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Your Guide Through Contemporary Art in Italy
Your Guide Through Contemporary Art in Italy
Exhibitions to See in July and August 2024 in Italy and Beyond
Exhibitions to See in July and August 2024 in Italy and Beyond Still in the post-pandemic ecstasy, the world storms out to see art exhibitions that aren’t laid flat on their computer screens. Artists had time to craft visual and spatial gems in their spare time, and it’s fortunate because our screentime-pale faces are eager to experience art like never
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,
Matèria, la fotografia è politica: dissenso positivo e costruttivo
Matèria, la fotografia è politica: dissenso positivo e costruttivo Di Maria Vittoria Pinotti 21.01.2026 Click here to read this article in English Quando un progetto non si chiude in sé stesso, ma si apre al mondo attraverso la fotografia come forma di sentimento — ovvero non come percezione rassicurante, bensì come esperienza di un problema —, diventa capace di raccontare
Fantastica ma non troppo (in italiano)
Fantastica ma non troppo (in italiano) di Dobroslawa Nowak 24.12.2025 Click here to read the English version Fantastica affronta il primo quarto del ventunesimo secolo nell’arte italiana come un insieme di prospettive plurali piuttosto che come una narrazione lineare. Le opere di cinquantatré artisti, nati tra gli anni ’60 e la fine degli anni ’90, sono organizzate lungo cinque percorsi
Fantastica ma non troppo (in English)
Fantastica ma non troppo (in English) by Dobroslawa Nowak 24.12.2025 Clicca qui per leggere la versione italiana Fantastica approaches the first quarter of the twenty-first century in Italian art as a field of plural positions rather than a linear narrative. Works by fifty-four artists, born between the 1960s and the late 1990s, are arranged along five curatorial paths shaped by
Why Write About Art
Why Write About Art by Maria Vittoria Pinotti Clicca qui per leggere la versione italiana When we read words about art, we are often immediately captivated, as we are not only guided through the observer’s gaze but also invited to reflect on what their memory and thoughts have grasped and embraced. In this sense, writing—particularly writing on art — differs
Perché scrivere di arte
Perché scrivere di arte di Maria Vittoria Pinotti Click here to read the English version È probabile che si venga sfiorati da un immediato coinvolgimento quando leggiamo parole sull’arte, perché oltre a essere condotti negli occhi di chi ha osservato, siamo spinti a pensare cosa abbia colto e abbracciato la sua memoria e il suo pensiero. Perciò la scrittura, soprattutto
Memories of Water, Memories of Air
Memories of Water, Memories of Air International artists sing chants for the community in Venice. Interview by Marianna Reggiani Clicca qui per leggere questo articolo in italiano Arts Territory brings an immersive project on contemporary emergencies to Venice. With the support of the Polish presidency of the Council of the European Union, the major exhibition curated by Kasia Sobucka arrives
Memories of Water, Memories of Air
Memories of Water, Memories of Air A Venezia, artisti internazionali intonano canti per la collettività. Intervista di Marianna Reggiani Click here to read this interview in English Arts Territory porta a Venezia un progetto immersivo sulle emergenze contemporanee. Con il supporto della Presidenza Polacca del Consiglio Europeo, la grande mostra a cura di Kasia Sobucka arriva in Laguna. Se si
Why Collect Art Today?
Why Collect Art Today? Maria Vittoria Pinotti in conversation with Clara Datti, president and co-founder of the D’ARC Foundation By Maria Vittoria Pinotti 17.03.2026 Clicca qui per leggere questo articolo in italiano This is not the story of a collection, nor does it aim to recount the strategic and market choices that some believe shape the making of an art
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
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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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Controcorrente: riflessioni sull’arte contemporanea
di Maria Vittoria Pinotti
Offbeat: Reflections on Contemporary Art by Maria Vittoria Pinotti
Controcorrente: riflessioni sull’arte contemporanea
di Maria Vittoria Pinotti
Offbeat: Reflections on Contemporary Art
by Maria Vittoria Pinotti
Giulio Catelli, Le candele e l’uccellino, 2025, inchiostro su carta 30×21 cm, Courtesy Galleria Richter Fine Art, Roma
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