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The Depot of Boijmans Van Beuningen and its initiator Sjarel Ex (an interview)

by Piero Bisello

Sjarel Ex of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen talks about what promises to change the future of museums, opening them to...

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An interview with Nadia Samdani

by Paul Laster

Nadia Samdani and her husband Rajeeb are some of Bangladesh top art philanthropists and collectors. We asked about their past,...

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Roman Stańczak, Static Oblivion, 2015, Courtesy Stereo Warsaw

Roman Stanczak, a flight from Venice

by Stefano Pirovano

We met Roman Stanczak, the artist representing Poland at the 58th Venice Biennale. He turned an aircraft inside-out, for talking...

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Walter Pfeiffer, an interview with the pioneer of queer photography

by Piero Bisello

In preparation for Walter Pfeiffer's upcoming solo show in Milan (with Galerie Gregor Staiger), we went with the 73-year-old artist...

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Concerning Berenice Olmedo’s brutal idealism

by Stefano Pirovano

Following up Berenice Olmedo's first gallery show (at Jan Kaps) we asked the artist's help to start our inquiry into...

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A tribute to Enrico Crispolti’s intellectual legacy

by Stefano Pirovano

Enrico Crispolti, the main Italian art critic of his generation, passed away last week. We honour his memory with an...

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Portrait of Grazyna Kulczyk

Grazyna Kulczyk reveals her new Muzeum Susch (an interview)

by Stefano Pirovano

We have been to Engadin to preview Grazyna Kulczyk's new Muzeum Susch and to ask the Polish collector her insights...

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Laura Lima

Laura Lima and the art of political suspension (an interview)

by Maria do Carmo de Pontes

After the successful show at Fondazione Prada and in preparation to her busy 2019 we sat down with artist Laura...

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B. Wurtz, Kitchen Trees, 2018. Stainless steel frame with powder coated colanders, aluminum and stainless steel pots and pans, and plastic fruits and vegetables. Courtesy of the artist; Metro Pictures, New York; Kate MacGarry, London; Maisterravalbuena Madrid/Lisboa; Richard Telles Fine Art, Los Angeles. Photo: Jason Wyche, Courtesy of Public Art Fund, NY.

B. Wurtz: how to rule over readymades and help art students (an interview)

On occasion of his New York's Public Art Fund commission, B. Wurtz sheds some light on his interpretation of the...

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Top Art Nouveau dealer Robert Zehil smiles at China (an interview)

by Stefano Pirovano

We sat down with Robert Zehil to take stock of his extraordinary career and peep into the future of Art...

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JR tests the ethical side of the art system (an interview)

by Paul Laster

An artist who made it without the help of big art galleries and fairs exhibits at Perrotin in New York....

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Francesco Joao and humidity (an interview)

by Marta Galli

A group exhibition opening next Monday at PAC in Milan takes stock of emerging Brazilian art. Francesco Joao is part...

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Is neophilia killing contemporary art?

by Translated from the original by Alessandra Marelli

Twenty years ago art collector Lucien Bilinelli diagnosed what is still a main issue within the art system. But he...

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Diego Marcon and the Ludwig paradigma

by Stefano Pirovano

Diego Marcon has been shortlisted for 2018 MAXXI Bulgari Prize. The winner will be announced next October. Meanwhile Ludwing will...

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Boris Vervoordt and the future of the past-present (an interview)

by Stefano Pirovano

We visited Kanaal, the new Axel Vervoordt's city-village, which after almost 20 years of restauration is now completed. We were...

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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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Manuel Solano

Manuel Solano, the artist who turned blindness into an opportunity

by Paul Laster

Manuel Solano is the most controversial discovery made by the New Museum’s 2018 Triennial. We spoke with him about his...

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Collector Beatrice de Gelder and how neuroscience can be a game changer in art

by Piero Bisello

Art collector and neuroscientist Beatrice de Gelder takes stock of the situation in neuroaesthetics and explains why scientists are still...

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Rising artists to watch: Louis Fratino

by Stefano Pirovano

Louis Fratino is having his first solo exhibition outside the US at Antoine Levi, in Paris. The body of works...

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Roberto Casamonti

Roberto Casamonti: ‘I am like a mermaid’ (a lesson for art collectors)

by Stefano Pirovano

Roberto Casamonti, founder of Tornabuoni Arte, opens his private art collection to the public giving to Europe a brand new...

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