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Reports, analysis, trends and reviews. In this section we offer our selection of museum and gallery events as well as individual examples of art. To be absolutely comprehensive is not our aim. On the contrary, we want to offer a broadly oriented itinerary through the many contingent aspects of the art-world, the market included.

Interviews and dialogues

We interact with artists, collectors and intellectuals to find out more about their interests and motivations. This will help to create a broader contextual understanding for the selection, display and dissemination of art today.

To be discovered

Here is where we present the most promising contemporary talents and to re-engage with the most established artists from past and present. Our unique approach to discussing and presenting art, through acknowledging the inter-relationship of past and present, allows us to go beyond the simple reviewing of a show.

At the show with the artist

We ask contemporary artists to visit a museum or an exhibition and to express their personal point of view. Without lacking respect for an academic interpretation of the history of art, we believe that the sometimes eccentric or singular perspective given by a living artist on certain works of art can extend their meaning, thus offering unique and unexpected readings.

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Founded in May 2013, Conceptual Fine Arts is an on-line magazine dedicated to discussing contemporary issues in the visual arts, exploring and commenting on its cultural, social and economic facets. We delve into the various aspects of traditional and contemporary art independently, but with a common belief that the present is informed by the past and the past remains open to understanding. Since May 2016 Conceptual Fine Arts is entirely supported by a body of patrons.

editor:

Stefano Pirovano

articles by:

Piero Bisello | Maria do Carmo M. P. de Pontes | Antonio Carnevale | Stamatia Dimitrakopoulos | Marta Galli | Geoff Hands | Paul Laster | Gianluca Poldi | Carlo Prada | Gianluigi Ricuperati | Jasmina Trifoni

 research and translations:

Alessandra Marelli

powered by:

Mauro Fioravanzi

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Conceptual Fine Arts is independent from art galleries and auction houses. The magazine is made possible by the kind support of its patrons.

Currently our Patrons are:

AVM Associati | Collezione Lucien Bilinelli | Collezione Giuseppe Iannaccone | Philippe Model | Marco Rezzonico | Rossini Art Site | Collezione Roberto Spada

Other patrons prefer to remain anonymous.

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June 13, 2018
Is curator the hero 10th Berlin Biennale doesn’t need?Titled after the famous song by Tina Turner and including only 46 names, edition 2018 of the Berlin Biennale opens the door to many talented artists which are still to be discovered by the main galleries. But its curatorial statement looks like a missed opportunity.

June 8, 2018
David Thuku and the barter of ideasThere are only a few days left to visit David Thuku's solo show at Red Hill Art Gallery in Nairobi, but we expect to see a lot more of him in the near future, if we will be able to follow him (out of the box).

June 5, 2018
Alberto Bonisoli promises more money for Italian Ministry of CultureOn June, 2nd the new Minister of Cultural Heritage Alberto Bonisoli promised more funds to protect and valorize the Italian Cultural Heritage. He also implied that the national identity comes before tourism.

June 1, 2018
Does site specific painting exist? Nicolas Party questions René MagritteThe Magritte Museum in Brussels puts the Surrealist master side by side with his young follower and reveals why Nicolas Party's painting is so ground-breaking.

May 30, 2018
Diego Marcon and the Ludwig paradigmaDiego Marcon has been shortlisted for 2018 MAXXI Bulgari Prize. The winner will be announced next October. Meanwhile Ludwing will keep on lighting our darkness.

May 24, 2018
Boris Vervoordt and the future of the past-present (an interview)We visited Kanaal, the new Axel Vervoordt's city-village, which after almost 20 years of restauration is now completed. We were amazed, so we asked Boris Vervoordt, his son, how it will develop and in which context.

May 21, 2018
Shining a light into Adam Gordon’s darknessNew York-based artist Adam Gordon is melding painting with installation and photography, but it’s not the medium itself that he cares about; psychology and solitude come first.

May 15, 2018
A heartfelt farewell to Franz StaehlerFranz Staehler passed away last Saturday, in a hospital in Frankfurt. At the end, the illness he had always been living with defeated his body, yet not his soul.

May 10, 2018
The Red Hour has come at Dak’ArtFew collectors have attended the opening of the 13th edition of the Dakar Biennale of Contemporary African Art (Dak'Art), but Art Basel was there, along with some expert mushroom hunter...

May 8, 2018
A new restoration for Titian’s Assumption of the Virgin, and once again it’s not Italy paying the billSave Venice Inc. will fund the restoration of Titian's juvenile masterpiece which after 500 years of life is now threatened by an active tarli infestation. To what extent should the State accept private funds to preserve certain artworks?

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