Like that of many Russian intellectuals, the life path of Marc Chagall, the great artist who found himself when he moved to France, was poised between two worlds – the love for his motherland and the freedom that could only be found in Europe.
A city poised between calm and the tragedy of violence – this is how the Ukrainian capital was described in the early 20th century by the great writer Bulgakov, who was born in Kiev, and by the Ukrainian painter Bogomazov, who depicted the city in three very different paintings.
In the early 19th century, Antonio Canova sculpted a magnificent statue commissioned by a Russian nobleman. It became a symbol of peace in Kyiv, but is now under the bombings.
Many personalities who helped building and livening up the post-war cultural world have passed away in this 2020. For each of them, we suggest a project, a book, an exhibition, a website, to transfer a small part of the enormous cultural legacy they left us.
From Burri’s emblematic Cretto to the sculptures immersed in the nature of Pollino National Park. A selection of Land Art sites to visit in Italy to lose yourself among artworks and landscape.
Are computers capable of creating art, will they ever be? In the meantime, examples of artificial art have increased considerably since the last Biennale. We talked about this with Luca Gambardella, who analyses nature to teach artificial intelligence how to be autonomous.
We don’t inhabit environments, we are the environment
We interviewed the Chief Curator of the 13th Shanghai Biennale, entitled “Bodies of Water” who describes Biennale’s as reality-sensing-devices.
From HR Giger & Mire Lee in Berlin to the boundaries of surrealism at the Metropolitan Museum in New York, here are the dark and twisted exhibitions to visit right now.
We asked a selection of studios to tell us about the films that have most inspired their professional practice. Here are the recommendations of 2050+, Bovenbouw Architectuur, Enorme Studio, Jean-Benoît Vétillard and Plastique Fantastique.
400 years have passed since the French painter Valentin De Boulogne portrayed a bright and proud Italy. This allegorical representation is a good starting point for looking at the present day.
On the eve of the first lockdown, the French photographer creates the “Virus” series, a journey of thermal images that has made the city of Paris a theater of wandering souls.
In a reportage by Pierre Restany for Domus, the photographs of Ugo and Nini Mulas capture the Venice Biennale at the apex of Pop Art.
At the Gallerie dell′Accademia and Palazzo Manfrin, which the artist recently acquired, an off-Biennale retrospective showcases Kapoor’s diverse souls, from mirror to Vantablack works, to paintings that look like flesh.
Despite being little known to the general public, we already have some must-see immersive contents between cinema and videogame, and featuring social media elements. Curator Liz Rosenthal, who has been working in this field for years, selected the finest for Domus.
