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It’s dark but just a frame: the drawings of Kyung-Me

by John Belknap

Who and what exactly appears in the drawings of New York-based artist Kyung-Me, one asks, getting lost in their rich...

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A picture of a picture: Jonathan Monk on René Daniëls

by Piero Bisello

At the show with the artist: Jonathan Monk includes views from other shows as a scenography, a mise-en-abyme reminiscent of...

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The suicide of an ancient politician in a Lorenzo De Ferrari painting

by Piero Boccardo (from Nuovi Studi 26, 2021 anno XXVI)

Misunderstood multiple times, a painting in the Royal Palace of Turin is recognized as Lorenzo De Ferrari depicting Themistocles's suicide

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Famous questions and the paintings of Sofia Silva

by Kristian Vistrup Madsen

The paintings of Sofia Silva do not want to please. Here, questions are prompted as to what they offer instead

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Raffaele Mattioli, a patron of humanist culture

by Barbara Costa

An exhibition at the Gallerie d'Italia explores the collecting of the great bankers, from the Medici to the Rothschilds, via...

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Sophie Reinhold: don’t get used to it

by Paolo Baggi

The coated, fetishistic superficiality in the art of Sophie Reinhold engages a political agency built on a powerful sense of...

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Is tragedy timeless? The contemporaneity of Roger-Edgar Gillet

by Sofia Silva

The self-exile of Roger-Edgar Gillet from Art Informel to pursue figuration soaked in tragedy has stood the test of time

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Collecting as thinking: an interview with Pedro Barbosa

by Denis Maksimov

What does it mean to collect art "correctly"? We chat with Pedro Barbosa, a Brazilian collector with clear ideas on...

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Pretty hurts: the skinny legends of David Rappeneau

by John Belknap

The storytelling technique of David Rappeneau is realism brushed with the fantastic. His neo-libertines seduce the communally divine

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Challenging the perspective: on the art of Nina Zeljković

by Jelena Dakonovic

Nina Zeljković in the Eugster || Belgrade booth at Artissima 2022 was a gem from the fair’s emerging sector. Here...

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A poet praised for his silence: Girolamo Casio painted by Boltraffio

by Cristina Quattrini (from Nuovi Studi 26, 2021 anno XXVI)

A new interpretation of the “Allegory of Girolamo Casio” by Boltraffio, which celebrated the poet’s gift for silence and loyalty...

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The Tokyo-based gallery MISAKO & ROSEN (an interview)

by CFA

Here is our last interview with gallerists: MISAKO & ROSEN and their bridging role between Japan and the rest of...

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The story of the Demidoff Triptych

by Alberto Lenza

Analysis, collecting history and attributive hypotheses regarding a vibrant triptych whose mysterious author today is no other than the Master...

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Kelly Tissot: altered spaces

by Yann Chateigné Tytelman

Through photographs and sculptures, Kelly Tissot channels the spectres of life in what she terms “the abandon promise of the...

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Giovanni Comin’s Putto with a Skull and a Book

by Maichol Clemente

An analysis of a 17th century Venetian Baroque sculpture by Giovanni Comin, which meditates on death and defeats the call...

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In love: on the art of Angharad Williams

by Stefano Faoro

Spending time with Angharad Williams’ work raises some questions: how much does an artwork exist? What are the politics of...

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From MAN in Nuoro to Artissima: an interview with Luigi Fassi

by CFA (from Turin)

Luigi Fassi is the new director of Artissima, the contemporary art fair that promises to bring art's future to Turin

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Six highlights from Paris Internationale 2022

by CFA (from Paris)

Here are our picks from the eighth edition of Paris Internationale, one of the biggest and most ambitious yet

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Three stages of image reification

by Sofia Silva

A personal introduction to the art of Daniel Graham Loxton, Matthew Peers, and Jens Fröberg

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A history of light in Renaissance art through Olafur Eliasson

by Arturo Galansino

The current show of Olafur Eliasson "In Our Time" at Palazzo Strozzi is the ground onto which to build a...

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On Kim Farkas’ vesical sculptures

by Stefano Pirovano

Kim Farkas pursues the Kantian idea of the manifold forming a unity as a concept that leads to pleasure (and...

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Luzie Meyer: a desire to acquire, to multiply oneself

by Céline Mathieu

A conversation with Berlin-based artist Luzie Meyer on threading bodily presence, disorientation and the formation of selves

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New voices in painting: an interview with gallerist Claas Reiss

by CFA

Leaving the world of finance, Claas Reiss has opened a gallery in London focusing on what he dubs "new voices"...

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Walter Monich: from Milan’s Duomo to Angevin Abruzzo

by Luca Siracusano (from Nuovi Studi 26, 2021 anno XXVI)

Stylistic analyses suggest Walter Monich is the author of the Annunciation in Tocco da Casauria, today in the Bargello Museum

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Kyle Thurman: beyond the night’s philosophy

by John Belknap

A departure from history’s headlines, a lucid dream of armored giants: a comprehensive essay on the art of Kyle Thurman

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Brussels Gallery Weekend 2022: five top solo exhibitions

by CFA (from Brussels)

Foulon, Katambayi, Walter, Zahle, Werner: our favorite exhibitions from this year's Brussels Gallery Weekend

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Is it really the time to buy old masters?

by Stefano Pirovano

The wisdom of collecting old masters today, explained in four compelling arguments (that we didn't already know)

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A painter from Umbria or Marche, a quasi-Rinaldo di Ranuccio

by Angelo Tartuferi

The compelling analysis of a late 13th century painted crucifix, with its shifting attributions and historical relevance

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Four picks from June Art Fair 2022

by CFA (from Basel)

What we enjoyed the most at June Art Fair, the youngest and most up-and-coming fair to populate the Art Basel...

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Four picks from Liste 2022

by CFA (from Basel)

Four highlights from this year's edition of Liste, Basel's great historical fair for emerging artists and galleries

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Private Renaissance: Antonio Minello’s Apollo

by Andrea Bacchi

Between different attributions, owners, and interpretations, we tell the troubled story of the carved Apollo by Antonio Minello

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