Was Arnaldo Pomodoro countercultural?
The sculptor’s American years, between Berkeley and Stanford in the late Sixties, were an initiation to a new way of understanding art and shapes. An exhibition in Milan recounts this untold story.
Bentu
The new hanging of the collections and “Bentu. Chinese artists at a time of turbulence and transformation” at the Fondation Louis Vuitton are two different exhibitions, both solidly constructed around the idea of redefining the identity of contemporary Chinese art.
A huge pink pavilion flanking the Neue Nationalgalerie is all digital
In Berlin, for the sixth edition of The Wrong Biennale, the digital art exhibition that can be visited online from anywhere in the world, the New Float pavilion appeared on the site of the new museum by Herzog & de Meuron.
Boldini, De Nittis et les Italiens de Paris
A charming and elegant exhibition that explains and analyzes an unparalleled historical period: La Belle Époque. From Boldini to De Nittis, from Corcos to Mancini. At the Castle of Novara, the doors of Italian beauty in Paris open from November 4th to April 7th, 2024.
Airbnb headquarters
Designed by Heneghan Peng Architects, the new Airbnb offices in Dublin have been created to cultivate collaboration, interaction and a sense of community.
Art-issima?
The fair in Turin attracts fewer visitors compared to the pre-Covid period, while the market soars for ‘historicized’ pieces. A reflection on the state of contemporary art is therefore inevitable.
The exhibition that reveals the importance of the folding screen
At Fondazione Prada, an exhibition featuring SANAA’s design calls into question an ambiguous object: work of art and furnishing accessory between sculpture and painting, with historic pieces and names ranging from Jean Prouvé to Sol Lewitt.
A guide to Artissima 2023: what not to miss during Turin’s art week
As usual, the first weekend of November is dedicated to contemporary art in Turin. Both at the fair, with 181 participating galleries this year, and in the city, we have selected the must-see events.
The solid light of Anthony McCall’s art
Adopting cinematic techniques, the New York-based artist has been creating architectures of light since the 1970s, which work on time and movement to produce intense and complex experiences.
40 years of Renzo Piano in Domus
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The Dam on the River Amstel
Amsterdam is a pivotal city in art history. It is capable of embracing and revolutionizing painting, from Flemish art to the great works of contemporary masters.
Steven Holl: Ex of In House
With this house – which geometry is formed from spherical spaces intersecting with tesseract trapezoid – Steven Holl questions current clichés of architectural language and commercial practice.
Artificial and human intelligence, low resolutions and boids: 20 years of Random International in Amsterdam
The art collective explores the most controversial issues in technology, ranging from surveillance to AI and blockchain. Technology takes center stage in “Life in a Different Resolution”, a major exhibition at Nxt Museum, the Netherlands’ first museum dedicated to new media.
Allegory of Peace
In the history of art, the desire for peace, which we all long for today, is the protagonist of extraordinary works. Just think of those by Tintoretto and Rubens featuring Minerva, the Roman goddess who opposed unjustified violence.
Design and performativity in the Italo-Soviet and punk psychogeaography of CCCP
An exhibition in Reggio Emilia traces forty years of one of Italy’s most revered bands, through installations and archive ephemera, to tell their unique Emilian-Soviet psychogeography.