Contemporary art - Finestre sull'Arte

Jack Vettriano at Milan's Permanente: instruction manual for a poorly functioning exhibition

There are exhibitions that risk penalizing an artist and exhibitions that risk penalizing an audience. Rarer, and more instructive, are those that manage to take both risks with such a coherent design that the error is transformed into an exhibition ...
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Bergamo Arte Fiera and Italian Fine Art kick off art fairs in Italy 2026

The two events that mark the beginning of art fairs in Italy in 2026 are returning to the Bergamo Fair: Bergamo Arte Fiera (BAF), now in its 21st edition (Jan. 16-18), and Italian Fine Art (IFA), in its ninth edition (Jan. 16-25). The two events, the...
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Pointing Nemo: IOCOSE and the rhetorics of NewSpace on display in Bologna

As part of ART CITY Bologna 2026, CUBO, business museum of the Unipol Group in Bologna, presents from Feb. 6 to May 26 Pointing Nemo. Beyond Space to the Abyss, a solo exhibition by the IOCOSE collective curated by Federica Patti. The project is part...
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Andrea Pazienza painting saved from landfill becomes court case

Forty years after its creation, a painting by Andrea Pazienza is back in the limelight, not only for its artistic value but also because of the legal events involving it. As Ansa newspaper writes , the work, depicting the equestrian Zanardi, was crea...
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The private collector: savior or jailer of art?

There are figures who, more than others, traverse art history as ambivalent presences, somewhere between the generosity ofthe patron and the rigor of the banker. Figures who do not create, do not paint, do not sculpt, but without whom much art woul...
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Kunst Meran Merano Arte's 2026 program between exhibitions, residencies and urban reflection

Kunst Meran Merano Arte presented its cultural program for 2026, outlining a calendar that moves between contemporary art, architecture, curatorial research and public engagement practices. The new season consists of three exhibition projects, an art...
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Back for its 14th edition ART CITY Bologna, dedicated this year to knowledge and its transmission

From Thursday, February 5 to Sunday, February 8, 2026, ART CITY Bologna returns, now in its fourteenth edition. The program of exhibitions and events, promoted by the Municipality of Bologna with the support of BolognaFiere on the occasion of Arte Fi...
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Contemporary art of 2025 is women. What emerges from the ranking of the best exhibitions

Two pieces of data emerge, and extremely prominently, from the ranking of the best exhibitions held in Italy in 2025. Before going into them, however, a few details to provide the reader with a little context. Finestre sull'Arte wanted to repeat last...
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