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Is Art Monte Carlo becoming the navel of the Art Riviera?

by Stefano Pirovano

Cool art fairs, vibrant art institutions and sophisticated collectors are re-positioning the French Riviera on the European contemporary art map....

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Why does Juan Sánchez Cotán’s cabbage look so contemporary?

by Piero Bisello

Brussels. Bozar sheds some light on Spanish Still Life and reminds us how close still life is to Duchampian ready...

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Philippe Van Snick

Philippe van Snick. The artists’ artist who created the 0-9 system

by Maria do Carmo de Pontes

Winner of the Flemish Culture Prize for Visual Arts 2018, Philippe van Snick blends painting with mathematics and quantum physics....

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Are traditional techniques the new trend in contemporary art?

by Stefano Pirovano

Artists are abandoning the legacy of Duchamp to go back to traditional techniques, especially in Europe. Ceramic, bronze, glass, or...

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Dirk Snauwaert: ‘WIELS aspires to a moment of consciousness’

by Piero Bisello

A seminal interview with WIELS director Dirk Snauwaert, who explains why for a museum is important having a good balance...

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Six steps into artists’ current fascination with the third dimension

by Carlo Prada

Sculpture is in the air. Already through the last edition of the Turner Prize, artists Micheal Dean, Anthea Hamilton, Josephine...

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Venice Biennale 2017

by Stefano Pirovano

Are you discovering or being discovered by contemporary art?

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Should we call it I, he or they? Puppies Puppies

by Carlo Prada

Is Puppies Puppies the talent that the world of emerging art is waiting for? Unfortunately Marcel Duchamp is not here...

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Who is the most influential visual artist of the late twentieth century?

by Geoff Hands

By design or coincidence, in London right now you can visit Robert Rauschenberg, Tate Modern’s first Autumn show of 2016,...

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Willem de Kooning, Cross-Legged Figure, 1972.

Hiltiland, where dreams come true

by Stefano Pirovano

President of Hilti Art Foundation Michael Hilti sits down with CFA to discuss about the strategy behind his family's extraordinary...

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Late Summer’s healthy practices: put these three museums of Stockholm on your art agenda

by Maria do Carmo de Pontes

Being one of the wealthiest cities in the world, it is unsurprising that Stockholm boosts an exciting cultural life. From...

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At the show with the artist: Brendan Michal Heshka’s psycho psychoanalysis of the Fin-De-Siècle Museum

by Piero Bisello and Brendan Michal Heshka

We came across the work of Canadian artist Brendan Michal Heshka in Brussels at the independent art fair Poppositions last...

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Mona Hatoum at the Tate Modern: are female artists saving the future of contemporary art?

by Geoff Hands

Linda Nochlin, the originator of feminist art history, once asked the thorny question (to men, at least): “Why have there...

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Visit this show if you think that you hate conceptual art, but take a napkin for the orange

by Geoff Hands

First impressions can be misleading, as we were left feeling indifferent after our first visit to ‘Conceptual Art in Britain...

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The good art generates new art: a short story about Alexander Calder’s retrospective at the Tate

by Geoff Hands

Long Ago. Imagine it is 1908 (ten years after Alexander Calder’s birth) and your parents took you to The Art...

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Duccio and Sir Anthony Caro handling the same space, currently at the National Gallery

We had asked a security guard where the ‘Art in Dialogue’ exhibit was situated, as it is a temporary arrangement....

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Venice Biennale 2015: at Corderie it’s about time to reactivate the selling office

  At the gate of the international exhibition at the Corderie an ambitious introductory text informs the general public and collectors...

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Rodrigo Matheus’ socially oriented art soon at Fortes Vilaça and Ibid.

In the realm of the object based-art, that is a specific kind of art derived from Duchamp and generally generated...

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David Altmejd’s retrospective in Paris: nightmares have never been so beautiful

    Remember, what you see is just a sculpture. All the gigantic ants, reptiles, broken mirrors, strange flowers, sharp...

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Adriano Costa: from white socks to Brazilian wax

by Stefano Pirovano

Introducing Brazilian artist Adriano Costa and his object-based manipulation of reality, sexuality and ordinary inequalities.

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