Interviews

Which 20th-century Italian artists are most in demand on the market: talks Susanne Capolongo (Pandolfini auctions)

How is the market for modern art doing in Italy? Are collectors interested in the twentieth century? Which artists are pulling the most? Is it possible to build a collection even with little budget at hand? And what should people who want to start a ...
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"Nature? It does not exist: it is an idea, a system of relations." Conversation with Caterina Sbrana

A research poised between the use of primordial materials, the techniques of tradition and a contemporary vision contaminated by technology. It is that of Catherine Sbrana (Pisa, 1977), an artist who, through geographical imagery, investigates the li...
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Humanity is going in the right direction, but we don't realize it. Designer Stefan Sagmeister speaks.

The Barcolana is one of the most prestigious sailing events in the world. Held every year since 1969 in the Gulf of Trieste on the second Sunday in October, it entered the Guinness Book of World Records in 2018 as the "Largest Sailing Race," making i...
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What friends of museums do. Interview with FIDAM president Italo Scaietta

Museums in Italy would not be the same if there were not the associations of "Friends of Museums": enthusiasts, patrons, donors, lovers of the arts and letters who, thanks to their contribution, financial or even intellectual, guarantee an important ...
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Interview with artist Stefano Russo: "My works, perceptual tools for finding oneself"

Sicilian-born Stephen Russo (b. 1969) is one of Italy's leading fashion designers (he specializes in eyewear, has worked for Celine, Prada, Miu Miu, and is currently a designer for Louis Vuitton), but he is also an artist who has long been pursuing r...
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"Here's how we restore the ancient sunken floor." Archaeologist Enrico Gallocchio speaks.

In the Underwater Archaeological Park of Baia, the restoration of a precious marble floor, which in ancient times decorated a reception room of a Roman villa, started a few days ago. An important work to protect one of the most interesting recent dis...
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"Art is a question that triggers other questions." Conversation with Paolo Cavinato

Paul Cavinato's (Asola, 1975) research focuses on space and its perception: in his work, the observer becomes an integral part of the work. After graduating in Scenography from the Brera Academy of Fine Arts and taking a film direction course in Mila...
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"This is how we communicate Pompeii and the new discoveries": interview with director Gabriel Zuchtriegel

"Pompeii is the world capital of archaeology." This is according to the director of the Pompeii Archaeological Park, Gabriel Zuchtriegel, who has led the institution for three years. A lot has been accomplished in this period: new excavations have be...
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Vincenzo Bellelli (Cerveteri-Tarquinia director): "here's how the Park has changed thanks to automia."

The Cerveteri-Tarquinia Archaeological Park became autonomous as of 2021. Since then, thanks to autonomy, this important complex, which brings together the Cerite National Archaeological Museum, the National Archaeological Museum in Tarquinia, and th...
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"The unknown is my greatest challenge." Conversation with Maurizio Faleni

A life dedicated to the search for the light-color relationship, with different modes and relevant reflections dedicated to the study of pure painting, with restless artistic experiences with studies on color and painting especially of the Italian ma...
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From Pompeii we should expect new, exciting discoveries. Archaeologist Giuseppe Scarpati speaks.

New, important discoveries are coming from the Archaeological Park of Pompeii and in particular from the Insula dei Casti Amanti, which last May 28 opened to visits with an elevated pathway offering a brand new perspective on the excavations. Particu...
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"Gio Ponti popularizer of Italian making." Stefania Cretella, curator of the exhibition on the designer in Faenza, Italy, speaks.

Why is Gio Ponti considered the inventor and popularizer of Made in Italy? What innovations did Gio Ponti bring to the production and development of Made in Italy in ceramic manufacturing? And how does the famous designer and intellectual fit into th...
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Luca Pancrazzi: "Painting? It's a window. And it is the main ring of art."

A conversation to learn more about the art of Luca Pancrazzi (Figline Valdarno, 1961). After his academic studies in Florence, Pancrazzi traveled to the United States where he met Jo Watanabe and worked in his studio making graphics and wall-drawings...
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The tangled case of Italian paintings "deported" to Belgrade and never returned

The story of eight ancient Italian paintings sounds more like a period thriller than a court case. Instead, it is an episode that really happened and on which the word "end" has not yet been put, despite a ruling by the Court of Bologna filed on Febr...
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Biennale award-winning artist speaks: 'Palestine and statelessness without pavilions? The Biennale's statute should be changed."

Samia Halaby (Jerusalem, 1936) is the only Palestinian artist in the main exhibition of the Venice Art Biennale. Her 1969 painting Black is Beautiful, a tube crucifix that cites Optical Art but could just as well be an enlargement of a detail of Fern...
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"There is still a desire to collect ancient art in Italy." Antiquarian Flavio Gianassi speaks.

How is the situation of the antiques market in Italy today? What about internationally? How has antiques changed in the last 20 years? Is antiques valued enough today? We talked about this with Flavio Gianassi, who in 2013 founded and since then has ...
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