The fall art season kicks off on September 4th with the opening of RendezVous – Brussels Art Week, a citywide initiative that brings together galleries, museums, artist studios, auction houses and more, highlighting the city’s diverse and dynamic art and culture scene.
Viúva Lamego is an icon of Portuguese ceramic traditions and after 175 years, is managing to lead the way with contemporary collaborations, from the tiled roof on Kengo Kuma’s design for the Gulbenkian Museum to Joana Vasconcelos’s wild ‘Wedding Cake’ at the Rothschild Foundation.
The Fondation Thalie in Arles presents Géologie des âmes (Geology of Souls), a collective exhibition drawn from the Nathalie Guiot Collection and set in a restored 18th-century hôtel particulier. The exhibition has been prolonged an additional week, August 23-30.
During Lisbon Design Week, Oficina Marques partnered with Spacegram Studios and the heritage ceramics company Viúva Lamego, to present “Arcádia,” a joyful, contemplative temple-like structure that was adorned with a new collection of handcrafted tiles that are inspired by the botanical world.
Between August 8-31, Spazio Nobile presents Panoramic, a solo show dedicated to Belgian photographer Frederik Vercruysse, hosted in a modernist 1970s villa in Knokke Le Zoute.
The Art & History Museum in Brussels unveils two new galleries dedicated to Art Nouveau and Art Deco, reaffirming Belgium’s rich cultural heritage in these two important artistic movements.
Together with a group of students from Harvard’s Graduate School of Design, Dr. Niklas Maak helped develop a prototype of tiny home housing for refugees living in Frankfurt. He wrote about the experience and the tiny home movement for our 2024 print issue: TLmag40: The Ideal Home.
The Vitra Design Museum presents “The Shakers: A World in the Making”, an engaging and comprehensive exhibition around this unique American design style that also examines what possibilities its values offer us today. The exhibition is on view through September 28th, 2025.
Willie Morlon received the Grand Prize of the Jury Van Cleef & Arpels in Toulon for the Design Parade Toulon, 2024. This summer, Morlon presents Wunder Haus, a dedicated exhibition as part of the 2025 Design Parade Toulon.
For the 2024 issue of TLmag40: The Ideal Home, Bolivian architect Freddy Mamami Silvestre wrote about his architectural practice based in the Neo-Andean Style, including his singular ‘Cholets’, multi-purpose, public and private buildings that embrace the country’s layered culture and past.
The Fondazione Officine Saffi presents the first solo show of work by Greek-born artist Chryssa Kotoula. We Are Walking, Talking Minerals opened on July 8th and is on view through August 1, 2025.
The Triennale Milano marks its 24th International Exhibition with Inequalities. Bringing together architects, artists, scholars, and scientists from around the world, with Inequalities, the Triennale becomes a a space of deep reflection on one of the most urgent issues of our time.
