Contemporary art - Finestre sull'Arte

Scotland brings Bugarin + Castle's queer and trans vision to Venice Biennale

Scotland is back in the spotlight at the Venice Art Biennale with a project that blends historical research, contemporary identities and artistic experimentation. On the occasion of the 61st International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia, Scot...
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Joseph Kosuth illuminates the Museum of the Twentieth Century with a long neon light sign

On the side facade of the Museo del Novecento in Milan has been placed Vedere le cose (for A.S.), the new site-specific installation created in 2025 by Joseph Kosuth. The work, a long neon light inscription that stretches about 28 meters on the side ...
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At the PAC in Milan, Ambrosia Fortuna's queer archive: memory, identity and visibility

The PAC - Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea in Milan presents, from June 13 to 15, the exhibition Eravamo notte, ora siamo giorno, a solo show by visual artist and photographer Ambrosia Fortuna (Naples, 1993), curated by Sabato De Sarno. Promoted by th...
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Merano, an exhibition rethinks Europe-Asia relations beyond colonial readings

The Kunsthaus Merano presents from June 14 to October 11, 2026 Animacies, a collective exhibition project curated by Lucrezia Cippitelli and Simone Frangi that addresses the theme of European-Asian relations through a critical reinterpretation of Wes...
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Jannis Kounellis in Lugano: painting as the key to understanding the work

The Giancarlo and Danna Olgiati Collection in Lugano presents from September 20, 2026 to January 17, 2027 the exhibition Jannis Kounellis. I am a Painter, curated by Vincenzo de Bellis, with opening scheduled for Sept. 19 at 6 p.m. The exhibition pro...
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Farewell to David Hockney, the artist who always made technology a creative tool

The art world loses one of its most original voices. David Hockney, a British artist considered among the leading figures in contemporary art, has died in London at the age of 88. The news was announced by his agent Erica Bolton, who reported how the...
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Marina Abramović, the failure of an intention and a method.

To think of engaging the viewer in a performance where the medium is silent motionless by slowly raising her gaze toward him and thereby transmitting an energy that makes that space a temenos, a sacred enclosure: this is a rather primitive idea, whic...
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Luisa Figini in Ascona: matter, memory and video art at the Museum of Modern Art

From June 14 to September 6, 2026, the Municipal Museum of Modern Art in Ascona, Switzerland, is hosting a retrospective dedicated to Luisa Figini (Mendrisio, 1954). The exhibition, curated by Carla Burani and Paola Tedeschi-Pellanda, offers a select...
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