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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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Would you exchange a plain holiday for a memorable work of art?

by Stefano Pirovano

Nobel prize winner Daniel Kahneman is an extraordinary source for art criticism. Here how his decision making theories may help...

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Fondazione Prada: the great call, 20 months and 18 projects after

by Stefano Pirovano

A couple of days before Christmas Cfa sat down with Astrid Welter, head of programs at Fondazione Prada, to take...

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Should we call it I, he or they? Puppies Puppies

by Carlo Prada

Is Puppies Puppies the talent that the world of emerging art is waiting for? Unfortunately Marcel Duchamp is not here...

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Elizabeth Peyton: ‘help me feel my feelings’ (an interview)

by Paul Laster

Painter Elizabeth Peyton discusses with CFA her painting and how she needs to portrait other people to understand herself.

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13 times at the Venice Biennale but he is still to be sanctified

by Stefano Pirovano

Tomorrow a conference will present the results of scientific analysis that likely will reinforce what art history already stated. Italian...

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Who is the most influential visual artist of the late twentieth century?

by Geoff Hands

By design or coincidence, in London right now you can visit Robert Rauschenberg, Tate Modern’s first Autumn show of 2016,...

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Kerry James Marshall: ‘I love art thanks to Leonardo da Vinci’ (an interview)

by Paul Laster

Growing up in Los Angeles during the turbulent times of racial unrest in the 1960s and settling in Chicago in...

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Rome celebrates first female painter in art history revealing three new original pieces

by Stefano Pirovano

A new pivotal exhibition is going to reinforce the already prominent position that Artemisia Gentileschi has in the history of...

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Mark Leckey: “technology essentially makes you believe in magic” (an interview)

by Paul Laster

A British artist who works in a variety of mediums, Mark Leckey’s first interests were music and technology and much...

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Emma Hart: walking on the bright side of the moon

by Stefano Pirovano

Emma Hart, a Max Mara Art Prize for Women winner, is sublimating her (extra)ordinary every day. Here is why it...

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Help Center for Italian Modern Art to bring Depero Futurista back to life!

by Piero Bisello

It appears as a curious accident that the object some consider the first artist book in the 20th century was...

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At the show with the artist: Neil Raitt on Adriaen Van De Velde at the Dulwich

by Neil Raitt*

Today I visited an exhibition of work by Adriaen Van De Velde at The Dulwich Picture Gallery in South East...

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Is the 1930s revival a prophecy of doom?

by Geoff Hands

In times of economic and political turmoil it is challenging to recognise the positive developments in culture when the Prophets...

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