Talks & Fairs
Tadashi Kawamata for Maison Ruinart: shaping reclaimed wood in the vineyards of Champagne
Japanese artist Tadashi Kawamata brings three permanent installations in salvaged wood to Maison Ruinart's estate in Reims, as part of the Conversations with Nature curatorial programme
Lampoon and LabSolue at W Florence for the Greenest Fragrance: Canapa N381
Canapa N381 is unveiled during Pitti Uomo at W Florence as a limited edition Eau de Parfum by Lampoon and LabSolue, bringing hemp back into focus within contemporary perfume research
OGR Torino: how a former railway depot became a center for art and innovation
OGR - the former Officine Grandi Riparazioni of Turin — a 35,000-square-metre industrial complex restored by Fondazione CRT — artistic experimentation and technological innovation
How can AIs be used to benefit contemporary culture?
The digital space has transformed the way we perceive, value, and circulate culture, and we[dot]art intervenes as a counter-proposal of accessibility
Found objects, fabrics, flesh: Art Basel Paris and the return of materiality
From digital drift to material presence. How everyday matter became contemporary meaning. Art Basel Paris: a new stability
Lake Como Design Festival: waste, work, and the life of materials
The seventh edition of Lake Como Design Festival examined waste, material honesty, and circular practices, showcasing how designers rethink resources today
Mediterranean Canvas: How CAN Ibiza Paints a New Identity for the Island
As the 2025 edition closes, the fair’s founding curator Saša Bogojev reflects on four years of building a boutique art platform that resists aesthetic clichés and champions global relevance
Adriàn Castañeda: Mantenga la calma at Madrid Art Week
Founded as an alternative platform to traditional contemporary art spaces, UVNT Art Fair returned to Matadero Madrid for its ninth edition. An interview with Adriàn Castañeda on his public installation
Lyra Pramuk’s manifesto for Robot15: Transition
In its fifteenth edition, the Italian electronic music festival reaffirms its research-based and experimental nature by presenting emerging names and a few great comebacks – Lyra Pramuk drafted the manifesto
The Swab Barcelona Art Fair opens towards East Asia: where are the tentacles of the Octopus?
The art fair opens up to the global scene while at the same time furthering Barcelona’s own art tradition. This year’s edition focuses on East Asia, the cities of Tokyo,...
CHART Art Fair, Copenaghen. Interview with Director Julie Quottrup Silbermann
Neo Nordic Architecture challenged the white cube gallery format with a flexible wall system which lets the daylight through to illuminate the artworks – while at night it can be lighten...
The Gather Festival: electronic music among Selinunte’s ruins
A rough sound embrace that is both modern and ancient – daytime masterclasses took place at the Gather Festival while nighttime features included DJs, including the duo Giolì and Assia
Art Paris 2024: avant-garde, inclusion, sustainability and human fragility
Art Paris 26th edition saw the debut of the BNP Paribas Banque Privée Prize, which was awarded to Nathalie Du Pasquier for her multidisciplinary practice as illustrative of an era
Emily Butler: Latino and feminist histories for an inclusive edition of Art Basel Miami fair
Art Basel Miami Beach 2023 on the ‘American melting pot’ and its social and cultural themes – a fair with exhibitions on gender, races, sexual liberation, feminism
Design Miami: Anna Carnick invites to explore Where We Stand in December 2023
Design Miami 2023 has appointed Anna Carnick to the role of Curatorial Director for the fair: nurturing emerging talents and community in the belief that design can and should make...
BookCity Milano 2023: from Orhan Pamuk to a delegation of French cartoonists
With Nobel Prize in Literature Orhan Pamuk for the opening event and a delegation of French cartoonists from Angoulême, BookCity Milano 2023 wants to be a ‘dreamlike’ experience
Artissima 30th anniversary – Cripta747: listening and proximity
Relations of Care at Artissima 2023 aims to combine the concept of care through the concepts of listening and proximity: words that are part of the vision of Cripta747
Paris Internationale 2023: eco-responsibility, shifting identities, hybridization, excess, eroticism
Multigenerational and inclusive. Paris Internationale presents itself as ‘an unconventional art fair’ that puts the value of collaboration at its center
PARIS+ par Art Basel 2023: is the inclusion of man-made culture and nature possible?
Art Basel has existed since the seventies and has been a leading worldwide art fair in Basel, Hong Kong and Miami Beach– in October 2022 Art Paris+ par Art Basel...
1-54 London 2023: an increase in galleries from the African continent and a strong female presence
1-54 London, the 2023 edition: using technology to support women, translate climatic information through art, and engage with the disabled communities of Ghana
Swab Barcelona, a human scale fair, prioritizing quality programs and accessibility for its audience
Humane treatment and accessibility to culture are at the forefront in an event that seeks to break the barriers and elitism that often characterize the contemporary art scene – the...
PhMuseum Days 2023, a conversation with Artificial Intelligence through photography
I Don’t Know How to Respond to That: the third edition of PhMuseum uses the medium of photography to reflect on the dialogue between humans and machines, the evolution of...
Isola Design, from Milan to London to build an exhibition using waste material
Nothing Happens if Nothing Happens: Isola Design for a circular design approach based on using regenerative resources, reducing carbon dioxide emissions, and repurposing waste materials
POSITIONS Berlin Art Fair and FASHION POSITIONS: what does the German capital do differently?
«Most of the designers here in Berlin work differently than in the other cities» – POSITIONS Art Fair: Berlin has long been a destination for those who seek to explore...
Unseen Photo Fair: a ‘round table’ for contemporary photography in Amsterdam
The Gashouder, where the event takes place, was originally designed as a storage tank: Unseen uses the circular shape of the space to avoid distinctions between exhibitors
Berlin Atonal, an ‘underground operation’ of the 80s turned into a music festival
Berlin Atonal started ‘DIY’ in a reaction to popular music of 1980s: a ‘hallucinatory sight program’, presenting pop, punk, new wave, it «was not meant to be digested in a...
Intersect, Aspen’s contemporary art fair: the 2023 edition
31 galleries from 27 cities in the Colorado mountains: Intersect Aspen was founded by brothers Tim and Dirk von Gal three years ago
CHART Art Fair, Copenhagen: gender imbalance discussed in the North
New director Julie Quottrup Silbermann on CHART: «We're not bringing galleries in from all over the world. We're bringing galleries in from the Nordics»
At EuropArtFair, Amsterdam, artists can retain the total value of their sales
Unrepresented creatives and forging connections in the art market: at EuropArtFair there is no need for artists to be affiliated with galleries to participate
Heroines of Sound: microtonality, noise, and drones on an all-female artists’ stage
In ten years, Heroines of Sound has presented over 150 female or non-binary artists, in a dialogue between contemporaneity and ‘heroines’ of the electronic music scene
Lake Como Design Festival: from Neo-Nomadism to Pliny the Elder’s Naturalis Historia
Curated by Butti, the 5th edition of Lake Como Design Festival offers an updated reading of Roman author and naturalist Pliny the Elder’s encyclopedia
CM Málaga – Culture and Museum International Tech Forum: José Antonio Colón
CM Málaga results from the interaction between three parties: FYCMA, the Regional Ministry of Tourism, Culture, and Sport, and Diario Sur, the city's leading daily newspaper
VOLTA Art Fair, the concept of ‘shift’ applied to the arts
In Italian, VOLTA means to turn, to shift. «We chose this word because that’s what we’re trying to do for our artists, gallerists, and collectors. Our tagline is ‘discover, connect...
Curated by Saša Bogojev, figurative painting takes center stage at CAN Ibiza
In its second edition, CAN shines a light on contemporary art galleries locally and internationally. It features 37 galleries from 13 countries
Diverse Perspectives at Art Basel 2023: Kabinett, Parcours, Film
Conversations at Art Basel 2023: Care, Collectivity, and Connectivity Explored by Leading Cultural Figures in Panels
Unveiling the Future: Sonar+D Explores the Intersection of Art, Technology, and Innovation
Nurturing Curiosity, Inspiring Innovation, and Addressing the Ethical Implications of Technology in the Creative Realm: Sonar+D's Platform for Present and Future Intersections
The latest developments and trends in contemporary art at Liste Art Fair Basel 2023
Liste Art Fair Basel supports new galleries with a commitment to sustainability. Friends of Liste provides financial support to selected galleries for elaborate presentations
In conversation with Kate Sierzputowski on the 10th anniversary of EXPO CHICAGO
Over 25 international curators attended EXPO CHICAGO this year, with new participants from Taiwan, Lithuania, and Mexico
1-54 presents in New York, Sparkling Islands: Another Postcard of the Caribbean
With a multidisciplinary exhibition 1-54 and Caryl Ivrisse Crochemar aim to portray the cultural, ethnic, and artistic diversity of the Caribbean archipelago
Piano City Milano 2023: an effort between public institutions and private companies
The Piano City Milano Festival at the Gallery of Modern Art (GAM) in Milan, Italy, features classical and jazz pianists from Italy and around the world
A fair with local roots and an international outlook – Photo Basel
Switzerland’s first international art fair dedicated to photography-based art returns from June 13 to 18. In conversation with Sven Eisenhut, Photo Basel Founding Director
Future Fair in New York City: Rachel Mijares Fick and Rebeca Laliberte
Poised to welcome art practitioners and the public, Future Fair 4th edition establishes itself as an enhancing commercial platform within the broader New York City art ecology
Europe Matters: Walter Guadagnini discusses Fotografia Europea 2023 in Reggio Emilia
The program also includes OFF circuit, the free and independent section of Fotografia Europea enriched by the initiative of individuals, galleries, associations and public and private institutions
Paper as an art medium – Paper Positions, Berlin: in conversation with Heinrich Carstens
Once realizing that Bikini Berlin was not suitable for large paintings or big installations, the team shifted their concept to focus on artworks made of and about one material only:...
We have an I.D.E.A – Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility: BASE Milano Design Week 2023
For the third edition of We Will Design: We have an I.D.E.A. A space for marginalized communities, when other institutions have failed to recognize them
Fuorisalone and digital as a strategy: in conversation with creative director Paolo Casati
Studiolabo for Fuorisalone and Brera Design District: the e-revolution that has changed the perception of Italian design in Milan
