Zurich, the Art Weekend’s capitalby Guido FurbescoYou need to know Zurich's background to understand why its Art Weekend is more than just the smartest preface to Art Basel
Andrzej Steinbach, a tautology of the idealby Stefano PirovanoAndrzej Steinbach invites us to relate to our systems of meaning allocation, so that images can vibrate free and open to understanding
Monika Emmanuelle Kazi: the long gameby Brit BurtonThe symbols and systems that Monika Emmanuelle Kazi has created to define her work are a guiding point to the artist’s unique lived experience
A Flemish trace for the Madonna Cagnola’s master (Zanetto Bugatto)by Massimo Medica (from Nuovi Studi 27, 2022-2023 anno XXVII-XXVIII)A new attribution to the Master of the Cagnola Madonna, identified by the most recent scholarship as the Lombard artist Zanetto Bugatto.
Alexandru Chira and the inhabitable artistic edificeby Georgiana ButAlexandru Chira used drawing to build an articulated architecture for signification, intended for spiritual habitation
Kelsey Isaacs: synthesizing the layers of a plastic sunby Joel DeanKelsey Isaacs reverses the banal glow of a simulated world into bright, meticulous paintings to reflect an increasingly paradoxical reality
Arte Povera: six documentaries (part one)by Francisca Parrino & Stefano PirovanoThe stars of Arte Povera portrayed in six documentaries, available for streaming thanks to a review curated in collaboration with Audiovisiva
The Howard Hodgkin collection of Indian court paintingsby Marta GalliHoward Hodgkin approach to collecting had nothing to do with art history. What mattered to him was how each piece affected him emotionally
Painting genealogy with Gritli Faulhaberby Dara JochumIn an attempt to resist the coercion of style, Gritli Faulhaber discusses painting through painting to rethink the medium's history
How Lombardy met Northern Europe through Alessandro Sforza and Zanetto Bugatto*by Federico Cavalieri (from Nuovi Studi 27, 2022-2023 anno XXVII-XXVIII)Zanetto Bugatto sheds light on the appreciation for Flemish artists emerged in Milan after mid-XV cent
Laura De Jonckheere, an interviewby Piero BiselloWe sat down with Laura De Jonckheere, second-generation old masters gallerist, to bring antiques to the next generation
Tang Dynasty, a Chinese renaissanceby Ma SenTang dynasty was the cradle of Chinese civilisation, which grew through a strong economic expansion, that was also cultural one*
Norton Simon: an American artist visits LA’s crown jewelby Daniel Graham Loxton*An essential introduction to Norton Simon, masterful art collector during America’s mid-century cultural emergence
Romeo Gómez López: critique of a conservatory natureby Samantha OzerWorking across media, artist Romeo Gómez López approaches culture with erotic vision and unexpected parallels
Lippo di Dalmasio: pop without knowing itby Carlo PradaLippo di Dalmasio degli Scannabecchi painted in series, signed his works and was a self-promoter, like the masters of the US boom
Armin Lorenz Gerold: The city unfolds in soundby Dara JochumBy using text, alongside sculpture, video, and installation Armin Lorenz Gerold seeks not just to make sound visible, but to forge a different kind of image.
Peggy Franck: breath slowlyby Stefano PirovanoWith Peggy Franck and existence in the process of defining identity that we feed by working, or by expanding painting
Room #3 (Fischli, João, Coltorti, d’Orgeval)by Antonio de MartinoClaudio Coltorti, Martin d’Orgeval, Gina Fischli and Francesco Joao create an hangover scenario, trying to paste together all that happened (Hussenot at CFAlive)
Traveling for the Master of the Corsi Crucifixionby Carlo PradaAn itinerary that starts with the Master of the Corsi Crucifixion and leads to an important series of Giottesque crucifixes
Lotte Andersen and the forces that lead us through historyby Samantha OzerLotte Andersen questions cultural symbols that normalise past narratives of identity, power, oppression and privilege
