Who is Luca Rossi

When debris blooms. Miyazaki transforms Imola into a garden suspended in time.

After exhibitions by Bertozzi & Casoni and Germano Sartelli, Imola vibrantly and intelligently continues an interesting journey into modern and contemporary art. The works of Keita Miyazaki (Tokyo, 1983) enter the rooms of Palazzo Tozzoni(Keita M...
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Cattelan's banana goes back to 1.50 euros: the crisis of the contemporary

On the night of Sotheby's auctions, the most striking result is not the Klimt painting sold for $236 million but Maurizio Cattelan's postmodern toilet at only $12 million with an auction base of $10 million. This means that the gold toilet only total...
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Artissima: selling at the fair is not necessarily good news

No one believes it, but contemporary art could be a way to train new eyes. The problem is that in exhibitions, fairs and biennials we always see the same works, homogenized, interchangeable winking, strange little things, surreal painting, unusual ob...
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If the kitchen understands contemporary better than art

From August 29-31 in theRomagna Apennines, the Festival of Recovery Times was held. The only event in Italy focused on circular cooking, integral use of raw materials and awareness. A conceptual and artistic attitude even before that in giving food f...
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By now in art, the stars are the curators, the artists are gone: a grotesque paradox

It happened again. The co-curators of the upcoming Documenta have been unveiled, after the chief curator Naomi Beckwith from the Guggenheim Museum in New York was announced last December. Once again, as has been the case for many years now, we are wi...
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Senator, Cenci and Arena: the state of deep crisis in Italian art.

If we relate three recent works by three Italian artists, we can understand what a completely uncritical system has produced over the past two decades: the usual Luna Park lights that Marinella Senatore presented at Art Basel Unlimited, Francesco Are...
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How does the money laundering system work in the art world?

I asked the artificial intelligence how money laundering related to the modern and contemporary art market works. In other words, how can it happen that money from illicit trafficking in drugs, weapons, or otherwise, or from the underworld, can be "w...
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Germano Sartelli in Imola, a beautiful exhibition for one of the greats of the 20th century in the world

The Civic Museums of Imola are dedicating a major exhibition to Germano Sartelli (Imola, 1925 - 2014) for the 100th anniversary of his birth: Germano Sartelli. The Enchantment of Matter, curated by Claudio Spadoni. A beautiful exhibition. Can one say...
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