TLmag 33 Extended: New Age of Humanism

Now is the time for the world to finally gain insight and invent a landscape where values shift and design and labour play an active role. In the future, capital will be strictly human. Hope will become our new economy.

The Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Belgium presented the exhibition ‘Vision Paintings’ with the transcendental work of Thomas Houseago.

British designer Sebastian Cox has built a successful furniture company around the idea of a tightly controlled artisanal production model that cuts out the middleman and allows nature to inform every step of the process.

Amy Hilton reflects on Wolfgang Tillmans’ work and show ‘Today Is The First Day’ at WIELS in Brussels, a show which looks at the complexities of this world.

TLmag speaks to Belgian-based artist Nicolas Delprat on his recent show ‘Appearances of Light’ at Michèle Schoonjans Gallery.

A contemporary bench by Beauty Ngxongo, with a backrest woven in the traditional Zulu style, brings an age-old South African craft into the 21st century.

Pera Museum presents Etel Adnan: Impossible Homecoming, an exhibition bringing together sixty years of work by the eponymous artist and poet.

An imaginary conversation with Ikebana artist Jozef Prelis Seihô concerning his work at Collectible Art Fair (Brussels March 2020).

Vietnam-born, Danish artist Danh Vo’s exhibition at Marian Goodman’s London Gallery proves more complex with every presented element.

Photographer Jean-Francois Jaussaud’s book, “Louise Bourgeois: An Intimate Portrait”, explores the artist’s life and work over eleven years.

Territorial Agency: Oceans in Transformation is an exhibition commissioned by the TBA21–Academy which aims to influence change.

Stefano Boeri believes in building high-density skyscrapers for trees inhabited by humans, which are aimed at improving quality of life by inviting nature into the city. If he had his way, our planet would be populated by entire sustainable, self-sufficient and smart forest cities.