Interviews

Love in the time of digital art. Interview with Kamilia Kard

Kamilia Kard is an artist and lecturer born in Milan in 1981. Her artistic research explores issues of human perception in the context of hyperconnectivity and digital communication. After graduating in Political Economy from Bocconi University, she ...
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Is the Biennale's "Strangers Everywhere" slogan divisive? Claire Fontaine answers.

Claire Fontaine is a duo founded in Paris in 2004 by Fulvia Carnevale and James Thornhill: one of their works, Strangers Everywhere, inspired the title of the international exhibition at this year's Venice Biennale, curated by Adrian Pedrosa. Raja El...
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Fabrizio Moretti: "The Florence Biennale is not a market exhibition for a select few."

The 33rd edition of the Florence Florence International Antiques Biennale (BIAF) will be held in Florence, at Palazzo Corsini, from September 28 to October 6, 2024. It is one of the most important events in the world as far as collecting antique art ...
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"How we renovated the Pinacoteca di Faenza. And why it's important to refurbish." Director Roberta Bartoli speaks

The Pinacoteca Comunale di Faenza, the oldest museum in Romagna, has carried out major renovations and rearrangements in recent years, as well as an extensive campaign of restoration of works. In particular, the new layout of the rooms dedicated to t...
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"So many art fairs lead to a crisis in the availability of quality works." Giacinto Di Pietrantonio speaks

In recent years, the contemporary art market has been dominated by fairs: there are more and more of them, and more and more galleries are participating, often offering new works in a steady stream. What are the consequences of this situation? How do...
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Which 20th-century Italian artists are most in demand on the market: talks Susanne Capolongo (Pandolfini auctions)

How is the market for modern art doing in Italy? Are collectors interested in the twentieth century? Which artists are pulling the most? Is it possible to build a collection even with little budget at hand? And what should people who want to start a ...
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"Nature? It does not exist: it is an idea, a system of relations." Conversation with Caterina Sbrana

A research poised between the use of primordial materials, the techniques of tradition and a contemporary vision contaminated by technology. It is that of Catherine Sbrana (Pisa, 1977), an artist who, through geographical imagery, investigates the li...
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Humanity is going in the right direction, but we don't realize it. Designer Stefan Sagmeister speaks.

The Barcolana is one of the most prestigious sailing events in the world. Held every year since 1969 in the Gulf of Trieste on the second Sunday in October, it entered the Guinness Book of World Records in 2018 as the "Largest Sailing Race," making i...
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What friends of museums do. Interview with FIDAM president Italo Scaietta

Museums in Italy would not be the same if there were not the associations of "Friends of Museums": enthusiasts, patrons, donors, lovers of the arts and letters who, thanks to their contribution, financial or even intellectual, guarantee an important ...
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Interview with artist Stefano Russo: "My works, perceptual tools for finding oneself"

Sicilian-born Stephen Russo (b. 1969) is one of Italy's leading fashion designers (he specializes in eyewear, has worked for Celine, Prada, Miu Miu, and is currently a designer for Louis Vuitton), but he is also an artist who has long been pursuing r...
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"Here's how we restore the ancient sunken floor." Archaeologist Enrico Gallocchio speaks.

In the Underwater Archaeological Park of Baia, the restoration of a precious marble floor, which in ancient times decorated a reception room of a Roman villa, started a few days ago. An important work to protect one of the most interesting recent dis...
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"Art is a question that triggers other questions." Conversation with Paolo Cavinato

Paul Cavinato's (Asola, 1975) research focuses on space and its perception: in his work, the observer becomes an integral part of the work. After graduating in Scenography from the Brera Academy of Fine Arts and taking a film direction course in Mila...
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"This is how we communicate Pompeii and the new discoveries": interview with director Gabriel Zuchtriegel

"Pompeii is the world capital of archaeology." This is according to the director of the Pompeii Archaeological Park, Gabriel Zuchtriegel, who has led the institution for three years. A lot has been accomplished in this period: new excavations have be...
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Vincenzo Bellelli (Cerveteri-Tarquinia director): "here's how the Park has changed thanks to automia."

The Cerveteri-Tarquinia Archaeological Park became autonomous as of 2021. Since then, thanks to autonomy, this important complex, which brings together the Cerite National Archaeological Museum, the National Archaeological Museum in Tarquinia, and th...
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"The unknown is my greatest challenge." Conversation with Maurizio Faleni

A life dedicated to the search for the light-color relationship, with different modes and relevant reflections dedicated to the study of pure painting, with restless artistic experiences with studies on color and painting especially of the Italian ma...
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From Pompeii we should expect new, exciting discoveries. Archaeologist Giuseppe Scarpati speaks.

New, important discoveries are coming from the Archaeological Park of Pompeii and in particular from the Insula dei Casti Amanti, which last May 28 opened to visits with an elevated pathway offering a brand new perspective on the excavations. Particu...
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