caroline khuen-belasi

Thursday, February 17, 2011

leaves and stones....

here some more of my handmade jewelry....

necklace made with amethyst, rock cristal and gold.

necklace with rhodochrosite, pearl and gold

earring made of gold

earring made of gold and pearls

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

constantin schönburg

constantin schönburg is a very talented musician with a fantastic voice! his music is a mix of jazz and blues.

you can follow his blog or like his site on facebook.

his first video is already online! enjoy...

Monday, February 14, 2011

my jewelry

an antique enamel medal that i mounted on gold and pearls, with a gold chain.

mother of pearl with gold an pearls, the chain is a stainless steel wire.

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

incredible story about this amazing unknown street photographer from the 50's whose work was discovered at an auction in chicago.
her discovered work includes over 100.000 negatives, thousands of prints and countless undeveloped rolls of film.
read more about her here.

there is an exhibition of her work at the chicago cultural center begining today until april 3th 2011
and another one in germany at the galerie hilaneh von kories from january 27th to april 28th 2011.

Monday, January 24, 2011

fefe talavera

fefe talavera’s monster paintings are metaphors for strong and subconscious human emotions like anger, fear, dreams or desire. the colourful fantastic beasts which she connects with the “dark side” of her inner self stand for the artist’s cultural roots as well as the primary and powerful energy of her work in the streets all over the world. follow her blog here.

Friday, January 21, 2011

vip art fair

vip art fair is the first art fair to mobilize the collective force of the world’s leading contemporary art galleries with the unlimited reach of the Internet. its inaugural fair will take place exclusively online for one week only, January 22-30, 2011, at www.vipartfair.com.

you can also follow them on facebook

Monday, December 13, 2010

noumeda carbone

noumeda carbone is a extremely talented illustrator and painter based in florence italy.
" i work with ink, pigment liner, felt-tip pen and usually i mixes hand drawing with digital instruments. i like the error, the small surprise between lines, the light."

for more information have a look here, or join her facebook official page.

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

reliquary

some of the amazing reliquary made by my dear friend Ines Zaragoza for those lucky ones planning to go to ilhabela (Brasil) around december , there is an exhibition opening on december 4th at the "pousada armacao dos ventos" where you can admire her art.

the exhibition runs until february 4th 2011.

Monday, November 22, 2010

2010 CNN hero of the year

Anuradha Koirala whose group has rescued more than 12,000 women and girls from sex slavery has been named the 2010 CNN Hero of the Year.

"Human trafficking is a crime, a heinous crime, a shame to humanity," Koirala said earlier in the evening after being introduced as one of the top 10 CNN Heroes of 2010. "I ask everyone to join me to create a society free of trafficking. We need to do this for all our daughters."

Read about the CNN report here.

Sunday, November 14, 2010

architecture's man of the year

rem koolhaas , architecture's man of the year. for more information about his work have a look

here

Thursday, September 16, 2010

people have the power

© foto gregor khuen-belasi

absolutely amazing patti smith the other night with lenny kaye and casa del vento on her new tour "seeds in the wind"
so many emotions that i can hardly explain with words!!!

have a look here

Monday, September 13, 2010

a new sound, light and dance performance

© foto gregor khuen-belasi

takayuki fujimoto, tsuyoshi shirai, takao kawaguchi and 7 japanese artist made a pioneering multimedia dance performance in the context of transart at bolzano (italy). it was absolutely beautiful, poetical, dramatic and ironic... you can have an idea by watching this video

Monday, September 6, 2010

people meet in architecture

people meet in architecture is the title of the 12th international architecture exhibition at the biennale di venezia.
it runs until 21st november 2010.
for more information please look here.

kazuyo sejima has been awarded the pritzker architecture prize 2010 and is the first woman directing the architecture sector of the biennale.

Saturday, September 4, 2010

when architecture meets jewelry

the brazilian jeweler h.stern is launching a magical jewelry collection in collaboration with the great architect oscar niemeyer to commemorate his 103 years! all inspired on his fantastic drawings.

there is also a beautiful video made for the collection's presentation with music by carlinhos brown and george israel
have a look here.