Contemporary art - Finestre sull'Arte

Here's how Venetian museums showcase their 20th-century treasures. Interview with Elisabetta Barisoni

After more than a decade spent as a curator at Mart in Rovereto, in 2015 Elizabeth Barisoni found a home at Muve - Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia, becoming already the following year responsible for the organizational management of the Internatio...
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With Tracey Emin we all love better

With Tracey Emin we all love better. Tracey is perhaps the first artist since Frida Kahlo to transform the last taboos such as vulnerability and illness into a new artistic expression by transcending the current academic hierarchy. If feelings and em...
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Milan, at the Museo del Novecento in dialogue Robert Rauschenberg and masterpieces of the 20th century

On the centenary of the birth of Robert Rauschenberg (Port Arthur, 1925 - Captiva Island, 2008), the Museo del Novecento in Milan is hosting from April 5 to June 29, 2025 the exhibition Rauschenberg and the Twentieth Century, which, for the first tim...
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In the world of Fausto Gilberti: little men who tell about great artists, rock stars, legends and more

Fausto Gilberti (Brescia, 1970) is a painter and draftsman, one of the most appreciated on the contemporary Italian scene, as well as an author of children's books, which he writes and illustrates. Gilberti studied at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts a...
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Patricia Leite brings her inner landscapes to Venice with "Cold Water"

For the first time in its exhibition history, the Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa in Venice opens the doors of Palazzetto Tito to a South American artist. From May 6 to July 27, 2025, the historic Venetian institution will host the first solo exhibitio...
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"Home is a place we build to make our happiness possible." Interview with Massimo Baldini

A new space dedicated to contemporary culture, THEIA Gallery, will open in Ancona: it is a "home gallery," or a home that will also be used as an exhibition space that can be visited by the public. From April 12 to May 4, 2025 THEIA will open for the...
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Ian Davenport in Todi: a dialogue between painting and sculpture in Todi's Hall of Stones

From Aug. 31 to Oct. 5, 2025, Todi, in the province of Perugia, will host an exhibition curated by the Beverly Pepper Projects Foundation and the City of Todi, in collaboration with the Todi Festival. The Sala delle Pietre in the Palazzo del Popolo w...
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Giuseppe Veneziano, Beyond provocation. When art is profound without being obscure

There is a widespread idea, almost a stereotype, about Giuseppe Veneziano. He is often labeled as a provocateur, an artist who uses simple, direct, almost populist images. But all you have to do is sit with him, talk to him, listen to his take on art...
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