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Rodrigo Hernández at Pivô: the abstract nun looks sensual

by Maria do Carmo de Pontes

Rodrigo Hernández solo presentation at Pivô melts dreamed dreams with reality and turns abstraction into a personal map of Modernism.

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Mantegna and Bellini at the NG sparks debate in Italy

by Stefano Pirovano

The dream-exhibition at the National Gallery opens a debate in Italy about the so called 'blockbuster' shows, which confuse entertainment...

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Lutz & Guggisberg, a single artist with four hands and eight gardens

by Stefano Pirovano

The series of painted pics and sculptures presented by Lutz & Guggisberg at Collezione Maramotti in Reggio Emilia questions our...

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Walter Swennen

Walter Swennen: free riding from WIELS to La Triennale

by Piero Bisello

Few days left for visiting Walter Swennen solo presentation at La Triennale, in Milan. Will the show be al able...

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Top Art Nouveau dealer Robert Zehil smiles at China (an interview)

by Stefano Pirovano

We sat down with Robert Zehil to take stock of his extraordinary career and peep into the future of Art...

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JR tests the ethical side of the art system (an interview)

by Paul Laster

An artist who made it without the help of big art galleries and fairs exhibits at Perrotin in New York....

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Who said art about other art is boring? (Christian Jankowski at Petzel)

Petzel in New York is presenting Christian Jankowski's third solo exhibition at the gallery. Once again the German artist proves...

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The Hum Comes from the Stumuch, installation view. Courtesy of Gladstone Gallery

At the show with the artist, who curated the show (Kasper Bosmans)

by Piero Bisello

We visited the group show curated by Kasper Bosmans at Barbara Gladstone gallery in the company of the artist himself....

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Francesco Joao and humidity (an interview)

by Marta Galli

A group exhibition opening next Monday at PAC in Milan takes stock of emerging Brazilian art. Francesco Joao is part...

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Is neophilia killing contemporary art?

by Translated from the original by Alessandra Marelli

Twenty years ago art collector Lucien Bilinelli diagnosed what is still a main issue within the art system. But he...

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Philippe Model will stage Musée de Valence’s collection

by Stefano Pirovano

Musée de Valence opens its depot to Philippe Model, who turns the galleries into a stage where actors play according...

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Testing consensus in the arts

by Piero Bisello

Next 17th July in London Christie's and Vastari are going to host a one-day summit about how blockchain can be...

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Is curator the hero 10th Berlin Biennale doesn’t need?

by Stefano Pirovano

Titled after the famous song by Tina Turner and including only 46 names, edition 2018 of the Berlin Biennale opens...

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David Thuku and the barter of ideas

by Zihan Herr

There are only a few days left to visit David Thuku's solo show at Red Hill Art Gallery in Nairobi,...

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Alberto Bonisoli promises more money for Italian Ministry of Culture

by Stefano Pirovano

On June, 2nd the new Minister of Cultural Heritage Alberto Bonisoli promised more funds to protect and valorize the Italian...

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Does site specific painting exist? Nicolas Party questions René Magritte

by Piero Bisello

The Magritte Museum in Brussels puts the Surrealist master side by side with his young follower and reveals why Nicolas...

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Diego Marcon and the Ludwig paradigma

by Stefano Pirovano

Diego Marcon has been shortlisted for 2018 MAXXI Bulgari Prize. The winner will be announced next October. Meanwhile Ludwing will...

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Boris Vervoordt and the future of the past-present (an interview)

by Stefano Pirovano

We visited Kanaal, the new Axel Vervoordt's city-village, which after almost 20 years of restauration is now completed. We were...

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Shining a light into Adam Gordon’s darkness

by Paul Laster

New York-based artist Adam Gordon is melding painting with installation and photography, but it’s not the medium itself that he...

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Franz Staehler

A heartfelt farewell to Franz Staehler

by Stefano Pirovano

Franz Staehler passed away last Saturday, in a hospital in Frankfurt. At the end, the illness he had always been...

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The Red Hour has come at Dak’Art

by Jasmina Trifoni

Few collectors have attended the opening of the 13th edition of the Dakar Biennale of Contemporary African Art (Dak'Art), but...

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A new restoration for Titian’s Assumption of the Virgin, and once again it’s not Italy paying the bill

by Stefano Pirovano

Save Venice Inc. will fund the restoration of Titian's juvenile masterpiece which after 500 years of life is now threatened...

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Is Art Monte Carlo becoming the navel of the Art Riviera?

by Stefano Pirovano

Cool art fairs, vibrant art institutions and sophisticated collectors are re-positioning the French Riviera on the European contemporary art map....

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The daring Renaissance of Gaudenzio Ferrari

by Stefano Pirovano

The greatest exhibition about Gaudenzio Ferrari ever organized revolves around three towns: Varallo, Vercelli and Novara. Was it a smart...

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The top 10 art movies list

by Maria do Carmo de Pontes

Are you fed up with shy art critics and self-referential art journalism? Our art movies list could help you to...

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How Milan and Warsaw are contributing to the history of Albanian contemporary art

by Stefano Pirovano

There are two exhibitions at the moment in Europe which seem to be closely linked, almost as if they were...

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Friend of a Friend puts Warsaw on the emerging art map

by Stefano Pirovano

Friend of a Friend kick started last weekend in Warsaw and it's likely that a milestone was placed on the...

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Why does Juan Sánchez Cotán’s cabbage look so contemporary?

by Piero Bisello

Brussels. Bozar sheds some light on Spanish Still Life and reminds us how close still life is to Duchampian ready...

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A must read art book: The Art of Rivalry

by Maria do Carmo de Pontes

What did the friendships between art giants such as Lucien Freud and Francis Bacon or Willem de Kooning and Jackson...

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Sam Falls’ first institutional exhibition in Europe is an elegiac statement

by Stefano Pirovano

Sam Falls' show at Galleria Civica di Trento sets a new dialogue between Minimalism and Nature. But light and life...

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A family business: Querini Stampalia compares Mantegna and Bellini

by Gianluca Poldi

Venice introduces the show about Mantegna and Bellini that the National Gallery is going to open next October by putting...

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