Contemporary art - Finestre sull'Arte

Federico Fusj on display in the Czech Republic: his sculptures at the Wortner House in České Budějovice

Sculpture as a spatial and auditory experience, capable of altering the relationship between the visitor, the material, and the architecture. This is the guiding principle behind the exhibition *Olam, You Who Ride White Donkeys*, the first major exhi...
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Palio di Siena: Teodora Axente’s Drappellone Unveiled for the Race on August 16

The Drappellone for the Contrada that will win the Carriera on August 16, 2026, was unveiled in Siena. As is customary, the Palio di Siena commissions an artist to create the prize for the winners, and the work for the upcoming race was created by Ro...
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Giuditta Branconi: When Painting Breaks Free Beyond Its Own Boundaries

There are artists who construct images, and others who push them to the point where they cease to be containable, recognizable, or stable. Giuditta Branconi’s work occupies this zone of tension, where painting does not organize the visible but rather...
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Turin’s GAM Among the Winners of the PAC 2026: Sabrina Mezzaqui’s *The Notebooks of Hannah Arendt* Acquired

The GAM – Turin Civic Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art is among the institutions selected under the PAC 2026 Public Call —Plan for Contemporary Art (Area 1)—promoted by the Directorate General for Contemporary Creativity of the Ministry o...
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An Exhibition in Mestre on Klimt, Kokoschka, Schiele, and the Body in Contemporary Art

In Mestre, the MUVEC - Casa delle Contemporaneità will host the exhibition *Klimt, Schiele, Kokoschka and the Body in Contemporary Art, an exhibition that takes its cue from three leading figures of the Vienna Secession: Gustav Klimt ( Vienna,...
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An exhibition by Balocchi and Taponecco in Sarzana (and a work donated to the city)

From August 14 to October 11, 2026, the Firmafede Fortress in Sarzana will host *L'Eternità dell'Istante*, an exhibition dedicated to the sculptural works of Beatrice Taponecco and Piergiorgio Balocchi. Curated by Roberto Spinetta of HC Galler...
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Why do we often feel stupid when faced with contemporary art? The problem isn't us

There is a verb that the art world often uses and that is worth analyzing before anything else: to challenge. Artworks challenge the viewer. Artists challenge boundaries. Exhibitions challenge conventions. It’s a combative verb, and it’s not chosen a...
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The Casamonti Collection Opens Its New Location at Palazzo San Giorgio in Florence

Just a short walk from the Ponte Vecchio, on the Lungarno Serristori in Florence, the new exhibition spaceof the Collezione CasamontiAssociation for Art and Culture—housed within Palazzo San Giorgio—will open to the public on Monday, September 28, 20...
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