Contemporary art - Finestre sull'Arte

Farewell to Georg Baselitz, among the great innovators of European painting

The celebrated German painter Georg Baselitz, among the most influential figures incontemporary European art, died today at the age of 88.Born in 1938 in Deutschbaselitz, then East Germany, as Hans-Georg Kern, he moved in 1956 to East Berlin, where h...
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How do you exhibit architecture that no longer exists? The Nakagin Capsule Tower at MoMA

Entering MoMA, the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, and standing in front of a Nakagin Capsule Tower capsule produces an ambiguous feeling. It is not awe in the traditional sense, it is something more unstable: the perception of standing before...
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Baselitz in Florence, painting turned upside down as seen by two artists

Through Sept. 13, 2026, the Museo Novecento in Florence is hosting the exhibition Baselitz. Avanti!, curated by Sergio Risaliti and deicated to Georg Baselitz, German painter among the leading contemporary artists. The exhibition brings together abou...
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At the Rivoli Castle the first solo exhibition in an Italian museum dedicated to Cecilia Vicuña

The Castello di Rivoli Museo d'Arte Contemporanea hosts, from April 29 to September 20, 2026, El glaciar ido(The vanished glacier / The vanished glacier), the first solo exhibition in an Italian museum dedicated to Cecilia Vicuña. Born in Sant...
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Ca' Riviera, a new center for contemporary art on the Brenta Riviera, is born

A new space dedicated tocontemporary art is appearing in the cultural landscape of the Veneto region. In fact, starting May 9, 2026, Ca' Riviera, an independent project founded by Leonardo Tiezzi and Riccardo Corò, opens with the aim of creati...
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Wood in Fabula, in Palazzolo the forest becomes contemporary art

In Palazzolo sull'Oglio (Brescia), the exhibition Legno in Fabula has recently opened. Go to the woods, go!, set up in the historic spaces of Rocha Magna, the town's castle, from April 18 to June 7, 2026. The initiative is one of the central events o...
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The best pavilion at the Venice Biennale? It's your house! Luca Rossi's proposal

Radically redefine the very concept of the exhibition pavilion, moving it from physical space to the domestic dimension. In essence: the best pavilion at the Venice Biennale is your home. This is the proposal of In Home Pavilion, a project by the Luc...
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When the work becomes art. Interview with Sergio Lombardo

At the doorway of Sergio Lombardo's Archive in Rome there is still a marble plaque designed now decades ago together with Palma Bucarelli and Cesare Pietroiusti where it is inscribed in red "Jartrakor, experimental space and center for the study of a...
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