Contemporary art - Finestre sull'Arte

Ai Weiwei fills the lawn of the Sydney museum with 500 combat helmets: it is his new artwork

Five hundred military helmets—all identical only in appearance—span forty meters across the lawn in front of the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia in Sydney. Made of cast iron, they faithfully reproduce various models of 20th-century combat helmet...
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Ileana Sonnabend and the Contemporary Art Boom: 50 Works on Display in Rome

She was one of the most influential figures in the recent history of contemporary art, who recognized the value of the most innovative artistic explorations well in advance and fostered a dialogue between the European and American art scenes. She is ...
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Are Art Fairs Devouring Galleries? The Paradox of Contemporary Art Supermarkets

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 track record, ...
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Women's bodies, a battleground for rape and violence: Can art break the culture of possession?

*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 was, in fact...
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Verona: The archaeological area at Palazzo Forti Reopens, Featuring Works by the Basaldella Brothers

After more than ten years of closure, the underground archaeological site at Palazzo Forti in Verona is once again open to the public. The reopening—made possible by restoration work carried out by the Superintendence of Archaeology, Fine Arts, and L...
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Alex Da Corte brings "Sun and Shadow" to the Palazzo della Ragione in Bergamo

Bergamo is hosting a new exhibition by Alex Da Corte (Camden, New Jersey, 1980), created for the Palazzo della Ragione, from November 13, 2026, to January 17, 2027. The exhibition, titled Sun and Shadow, is curated by Stefano Raimondi and produced by...
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Volterra: A Photo of Piazzale Loreto Becomes a Work of Art and Sparks a Political Controversy

The famous historical photograph of Mussolini hanging upside down in Piazzale Loreto, turned into a poster and displayed in the window of an art studio in downtown Volterra (Pisa), has become the center of a political controversy. The image shows the...
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Works from the Boijmans Museum in Rotterdam on display in Ferrara to explore the revolution in landscape painting

Monet, Van Gogh, Kandinsky, Mondrian: these are names that mark the milestones of an epochal turning point in the history of European art. In less than eighty years, between the 19th and 20th centuries, painting shifted from the direct observation of...
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