Contemporary art - Finestre sull'Arte

The Pieroni-Stiefelmeier Collection on display at Villa Pacchiani

From May 9 to September 27, 2026, the spaces of Villa Pacchiani (Santa Croce sull'Arno) will host the exhibition Works from the Pieroni - Stiefelmeier Collection, curated by Alessandro Cocchieri. Promoted by the City of Santa Croce sull'Arno, the exh...
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Pandolfini, auction in Milan with Chagall and Jago's unpublished Heart No. 20

In Milan's Via Manzoni spaces, Pandolfini auction house presents an auction on May 13 dedicated tomodern and contemporary art that brings together works from private collections and largely unseen on the market. The catalog traverses the internationa...
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Is the Venice Biennale still a space for freedom or is it a machine of the system?

Every two years, Venice transforms into the gravitational center ofglobal contemporary art. The Biennale, with its kaleidoscope of national pavilions, collateral events and special projects, is an expected and celebrated ritual, but also a massive, a...
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This is what the Italy 2026 Pavilion looks like: images from "With you with everything" by Chiara Camoni

Presented today at the Italian Pavilion at the 61st Venice Biennale: Con te con tutto, a project by Chiara Camoni (Piacenza, 1974) curated by Cecilia Canziani. Promoted by the General Directorate for Contemporary Creativity of the Ministry of Culture...
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Art and volunteerism meet in Rome: exhibition at CSV Lazio

In Rome,contemporary art comes out of traditional circuits and meets the world of social work with The Fifth Season. Art at the Center of Volunteering, an exhibition that will be inaugurated on May 14, 2026 at 6 p.m. at the regional headquarters of C...
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Amina Saoudi at the Biennale: story of an underrated artist that legitimizes Koyo Kouoh's exhibition

In the shortlist of ten Arab artists competing in the 61st Venice Art Biennale, including such well-known ones as Kader Attia and Walid Raad, only three artists are from an earlier generation, born between the 1940s and 1950s: Palestinian Vera Tamari...
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Christo returns to London: a project from Gagosian that never came to fruition

Gagosian has announced an exhibition dedicated to Christo that, at the gallery's London headquarters, will bring together rare works and a historical project that was never realized, conceived with Jeanne-Claude in 1968. The exhibition, titled Christ...
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Iran renounces participation in Venice Biennale

More shingles on the Venice Biennale 2026. Today, just days before the official opening,Iran announced that it will not take part in the 61st International Art Exhibition, scheduled for May 9 to November 22, 2026. The news was released through a stat...
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