TLmag39 Extended:The Culture of the Object

R & Company presents Objects: USA 2024, an in-depth triennial survey that explores contemporary American object-making. The exhibition is on view through January 10, 2025.

Olivier van Herpt has developed a new 3D printer that allows the artist to create large-scale porcelain works that push past previous possibilities of this ancient medium.

Galerie Gastou presents an engaging exhibition of furniture and sculptural objects by French multidisciplinary designer Emmanuel Babled. Titled Territoire, the exhibition is on view through October 26th.

For our 2023 issue: TLmag39: The Culture of the Object, Danielle Demetriou wrote about the timeless history of Kyoto, its culture passed down for over 1,200 years, and contemporary brands and creatives who continue the traditions.

For our 2023 issue: TLmag39: The Culture of the Object, legendary auctioneer and art world figure, Simon de Pury, writes an engaging essay about the mysterious and intuitive appeal of objects, which doesn’t necessarily stem from their value but from something deeper.

For TLmag39: The Culture of the Object, we interviewed the multi-talented designer, painter and choreographer about his recent body of work, some of which was presented at Galerie BSL in the fall of 2023.

During a ceremony at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris last week, the LOEWE FOUNDATION announced the winner and special mentions of the 2024 LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize.

As the 2024 LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Winner is about to be announced, we look back to a conversation held in 2023 between Sheila Loewe and Ernst Gamperl, who reflected on the impact of this global platform for contemporary craft – and where it is going next. This conversation was moderated by Emma Crichton Miller and originally published in our 2023 issue: TLmag39: The Culture of the Object.

The Isamu Noguchi Museum in New York presents Toshiko Takaezu: Worlds Within, a major retrospective of the ground-breaking abstract artist (1922-2011) from Hawaii, most celebrated for her masterful “closed form” ceramic vessels.

For her first solo exhibition with Maria Wettergren Gallery, textile designer and artist Margrethe Odgaard presents “Dear Miaojin”, a series of work made in response to the epistolary book “Last Words from Montmartre,” by the Taiwanese artist Qiu Maiojin.

For TLmag39: The Culture of the Object, studio d-o-t-s explored what agrarian traditions can teach design, looking at the work of Emma Brushi and Fernando Laposse, both of whom are designing and making objects in collaboration with local farmers and crops.

For TLmag39: The Culture of the Object, Emanuele Quinz spoke with Marco Sammicheli, Curator and Director of Design at the Triennale de Milano, about design, the culture of the object and its relationship to the museum.