Contemporary art - Finestre sull'Arte

We interviewed Maurizio Cattelan's banana

We found ourselves face-to-face with *Comedian*, Maurizio Cattelan’s famous banana on display at MAXXI. For many, it’s simply a provocation; for others, a million-dollar masterpiece. We decided to take it all the way, taking the work incr...
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Kittens, Colors, and Tenderness: An Exhibition at the Louvre-Lens Celebrates the Power of Cuteness in Art

At the Louvre-Lens in France, the exhibition will bring together over 300 works —including paintings, sculptures, photographs, videos, installations, books, films, and objects—that will take visitors on a journey through tenderness. Titled “So Cute! ...
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Siena: The Drappellone for the July 2 Palio, painted by Ismaele Nones, was unveiled

On the afternoon of Thursday, June 26, in Siena, the Drappellone for the Palio of July 2, 2026, was unveiled. The work, created by one of Italy’s most acclaimed young painters, Ismaele Nones, is destined to be displayed in the museum of the Con...
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Chiara Camoni at the Accademia Carrara in Bergamo: Her work *Forza* kicks off the contemporary sculpture project

The Accademia Carrara in Bergamo is launching *Figures in the Landscape*, a new multi-year project curated by Maria Luisa Pacelli and Elena Volpato and dedicated to contemporary sculpture. The initiative involves the creation of site-specific works d...
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If this is the Venice Biennale, you might as well get lost in a glass of water

But why does the Venice Biennale always disappoint us and include a series of random oddities that the outside world views with a mixture of amazement and disgust? The controversy between fan bases took center stage at the Russian Pavilion, but what ...
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A Double Exhibition at PAC Milan: Schwitters, Collages, and the Architecture of Ignazio Gardella

From July 3 to September 13, 2026, the PAC – Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea in Milan will present a dual exhibition program featuring the new edition of PERFORMING PAC – THESE FRAGMENTS I HAVE SHORED AGAINST MY RUINS, curated by Si...
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Giving Shape to the Invisible Forces That Move Through the World. An Interview with Nina Carini

In the work of Nina Carini (Palermo, 1984), matter is never an inert presence: it is an organism permeated by tensions, energies, and processes of transformation that continually challenge the boundary between the visible and the invisible, presence ...
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Giorgio Milani in Mantua: “Babele” at the Biblioteca Teresiana, featuring 70 works

From June 27 to September 19, 2026, the Teresiana Library in Mantua will host Giorgio Milani ’s ( Piacenza, 1946) first solo exhibition in the city, titled *Babele*. The opening is scheduled for June 26 at 6:00 p.m. The exhibition is sponsored ...
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