Interviews

Rome, Divario gallery closes: "cultural and commercial function together? It's unsustainable."

After just five years of existence, the Divario gallery in Rome has closed. It had been founded in 2019 by entrepreneur Filippo Tranquilli and over the years had stood out for a refined proposal, centered particularly on photography, with mostly youn...
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The aesthetics of destruction: conversation with Loredana Longo

Loredana Longo (Catania, 1967) is an Italian artist and sculptor who has built her research around the aesthetics of destruction, a theme that has marked her work for more than two decades. Her practice, which ranges from sculpture to installation, p...
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When the bank becomes a museum. Michele Coppola, director of the Galleries of Italy, speaks.

In recent decades, Intesa Sanpaolo has created a complex cultural system that aims to promote art and culture in our country. Progetto Cultura - this is the name of the project - includes four museums located in historic palaces, the Gallerie d'Itali...
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How error guided Cartier-Bresson in Italy. Interview with Clément Chéroux

The work of the famous French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson is made up of glances, of moments captured at the wrong moment or mistakes made at the right time. It surely stems from a deep and enduring connection with Italy, from a keen eye for sq...
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How to explore the complexity of the Egyptians: talks Paolo Marini (Egyptian Museum)

Paolo Marini is an Egyptologist whose career is distinguished by the link between academic research and curating international exhibitions. A graduate and Ph.D. in Egyptology from the University of Pisa, Marini has developed an interest in Egyptian g...
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"Irony is survival, in art as in life." Conversation with Chiara Lecca

Chiara Lecca (Modigliana, 1977) graduated in 2005 in painting from the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna and in 2008 took part in the Fondazione Spinola Banna per l'Arte residencies in Turin. She focuses her research on the relationship between man and...
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How the art market is changing: more content, less appearance. Conversation with Caretto&Occhinegro

An art market that looks more at content and less at appearances, much more prepared and attentive to quality. This is the major change that gallery owners Massimiliano Caretto and Francesco Occhinegro, owners of the Caretto&Occhinegro gallery, a...
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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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