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Six steps into artists’ current fascination with the third dimension

by Carlo Prada

Sculpture is in the air. Already through the last edition of the Turner Prize, artists Micheal Dean, Anthea Hamilton, Josephine...

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Venice Biennale 2017

by Stefano Pirovano

Are you discovering or being discovered by contemporary art?

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Anicka Yi, a political interview

by Paul Laster

We sat down with NY based artist Anicka Yi to investigate a 'political statement to counter the ocular-centric society we...

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Kristof Kintera and human’s monumental smallness

by Stefano Pirovano

A show at Collezione Maramotti shed some light on the fascination of Kristof Kintera for representing human individualism and foolish...

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Troubled Brazil has a new ‘auroras’, and it’s located in a beautiful 1950s Modernist house…

by Maria do Carmo de Pontes

Ricardo Ortiz Kugelmas is an art-advisor and collector who has recently returned to his home town Sao Paulo after years...

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At Open Care with Isabella Villafranca Soissons

by Stefano Pirovano

Milano: we have visted the restoration department of Open Care guided by Isabella Villafranca Soissons, a maser restorer.

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Rising artist to watch: Evelyn Taocheng Wang

by Carlo Prada

‘I don’t get you Tao! 34 years and you still do massage with us?’. This is how Liza addressed to...

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Do we really need new museums of contemporary art? The Brussels case

by Piero Bisello

These are the days in which many eyes in the international artworld are pointed to Brussels. Like every year the...

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Olafur Eliasson: a quasi political interview

by Paul Laster

Olafur Eliasson: "I’m interested in how culture actually creates the world". We sat down with the artist to discuss about...

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Long overdue revolution in Italian fine art export law is about to happen

by Stefano Pirovano

At last the moment has arrived. Thanks to an article included in the competition law that the Italian Parliament is...

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The 2017 Whitney Biennial collects critical acclaim, while some works draw flack

by Paul Laster

Returning after a three-year hiatus while it resettled in its new Renzo Piano-designed building at the base of the High...

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MiArt made it, Milan thanks its unique collection of private art institutions

by Stefano Pirovano

The four-day-long contemporary art week in Milan confirms that the city is living a state of grace and it is...

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From Motel Lucie to Gasconade: Alessandro Agudio, Beatrice Marchi, Andrea Romano, and Davide Stucchi

by Stefano Pirovano

This is how Alessandro Agudio, Beatrice Marchi, Andrea Romano, and Davide Stucchi created Motel Lucie and Gasconade, in Milan.

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Francesco Gennari meets Federico da Montefeltro

by Francesco Gennari and Stefano Pirovano

For CFA's 'at the show with the artist' section Francesco Gennari gives insights on the art collection of Duke Federico...

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‘Color has many amazing abilities, one is that it affects your ability to feel’ Katharina Grosse (an interview)

by Paul Laster

Celebrated for her painterly projects in major museums and international biennials, Katharina Grosse is primarily known in New York for...

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Tefaf Maastricht 2017: the art market is shifting, not shrinking

by Stefano Pirovano

Our sentiment, three days after Tefaf preview took place in Maastricht, is confirming a significant data that Professor Rachel Pownall...

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Who is Lavinia Calza? (an interview)

by Zihan Kassam

Kenya based art agent and collector Lavinia Calza sets down with Conceptual Fine Arts to talk about present and future...

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Armory Show 2017: are site specific works the remedy against art fairs’ monotony?

by Paul Laster

The Armory Show returned to New York this past week with a new director, a new design and renewed sense...

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Christiane Blattmann on Port House and Magasin Wolfers

by Piero Bisello and Christiane Blattmann

At the show with the artist: we've been with Christiane Blatmann to Zaha Hadid’s building for the Port House of...

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Emerging old masters: Guido Cagnacci at the National Gallery

by Geoff Hands

To visit the National Gallery to see one painting is an indulgence; but for a work that is temporarily on...

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New wave of bright talents stay away from the auction houses

by Stefano Pirovano

After being sleepy for a couple of months or so the heart of contemporary art market is ready to beat...

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Frank Goddio, the deepest living archaeologist (an interview)

by Stefano Pirovano

Frank Goddio talks about his extraordinary discoveries and the exhibition presenting them at the European audience. And reveals some visionary...

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At the show with the artist: Hugo Canoilas on the Triumph of Death fresco in Palazzo Abatellis

by Stamatia Dimitrakopoulos

When we asked multimedia artist and painter Hugo Canoilas to contribute in this sector with a historical artwork that has...

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On Andrea Crespo and the intergendered element

by Carlo Prada

If you happen to be in Cambridge, MA, only a few hours by train from New York,  ‘List Project: Andrea...

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Walter Padovani, from nails to art (an interview)

by Stefano Pirovano

Water Padovani is a refined art dealer specialised in Italian works of art from the seventeenth to the nineteenth century....

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Do we have reasons to like a work of art? Philosopher Derek Parfit had an answer

by Piero Bisello

2017 is the year where the philosophy community lost one of its acclaimed members, Derek Parfit, considered by many the...

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Collezione Iannaccone’s first public show: in the heart of art collecting

by Stefano Pirovano

The first comprehensive public show dedicated to the art collection patiently gathered together during the last 20 years by lawyer...

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To be discovered: the evasive talismans of K.r.m. Mooney

by Carlo Prada

Minimalism used to infuriate people. Now that we got used to it, it’s lost a bit of its kick but...

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At Christie’s NY Goya’s rare drawing tests art market expectations about Trump

by Stefano Pirovano

A set of 131 main Old Masters’ drawings goes under the hammer today in New York, at the Rockfeller Center,...

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‘I deeply struggle with the idea of art being reduced to self-promotion’: an interview with Debora Delmar

by Stamatia Dimitrakopoulos

Born and raised in Mexico City, Debora Delmar experienced first-hand the capitalistic boom during the nineties, when the ideal of...

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The absent photographer and the behavioural image

by Carlo Prada

It’s a restless struggle for photography to keep up. In the age of Adobe and Photoshop, finding an original way...

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