Contemporary art

Petrit Halilaj will create a new work in the Langhe, in Dogliani, in a former school

Radis, the art in public space project promoted by the Fondazione per l'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea CRT, returns for its second edition. After the positive experience in Rittana, where Giulia Cenci created the work le masche, the initiative - again ...
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Bologna, Basilica of San Petronio opens for first time to secular contemporary art with Joan Crous

For the first time,secular contemporary art is making its entrance into the Basilica of San Petronio in Bologna: starting Saturday, April 26, on the anniversary of the bombing of Guernica (1937) during the Spanish Civil War at the hands of German and...
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Andrea Mastrovito wins competition to create Sagrada Familia's Agnus Dei

The Museu Diocesà de Barcelona, also known as Casa de la Almoina, is hosting an exhibition until June 9, 2025, dedicated to the five artistic proposals conceived to create theAgnus Dei to be placed inside the cross at the top of the tower of J...
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Nutella at MAXXI: Giulietta Gheller stages performance against the commercial drift of museums

In December 2024, the MAXXI museum in Rome hosted two exhibitions that caused much discussion: one dedicated to the 60th anniversary of Nutella, titled JOYN!, and one to the 100th anniversary of Autostrade per l'Italia, called Italia in movimento - A...
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Venice, Luc Tuymans at San Giorgio Maggiore: two new works to replace Tintoretto canvases

Luc Tuymans returns to Venice and does so with a project intended for the Basilica of San Giorgio Maggiore. From May 9 to November 23, 2025, the Belgian painter will be featured in a new commission at the house of worship, one of the symbolic places ...
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Luc Tuymans creates two unpublished works for the altar of the Basilica of San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice

From May 9 to November 23, 2025, the altar of the Basilica of San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice will host two new works by Belgian painter Luc Tuymans (Mortsel, 1958), among the most influential voices in contemporary painting. Commissioned by the Bened...
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Milan, opens in Unipol Tower the third location of CUBO, Unipol Group's business museum

In the heart of Milan, overlooking Piazza Gae Aulenti and inside Unipol Tower, the skyscraper designed by Mario Cucinella, the third location of CUBO, Unipol Group's business museum, opens today, Wednesday, April 16. A new space dedicated tocontempor...
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Miart 2025, awarded the acquisition and commission prizes

Miart 2025, an international fair dedicated to modern and contemporary art, organized by Fiera Milano, has announced the winners of the acquisition and commission prizes: the Orbital Cultura - Nexi Group Prize, the Matteo Visconti di Modrone Prize, t...
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At Venice airport, Koen Vanmechelen's Noah's Ark. It will be on display for one year

A traditional Venetian vaporetto is reinterpreted and transformed into a modern ark carrying a microcosm of our world. It is Noah's Ark, the impressive work by Belgian artist Koen Vanmechelen, which has been on display for a few days at theVenice air...
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A new institution dedicated to supporting the arts is born: the LAM Foundation for the Contemporary Arts

The LAM Foundation for Contemporary Arts, a new nonprofit institution dedicated to the promotion and support of contemporary arts and culture through an interdisciplinary program that focuses on inclusion and sharing, is born. Initiated by Loretta Am...
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Catalan Claudia Pagès wins illy SustainArt Award dedicated to promising young artists

Catalan artist Claudia Pagès (Barcelona, 1990), represented by Àngels Barcelona Gallery, won the 18th illy SustainArt Prize, dedicated to promising young artists in contemporary art and promoted by illycaffè as part of the 44th e...
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Bari's San Cataldo Lighthouse reopens with an installation by Francesco Lauretta

March 1, 2025 marks an important date for the city of Bari and the Puglia region, with the reopening of the San Cataldo Lighthouse. The structure, after a thorough process of recovery and enhancement, will resume its public function, welcoming inside...
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CIP-USSI award, Fulvio Morella's art for Paralympic journalism

An award for those who tell the story of Paralympic sports with passion and sensitivity, giving voice to the athletes' feats and their courage. On February 26, at the Foro Italico in Rome, the CIP-USSI Prize, established by the Italian Paralympic Com...
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Lubaina Himid is the artist chosen for the British Pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2026

It will be Lubaina Himid (Zanzibar, 1954), winner of the Turner Prize in 2017, who will represent the United Kingdom at the 2026 Venice Biennale. The British Council announced last night the name of the artist who will represent the country at the Bi...
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12-lesson online course to understand contemporary art starts

In the contemporary art scene, the movements and avant-garde movements of the 20th century have had a profound impact on artistic perception and creation. It is to these historical developments that a new series of 12 online lectures is dedicated, de...
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Yan Pei-Ming's art tells the faces of Regina Coeli in the Holy See's new space in Rome

Rome is enriched with a new space dedicated tocontemporary art: Conciliazione 5, an exhibition space desired by the Holy See's Dicastery for Culture and Education, opened Feb. 15 with an exhibition by Chinese artist Yan Pei-Ming, who presents a work ...
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