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58 out 77 lots of Taubman’s collection were bought at Sotheby’s: but all the top pieces came from art dealers

by Stefano Pirovano

The first of the four auctions of former Sotheby’s owner Alfred Taubman’s art collection ended less the 48 hours ago, but...

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Urban Zellweger: his first interview was on a lovely sunny day

by Francesca di Nardo

The system of shapes of Urban Zellweger relies on colours and foggy atmospheres, taking the way of imagination and dreams

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Art collector Luigi Magnani: “I am not friend with antique dealers, I don’t attend auctions, I don’t visit exhibitions”

by Antonio Carnevale

The Family of the Infante Don Luis (1783-84), a core work in Goya’s production currently on show at the National...

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New York: the missed Donatello’ is likely not alone

by Stefano Pirovano

This afternoon, at Moretti Fine Arts in New York, the lost wooden Spiritello that experts have recently attributed to Donatello...

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At the show with the artist: Marina Rheingantz visited Concrete Cuba at David Zwirner

by Maria do Carmo M. P. de Pontes

Marina Rheingantz (b. 1983) is a Brazilian artist based in Sao Paulo and represented by Galeria Fortes Vilaca. She is one...

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The day after 200.000 people attended Frieze and Fiac someone have to make a decision

by Stefano Pirovano

Today is the day of evaluation in Paris. The second half of the most crucial period of the year for European...

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London vs Paris: 60 portraits by Goya reply to the Medicis’ epiphany at the Jacquemart André

by Stefano Pirovano

The match between Frieze’s art fairs and the Fiac is not the only one London and Paris are playing at the moment,...

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Is Frieze London putting pressure on emerging art?

by Stefano Pirovano

Two days after London not-only-contemporary-anymore art week closed its doors the general consensus among galleries focused on emerging art that...

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On some forgotten photos of Andy Warhol and his legacy as an art collector

by Antonio Carnevale

In 1977 Aurelio Amendola is a 30-year-old photographer fond of portraying artists. He has already captured Marino Marini and Giorgio...

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Frieze Masters 2015: a large scale process of understanding is taking place

by Stefano Pirovano

While we are writing this article a meeting of Frieze Masters’ board is taking place in loco to discuss about...

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Interview: Miguel and Vera Chaia tell why their art collection looks like a lighthouse

by Maria do Carmo M. P. de Pontes

Miguel Chaia is a Sociologist, a teacher of Social Sciences at PUC-SP (Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo), an editor...

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‘I keep on bringing objects from one place to another’: Rodrigo Matheus solo show at Ibid. London

by Maria do Carmo M. P. de Pontes

As we arrive to visit Rodrigo Matheus at Ibid. London, we find him in the process of installing One –...

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“Florence, Portrait at the Medicis Court”: a seminal show that works better than any economic data

by Stefano Pirovano

Any art historian or museum director is perfectly aware of how difficult it could be to get loans from private...

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At the show with the artist: Peppi Bottrop visits “Mondrian. The Line” at Martin Gropius Bau

by Peppi Bottrop

Away from nature ………………giveme…….CMYK Through the darkness ……………………………CMYK No bread (i can´t) ……………………………CMYK WHERE ARE THE LINES I WANNA SEE...

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Art in novels: “The Illogic of Kassel”, aka the Avant-Garde’s decline, by Enrique Vila-Matas

by Antonio Carnevale

The critic is alive. The critic is dead. Around the status of the art critic there is an endless debate,...

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An interview with Hans-Adam II Prince of Liechtenstein

by Stefano Pirovano

Prince of Liechtenstein Hans-Adam II talks about his approach to art collecting and gives some insight about Ginevra Benci portrait...

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“I think art is more powerful as a poisoned Kool-Aid”: an interview with Bradford Kessler

by Piero Bisello

We first came across the art of Bradford Kessler with a video he made in 2011 of a “Beetlejuiced” Charles...

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BIAF 2015 places Koons near Michelangelo promising Florence a new Renaissance

by Stefano Pirovano

The opening days have proved that this year the Biennale Internazionale dell’Antiquariato in Florence has finally become a top event...

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David Freedberg: “the days of scholarship for its own sake are over”

by Stefano Pirovano

Will the Warburg Institute be the the greatest centre for the study of cultural history, images and art in the...

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In the day of Tsipras’ victory what is better than peeping into the blossoming of Greek art residencies?

by Stamatia Dimitrakopoulos

In the midst of a political and economical crisis that keeps aggravating day by day, people in Greece feel the...

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Is really Giotto we are looking at?

by Antonio Carnevale

e've been to Palazzo Reale in Milan to visit the first comprehensive exhibition dedicated to Giotto. But the way the...

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When Nicolas Party met Giotto (an interview)

by Stefano Pirovano

We sat down with Nicolas Party to discuss with him about Giotto, in occasion of the first comprehensive exhibition dedicated...

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September auctions expected to open the door for latecomers and forerunners

by Stefano Pirovano

Apparently the recent turmoil in financial markets due to China’s weakness is only partially affecting the huge amount of liquidity...

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At the show with the killer: American Psycho visits George Stubbs’ mini-show at the Met

There is old money and new money and new money can buy old money. Patrick Bateman, the protagonist of acclaimed 1980s...

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Interview: Anke Weyer about that “constant crisis management” called painting

Along with the contemporary art fair taking place in April, the Brussels gallery weekend in September is with no doubt...

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Interview: Richard Knight explains new joint venture with Fabrizio Moretti

“I very very much hope my relation with Fabrizio Moretti is going to be a productive one” said to Cfa...

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With Laura Biagiotti visiting her private collection of futurist Giacomo Balla

Not far from Rome, just half an hour by car, in the Comune of Guidonia Montecelio, there is a elegant...

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That ancient Greek Slave who Hiram Powers turned young through a chain

  Copying styles or interpreting themes coming from Ancient Greece has been the business of countless artists for the last...

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Italian reforms: a recent law may open a new era for quality architecture

  A new important revolution is silently taking place with regards to how the Italian Government and its Ministry of...

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500 years anniversary of Hieronymus Bosch’ death calls for this rare writing by Dino Buzzati

With a meaningful “Welcome home, Jheronimus!”, the Jheronimus Bosch 500 Foundation (JB500) announces the return of a large part of...

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10 more options to substitute the coercive Autumn art fairs’ agenda

Starting from next Friday – when the Zurich art weekend is going to open – and until the next edition...

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