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The good art generates new art: a short story about Alexander Calder’s retrospective at the Tate

by Geoff Hands

Long Ago. Imagine it is 1908 (ten years after Alexander Calder’s birth) and your parents took you to The Art...

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Neolocalism? the Glasgow effect, the Condo Complex and the zero-kilometres art

by Maria do Carmo M. P. de Pontes

When Ellie Harrison got a £15,000.00 award from Creative Scotland in January 2016 to fund her ‘The Glasgow Effect’ project,...

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Brussels: at Brafa 2016 seeking an art truth (the spectacles of the aggregator)

by Piero Bisello

We have often heard collectors comparing themselves to curators in their activity of selecting artworks. The giant political differences between...

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The Getty pays 30 millions for Gentileschi’s Danae, but the nano Raphael stays in Europe

by Stefano Pirovano

Despite the complex macro-issues affecting the international community at the moment, from the oil price to Donald Trump’s more and...

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First results from Pieter Coecke’s Martyr of St Paul tapestry cartoon’s restoration

by Piero Bisello

The impressive number of people involved in the restoration process of tapestry cartoon for the Martyr of St Paul by...

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From Bermondsey to South Bermondsey, will artists endure forthcoming gentrification?

by Maria do Carmo M. P. de Pontes

During the 19th Century, Bermondsey was reputed to be one of the roughest areas in London. Its precarious atmosphere was...

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A distinct trend in 2015? Old masters’ presence in the room of contemporary art

by Stefano Pirovano

  One of the factors that marked 2015 has been the frequent presence of art from the past centuries in...

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Art Basel Miami Beach 2015, the Noah Horowitz edition: a synoptic diary

by Stamatia Dimitrakopoulos

  Day 1. It’s Tuesday December 1st and we just checked into the hotel that for the next four days...

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Recto Verso at the Fondazione Prada: a semipolitical reading

by Stefano Pirovano

In a post-Expo and fashion-oriented city such as Milan setting up an exhibition which questions the B-side of two dimensional...

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Peeking into the unwritten future of contemporary art galleries’ depots

by Maria do Carmo M. P. de Pontes

As reported by Cfa, the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen was recently granted permission from the Rotterdam City Council to construct...

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Venice Biennale the day after: how All The World’s Futures affect local future

by Piero Bisello

The 56th Venice Biennale of Art closed its doors yesterday with the traditional final conference in which the attendance data...

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Museums reopened in Paris after terrorist attacks

by Stefano Pirovano

Last night we were in front of Le Carillon paying tribute to the victims of Friday’s terrorist attacks when panic started...

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Boijmans Public Depo project approved: how will art collectors respond to its revolution?

by Stefano Pirovano

Last Wednesday the Rotterdam City Council announced that the new deposit needed by the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen to store...

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58 out 77 lots of Taubman’s collection were bought at Sotheby’s: but all the top pieces came from art dealers

by Stefano Pirovano

The first of the four auctions of former Sotheby’s owner Alfred Taubman’s art collection ended less the 48 hours ago, but...

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The day after 200.000 people attended Frieze and Fiac someone have to make a decision

by Stefano Pirovano

Today is the day of evaluation in Paris. The second half of the most crucial period of the year for European...

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London vs Paris: 60 portraits by Goya reply to the Medicis’ epiphany at the Jacquemart André

by Stefano Pirovano

The match between Frieze’s art fairs and the Fiac is not the only one London and Paris are playing at the moment,...

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Is Frieze London putting pressure on emerging art?

by Stefano Pirovano

Two days after London not-only-contemporary-anymore art week closed its doors the general consensus among galleries focused on emerging art that...

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Frieze Masters 2015: a large scale process of understanding is taking place

by Stefano Pirovano

While we are writing this article a meeting of Frieze Masters’ board is taking place in loco to discuss about...

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“Florence, Portrait at the Medicis Court”: a seminal show that works better than any economic data

by Stefano Pirovano

Any art historian or museum director is perfectly aware of how difficult it could be to get loans from private...

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BIAF 2015 places Koons near Michelangelo promising Florence a new Renaissance

by Stefano Pirovano

The opening days have proved that this year the Biennale Internazionale dell’Antiquariato in Florence has finally become a top event...

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