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How auctions have been shaping the emerging art scene

It is a matter of fact that the generation of artists born during the Eighties is the first one in...

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Dai Visconti agli Sforza, Roberto Longhi re-loaded: but where did he fail?

Among the recent victims, or maybe the chosen ones, of what we may call the-re-enacted-reality-pattern we ought to add the...

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Brussels art “Un-Scene” at WIELS’ third emerging artists summit

Out of an understandable need to delve into artistic practices based around the corner, the most internationally famous art space...

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Last attribution to Donatello suffering local jealousy in Padua

The two meters high poplar wood made crucifixion in the Church of Santa Maria dei Servi in Padua was attributed...

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At Turner Prize 2015 Surrealists root for Nicole Wermers

Turner Prize 2015 short-list that was announced last week proved the fact that, during the times we are going through, the need...

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At NY art week’s auctions: masters fly, youngsters resist, Bonami stumbles

12th May, the Sotheby’s auction opening the contemporary art week in New York started off with a bang: Mark Bradford...

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Accademia Carrara in Bergamo quietly reopened: the victory of good taste

    After seven years of restoration, the Accademia Carrara in Bergamo, one of the most important art galleries in...

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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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Venice Biennale 2015, international pavilion: this is the end, my only friend

The first room of the International pavilion at the Giardini is dedicated to a problematic and quite unexpected word to...

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Venice Biennale 2015: is this the best edition of the new millennium?

Eight hours spent visiting the national pavilions at the Giardini have convinced us that the edition 2015 of the Venice...

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The new Fondazione Prada opens, with a potential political action

“This is a collection of spaces” claimed Rem Koolhaas a few hours ago while presenting to the international press the...

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Why there is no Qatar pavilion at the Venice Biennale yet?

Rome wasn’t built in a day. Despite the conspicuous investments in visual arts that Doha has made during the last...

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The essence of Art Brussels 2015 in 14 moves

For those based in the Belgian capital, the week of Art Brussels comes with the excitement and inevitable stress of...

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Phillips and Francesco Bonami present first auction of Italian art to take place in NY

It is going to be Phillips the first auction house to organize in New York a selling entirely dedicated to...

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Artist as collector: on show at the Barbican the difference between cultural and object values

  It always seems better when collections, especially in the context of public museums, are displayed in a way enhancing...

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Will the City of Rotterdam make the world’s first Public Art Depot real?

Next May the City of Rotterdam will decide whether the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen‘s new storage building project will be...

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Restoration of “Alchemy” reveals the truth about Jackson Pollock

by Antonio Carnevale

Alchemy, Jackson Pollock's masterpiece, went under restoration. Here is what was discovered about Jack the dripper during the process.

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56° Venice Biennial: the impossible dialogue between Karl Marx and the Azerbaijan’s pavilion

The Republic of Azerbaijan is among the nations officially taking part in what will certainly be remembered as the most...

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TEFAF 2015: the kingdom of slow-art lasts 10 days

One significant difference between The Europen Fine Art Fair and its competitors focused on modern and contemporary art is that...

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TEFAF 2015: 7000 years of contemporary art

      The European Fine Art fair is at the moment the most influential art and antiques event in...

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