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Chalisée Naamani

Chalisée Naamani presents fashion

by Piero Bisello

Chalisée Naamani's painterly installations expose what surrounds her today: the fashion-of-the-day that is not necessarily fashionable.

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old masters

Digital old masters in actuality

by Piero Bisello

Digital old masters are a thing now more than ever, but much is still to be learned. We look at...

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Giangiacomo Rossetti: painting as a form of hospitality

by Stefano Pirovano

We interpreted the paintings of Giangiacomo Rossetti with the help of their author and a fundamental exhibition in New York

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teatri del Polesine - Adria Theater

Theaters in Polesine: a trip between two rivers

by Antonio Carnevale

Off the beaten paths, we embark on a journey to the theaters in Polesine, a forgotten part of Italy dear...

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sophie gogl

Sophie Gogl: relating to the smiley face

by Julius Pristauz

On Sophie Gogl's love for turns, seeking what's behind her gimmicks and reaching the top of the pyramid of needs

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Antiphonary

The best six antique book dealers

by Antonio Carnevale

Our selection of six best antique book dealers, spanning different locations, specializations, approaches and histories

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On the creative mentality of Patrick Weldé

by Stefano Pirovano

By turning the countryside into a creative frontier Patrick Weldé finds a powerful antidote to urban clichés and fashion disillusionment

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Othman Lazraq

Othman Lazraq, director of MACAAL in Marrakech (an interview)

by Ricko Leung

Is MACAAL the ultimate contemporary art museum on the African Continent? An interview with its director Othman Lazraq sheds some...

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keto logua

Double flowers: on the work of Keto Logua

by Céline Mathieu

Originally from Tbilisi and now in Berlin, Keto Logua takes botany, petals and sexes to speak of multiplicity, ambiguity, and...

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Who was Jef Geys?

by Dirk Snauwaert

A brief overview of late Belgian artist Jef Geys, spanning key projects, approaches, methodologies, and complexities

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"Valet de deniers", Anonyme, Milan

Tarot cards: the pocket-sized Renaissance

by Silvia Tomasi

First recorded in 15th century Italy, tarot cards have reached today's collections following strange paths and through a few discoveries.

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herman

In memory of Herman Daled, beyond his collection

by Catherine Mayeur

A few weeks after his passing, we delve into Herman Daled's seminal involvement with art, an engagement that went much...

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Barockhaus, Görlitz

Ancient books, an introduction

by Antonio Carnevale

Niche within a niche, ancient books from the Renaissance are very much alive today, torn between objects of fetish and...

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Nav Haq

Monoculture and the directorship of M HKA: an interview with Nav Haq

by Piero Bisello

We talk to Nav Haq, associate director of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Antwerp M HKA, discussing monocultures and...

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Authentic or not? A brief guide, inspired by Liubov Popova and the Ludwig

by Gianluca Poldi*

Scientific analysis can spot fakes, but only up to a certain point. It needs a rigorous and transparent process.

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Bart van der Heide and the Museion of tomorrow

by Stefano Pirovano

We talked to director of Museion Bart van der Heide, discussing social identity, (sustainable) tourism, and no longer emerging artists.

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Laurence Sturla: an empirical turn of events

by Piero Bisello

Between cigarette breaks and fleeting memories, we look at the ceramics of Vienna-based artist Laurence Sturla.

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Huang Yu art collection

Huang Yu and the multiplicity of Chinese art scenes

by Ricko Leung

We interviewed Huang Yu, Chinese art collector and co-founder of Art Chengdu International Contemporary Art Fair, to learn how he...

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Sketches of revolution: back to Zurich’s Strauhof in the 1970s

by Bice Curiger

From the show at the Strauhof in Zurich that chronicled the genesis of Swiss counter-culture, here is a chronology of...

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Ambiguity of time and space in Wang Zhibo’s painting

by Ricko Leung

With her ‘anthropologist’ approach of collecting quotidian fragments of life Wang Zhibo believes in the pleasure and ineffability of art.

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willa wasserman

Emerging artists to watch: Willa Wasserman

by Sonia D'Alto

Willa Wasserman's work is inscribed in the phantasmatic possibilities of painting, in between contemplation and rejection of tradition.

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Botticelli's Portrait Sothebys

Sandro Botticelli: portraiture as a lost paradise

by Antonio Carnevale

Botticelli's portraits bring us to the golden age of his life, preluding his dramatic fall into debts and oblivion.

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Margaret Lee: What You See Is What You Mean

by Emile Rubino

Thinking through Margaret Lee’s recent paintings in light of the compound visual language the artist has been developing over the...

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Luca Giordano, Fapresto, Famolto, Proteo

by Silvia Tomasi

Ribera, Caravaggio, Rubens, Dürer, Veronese and Titian revive in the art of Luca Giordano, turned into elements for a new...

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Evan Chow.

Evan Chow: from his grandparents to the New Museum

by Ricko Leung

We sat down with Evan Chow, third generation collector, trustee of the New Museum and member of the Cercle International...

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Emanuele Marcuccio: reproduction in an age of creative precarity

by Sofia Dati

An essay about artist Emanuele Marcuccio, dealing with the processes from the world and imaginary of industry.

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Marco Voena: 20 years ahead of time (an interview)

by Stefano Pirovano

We sat down with art dealer Marco Voena on the eve of the first online Tefaf, trying to understand the...

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Cinzia Ruggeri by Dino Buzzati (anno 1960)

by Piero Bisello

An English translation of Dino Buzzati's text for the first exhibition of Cinzia Ruggeri in 1960, where magic realism meets...

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Ana Elisa Egreja

Ana Elisa Egreja: painting the texture of things

by Maria do Carmo M. P. de Pontes

Ana Elisa Egreja has painted interior scenes for twenty years. We talked to her in the midst of a change,...

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Lynn Fung Liang Yi Museum

Lynn Fung and the fascinating, authentic and rare Liang Yi Museum

by Ricko Leung

An interview with Lynn Fung, director of the Liang Yi Museum in Hong Kong, the largest private museum in town.

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Contemplating Trifles with Fernando Marques Penteado

by Piero Bisello

An essay about Fernando Marques Penteado after a recent studio visit, showing how everything can be worth contemplating, trifles included.

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