Who is Ilaria Baratta

Ilaria Baratta

Giornalista, è co-fondatrice di Finestre sull'Arte con Federico Giannini. È nata a Carrara nel 1987 e si è laureata a Pisa. È responsabile della redazione di Finestre sull'Arte.


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Art history in reel format: more inclusion or risk of superficiality?

Art history in reel format: more inclusion or risk of superficiality?

Scrolling through Instagram or Tik Tok, one notices a trend that is now rampant: that of wanting to simplify, to make everything easier, even studying: in fact, there are many content creators who have devoted themselves to simplifying school subject...
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The myth of Juno and Argos: this is why so many eyes decorate the peacock's tail

The myth of Juno and Argos: this is why so many eyes decorate the peacock's tail

Nature has created true masterpieces in the animal world. One of the most jaw-dropping examples is the peacock: it is as if a painter from who knows where in the universe took pleasure in painting with extraordinary meticulousness an infinite number ...
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Keith Haring's Best Buddies: an ode to the universal concept of friendship

Keith Haring's Best Buddies: an ode to the universal concept of friendship

"Friends will be friends," sang the unforgettable Freddie Mercury. Words set to music that years later continue to express a simple and powerful truth: in life's challenges, in moments of joy but especially in moments of difficulty, it is good to kno...
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Jean Dubuffet and Venice: a complicated relationship

Jean Dubuffet and Venice: a complicated relationship

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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Why do troubled artists fascinate us? A reflection

Why do troubled artists fascinate us? A reflection

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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Story of Lucretia, the rape that radically changed the politics of ancient Rome

Story of Lucretia, the rape that radically changed the politics of ancient Rome

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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Interview with Roberto Bolle and Mauro Bigonzetti: "This is why we brought Caravaggio to the theater."

Interview with Roberto Bolle and Mauro Bigonzetti: "This is why we brought Caravaggio to the theater."

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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The Venice Biennale of 2026 will be called "In Minor Keys": it will be a jazz biennale devoted to listening

The Venice Biennale of 2026 will be called "In Minor Keys": it will be a jazz biennale devoted to listening

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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