Contemporary art

Contemporary art at Sansevero Chapel: Darren Almond's rags among ancient marbles

Naples welcomes British artist Darren Almond (Wigan, 1971) with a double exhibition interweaving art and history in the heart of the city's ancient center. The solo show Rags is hosted in the striking Sansevero Chapel, famous for Giuseppe Sammartino'...
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Monia Ben Hamouda wins MAXXI BVLGARI PRIZE with work on contemporary collapse

Monia Ben Hamouda, class of 1991, is the winner of the fourth MAXXI BVLGARI PRIZE with the work Theology of Collapse (The Myth of Past) I-X (2024), which becomes part of the permanent collection of MAXXI in Rome. The award ceremony was held on Friday...
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Elisa Caldana at MACTE in Termoli with "The Falcon of Karachi," a tale of nature and power

From Feb. 14 to May 3, 2025, MACTE Museo di Arte Contemporanea in Termoli will host the Italian premiere of Elisa Caldana's project The Falcon of Karachi, an exhibition that combines art, ecology and social reflection. After a stint working in Pakist...
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The Rome Quadrennial starts in Turin with a road show

The journey through Italy of the 18th Quadriennale d'Arte kicks off on January 16, 2025 from Turin, in the spaces of the Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo. The road show, a project designed to bring the public closer to the themes of the 18th editio...
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New space opens in Murano dedicated to contemporary art dialoguing with glass

In Murano, the new Barovier&Toso ARTE gallery dedicated to contemporary artists who use glass as an artistic medium will open on Feb. 12 at 6 p.m. In fact, the project focuses on contemporary artworks made of glass, which thus becomes not only a ...
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One of Europe's leading art galleries opens first location in Italy: Thaddaeus Ropac in Milan

One of Europe's leading art galleries will open a branch in the heart of Milan. We're talking about Thaddaeus Ropac: the Austrian gallery with branches in Salzburg, Paris, London, Seoul and Sankt Moritz is expanding and opening a new location in Pala...
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Milan, a new space for contemporary art is born: it is the Maria Cristina Carlini Foundation

There is a new space for contemporary art in Milan. It is the Maria Cristina Carlini Foundation, dedicated to the enhancement of contemporary sculpture and the celebration of the career of Milanese sculptor Maria Cristina Carlini (Varese, 1942), who ...
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Art and business: the R.T.A. company opens up to contemporary newpop. Activities for 2025

A 2025 under the banner of contemporary art for R.T.A. srl, a leading maccatronics company in Italy and Europe, based in Marcignago (Pavia) and with operating offices in Germany and India: in fact, the company intends to launch a path of approach tha...
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Florence, flowers and starry skies in a large video installation in the Sala d'Arme at Palazzo Vecchio

In the Sala d'Arme in Florence's Palazzo Vecchio, a large video installation by the artist duo Angela Detanico and Rafael Lain entitled Flowering of Light, curated by Sergio Risaliti and promoted by the Museo Novecento, can be seen until Jan. 8, 2025...
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Michelangelo Pistoletto replaces Caravaggio in the Oratory of San Lorenzo in Palermo

Michelangelo Pistoletto replaces Caravaggio. It is happening in Palermo, for the 15th edition of Next, a project conceived to commemorate the theft of Caravaggio's Nativity with Saints Lawrence and Francis of Assisi, a masterpiece by the Lombard arti...
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At the Archaeological Museum of Reggio Calabria the work for peace by Ukrainian Aljosha

A message of universal peace took shape on the terrace of the National Archaeological Museum of Reggio Calabria (MArRC) with the unveiling of Blooming Skin of Brain Paradise by Aljosha, a Ukrainian artist, who worked together with Ilya, from Russia, ...
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Rome, Balloon Museum arrives at La Nuvola: large interactive inflatable artworks by contemporary artists

From December 20, 2024 to March 30, 2025, the Balloon Museum, a unique traveling project produced by Lux Entertainment that places the visitor and his or her direct experience at the center, presents a new interactive contemporary art exhibition in t...
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Paris, JR pays tribute to Christo and Jeanne-Claude with new immersive installation on Pont Neuf

Forty years after Christo and Jeanne-Claude's famous Pont Neuf Wrapped, a new monumental art project by JR, an artist known for his spectacular urban interventions, is taking shape to pay tribute to the couple's visionary work. In September 2025, Par...
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Does art anticipate science? Luca Rossi's artistic intuition becomes software

An idea conceived by artist Luca Rossi in 2013 has turned, more than a decade later, into a... technological product. In fact, U.S.-based developer Riley Walz recently launched IMG_0001, a platform(accessible from this address) that uses millions of ...
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Wooden houses that talk: the art of Augustas Serapinas in Milan

From December 12, 2024 to March 15, 2025, Fondazione ICA Milan will host Wooden Travel, the new solo exhibition of Lithuanian artist Augustas Serapinas (Vilnius, 1990) curated by Chiara Nuzzi. An exhibition that transforms the spaces of the former in...
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Oculus-Spei, Annalaura Di Luggo's interactive installation, arrives at the Pantheon

In Rome, the Pantheon, welcomes Oculus-Spei, an interactive multimedia installation by artist Annalaura Di Luggo that reinterprets the theme of hope in the context of Jubilee 2025. Supported by the moral patronage of the Jubilee itself, the Ministry ...
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