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Homesickness: the masterpiece by Andrea della Robbia in the Paul and Gill Ruddock Gallery at the V&A

There is a room, n.50 in the Victoria & Albert museum, dedicated to a spectacular collection of Italian Renaissance sculpture....

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"The Raft" (2004), video, Bill Viola

Bill Viola and the importance of making visible what can not be seen

Bill Viola will go on show (from November 23rd to February 20th) in the Palazzo Te, Mantova. It is not...

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"Silver Car Crash 3 (Double Disaster)", 1963, Andy Warhol

Can we look at the works by Andy Warhol through new means?

Christie’s (on November, 12) will offer one of the most famous Pop Art masterworks by Andy Warhol as the highlight...

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Dakis Joannou’s impulse for design (and objects)

November is the last month to visit the exhibition “The system of objects – The Dakis Joannou collection reloaded by...

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The third episode of the Parisian trilogy of dreams: Philippe Parreno at the Palais de Tokyo

The third episode of the trilogy about dreams currently on show in Paris is the epic Philippe Parreno’s retrospective at...

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The transfigured transfiguration: shaping Giovanni Bellini’s fragments

The meaning of the word transfiguration is: “a complete change of form or appearance into a more beautiful or spiritual...

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Elmgreen&Dragset with “Tomorrow” at the V&A: the exhibition begins when you are back home

The script of an “unrealized film by Elmgreen and Dragset” that your are invited to take at the entrance of...

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Today is the last day of Giuseppe Penone’s seminal show at Versailles. Conceptual fine arts dialogues with the master (not talking about Arte Povera)

  Conceptuafinearts: Could you tell us something about the working method that produced the works exhibited in the Palace of...

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Why to pay a huge amount of money for a minor piece by an old master when you can buy a masterpiece from an emerging artist?

This view depicts a mill that belonged to Constable’s father, the sluice and lock gate on the river Stour, and...

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Great art is about art, as Roy Lichtenstein demonstrates (at the Centre Pompidou)

If you are planning to visit the great retrospective exhibition about Roy Lichtenstein currently at the Centre Pompidou (until 4 November),...

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From Nan Goldin to old masters, and return

Her friends say that Nan Goldin, the spiritual mother of some of the most influential photographers of the last two...

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The essence of Conceptual Fine Arts captured in a photo (by Thomas Struth)

At Christie’s auction, on October 18, in London, the best performance for medium was linked to photographic works. Of the...

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A Canaletto returned to its original setting, unfortunately just for a few weeks

A work by Canaletto is about to return for 50 days (from November, 10 until December, 27,  24 hours a...

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Milan, Church of Sant’Angelo: what good is having such treasures if no one can see them?

  Milan, Church of Sant’Angelo. The Chapel of St. Anthony is the eighth to the right. Inside the chapel are...

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Night gallery opening at Fiac 2013: the Paris art scene devoted to the snoopy Americans

Last night the extensive gallery opening in Le Marais and Belville thrilled the Parisian art scene. Black dressed Fiac guys, placed in strategic...

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Fiac 2013, day one, new collectors and deceptive hopes

From Frieze to Fiac, from plastic tents to a glass palace, from expensive sport cars riding around Regent’s Park to...

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Ryan Foerster and seven pieces shaped by hurricane Sandy, currently at Galerie Bugada & Cargnel in Paris

A series of seven works by the Canadian artist Ryan Foerster (born 1983) are now on show at Galerie Bugada...

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The beautiful rendez-vous between Sophie Marceau, the Grande Odalisque and the talented daughter of Jane Birkin at the brand-new Galerie Cinéma

The intensity of this photograph lies in the perfect combination of these two beauties that somehow seem to complement each...

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Visiting Balthus at the Met, thanks to a sensitive colleague of the artist

An interesting perspective on the exhibition on Balthus now at the Met (until January 12, 2014) is given by the...

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Parthenon, Athens, Greece, V century BC

What if they put a coffee shop in the Parthenon?

The current exhibition “The rediscovery of the ancient” (Rome, Foro Romano, Curia Iulia, until February 23) is not only the...

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Evan Gorga collection, Museo Nazionale Romano, Rome

The utopia-inspired archaeological collection of the tenor Evan Gorga for the first time on show in Rome

Have you been to the Encyclopedic Palace at the Venice Biennale? Ok . Forget it. Now you can see the...

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Frieze Art Fair 2013: day third, a refreshing visit at the Sunday Art Fair

Art trotters know that most of the time a visit to secondary art fair is just a time loss. But this...

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Frieze art fair 2013, second day: Arab women and a Wade Guyton

  At the contemporary section now the general public is flowing around apparently admiring artworks but very rarely spending money....

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Frieze Art Fair 2013, impressions from the opening

Despite the feeling of less visitors than last year, at the end of day 1 some dealers were anyway positive....

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Ecole des Beaux –Arts, 14 Rue Bonaparte, Paris

Art and fashion: the link is not just a marketing strategy

Ralph Lauren (overlooking an empire by $ 5.1 million) had never presented a fashion show in Paris. He did it...

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Be careful to art critic Jerry Saltz, alias Jerry the fox

In preparation to Frieze art fair (from next Thursday) we suggest this article by the famous art critic Jerry Saltz,...

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1923 Print - Discovery of Tutankhamun’s Tomb

Once cloned Tutankhamun’s tomb, who will be the next one?

The tomb of Tutankhamun was cloned. Before that, the caves of Altamira and Lexaut, and some important masterpieces of the...

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Allora&Calzadilla in Paris: when the introductive text overwhelms the work on show

We publish here the real essence of the current solo show by Jennifer Allora & Guillermo Calzadilla in Paris: the...

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Leonardo da Vinci, Studies of figures, mechanical devices and for flight, Firenze, Uffizi, Gabinetto dei disegni e delle stampe

At the Gallerie dell’Accademia, in Venice, visiting “Leonardo, l’uomo universale” to discover the conceptual side of the genius

For the first time after 30 years you can see all at once the most important graphic works created by...

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Pierre Huyghe retrospective show at the Centre Pompidou: talking about freedom

The show dedicated to Pierre Huyghe at the Centre Pompidou (until January 6 2014) is a must visit, and probably...

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Is a dream what the old Continent really needs?

Probably it is not just a case that two exhibitions dedicated to the same topic, the dream, opened a few...

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