Tag: Exhibitions
Versailles & the World, the exhibition: the Palace power over colonies is contemporary, more than ever
«How the Sun King’s palace played a key role in French diplomacy and was at the center of political, artistic and commercial exchanges between East and West»
Digital Art disruption: Francesca Kaufmann and Stefano Rabolli Pansera at Hauser & Wirth
The outbreak of Covid-19 pushed art galleries to rethink their role and position within the contemporary art market; accelerating the digital transition and the implementation of new digital strategies
When plastic cannot be enough complicated, you start using ceramic: the case of Diego Cibelli
A journey through the artistic production of the Neapolitan artist Diego Cibelli, who manipulates the daily life objects to reveal their endless meanings
Erik Thomsen – one gallerist cannot deal with the Danish sense of irony
Thomsen gallery specializes in Japanese screens and scrolls; in early Japanese tea ceramics from the medieval through the Edo periods
Body positivity – From architect to visual artist, from Moscow to Milan
Former architect turned visual artist, Tatiana Brodatch explores love and nudity: «My plasticine people are the actors. The photographs and the stop-motion are the play»
Vitra Design’s director, Mateo Kries, reimagines the role of museums in post-pandemic society
Director of the Vitra Design Museum, Dr. Mateo Kries: «Museums are not only reflecting social evolutions but seeing themselves as an active part in society»
Today art has to search within natural science – Giò Pomodoro’s references to astrology
In his sculpture at Taino Park, Giò Pomodoro testifies the intimacy between the contemporary and sculptures; the communities and green spaces, the solstices and sun
From Zanzibar experience to Zawadi Studio, the artistic approach of Vivide Mantero
The collection and reconditioning of materials recovered in Zanzibar and Portugal are the basis of the photographic, sculptural and design productions of Zawadi Studio
Sam Baron for Dior: lacquered metal and a gradient of pink
«It is about the usage – the way we are going to sit together. I wanted it to be a form of nostalgia. It also recalls the gardens and flowers...
The art of attention: Margiela focuses on ‘subtle beings, neglected objects, unnoticed places and events’
Martin Margiela reflects on existentialism. A street billboard, a projector screen, the mould of one of the Torso sculptures, plastic packaging: the osmotic relationship between art and life
Musical education of young generations – Riccardo Muti and Fondazione Prada
Young musicians selected for a path of training and in a depth analysis on the Italian Opera. From Verdi to Toscanini, a project in collaboration with Fondazione Prada
The future is female: Francesco Bonami on his exhibition Hi Woman – the news of the future
Francesco Bonami curates an exhibition at the Museo di Palazzo Pretorio in Prato where twenty-two female artists dialogue with the Annunciation and the act of creation
From the Renaissance masters to Rick Owens: all the influences of Pietro Franceschini
«Sometimes it is interesting to think of the same object in different versions; by changing the material, everything else changes»
Updating the Social housing, matter: bioclimatic measures, solar radiation and natural ventilation
TAMassociati and Arup on display at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2021 to respond to the rapid population growth in urban areas and the lack of affordable housing
The Romanian diaspora at Venice Biennale: how the mobility of large masses will impact architects
Mapping and investigating migrations to understand the way society will look like in the near future. A first step is Fading Borders, telling the story of the Romanian diaspora at...
Soft sides, ‘Body Heat’: homoeroticism unveiled, lust and intimacy by Spyros Rennt
«Lust is carnal: it eats you up, ties in with the body, and you do not have to like someone to feel lust for them» - Spyros Rennt showing the...
AHEC and Wallpaper* at the Design Museum: talking about reforestation and natural materials
Slow reforestation is key; so far, our planting history is bad: we should be correcting this tendency to protect biodiversity long-term
Monira Al Qadiri: the human being is a tragic subject both on a geospatial and spiritual scale
The installation Holy Quarter by Monira Al Qadiri shows how technology can transcend human perception through an almost religious evocation
Transitioning: a journey through technology and ecology – Jakob Kudsk Steensen
The digital space is associated with high interactivity levels, but what would happen if we managed to slow down digital media? The Danish artist Jakob Kudsk Steensen is trying to...
System conception and alphabet of signs: Domenico Romeo ‘Anime Armate’
Domenico Romeo research «considers the Opera as a system in its perennial changing shape and size»
Is ‘under observation’ a synonym for ‘safe’? Aldo Giannotti presents Safe and Sound
Our blasé attitude towards the overuse of technology, can in turn become state surveillance, mass collection of personal data
Breath Ghosts Blind – Maurizio Cattelan’s latest exhibition at Pirelli HangarBicocca
Through a human, a dog, an airplane, a monolith, and a thousand pigeons, Cattelan layers his art with narratives of politics, society, and reality
The syncopation phenomenon: Anri Sala is an enhancer of awareness
Anri Sala: «My work is linked to this tension taking place between on-beat and off-beat within the architecture of syncopation»
David Luraschi. French-American photographer: the ‘faux dieu’ of perfection
«Sometimes when you try to be an artist making your work complicated and cryptic you are not actually being an artist». David Luraschi on the beauty of day-to-day life
Deception game at Villa Panza: in Sudden Time Chiara Dynys toys with our perception
1. Chiara Dynys returns to Villa Panza with four site-specific installations which retrace her artistic career and revisit her recurrent themes: colors, light, the meaning of anomaly and thresholds
The universal language of geometries is the focus for Damien Poulain
Influenced since his childhood by advertising and billboards, Damien Poulain developed a style that draws from graphic design, architecture and other cultures
From Yemen to Peru, traveling around the world through the photographs of Richard de Tscharner
Music and photography: the exhibition Il canto della Terra is not only an ode to the earth, but also a way to honor the work of Austrian composer Gustav Mahler
A.B.O. THEATRON. Art or Life traces the career and life of Achille Bonito Oliva
«I never cared too much about what I have done in the past, I only care about what I am going to do when I grow up». An exhibition celebrates...
Genova Design Week: Vito Nesta on display at Palazzo Reale in Genoa
Traditional and contemporary intertwine in the halls of Palazzo Reale, through the works of designer Vito Nesta in collaboration with the Architecture and Design department of the Genoa University
Alexandre Benjamin Navet stepped out of his comfort zone, he placed flowers in vases
Layer by layer, color by color, research by research: the French artist details his collaboration with Van Cleef & Arpels
Thierry Guetta as Mr. Brainwash in street art and advocacy
«The messages of my artworks and what I do are about sharing and giving» - Mr. Brainwash’s art: from Bellini Nautica and Leonardo to the Pope
Missing the Biennale – or not so much? The Essence of architecture lies on its crossable space
Architectural space is what makes a void into a place, the element that defines architecture is exactly what no exhibition can ever provide. Architect and writer Gianni Biondillo reconsiders
