Contemporary art - Finestre sull'Arte

The Snow Labyrinth of Chamois, a work of Land Art in the most unspoiled Aosta Valley

Every year, the charming village of Chamois in the Aosta Valley, the only municipality in the Alps (and probably in all of Italy) that cannot be reached by car and where cars do not pass, is transformed into a natural theater for the Snow Labyrinth t...
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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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A complete body of Omar Galliani's graphic works exhibited for the first time in Città di Castello

From Dec. 7, 2024 to Feb. 7, 2025, the Città di Castello (Perugia) Gallery of the Arts will host Di Segno in Segno, a solo exhibition by Omar Galliani, with a critical text by Lorenzo Fiorucci, produced under the patronage of the City of Citt&...
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10 questions and answers to understand Cattelan's Comedian: why a banana is a work of art

Fortissimo is the uproar aroused these days by Comedian, the work by Maurizio Cattelan initially presented in 2019 at Art Basel Miami at the booth of Perrotin, Cattelan's gallerist: the work was in fact sold at auction by Sotheby 's in New York for t...
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The shining gaze: in Verbania the media landscapes of Davide Maria Coltro

An encounter between traditional art and digital technology. This is at the heart of the exhibition The Shining Gaze. Media Landscapes in the Time of AI, a project by Davide Maria Coltro (Verona, 1967), staged by the Museo del Paesaggio in Verbania. ...
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Contemporary art meets schools: "Giving Figure" project kicks off in Lucca

A journey through dreams, memory and creativity. This is the proposal of Dare Figura, the new contemporary art program for schools in the Province of Lucca, conceived and promoted by the Sentiment of Beauty odv association for the 2024/2025 school ye...
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Memes about Comedian, Cattelan's banana: the funniest ones

In December 2019, the contemporary art world was shocked by news that went around the globe: a seemingly simple work of art, a banana taped to a wall, was being presented at Art Basel Miami. The author of this artistic provocation was Maurizio Cattel...
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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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