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David Altmejd’s retrospective in Paris: nightmares have never been so beautiful

    Remember, what you see is just a sculpture. All the gigantic ants, reptiles, broken mirrors, strange flowers, sharp...

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Did you know Marcel Duchamp was an excellent painter?

  The exhibition that the Centre Pompidou is devoting to Marcel Duchamp – Painting, Even – is the first one...

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Art novels: visual art according to writers

by Stefano Pirovano

A list of novels explaining visual art, artists and collectors better than any art critic book

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Venice, first main show about the Marchesa Luisa Casati

by Stefano Pirovano

Palazzo Fortuny in Venice hosts the first major exhibition dedicated to the Marchesa Luisa Casati and her extraordinary life

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Jason Matthew Lee

Jason Matthew Lee, the hacker who is cracking into the gallery room

by Stefano Pirovano

A writing about Jason Matthew Lee that stems from a painting that the artist presented in 2014 in Milan. Many...

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Recent scientific analysis reveal the “gold” of Giovanni Segantini, currently in Milan

  In the occasion of the comprehensive show dedicated to Giovanni Segantini currently at Palazzo Reale, in Milan, CFA’s contributor...

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Fireplace mantels or Triumphal Arches? Strauss Burque-LaFrance at Rachel Uffner

  There are still a couple of weeks left to visit Strauss Burque-LaFrance‘s first solo show at Rachel Uffner Gallery...

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Édouard and Nélie’s infatuation for Gian Giacomo Poldi Pezzoli

  If you are planning a visit to “Perugino, master of Raphael”, currently at the Musée Jacquemart-André in Paris, save...

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Adriano Costa: from white socks to Brazilian wax

by Stefano Pirovano

Introducing Brazilian artist Adriano Costa and his object-based manipulation of reality, sexuality and ordinary inequalities.

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The 9 museums about to open that will reshape the world’s culture geography

  While US and Europe are attacking Isis in Syria and Putin is still dealing with Ukraine’s invasion, the cultural...

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At the show with the artist: Ryan Gander dispatches an art forger to Rembrandt’s Anatomy lesson

Whoever is familiar with Ryan Gander’s art practice knows about the artist’s allusive artistic language and his passion for opened...

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In dialogue with François Odermatt and the instinctive side of collecting

  The new international art wave which started four years ago and generated names that the art market and web...

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A suffering Saint Agatha is waiting for you at the Biennale des Antiquaires

  Art lovers and collectors vising the last days at the Biennale des Antiquaires (until 21 September) shouldn’t miss the...

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At “Perugino master of Raphael” two paintings seeking for a conceptual reading

  Among the 50 artworks the exhibition “Perugino Master of Raphael” gathers together at the extraordinary Musée Jacquemart-André, in Paris...

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Jack Greer and Walter Benjamin share the room at Bugada & Cargnel in Paris

  Among the galleries that today are paying a particular attention to the relation between form and info, there is...

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Four pieces under 1m to catch at the Biennale des Antiquaires

The Biennale des Antiquaires runs until next Saturday, and these four pieces, whose offering price is under one million euro, are...

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Back from the Yokohama Triennial Elias Hansen answers to our version of the Proust’s questionnaire

  We wrote for the first time about Elias Hansen last June, in occasion of his solo show at Jonathan...

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At the Biennale des Antiquaires 2014 welcome to the eclectic side

  The first thought that comes to your mind when you exit the outstanding and extremely packed Biennale des Antiquaires‘...

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Look at the back side if you really want to know them: the countdown for Francis Picabia at the MoMA and Kunsthaus Zurich has started

  The great epiphany of Francis Picabia‘s fortune after his death will take place in 2016, when both the New...

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Ilja Karilampi at The Suzanne Geiss Company: the beauty of art comes from the beauty of info

  With the prudence the reading of any artwork would require, in particular when the artwork is contemporary to you,...

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In preparation for the 27th Biennale des Antiquaires at the Grand Palais

  The main reason why an art collector or lover should visit the Biennale des Antiquaires – in Paris from...

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Jana Euler at Kunsthalle Zurich: whole counts more than single parts

The first problem one has to face when reading Jana Euler’s solo exhibition currently at Kunsthalle Zurich regards the strong links the...

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The helping hands of fashion and luxury is saving Italian monuments

  After a long period during which the Italian government has been paying almost entirely the bill of the preservation...

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Matthew Day Jackson at Hauser and Wirth Zurich: where has the mountain guide gone in the meantime?

  Among the shows that are not to be missed if you are around in Zurich, there is the Matthew...

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Pinturicchio in San Gimignano and the dark matter of which the Italian exhibitions are made of

  Every man or woman who loves fine arts should know that a large part, if not all, of the...

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Wyatt Kahn’s dancing puzzles go sentimental at the Zurich art weekend

  There was a lot of expectation for Wyatt Khan first solo show at Eva Presenhuber in Zurich and, as...

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A Medieval Specula Principum book at the basis of Slavs and Tatars’ solo exhibition since yesterday at Kunsthalle Zurich

Our report from the Zurich art weekend starts with a gallery of pics from the solo show by the collective...

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Roman series: the new venue of the Fondazione Prada will open in Milan under the influence of classic sculptures

Nothing has been officially confirmed yet, but rumours say that the opening exhibition of the new Fondazione Prada in Milan,...

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Leading contemporary artists get inspired by Pieter Coecke van Aelst: soon at the Met the golden age of tapestry will give you some tips

  The upcoming exhibition titled Grand Design: Pieter Coecke van Aelst and Renaissance Tapestry, recently announced by the Metropolitan Museum...

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Answering three basic questions asked by Antoine de Galbert about the software driven setting of his collection currently on display at La Maison Rouge in Paris

  At page 85 of the “strange”, rather a bit uncomfortable-to-read catalogue of the exhibition dedicated to the collection of...

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Sam Falls: soon in Zurich a body of new works on canvas plus an unforeseen self-portrait

  The upcoming step of Sam Falls’ brilliant career as an artist is going to be his second solo exhibition...

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