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New wave of bright talents stay away from the auction houses

by Stefano Pirovano

After being sleepy for a couple of months or so the heart of contemporary art market is ready to beat...

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Walter Padovani, from nails to art (an interview)

by Stefano Pirovano

Water Padovani is a refined art dealer specialised in Italian works of art from the seventeenth to the nineteenth century....

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Do we have reasons to like a work of art? Philosopher Derek Parfit had an answer

by Piero Bisello

2017 is the year where the philosophy community lost one of its acclaimed members, Derek Parfit, considered by many the...

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Collezione Iannaccone’s first public show: in the heart of art collecting

by Stefano Pirovano

The first comprehensive public show dedicated to the art collection patiently gathered together during the last 20 years by lawyer...

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At Christie’s NY Goya’s rare drawing tests art market expectations about Trump

by Stefano Pirovano

A set of 131 main Old Masters’ drawings goes under the hammer today in New York, at the Rockfeller Center,...

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Would you exchange a plain holiday for a memorable work of art?

by Stefano Pirovano

Nobel prize winner Daniel Kahneman is an extraordinary source for art criticism. Here how his decision making theories may help...

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Fondazione Prada: the great call, 20 months and 18 projects after

by Stefano Pirovano

A couple of days before Christmas Cfa sat down with Astrid Welter, head of programs at Fondazione Prada, to take...

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13 times at the Venice Biennale but he is still to be sanctified

by Stefano Pirovano

Tomorrow a conference will present the results of scientific analysis that likely will reinforce what art history already stated. Italian...

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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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Paris: a pivotal exhibition reintroduces 1930’s American masters

by Stefano Pirovano

There is a great season of figurative painting that main art fairs are currently neglecting and very few art dealers,...

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Aaaahhh!!! Calouste Gulbenkian would be proud of hosting such an art fair

by Stefano Pirovano

Paris Internationale is becoming great contemporary art fair. Born just three years ago from the ashes of Paris Officielle, now it looks...

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Rome, #quadriennale2016: the best map of the Italian contemporary art is still too lazy

by Stefano Pirovano

N Rome. Eight years after the last edition took place – in 2012 a book was published as a substitute...

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Data culture or data for culture? What survey metrics in decision-making can and can’t do for the arts

by Piero Bisello

There has been recent media coverage for a test in which Arts Council England (ACE) experimented a set of standardised...

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Six comforting steps to cover the London contemporary art week

by Stefano Pirovano

Yesterday we heard a couple of Swiss collectors complaining about the fact the Regent’s park’s art fair had released too...

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At a crowded Berlin art week Anne Imhof converts Angst into hope

by Stefano Pirovano

The only detail that didn’t work last Wednesday night at the Hamburger Bahnhof was a sign placed on the welcoming...

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Biennale des Antiquaires’ last edition: for Paris it is a new beginning

by Stefano Pirovano

  “Some wealthy people like mega yachts, some others prefer to build their own art museum” told yesterday to CFA...

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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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11 smart moves to access the coming contemporary art cycle

by Stefano Pirovano

A new contemporary art season is coming, and hopefully the art writers will have soon better topics to write about...

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Barbara Hepworth Museum, please touch me!

by Geoff Hands

To reference a northern English expression, an anonymous ‘cheeky little monkey’ had attached a cartoon chimpanzee sticker to the figure...

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Georgia O’Keeffe at the new Tate: the unexplored about women that only a woman can explore

by Geoff Hands

It’s a hot summer’s day in London; looking up at the surrounding high rise buildings, including the new £260m extension...

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