Palazzo – A New Collection by Calle Henzel – Part Punk, Part Patina
This collection reimagines historical design languages through material experimentation and conceptual disruption. Drawing inspiration from classical motifs, each piece is transformed with techniques such as gestural paint spills, sculptural pile carving, and layered textures. Altogether, the finished works embody a quietly sophisticated expression of rawness — part punk, part patina — infused with a restrained, contemporary sense of luxury.
Image: CALLE HENZEL, Untitled 11 (Palazzo), 2015 / 2025
In Le Météore de la Nuit, Calle Henzel presents a series of monumental handmade rug designs, each meticulously crafted in his signature style.
In this collection, Henzel explores the balance between art and science through free-form techniques, incorporating precisely cut wool, mohair, and silk. His organic aesthetic, characterized by architectural lines and gravity-shaped abstract forms, reflects three decades of artistic refinement. Each rug stands as a testament to Henzel’s seamless fusion of art, science, and philosophy.
Henzel Studio seamlessly blends art and craftsmanship through Calle Henzel's signature collections and collaborations with over 30 renowned contemporary artists and estates, including The Andy Warhol Foundation, Nan Goldin, Marilyn Minter, Mickalene Thomas, Lawrence Weiner, Richard Prince, and more.
With a legacy of over thirty collaborations, including artists like Ashley Bickerton, Sanford Biggers, Jake & Dinos Chapman, Kim Gordon, Tim Noble & Sue Webster, and many others, Henzel Studio has become a leader in the art rug movement. Renowned among architects, interior designers, and art collectors for its unwavering commitment to superior craftsmanship and artistic originality, Henzel Studio creates visually striking, handmade rugs that transform Calle Henzel’s artistic vision into museum-quality pieces.
The signature rugs are highly customizable, tailored to clients’ specific needs in size, color, shape, and materials, ensuring seamless integration into any space. Through collaborations with artists' estates, Henzel Studio continues to build on its legacy, with extensive collections developed with institutions like the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and Tom of Finland Foundation.
Video featuring Andy Warhol
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Henzel Studio Collaborations 1st Decade
Henzel Studio presented an exhibition at PDC Design Gallery celebrating the first decade of its program of artist-designed rugs. Alongside more than 25 rugs, the exhibition unveiled a new rug designed in collaboration with artist and filmmaker John Waters, as well as new designs by Mickalene Thomas and Anselm Reyle.
The PDC Design Gallery, a 2,780-square-foot, museum-quality two-level space in West Hollywood's Pacific Design Center Plaza, opened in March 2022. Formerly MOCA's West Hollywood location for nearly 20 years, the gallery had hosted exhibitions featuring Rick Owens, Takashi Murakami, and more. It continued to explore design as an extension of artistic practice, engaging renowned artists, designers, and curators.
The exhibition Henzel Studio Collaborations: 1st Decade featured works by Vanessa Beecroft, Richard Bernstein, Olaf Breuning, Scott Campbell, Jake & Dinos Chapman, Nan Goldin, Kim Gordon, Calle Henzel, Carsten Höller, Katerina Jebb, Robert Knoke, Mary McCartney, Marilyn Minter, Tim Noble & Sue Webster, Tony Oursler, Jack Pierson, Richard Prince, Anselm Reyle, Mickalene Thomas, Jwan Yosef, and Andy Warhol. It was accompanied by a curated selection of collectible designs by Verter Turroni, realized in collaboration with Imperfettolab and Kalkeriet Contemporary.
Image: JWAN YOSEF, Duct, 2019, OLAF BREUNING, Black and white people pattern, 2017, NAN GOLDIN, Wine and Roses, 2014, KATERINA JEBB, Ladies tights, 1996, KATERINA JEBB, Tilda Swinton, 2012, ANSELM REYLE, Untitled, 2023, VERTER TURRONI, Mercurio, 2003
The Goss-Michael Foundation (Dallas), Art Basel (Miami), The Broad (LA), La Biennale (Venice), Frieze (Los Angeles), MOCA (LA), The Broad (LA) and Rossana Orlandi (Milan), among others.
For almost three decades, Henzel Studio has led the way in progressive luxury rug design, continually pushing the boundaries of contemporary art rugs. Our commitment to innovation and artistic excellence is evident in every piece we create, reflecting a unique blend of craftsmanship and artistic vision. Our creations have garnered international acclaim and have been exhibited at prestigious venues, including The Broad (Los Angeles), The Goss-Michael Foundation (Dallas), Art Basel (Miami), MoMA PS1 (New York), Frieze (Los Angeles), MOCA (LA / Cleveland), Rossana Orlandi (Milan), and Saint Laurent Rive Droit (Paris), among others. Each exhibition and site-specific installation serves as a testament to our dedication to redefining the art of rugs, showcasing the intricate interplay between art and design while appealing to discerning collectors and enthusiasts worldwide. Henzel Studio remains committed to inspiring new dialogues in the realm of luxury design, where every rug transcends mere functionality to become a dynamic work of art.
Henzel Studio is honored to further its collaboration with The Andy Warhol Foundation of Visual Arts on a second collection of handmade art rugs based on one of Warhol’s most controversial yet abstract series of works, his 'Oxidation Paintings' from 1978.
After two years of painstaking development and production, the result is a remarkably seamless adaptation, where similar oxidation outcomes and comparable textures have been achieved. When making his Oxidation paintings, Warhol laid his canvases down on the floor, coated them with copper paint, and then directed his assistants or visitors to his studio to urinate on them while the paint was still wet. The acid from the urine oxidized the metal in the copper paint, creating an abstract shimmering effect. Insisting on the importance of artistic skill when creating the paintings, Warhol explained: “If I asked someone to do an Oxidation painting, and they just wouldn’t think about it, it would just be a mess. Then I did it myself – and it’s just too much work – and you try to figure out a good design.”
Warhol’s Oxidation paintings resulted in an abstract exploration of differently shaped stains, intricate color-shifts and shimmering surfaces. Far removed from his previous work, which to date had been largely derived from photography and transferred to canvas via silk-screening, this was the first time he committed to a certain kind of painterly abstraction reminiscent of Abstract Expressionism. Calle Henzel, founder and creative director of Henzel Studio, experimented extensively with various techniques that in practice might seem contradictory and destructive – but one that allows for a closer dialogue with the original works. The abstractions, freeform shapes and variable pile heights of these rugs are coincidentally closely tied with Calle Henzel’s signature designs, many of which are informed by free-form shapes, interplay between volume and dimensions, effects of erosion and geological formations – characteristics that have carved a trademark place for Henzel Studio in art and interior design. Aesthetics aside, Joakim Andreasson, curator Henzel Studio Collaborations / Heritage, found it intriguing to explore adapting works that were created on the same plane field as the one rug traditionally inhabit – the floor. With the Oxidation Paintings being executed through elements of chance, random and performance comparable to the making of Yves Klein’s paintings, it is compelling to see how these engaging works in turn are given an alternate life as elements of physical and domestic engagement.
Image: Installation view of 'Andy Warhol - From A to B and Back Again' (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, November 12, 2018-March 31, 2019). From left to right, top to bottom: Skull, 1976; Skull, 1976; Skull, 1976; Skull, 1976; Oxidation Painting, 1978. Photograph by Ron Amstutz. New York, Whitney Museum of American Art. © 2021. Digital image Whitney Museum of American Art / Licensed by Scala. Mobile / Image: Andy Warhol, Self-portrait, 1979
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On view at Kalkeriet Contemporary
Nestled in Greater Copenhagen, Kalkeriet Contemporary serves as the exclusive gallery for Henzel Studio in Scandinavia, showcasing a rotating display of exceptional hand-knotted rugs. This evolving collection features the innovative artistry of Calle Henzel alongside the striking creations of renowned artists Mickalene Thomas and Jwan Yosef.
Calle Henzel, founder and creative director of Henzel Studio, has spent almost three decades translating his artistic practice as a painter and collage artist into the medium at hand, establishing Henzel Studio as one of the most progressive luxury rug brands in the world.
The organic and artistic process of Calle Henzel has been the driving force in the development of Henzel Studio’s designs. He has over the years in an uncompromised fashion challenged the traditional conventions of subject matter, shape, finishings and special treatments as a result of painstaking research that includes vintage treatments, intricate surface compositions and even natural erosion – methodologies that further blur the distinction between art and design. Calle Henzel has collaborated with some of the most prominent names and foundations in contemporary art including; Richard Prince, Nan Goldin, Mickalene Thomas, Lawrence Weiner, Douglas Gordon, Anselm Reyle, Juergen Teller, Tom of Finland Foundation and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, among others. His collaborations and own designs has been exhibited at prominent venues such as MOCA, Katonah Museum of Art, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Rossana Orlandi Gallery and The Goss-Michael Foundation.
Image: CALLE HENZEL, Celestial Object A-C04 (Gravity Edit) (in-situ)
Henzel Studio x Elton John Aids Foundation, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Goodweave + more
Henzel Studio actively participates in various charity projects, including auctions for significant organizations like the Elton John AIDS Foundation (EJAF) and Goodweave, as well as support for non-profit arts organizations such as MOCA and The Goss-Michael Foundation. Established in 1992, EJAF is a leading independent AIDS organization dedicated to ending the AIDS epidemic. Goodweave works to eliminate child labor in global supply chains through a market-based approach. Founded in 2007 by George Michael and Kenny Goss, The Goss-Michael Foundation exhibits important contemporary artworks from artists like Tracey Emin, Damien Hirst, and Marc Quinn.
Image: Elton John and David Furnish by Greg Gorman Courtesy of Elton John AIDS Foundation.
'The spectacular details of these handwoven Henzel Studio coverings, layers new meaning to the term installation art.'
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