Contemporary art - Finestre sull'Arte

Osvaldo Licini Award by Fainplast: The Six Artists Selected for 2026 Have Been Announced

The sixth edition of the Osvaldo Licini Award by Fainplast is kicking off—an award inspired by the figure of Osvaldo Licini and dedicated to contemporary painting. For 2026, the following artists have been selected: Thomas Braida, Cecilia De Nisco, P...
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Pier Paolo Calzolari: Over 50 Years of Research on Display in Monte Carlo

Following the inaugural exhibition dedicated to Jan Fabre, 21Art Montecarlo continues its exhibition program with a solo show by Pier Paolo Calzolari (Bologna, 1943), one of the leading figures of Arte Povera, a movement within which the artist devel...
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“The curator and the critic work in the service of something else.” An interview with Gabriele Salvaterra

Living on the threshold, without having to choose which side to take. This is perhaps the image that best captures the way Gabriele Salvaterra views curating, art, and even his own role within the art system. As a curator, critic, and museum professi...
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Mahama's boats are arriving in Naples, but has the receivership forgotten about Plessi?

Fabrizio Plessi (1940 – 2026) inaugurated the newly restored Venice Pavilion in the Biennale Gardens in 2011 with a large and magnificent installation consisting of 12 vertical wooden boats, tilted by a few degrees, through which cascades of “e...
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Italian art is present on the international scene, but no one talks about it

I can certainly say that I have been a fairly regular participant and observer of the art world since the mid-1980s. I therefore believe I have a fairly consistent perspective over the medium to long term, but I am well aware that I am not in a posit...
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“The Venice Biennale Has Always Been a Political Space”: An Interview with Adina Drinceanu

Can the Venice Biennale also be interpreted as a relationship between artistic experimentation, the market, and systems of cultural support? That is what curator Adina Drinceanu attempts to do in this interview with Noemi Capoccia, in which she offer...
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There is an artist who brings wounded trees back to life. His work is on display at Sala Baganza

In 2004, during a trip to Calabria, the artist Brunivo Buttarelli (Casalmaggiore, 1946) came across an olive tree devastated by arson: it had been burned from the inside and seemed beyond saving. Buttarelli, however, interpreted it differently: not m...
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Matera and the Invisible Sea: An Exhibition Explores the Mediterranean Through Art and Artificial Intelligence

From October 3 to December 8, 2026,Matera will host *The Sea Is Closer Than You See*, a site-specific group exhibition dedicated to the relationship between contemporary art, digital technologies, artificial intelligence, and Mediterranean culture. T...
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