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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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Justin Chance: running a sewing machine through a picture plane

by Samantha Ozer

Justin Chance utilises a material structure of dissemination to speak to broader issues of political networks and the power of...

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An interview with gallerists Downs & Ross

by CFA

Born in 2017 from the merger of Hester and Tomorrow, Downs & Ross is a leading gallery focusing on emerging...

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Giacomo Jaquerio and Castello della Manta: new attributions

by Simone Bonicatto (from Nuovi Studi 26, 2021 anno XXVI)

Between the Duchy of Savoy and the Marquisate of Saluzzo: a new proposal for Giacomo Jaquerio in Carmagnola and some...

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An interview with Isabella Ritter of LambdaLambdaLambda

by CFA

We chat with Isabella Ritter, co-founder and co-director with Katharina Schendl of Pristina and Brussels-based gallery LambdaLambdaLambda

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Cassidy Toner, gambling as a career plan

by Paolo Baggi

Cassidy Toner stages repeated artistic misfires to better diffuse anxiety, pressure to perform, or the legibility of an artwork

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Three emerging favourites at Art Brussels 2022

by CFA (from Brussels)

Three picks from the emerging stratum of the art market, found in the first post-pandemic edition of Art Brussels

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Vera Palme’s self-operating subjects

by Kristian Vistrup Madsen

Vera Palme’s work generates a certain gut feeling in the viewer, where gut is the distinct opposite of the German...

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Julien Carreyn: a malicious pleasure to watch from afar

by Oriane Durand

A reflection on the art of Julien Carreyn, whose small-scale paintings and photographs seduce you to come close, very close...

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Niklas Taleb: staging privacy with no cunning

by Piero Bisello

Somehow staged and performed, yet down-to-reality, the art of Niklas Taleb presents his private sphere without an annoying sense of...

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The immaculateness of Andrea Mantegna

by Sofia Silva

On the youth of Andrea Mantegna, between the page and the stone, in the demystification of the antiquarian obsession

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Hélène Fauquet, resolution in space

by Céline Mathieu

Reflective things absorbing light and soft surroundings: an open-ended reading of the work of Hélène Fauquet

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Alix Dionot-Morani, co-owner of Crèvecoeur (an interview)

by CFA

We talk to Crèvecoeur's cofounder and director Alix Dionot-Morani, learning how the hip Paris gallery works for its artists and...

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Tõnis Vint and the search for the universal visual language

by Elnara Taidre

Tõnis Vint is one of the pioneers of the post-World War II period. His art practice changed significantly the Estonian...

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