam Jacob and Simon Heijdens show a three-dimensional ribbon of light rising and lowering with the tide.

A River Ain’t Too Much To Light / Les Éclairagistes Associés with ecqi and Federico Pietrella. London Bridge. © MRC and Les Éclairagistes Associés — A River Ain’t Too Much To Light / Les Éclairagistes Associés with ecqi and Federico Pietrella. London Bridge.

The successful projects are presented this month at the Royal Festival Hall exhibition, where the public are invited to share their opinions on the designs via a short survey, although the vote itself will be decided by an 11-member jury. The winning team will be announced on December 8, and the installations will be completed in 2018.

‘Álvaro Siza, Sacro’ Exhibition at MAXXI Rome

Design

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November 9, 2016

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‘Álvaro Siza, Sacro’ Exhibition at MAXXI Rome

Álvaro Siza and his acclaimed career

Álvaro Joaquim de Melo Siza Vieira was born at Portugal in 1933. His architectural style is commonly described as “poetic modernist” and has won many awards throughout his career. Some of the awards that he has picked up during his illustrious career include the Mies van der Rohe Award for European Architecture (1988), the Praemium Imperiale (1988), the coveted Pritzker Prize (1992), Portugal’s National Prize of Architecture (1993) and the Wolf Prize in Arts (2001). Siza has won two Golden Lions at the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2002 and 2012. He is also a highly regarded figure in architecture education, with the title of Honoris Causa Doctor by over a dozen European universities and Honorary Fellow at some of the world’s most prestigious academies.

Siza’s constructions include the Boa Nova Tea House, the Faculty of Architecture and the Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art. One of his most recent projects is the new visitors’ center for the Alhambra Palace in Granada, Spain – a collaboration with fellow architect Juan Domingo Santos.

‘Alvaro Siza, Sacro’ at the MAXXI

Curated in collaboration with the architect himself, “Sacro” examines Siza’s relationship with the sacred: whether in projects with an overtly religious nature or less direct constructions. Drawings, projects and objects from Siza’s vast wealth of work will be exhibited in the museum’s 2bis Gallery alongside photographs taken by a team of international photographers in an atmosphere intended to recreate the spiritual calm found in places of worship.

National Museum of the 21st Century Arts (The museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo)

Designed by the Iraqi-born British architect Zaha Hadid and inaugurated in 2010 after 10 years of development, the MAXXI is located in Rome’s Flaminio district on the site of an old military compound. It received the RIBA Stirling Prize for architecture in its debut year, and has since exhibited works by modern international artists and architects such as Carlo Scarpa, Aldo Rossi, Anish Kapoor, Gerhard Richter and Kiki Smith.

The exhibition “Álvaro Siza, Sacro” will run from November, 9 2016 – March 26, 2017.