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With Ryan Foerster the stream of consciousness turns solid

by Stefano Pirovano

Rayan Foerster solo exhibition at C L E A R I N G in New York spans over 10 years...

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In dialogue with art collector Stéphane Janssen

by Stefano Pirovano

We sat down with Belgian art collector Stéphane Janssen, to whom the The Phoenix Museum of Art is dedicating a...

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Scientific analysis of Oscar Kokoschka’s portrait of actor Ernst Reinhold reveal a mysterious under-painting

  These days, the Royal Museums Of Fine Arts of Belgium have dedicated a small section of their galleries to...

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The Dominic Samsworth’s case: can artists be the most compelling writers about their own work?

  In this article we would like to address the fairly recent practice of exhibition press releases: texts written for...

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The winning model: Louvre Lens celebrates its second birthday

    With the opening to the public of a comprehensive exhibition dedicated to animals in Ancient Egypt (more than...

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The tapestry company: Gino Saccone, Margo Wolowiec and Pieter Coecke van Aelst

  Not long ago we proposed a reflexion on the opulence in the arts in connection to the tapestry fabricator...

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Visit Gustave Moreau’s atelier and become suspicious of certain unproductive emerging artists

  In a couple of months the refurbishing of the charming Musée national Gustave Moreau in Paris, 14 rue de...

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In dialogue with Peppi Bottrop and his monumental deconstruction of geometry

by Stefano Pirovano

  Born in Bottrop, the same German city where Josef Albers was born too, Peppi Bottrop (1986) studied with Albert Oehlen...

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At the show with the artist: Arianna Carossa smells Pieter Coecke van Aelst’s seminal exhibition at the Met

As proved by the the book she has recently published, “The aesthetic of my disappearance” (BlisterZine, 2014), artist Arianna Carossa...

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Julia Rommel’s intimate conversations on definite at Sorry We’re Closed, Brussels

    Once again, despite its catchy name, Brussels gallery Sorry We’re Closed has recently opened its doors and lit up...

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The small barrel preserves the best wine: Paris Tableaux 2014

  In Paris, at Palais Brongniart, while the Grand Palais is hosting a lackluster edition of Paris Photo, the fourth...

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To be discovered: the quasi-science of Adrien Lucca

When it comes to Adrien Lucca, one of the few Brussels-based artists born in the 1980s to have a solo...

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The golden age of Siena’s painting regains strength at Bozart (with a special guest from Boston)

  The most seductive piece among the sixty delicate artworks gathered together in occasion of the exhibition dedicated to the...

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At the show with the artist: Jutta Koether lights up Rosso Fiorentino, Piero di Cosimo and Botticelli

It is said that art is good when it generates other art. With this is in mind we would like to introduce...

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History of art in a personal theatre: seminal Paul Delvaux’s retrospective at the Musée D’Ixelles

  Taking inspiration from what the introductory flyer suggests, we decided to visit the recent exhibition of Paul Delvaux at...

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Also at the Turin’s art week the conservative looks young, but the smart collector is going back

  When the contemporary art fair Artissima takes over Turin for a week a year ‘all art is contemporary’, but...

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At the show with the artist: novelist Chiara Zocchi visits Gianni Caravaggio’s current double retrospective

For its “At the show with the artist” section generally Conceptual Fine Arts asks contemporary artists to visit an exhibition...

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Modern & Impressionists’ record asserts the Loeb effect on Sotheby’s

    The therapy that Third Point LLC founder and art collector Daniel Loeb prescribed for Sotheby’s, that also includes...

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How to turn an art fair booth into an unforgettable exhibition room? Ask to GCC collective

After being in group shows at the MoMA PS1 and at the New Museum in New York, probably the eight...

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At the Royal Academy for the first comprehensive G.B. Moroni’s solo in the UK

  What we would suggest if you are visiting the exhibition that the Royal Academy in London is currently dedicating...

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Stephen Felton: Whether painted or printed, representative information is what you are in the end

If it is a fact that the most relevant two-dimensional artworks of our time can be easily divided into two...

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The explosive relationship between Fontana and Klein under investigation in Milan

  “Fontana! Stop making cuts”: signed Lucio Fontana. If you could peek on the backside of his paintings, you would...

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At Rodolphe Janssen, Peter Sutherland tests the Law of Reversed Effect

  It’s arduous to share the room with a cultural personality such as Aldous Huxley, and it’s even more arduous...

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Sir Anthony Van Dyck to illustrate UN’ statement about travellers from Ebola-affected countries

  This panting by Anthony Van Dyck, now in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum in New York, was the first...

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London is blossoming, but this time FIAC does it better

  To tell you the truth, we approached FIAC with the conviction to demonstrate the following theory: on equal range...

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Goethe writes the software for the late Turner currently at the Tate Britain

  The exhibition that the Tate Britain is dedicating to the late years of J.M.W Turner – approximately 150 artworks...

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The double face of Fiac (Off)icielle: locals vs. Los Angeles

  The atmosphere you perceive at FIAC (Off)icielle, the new Fiac’s section located at La cité de la mode et...

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In the last days of his solo show in Turin Jason Dodge replies to our Proustian questionnaire

The inevitable absence of the artist have been rarely so present in the artwork like in the pieces that Jason...

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Rembrandt’s late works at the National Gallery, the ultimate exhibition

    As National Gallery’s Director, Nicholas Penny, and Rijksmuseum’s director, Wim Pijbes, write in the foreword of the catalog...

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In response to Phillips’ bad day, a Focus on Frieze Focus, and a hop to Sunday

    The results of the Contemporary day sale at Phillips has proved that something may be changing in the...

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Frieze Masters 2014: a step forward into quality

  Frieze Masters‘ edition number 3 started last night with the VIP preview, and this morning with the opening for...

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