Jean Dubuffet's relationship with the city of Venice could be defined, in a jargon consonant with social media, as a "complicated relationship"; a sort of love-hate that began with a heavy rejection, continued with an idyll, and resurfaced a few year...
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I found myself recently reflecting on how much the tormented souls of certain artists still exert a certain fascination after centuries, often to a greater degree than those artists whose art expresses perfection. And on how much this fascination is ...
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Lucretia 's is a tragic story. It is a story of rape in ancient Rome, but also of honor violated. And it is a story that ends in tragedy because so strong is the shame at the thought of being unjustly considered an adulteress, she who was completely...
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In May, choreographer Mauro Bigonzetti's ballet Caravaggio was presented for the first time in Italy, seventeen years after its debut in 2008 in Berlin. It fell to étoile Roberto Bolle to interpret Caravaggio, who took the show on stage at the...
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It will be titled In Minor Keys ("In Minor Key"), the Venice Biennale's 2026 international exhibition, which will run from May 9 to Nov. 22, 2026. Curated by the late Koyo Kouoh, who passed away only a few days ago, it was unveiled this morning in V...
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"What is essential is invisible to the eyes," wrote Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. This is the secret that the fox reveals to the Little Prince, an invitation to go beyond what is seen on the surface, which may perhaps at first glance seem insignif...
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Alessandra Di Castro, an antiquarian with a long and relevant experience, has been chairing since 2024, and until 2026, the Apollo Group, which represents the art industry in Italy and brings together antiquarians, art dealers, galleries of ancient, ...
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"All the statues of marble and metal and of every other matter, the office of the Madona illuminated in gold by the said Giulio Clovio et all his libraria in his palace in Rome from whence they cannot be moved or lent or sold or alienated in any way"...
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