Call me nostalgic, but I remain of the opinion that the Italian Pavilion should be, as it once was, at the Giardini, and not at the Arsenale, as the first view for entry to the event. Call me a nationalist if what I think is that, as is…
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Works and artists Antonio Ligabue Modern Art Twentieth Century
An exhibition celebrating this extraordinary motorcycle born in the 1930s opened at the Guzzi Motoraduno in Mandello, featuring Antonio Ligabue's GTV500. Apparently, artist Antonio Ligabue (Zurich, 1899 - Gualtieri 1965) owned many of…
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Opinions Contemporary art miart
"Gran traduttor dè traduttor d'Omero," wrote Ugo Foscolo about the man of letters Vincenzo Monti. Here is the thought that came to my mind about Miart, Edition 2024. In the maze of the route between the various pavilions, the…
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Talking about the relationships between artists and designer-designers is both easy and complex at the same time. There are many Italian and international examples, and now even in design history textbooks the paths and implications have…
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Before talking about the role of the art critic or the journalist who deals with art events, I would like to at least mention the fragility of the current art system that has undergone not a few difficulties in recent years, a system that…
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After the summer interlude, after the Salone del mobile and Design week, with some apprehension about possible new restrictions, MIART opens its doors in attendance with just under 150 galleries, most of them Italian, as was easy to…
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Works and artists Contemporary art
The great voyages of Western explorers and the resulting colonizations in the most remote and unknown geographical areas ultimately paved the way for what we still call Orientalism or exoticism. Born out of trade and exchanges between…
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