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Why to pay a huge amount of money for a minor piece by an old master when you can buy a masterpiece from an emerging artist?

This view depicts a mill that belonged to Constable’s father, the sluice and lock gate on the river Stour, and...

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The essence of Conceptual Fine Arts captured in a photo (by Thomas Struth)

At Christie’s auction, on October 18, in London, the best performance for medium was linked to photographic works. Of the...

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A Canaletto returned to its original setting, unfortunately just for a few weeks

A work by Canaletto is about to return for 50 days (from November, 10 until December, 27,  24 hours a...

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The beautiful rendez-vous between Sophie Marceau, the Grande Odalisque and the talented daughter of Jane Birkin at the brand-new Galerie Cinéma

The intensity of this photograph lies in the perfect combination of these two beauties that somehow seem to complement each...

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Parthenon, Athens, Greece, V century BC

What if they put a coffee shop in the Parthenon?

The current exhibition “The rediscovery of the ancient” (Rome, Foro Romano, Curia Iulia, until February 23) is not only the...

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1923 Print - Discovery of Tutankhamun’s Tomb

Once cloned Tutankhamun’s tomb, who will be the next one?

The tomb of Tutankhamun was cloned. Before that, the caves of Altamira and Lexaut, and some important masterpieces of the...

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“Mother with child” (detail), 1433-34, Paolo Uccello, Alana Collection,

Paolo Uccello and the autonomous construction of an object in itself

According to Giorgio Vasari, if Paolo Uccello “had labored much in the figures and animals, as he toiled and lost...

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Oliver Laric, Hugh Scott-Douglas and Ned Vena on sale at Sotheby’s Contemporary art day auction (October 13th)

Of the 272 lots that will go under the hammer at Sotheby’s next October 13th – session 1 from 10:30...

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Oliver Osborne, a space that really matters

Oliver Osborne, born 1985, Edinburgh, UK, educated at Royal Academy and Chelsea College of art, based in London, soon on...

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Lucas Blalock: when capturing the wait

by Stefano Pirovano

Lucas Blalock is currently having his second solo show at Reminken Crucible. In this case we will try to analyze...

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Maso di Bartolomeo: conceptual packaging, of a very special belt

Perhaps today, with no “operating instructions”, it wouldn’t be that easy to grasp the rich conceptual pattern of the Capsella...

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The Novalesa Abbey’s laboratory of books restoration

We thank a lot brother Daniele for kindly welcoming us at the Novalesa Abbey’s laboratory of books restoration, that is...

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Summer 2013: the Capanna Mollino is closed and not well kept

The architect, photographer and race cars driver Carlo Mollino designed this uncommon mountain building in 1946. It was finished by...

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Dan Flavin in the Chiesa Rossa, Milan

“Untitled”, installed at the church of Santa Maria Annunciata in Chiesa Rossa, Milan, is the last artwork Dan Flavin did...

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Bill Viola in San Marco church, MIlan

“The Path” by Bill Viola, one of the fathers of video art, is a three-screen panoramic moving image of individuals walking through...

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Coincidences in 1976: José Saramago’s Manual and Francis Bacon’s autoportrait

  Anyone who paints portraits portrays himself. Therefore, the important thing is not the model but the painterand the portrait...

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Destination Purgatory

Along the ancient road of the Tribunali, in Naples, is the church of Santa Maria delle Anime del Purgatorio ad...

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