Contemporary art - Finestre sull'Arte

Intimate and ironic diary from the 61st Venice Art Biennale

The West's priorities vis-à-vis Russia are clear: whether it is gas or vodka tonic, such as the one served from the morning of the first day in the rediscovered national pavilion, we are always open to dialogue, as long as there is ice. The fa...
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Florence, at Crumb Gallery the exhibition of Maura Banfo

From June 11 to October 3, 2026, Crumb Gallery in Florence is hosting Until Here, a solo exhibition by Maura Banfo. The exhibition is a project conceived and designed for the Florentine space and starts with a title that explicitly recalls the proces...
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In Todi, Alicja Kwade brings ParaPosition: suspended stones and the perception of gravity

From August 28 to October 25, 2026, Todi (Perugia) hosts the exhibition project by Alicja Kwade (Katowice, Poland, 1979), articulated between Piazza del Popolo and the Sala delle Pietre. The initiative is part of the collaborative program between the...
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Giulio Paolini in Milan: the studio becomes the scene of the work at the Christian Stein Gallery

Christian Stein Gallery dedicates the solo exhibition In studio (now as then), which can be visited with an opening on Thursday, June 4, 2026 from 6 to 9 p.m. in its spaces on Corso Monforte in Milan. The exhibition is part of the long-standing relat...
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Giampaolo Abbondio, gallerist at the Biennale: the quality of the work must prevail over the rest

With the presence of Maria Magdalena Campos Pons at the Venice Biennale 2026, the Giampaolo Abbondio Gallery enters the exhibition itinerary through the work of an artist with whom it has had an ongoing relationship for over twenty-five years. Founde...
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Biennale 2026, Saudi Arabia Pavilion brings a large mosaic as a reflection on loss

At the Venice Biennale 2026, the Saudi Arabian Pavilion, in the spaces of theArsenale arms rooms, is presented as a space for recollection, memory and reflection on cultural heritage threatened by war, destruction and oblivion. The project, titled Ne...
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In Koen Vanmechelen's hybrid and heretical ecosystem. What the Venice exhibition looks like

Koen Vanmechelen's purest discovery is a rare form of gaze, a heretical and necessary gaze, which contemplates the past as if it were something that has yet to happen and observes the future as if it were evidence, a testimony, a page of marble, glas...
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India returns to the Venice Biennale with an exhibition on memory and the idea of home

After a seven-year absence,India returns to the Venice Art Biennale with a project that focuses on memory, belonging, diaspora and transformation. The Pavilion of India at the 61st International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale presents Geograph...
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