Luzie Meyer: a desire to acquire, to multiply oneselfby Céline MathieuA conversation with Berlin-based artist Luzie Meyer on threading bodily presence, disorientation and the formation of selves
New voices in painting: an interview with gallerist Claas Reissby CFALeaving the world of finance, Claas Reiss has opened a gallery in London focusing on what he dubs "new voices" in international painting
Walter Monich: from Milan’s Duomo to Angevin Abruzzoby 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
Kyle Thurman: beyond the night’s philosophyby John BelknapA departure from history’s headlines, a lucid dream of armored giants: a comprehensive essay on the art of Kyle Thurman
Brussels Gallery Weekend 2022: five top solo exhibitionsby CFA (from Brussels)Foulon, Katambayi, Walter, Zahle, Werner: our favorite exhibitions from this year's Brussels Gallery Weekend
Is it really the time to buy old masters?by Stefano PirovanoThe wisdom of collecting old masters today, explained in four compelling arguments (that we didn't already know)
A painter from Umbria or Marche, a quasi-Rinaldo di Ranuccioby Angelo TartuferiThe compelling analysis of a late 13th century painted crucifix, with its shifting attributions and historical relevance
Four picks from June Art Fair 2022by 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 week
Four picks from Liste 2022by CFA (from Basel)Four highlights from this year's edition of Liste, Basel's great historical fair for emerging artists and galleries
Private Renaissance: Antonio Minello’s Apolloby Andrea BacchiBetween different attributions, owners, and interpretations, we tell the troubled story of the carved Apollo by Antonio Minello
Justin Chance: running a sewing machine through a picture planeby Samantha OzerJustin Chance utilises a material structure of dissemination to speak to broader issues of political networks and the power of language
An interview with gallerists Downs & Rossby CFABorn in 2017 from the merger of Hester and Tomorrow, Downs & Ross is a leading gallery focusing on emerging art and specific New York histories
Giacomo Jaquerio and Castello della Manta: new attributionsby 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 reflections on the Manta Castle cycle
An interview with Isabella Ritter of LambdaLambdaLambdaby CFAWe chat with Isabella Ritter, co-founder and co-director with Katharina Schendl of Pristina and Brussels-based gallery LambdaLambdaLambda
Cassidy Toner, gambling as a career planby Paolo BaggiCassidy Toner stages repeated artistic misfires to better diffuse anxiety, pressure to perform, or the legibility of an artwork
Three emerging favourites at Art Brussels 2022by CFA (from Brussels)Three picks from the emerging stratum of the art market, found in the first post-pandemic edition of Art Brussels
Vera Palme’s self-operating subjectsby Kristian Vistrup MadsenVera Palme’s work generates a certain gut feeling in the viewer, where gut is the distinct opposite of the German “gut”–good—but not in a distinctly bad way
Julien Carreyn: a malicious pleasure to watch from afarby Oriane DurandA reflection on the art of Julien Carreyn, whose small-scale paintings and photographs seduce you to come close, very close even
Niklas Taleb: staging privacy with no cunningby Piero BiselloSomehow staged and performed, yet down-to-reality, the art of Niklas Taleb presents his private sphere without an annoying sense of cunning
The immaculateness of Andrea Mantegnaby Sofia SilvaOn the youth of Andrea Mantegna, between the page and the stone, in the demystification of the antiquarian obsession