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Exhibition view of 唐 (Tang), from 25/01 to 23/02/2024 at CFAlive, Milan. Earthenware Tang dynasty sculptures on dedicated dedicated plinth by Concorde. Courtesy of Concorde, Galleria Ajassa and CFAlive. Ph: Andrea Rossetti.

Tang Dynasty, a Chinese renaissance

by Ma Sen

Tang dynasty was the cradle of Chinese civilisation, which grew through a strong economic expansion, that was also cultural one*

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Daniel Graham Loxton on Aelbert Cuyp at The Metropolitan Museum

by Daniel Graham Loxton

At the show with the artist: Daniel Graham Loxton visits the Dutch Masters at The Met and meets Aelbert Cuyp,...

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Niki de Saint Phalle, Jean Tinguely, Pontus Hulten
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A picture of a picture: Jonathan Monk on René Daniëls

by Piero Bisello

At the show with the artist: Jonathan Monk includes views from other shows as a scenography, a mise-en-abyme reminiscent of...

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Frans Maseree

At the show with artist: Elena Ricci encounters Frans Masereel

by Elena Ricci*

Frans Masereel presents us with an intensely personal vision of life. It is a vision which shows an understanding of...

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Il Rinascimento di Boccaccio Boccaccino

Denicolai & Provoost and six artist comics

by Piero Bisello

What are artist comics really? A selection of six best examples from the collection of Belgian artist duo Denicolai &...

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At the show with the artist: Jennifer Tee and Renaissance Rugs

by Piero Bisello

We speak with Jennifer Tee about Renaissance rugs, using history of textiles to reflect on the appropriation of visual cultures...

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Georges de La Tour. From shadow to light
cigarette butts on large indoor sand dunes

At the show with the artist: Gabriel Kuri on Lucio Fontana

by Piero Bisello

An exchange with Gabriel Kuri on Lucio Fontana's "Ambiente Spaziale," exploring the boundaries of installation and sculpture in both artists'...

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Sophie Varin reads Thomas Pynchon

by Piero Bisello

For this At The Show With The Artist, Sophie Varin discusses Thomas Pynchon's The Crying of Lot 49 in relation...

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Haseeb Ahmed on Luigi Russolo Futurista

by Piero Bisello

We sat with research-oriented artist Haseeb Ahmed to talk about Luigi Russolo's The Revolt, a painting that bears formal and...

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Jacopo Tintoretto, 1550s, oil on canvas, 44 3/8 x 35 in. (112.7 x 88.9 cm). Gift of George Blumenthal, 1941. Courtesy Metropolitan Museum, New York.

At the Met with Silvio Wolf, from Tintoretto to Baselitz

by Silvio Wolf *

At the show with the artist: Silvio Wolf takes us to the Met to discover a portrait by Tintoretto and...

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Jan Domicz meets Jean Prouvé

by Piero Bisello

For our ‘at the show with the artist’ section we sat down with Jan Domicz to question him about his...

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Alice Guareschi and M Museum’s Time and Calendar Dial

by Piero Bisello and Alice Guareschi

At the show with the artists: Alice Guareschi elaborates on a rare XVI century Time and Calendar Dial currently part...

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Bianca Baldi on tricksters and fools

by Piero Bisello

South African artist Bianca Baldi gives her take on 16th century Fool’s Cap Map of The World and the mythological...

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Francesco Gennari meets Federico da Montefeltro

by Francesco Gennari and Stefano Pirovano

For CFA's 'at the show with the artist' section Francesco Gennari gives insights on the art collection of Duke Federico...

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Christiane Blattmann

Christiane Blattmann on Port House and Magasin Wolfers

by Piero Bisello and Christiane Blattmann

At the show with the artist: we've been with Christiane Blatmann to Zaha Hadid’s building for the Port House of...

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At the show with the artist: Hugo Canoilas on the Triumph of Death fresco in Palazzo Abatellis

by Stamatia Dimitrakopoulos

When we asked multimedia artist and painter Hugo Canoilas to contribute in this sector with a historical artwork that has...

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At the show with the artist: Neil Raitt on Adriaen Van De Velde at the Dulwich

by Neil Raitt*

Today I visited an exhibition of work by Adriaen Van De Velde at The Dulwich Picture Gallery in South East...

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At the show with the artist: Claudia Losi visits Pontormo, with some lenses and a sentimental guide

by Stefano Pirovano, Claudia Losi and Mauro Sargiani

The 25th talent contributing to our section “At the show with the artist”, a section inspired by the seminal group...

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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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At the show with the artist: Peter Sutherland asks Maia Ruth Lee about energy

by Stefano Pirovano

We met Peter Sutherland last March, in New York City, in order to collect elements and impressions to write a...

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