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Emerging artists to watch: Kaoru Arima and his facial (un)recognition

by Piero Bisello

Kaoru Arima's pictures of faces are paintings for an alternative, straightforward portraiture: romanticism no more; agendas no more; ego no...

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Daniele Milvio

Daniele Milvio: twenty ink drawings

Conceptual Fine Arts and Galleria Federico Vavassori present twenty previously unpublished works by Daniele Milvio, executed between 2012 and 2013...

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Emerging artists to watch: Matthieu Haberard

by Sonia D'Alto

Anything can happen on the threshold, like Matthieu Haberard's practice, an innocent game of fairy tales, an adventurous story of...

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From Victoria Colmegna to Victoria Colmegna

by Stefano Pirovano

A short story of how Victoria Colmegna's lightness, shyness, esotericism and nostalgia remind us that the longest journey is the...

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Global Cows 2020

A collaboration with Brussels-based gallery Damien & The Love Guru, Global Cows 2020 presents a double digital fresco companion to...

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Nostalgia and Neutrality in the work of Jasmin Werner

by Chloe Stead

Emerging artist Jasmin Werner exposes biases in architecture and design, showing that nostalgia is more than mere contemplation of the...

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Lucy Stein: Digitalis purpurea, a re(in)trospective

by Stefano Pirovano

Vieni! E fu molta la dolcezza! molta! / tanta, che, vedi… (l’altra lo stupore / alza degli occhi, e vede...

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Kengné Téguia’s concentric circles

by Piero Bisello

Kengné Téguia's artworks are objects that call forth to grasp the artist's own questions, as well the meanings in their...

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Lisa Dalfino & Sacha Kanah, living and non-living beings

by Stefano Pirovano

Introduction to the work of Lisa Dalfino and Sacha Kanah starting from their second solo exhibition at Clima gallery in...

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Kaloki Nyamai Stellenbosch Triennale

Disclosure & Disbelief: Kaloki Nyamai at the Stellenbosch Triennale

by Zihan Kassam

Kaloki Nyamai hits a nerve at the Stellenbosch Triennale with his provocative installation about about race, false borders and shared...

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Lucas Blalock: a criminal, a lover, an old man, a policeman, an artist, a spy, a nice guy

by Emile Rubino

An in depth look at Lucas Blalock’s performative approach to photography, and the dynamic relationship to art history at play...

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Renata Boero

Renata Boero by Paolo Fossati (anno 1977)

by Piero Bisello

We propose a translation and contextualization of a 1977 text by seminal art historian Paolo Fossati about Renata Boero's painting.

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Hanna-Maria Hammari

Hanna-Maria Hammari: when nature leads elsewhere

by Stefano Pirovano

Through expressive materials and traditional techniques Hanna-Maria Hammari leads us to tackle the age of surveillance capitalism.

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Michael Portnoy, improves

by Piero Bisello

We delve into the career changes and improvements of New York based artist Michael Portnoy through his work as shoemaker...

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Than Hussein Clark

A Portrait of Than Hussein Clark

by Piero Bisello

In this essay we paint a portrait of Than Hussein Clark as a hybrid between the figure of the impersonator...

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Nora Turato: Proustian interview with afterword

by Stefano Pirovano

We have met Nora Turato, an over educated graphic designer who became a performer artist, to question the information she...

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Lorenza Longhi, a turbulence in the realm of perfection

by Stefano Pirovano

The first solo show of Lorenza Longhi at Fanta MLN questions our understanding of perfection by looking into industrial design's...

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Mona Osman

Mona Osman, on the way to endless painting

by Stefano Pirovano

First institutional solo show of Mona Osman opens at Collezione Maramotti on 12th Oct. Here some insights that could help...

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karel martens

The “Free Work” of Karel Martens

by Piero Bisello

Acclaimed graphic designer Karel Martens has made artwork for decades. We delve into this artistic production and its relation with...

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Opavivarà

Opavivará: Pro Concordia Labor

by Stefano Pirovano

Opavivará turns the experience of art into the work of art, for questioning our needs as human beings. Even if...

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