Modernica Releases Limited Futura Laboratories x Alchemist Art Café Side Shell Chairs

Only 50 produced.

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Art Basel Miami Beach 2019 came to a close this past weekend, but the exclusive releases continue with a Modernica collaboration. The furniture imprint produced a limited collection of its Side Shell Eiffel chairs for the Alchemist Art Café that was open during the art fair in the Florida capital. The household item portrays signature artwork by Futura, portraying his Pointman characters holding coffee cups in gestural forms.

The fiberglass chairs are now available for purchase on Modernica’s website for $595 USD each. Only 50 have been made.

Elsewhere in design, Berluti presented 17 original furniture pieces by Pierre Jeannette at Art Basel Miami Beach 2019.

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Keith Estiler is a New York-born curator, writer, and the Managing Editor of Hypeart, the contemporary art arm of Hypebeast. Based in NYC, Keith heads up editorial strategy at the intersection of contemporary art and culture, capturing the icons and outliers of both the local and international scenes. He has curated exhibitions worldwide, dedicated to championing the emerging voices and subcultures currently redefining contemporary visual culture.

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