345,000 attendees, more than 900 guests from around the world, 800 exhibitors, over 1,500 events, and 14 exhibitions. These are the figures marking the close of the 60th edition of Lucca Comics & Games, which ended yesterday, November…
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Roberto Daolio, a prominent Italian critic and curator, argued that form is already concept. There’s no getting around it: the form we give to a work is never merely a shell, but inevitably embodies the idea from which that work…
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In June 2026, Pace Gallery, one of the world’s leading art galleries, removed 50 artists from its roster of approximately 135 represented artists. CEO Marc Glimcher told The New York Times that the entire gallery system had become too big…
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A simple and harmless exercise to gauge the relevance of the visual arts sector in Italian public discourse: open the newspapers and count how many articles have been devoted to the appointment of Francesco Bonami as artistic director of…
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In the times we’re living in—times when the “camera on” mode seems to have become the priority— I want to defend writing. Beautiful writing. An anachronistic desire? Perhaps, when I consider that the hottest trend these days—at least on…
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I haven’t started—and I won’t start—keeping track of the media attacks accused of having torn down Vittorio Sgarbi’s public image: Ermes Antonucci has already taken care of that in *Il Foglio*, where he wrote an…
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At Art Basel in June, there’s always someone selling something important even before the fair opens. Not during the preview hours, which are already reserved for those who have proven they deserve access—such as collectors with a…
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*Susanna and the Elders* is not simply a painting; it is more of an omen. Artemisia Gentileschi painted it for the first time in 1610, without knowing that shortly thereafter, at just 17 years old, she would be raped. On May 6, 1611, she…
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There is increasing discussion about the value of culture for people’s well-being. The recent memorandum of understanding between the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Health, which paves the way for research into the effects…
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Fabrizio Plessi (1940 – 2026) inaugurated the newly restored Venice Pavilion in the Biennale Gardens in 2011 with a large and magnificent installation consisting of 12 vertical wooden boats, tilted by a few degrees, through which…
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I can certainly say that I have been a fairly regular participant and observer of the art world since the mid-1980s. I therefore believe I have a fairly consistent perspective over the medium to long term, but I am well aware that I am not…
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In February 1909, in the Parisian newspaper *Le Figaro*, Filippo Tommaso Marinetti launched his famous challenge against the worship of the past, ushering in the 20th century with the Futurist Manifesto: “We affirm that the…
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In Judgment No. 27479 of July 21, 2026, the Third Criminal Section of the Court of Cassation ruled on the delicate distinction between a private collector’s mere enjoyment of artistic heritage and the conduct of a commercial…
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If one were to go by the headlines, it would seem there are no major doubts regarding the authenticity of the *Portrait of a Young Man*, which was presented with some grand ceremony in the halls of the Ducal Palace in Urbino—which are…
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Opinions Emilia Romagna Five hundred Mannerism Parma Pilotta Complex Pilotta Monumental Complex
The recent finding by the Court of Auditors against the former director of the State Archives of Naples, Candida Carrino, which calls on her to compensate for a loss to the public treasury of 613,000 euros, which represents lost revenue…
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Opinions Mark Rothko Modern Art Twentieth Century
Criticism of performance art has a fundamental problem: it continues to conceive of the body as if it were Cartesianly separated from the mind. For decades, bodily actions have been interpreted alternately as conceptual exercises—in which…
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