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Milan, Church of Sant’Angelo: what good is having such treasures if no one can see them?

  Milan, Church of Sant’Angelo. The Chapel of St. Anthony is the eighth to the right. Inside the chapel are...

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Night gallery opening at Fiac 2013: the Paris art scene devoted to the snoopy Americans

Last night the extensive gallery opening in Le Marais and Belville thrilled the Parisian art scene. Black dressed Fiac guys, placed in strategic...

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Fiac 2013, day one, new collectors and deceptive hopes

From Frieze to Fiac, from plastic tents to a glass palace, from expensive sport cars riding around Regent’s Park to...

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Ryan Foerster and seven pieces shaped by hurricane Sandy, currently at Galerie Bugada & Cargnel in Paris

A series of seven works by the Canadian artist Ryan Foerster (born 1983) are now on show at Galerie Bugada...

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Evan Gorga collection, Museo Nazionale Romano, Rome

The utopia-inspired archaeological collection of the tenor Evan Gorga for the first time on show in Rome

Have you been to the Encyclopedic Palace at the Venice Biennale? Ok . Forget it. Now you can see the...

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Frieze Art Fair 2013: day third, a refreshing visit at the Sunday Art Fair

Art trotters know that most of the time a visit to secondary art fair is just a time loss. But this...

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Frieze art fair 2013, second day: Arab women and a Wade Guyton

  At the contemporary section now the general public is flowing around apparently admiring artworks but very rarely spending money....

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Frieze Art Fair 2013, impressions from the opening

Despite the feeling of less visitors than last year, at the end of day 1 some dealers were anyway positive....

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Ecole des Beaux –Arts, 14 Rue Bonaparte, Paris

Art and fashion: the link is not just a marketing strategy

Ralph Lauren (overlooking an empire by $ 5.1 million) had never presented a fashion show in Paris. He did it...

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Be careful to art critic Jerry Saltz, alias Jerry the fox

In preparation to Frieze art fair (from next Thursday) we suggest this article by the famous art critic Jerry Saltz,...

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Allora&Calzadilla in Paris: when the introductive text overwhelms the work on show

We publish here the real essence of the current solo show by Jennifer Allora & Guillermo Calzadilla in Paris: the...

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Leonardo da Vinci, Studies of figures, mechanical devices and for flight, Firenze, Uffizi, Gabinetto dei disegni e delle stampe

At the Gallerie dell’Accademia, in Venice, visiting “Leonardo, l’uomo universale” to discover the conceptual side of the genius

For the first time after 30 years you can see all at once the most important graphic works created by...

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Pierre Huyghe retrospective show at the Centre Pompidou: talking about freedom

The show dedicated to Pierre Huyghe at the Centre Pompidou (until January 6 2014) is a must visit, and probably...

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Is a dream what the old Continent really needs?

Probably it is not just a case that two exhibitions dedicated to the same topic, the dream, opened a few...

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Josef Albers teaching Robert De Niro Sr. (father of the actor) Drawing Class at Black Mountain College, 1939

When Josef Albers stated “we have to change method in art teaching”

“Science and life are not always the best friends. They are sometimes competitors, even as are theory and practice. In...

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Gerhard Richter, estimated net worth 450 billion

The list of the German millionaire recently published by Manager Magazine ranks artist Gerhard Richter 253rd while the fashion designer...

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Lucio Fontana, Concetto spaziale, 1961-62

Lucio Fontana, Alighiero Boetti, Alberto Burri on sale at Sotheby’s Italian Art sale auction (October 17th)

Sotheby’s London presents the 15th edition of 20th Century Italian Art Sale, on Thursday, October 17, 2013. The auction will...

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Collector Eduardo Costantini chooses Jeff Koons for his new condo in Miami

Two sculptures by Jeff Koons, bought last year for 14m by Eduardo Costantini, will adorn a magnificent condo that the...

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The essential of Filippo Lippi is a circle of imagination to be found in Prato

“From Donatello to Lippi” (Prato, Palazzo Pretorio, until January 13th), is also a rare occasion to compare some paintings and...

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Can a museum be considered just an economic resource?

As Detroit files for bankruptcy — the largest American city ever to do so — the impressive collection of the...

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