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Your Guide Through Contemporary Art in Italy
Your Guide Through Contemporary Art in Italy
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6 Art City Exhibitions You Can Still Visit (Until Spring)
6 Art City Bologna Exhibitions You Can Still Visit (Until Spring) By Marianna Reggiani 10.02.2026 Clicca qui per leggere questo articolo in italiano The 14th edition of Art City has just come to a close—the annual weekend that, coinciding with Arte Fiera, transforms the city of the Two Towers into a stage for contemporary art. More than three hundred events—ranging
3 Exhibitions to See in February
3 Exhibitions to See in February Our guide to exhibitions in Italy By Marianna Reggiani 02.02.2026 Clicca qui per leggere questo articolo in italiano Among the perhaps most surprising powers of visual art is its ability to show, in ever new ways, that behind the most personal forms of expression there almost always lies a collective feeling.Inspiration, need, intuition may
3 Exhibitions to See in January
3 Exhibitions to See in January Our guide to exhibitions in Italy By Marianna Reggiani 06.01.2026 Clicca qui per leggere questo articolo in italiano In Roman mythology, January is symbolized by Janus, the protector of beginnings and transitions. He has a torso and two faces looking in opposite directions: beginning and end, entrance and exit, before and after. He marks
6 Art City Exhibitions You Can Still Visit (Until Spring)
6 Art City Bologna Exhibitions You Can Still Visit (Until Spring) By Marianna Reggiani 10.02.2026 Clicca qui per leggere questo articolo in italiano The 14th edition of Art City has just come to a close—the annual weekend that, coinciding with Arte Fiera, transforms the city of the Two Towers into a stage for contemporary art. More than three hundred events—ranging
3 Exhibitions to See in February
3 Exhibitions to See in February Our guide to exhibitions in Italy By Marianna Reggiani 02.02.2026 Clicca qui per leggere questo articolo in italiano Among the perhaps most surprising powers of visual art is its ability to show, in ever new ways, that behind the most personal forms of expression there almost always lies a collective feeling.Inspiration, need, intuition may
3 Exhibitions to See in January
3 Exhibitions to See in January Our guide to exhibitions in Italy By Marianna Reggiani 06.01.2026 Clicca qui per leggere questo articolo in italiano In Roman mythology, January is symbolized by Janus, the protector of beginnings and transitions. He has a torso and two faces looking in opposite directions: beginning and end, entrance and exit, before and after. He marks
The Poetics of the Apparatus – Rosa Barba at MAXXI
The Poetics of the Apparatus – Rosa Barba at MAXXI By Dobroslawa Nowak 25.02.2026 Clicca qui per leggere questo articolo in italiano A large yet balanced arrangement of “living” cinematic apparatus bisects the space, placing us at the heart of a peculiar laboratory. Arranged along a curved line, each object performs a meticulously designed role—within the space, in relation to
La poetica dell’apparato – Rosa Barba a MAXXI
La poetica dell’apparato – Rosa Barba a MAXXI Di Dobroslawa Nowak 25.02.2026 Click here to read this article in English Un ampio ma equilibrato allestimento di apparati cinematografici “vivi” attraversa lo spazio, ponendoci al centro di un singolare laboratorio. Ogni oggetto, disposto lungo una linea curva, svolge un ruolo meticolosamente progettato — all’interno dello spazio, in relazione agli altri e
Alessandro Gioiello, non c’è pittura senza poesia
Alessandro Gioiello, non c’è pittura senza poesia Di Maria Vittoria Pinotti 19.02.2026 Click here to read this article in English C’è da chiedersi se anche in pittura, così come nella letteratura, esista una forma di licenza poetica che possa rappresentare, ogni qual volta venga utilizzata, l’espressione sensibile di una convinta e necessaria libertà di cambiamento. Così come lo scrittore può
Alessandro Gioiello. There Is No Painting Without Poetry
Alessandro Gioiello. There Is No Painting Without Poetry Di Maria Vittoria Pinotti 19.02.2026 Clicca qui per leggere questo articolo in italiano One may wonder whether, in painting as in literature, there exists a form of poetic license that can represent, whenever it is employed, the sensitive expression of a convinced and necessary freedom to change. Just as a writer may
Guglielmo Maggini in conversation with Lorenzo Ilari
Guglielmo Maggini in conversation with Lorenzo Ilari 11.02.2026 Clicca qui per leggere questa intervista in italiano Last Saturday at Arte Fiera, at the booth of z2o Sara Zanin Gallery, I had the pleasure of interviewing Guglielmo Maggini, winner of the 2025 Talent Prize with his work Titano mio. click here to watch the video interview Guglielmo Maggini in conversation with
Guglielmo Maggini in dialogo con Lorenzo Ilari
Guglielmo Maggini in dialogo con Lorenzo Ilari 11.02.2026 Click here to read this interview in English Lo scorso sabato, ad ArteFiera, presso lo stand della galleria z2o Sara Zanin, ho avuto il gran piacere di intervistare Guglielmo Maggini, vincitore del Talent Prize 2025, con la sua opera: Titano Mio. clicca qui per guardare l’intervista video Guglielmo Maggini in dialogo con
Chi ha paura di Nan Goldin?
Chi ha paura di Nan Goldin? di Dobroslawa Nowak 28.01.2026 Click here to read this article in English Tra ottobre 2025 e metà febbraio 2026, Nan Goldin, insieme al curatore Fredrik Liew e ai curatori interni di HangarBicocca Roberta Tenconi e Lucia Aspesi, ha presentato This Will Not End Well, la prima mostra dedicata al suo lavoro come filmmaker. L’esposizione
Who’s Afraid of Nan Goldin?
Who’s Afraid of Nan Goldin? by Dobroslawa Nowak 28.01.2026 Clicca qui per leggere questo articolo in italiano Between October 2025 and mid-February 2026, Nan Goldin, together with curator Fredrik Liew and HangarBicocca’s in-house curators Roberta Tenconi and Lucia Aspesi, presented This Will Not End Well, the first exhibition dedicated to her work as a filmmaker. The show featured a large
Matèria: Photography is Political—Positive and Constructive Dissent
Matèria: Photography is Political—Positive and Constructive Dissent By Maria Vittoria Pinotti 21.01.2026 Clicca qui per leggere questo articolo in italiano When a project does not close in on itself but opens up to the world through photography as a form of feeling—not as a reassuring perception, but as an experience of a problem—it becomes capable of conveying partial political readings,
Namsal Siedlecki. Shape in Time
Namsal Siedlecki. Shape in Time By Dobroslawa Nowak 19.06.2026 An excerpt from Dobrosława Nowak’s essay published in hus magazine SUMMER (2) 2026 Clicca qui per leggere questo articolo in italiano Sculpture remains in a constant relationship with time and its surroundings in Namsal Siedlecki’s practice. The result of the artist’s actions is often not a clearly defined, stable form, but
(ENG) Somalia: First National Pavilion at the Venice Biennale Arte
(ENG) Somalia: First National Pavilion at the Venice Biennale Arte By Dobroslawa Nowak 26.05.2026 Clicca qui per leggere questo articolo in italiano […] you have to understand,that no one puts their children in a boatunless the water is safer than the landno one burns their palms under trainsbeneath carriagesno one spends days and nights in the stomach or a truckfeeding
(ENG) The Cultural Project Tramandars: What Must Continue
The Cultural Project Tramandars: What Must Continue By Maria Vittoria Pinotti 19.05.2026 Clicca qui per leggere questo articolo in italiano What might appear to many as an irrelevant connection — between the knowledge of the folk practices of those living on the slopes of Vesuvius and the artist residency Tramandars, founded in 2017 in Borgo Casamale, the historic center of
(ENG) Still/Moving Korean Video Art Based on Performances
(ENG) Still/ Moving: Korea Video Art Based on Performances By Dobroslawa Nowak 28.04.2026 Clicca qui per leggere questo articolo in italiano As vast as Rome’s artistic offerings may be, those who have seen many exhibitions sometimes feel the urge to step away from the various expressions of the European school and turn instead toward shows with a viscerally distinct approach—where
The Dimension of Research at The Real Academia de España en Roma
The Dimension of Research at The Real Academia de España en Roma Studio Visits With Federico Clavarino and Miguel Fructuoso By Maria Vittoria Pinotti 21.04.2026 Clicca qui per leggere questo articolo in italiano Which foreign art institutions are able to actively and meaningfully shape the cultural environment of a historic metropolis such as Rome? An unruly and visionary city, Rome
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A Selection of Featured Galleries: / Una selezione di gallerie in evidenza:
A+B Gallery, Brescia
Mo.Ca – Centro per le Nuove Culture, Brescia
The Address Gallery, Brescia
Spazio Marameo, Firenze
Campo XS, Genova
Tenuta dello Scompiglio, Lucca
DISPLAY, Parma
ADA Project, Roma
Istituto Culturale Coreano, Roma
Galleria Richter, Roma
STUDIOLO77, Roma
T293, Roma
Anni Wu Gallery, Milano
banquet gallery, Milano
C+N Gallery CANEPANERI, Milano
Galleria Christian Stein, Milano
FRENCH PLACE, Milano
Galleria Giovanni Bonelli, Milano
Litostudio, Milano
Raffaella Cortese, Milano
RIBOT, Milano
THE FLAT – Massimo Carasi, Milano
Fondazione Made in Cloister, Napoli
Galerie Gisela Capitain, Napoli
Magazzino 26, Trieste
A plus A Gallery, Venezia
Cassina Projects, Venezia
A+B Gallery, Brescia
Mo.Ca – Centro per le Nuove Culture, Brescia
The Address Gallery, Brescia
Spazio Marameo, Firenze
Campo XS, Genova
Tenuta dello Scompiglio, Lucca
DISPLAY, Parma
ADA Project, Roma
Istituto Culturale Coreano, Roma
Galleria Richter, Roma
STUDIOLO77, Roma
T293, Roma
Anni Wu Gallery, Milano
banquet gallery, Milano
C+N Gallery CANEPANERI, Milano
Galleria Christian Stein, Milano
FRENCH PLACE, Milano
Galleria Giovanni Bonelli, Milano
Litostudio, Milano
lorenzelli arte, Milano
Raffaella Cortese, Milano
RIBOT, Milano
THE FLAT – Massimo Carasi, Milano
Fondazione Made in Cloister, Napoli
Galerie Gisela Capitain, Napoli
Magazzino 26, Trieste
A plus A Gallery, Venezia
Cassina Projects, Venezia
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