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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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Jamie Fitzpatrick enchants Artissima with his sinister symbols of power

by Stefano Pirovano

One of the names that stood out last week at Artissima in Turin is of London based talent Jamie Fitzpatrick....

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That’s how they are doing it in Finland (an interview with Leevi Haapala)

by Maria do Carmo de Pontes

Kiasma‘s director since June 2015, Leevi Haapala knows the vibrant Finnish contemporary art scene and its near future like few others....

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Paris: a pivotal exhibition reintroduces 1930’s American masters

by Stefano Pirovano

There is a great season of figurative painting that main art fairs are currently neglecting and very few art dealers,...

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An interview with Rashid Johnson: “I was more African before going to Africa”

by Paul Laster

The youngest artist in the Studio Museum in Harlem’s seminal 2001 exhibition “Freestyle,” Rashid Johnson embraced curator Thelma Golden’s controversial...

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Aaaahhh!!! Calouste Gulbenkian would be proud of hosting such an art fair

by Stefano Pirovano

Paris Internationale is becoming great contemporary art fair. Born just three years ago from the ashes of Paris Officielle, now it looks...

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The National Gallery goes ‘Beyond Caravaggio’ placing a sexy milestone in master’s career

by Geoff Hands

Regretfully, we shall never have the pleasure of viewing, ‘Caravaggio: The Late Works’. Would we have seen something akin to...

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Rome, #quadriennale2016: the best map of the Italian contemporary art is still too lazy

by Stefano Pirovano

N Rome. Eight years after the last edition took place – in 2012 a book was published as a substitute...

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Data culture or data for culture? What survey metrics in decision-making can and can’t do for the arts

by Piero Bisello

There has been recent media coverage for a test in which Arts Council England (ACE) experimented a set of standardised...

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Six comforting steps to cover the London contemporary art week

by Stefano Pirovano

Yesterday we heard a couple of Swiss collectors complaining about the fact the Regent’s park’s art fair had released too...

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Interview: Malta Campos, one of the only 3 painters invited at the SP Biennial (out of 87 artists!)

by Maria do Carmo de Pontes

Antonio Malta Campos (São Paulo, 1961, where he lives and works) started to produce oil paintings soon after being accepted...

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London: Collezione Maramotti, Moretti Fine Art and an opportunity named Atelier dell’Errore

by Stefano Pirovano

  Luca Santiago Mora is a slim man in his forties, or fifties. We met him a few months ago...

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Michael Rey at ZERO… gallery: “The uncanny is not something you can produce at will”

We had never visited his studio, met him in person, or read any article about him before. When a few...

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Willem de Kooning, Cross-Legged Figure, 1972.

Hiltiland, where dreams come true

by Stefano Pirovano

President of Hilti Art Foundation Michael Hilti sits down with CFA to discuss about the strategy behind his family's extraordinary...

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At a crowded Berlin art week Anne Imhof converts Angst into hope

by Stefano Pirovano

The only detail that didn’t work last Wednesday night at the Hamburger Bahnhof was a sign placed on the welcoming...

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Biennale des Antiquaires’ last edition: for Paris it is a new beginning

by Stefano Pirovano

  “Some wealthy people like mega yachts, some others prefer to build their own art museum” told yesterday to CFA...

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A curator is born: a look at Kenya’s first curator’s workshop

by Zihan Kassam

Until recently, the number of curators in Kenya could be counted on one hand. Two, if you were kind. The...

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At the show with the artist: Claudia Losi visits Pontormo, with some lenses and a sentimental guide

by Stefano Pirovano, Claudia Losi and Mauro Sargiani

The 25th talent contributing to our section “At the show with the artist”, a section inspired by the seminal group...

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Late Summer’s healthy practices: put these three museums of Stockholm on your art agenda

by Maria do Carmo de Pontes

Being one of the wealthiest cities in the world, it is unsurprising that Stockholm boosts an exciting cultural life. From...

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