Contemporary art - Finestre sull'Arte

A lion arrives inside one of Rome's most famous sights. It is a tribute to the pope

One of Rome's most famous views has had an additional element for a few days now. Of enrichment, according to those who wanted it. Perhaps disruptive, according to others. But it is there: it is a lion by Davide Rivalta (Bologna, 1974) that has been ...
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An artist does not know everything about his work. The conceptual photography of Pierluigi Fresia

Pierluigi Fresia (Asti, 1962) lives and works in Pino Torinese (Turin). His artistic research, always traceable to the conceptual sphere, is developed through different media - from painting to video, from photography to the use of words - often comb...
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Ahmet Güneştekin exhibits at the National Gallery: memory and identity in dialogue with the present

From July 1 to Sept. 28, 2025, the National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art in Rome presents YOKTUNUZ(You Were Absent), a solo exhibition by Turkish artist Ahmet Güneştekin (Batman 1966), curated by Sergio Risaliti and Paola Marino, with...
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Twelve swings in the Maremma: Francesco Arena's site-specific work in Capalbio

A circular structure silhouetted on a hill in Maremma, with twelve swings facing the horizon: entitled La dodicesima altalena (The Twelfth Swing ) is the site-specific work by Francesco Arena, inaugurated Saturday, June 28, at 6:30 p.m. in the spaces...
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Enzo Cucchi. Of the wonder

Enzo Cucchi would say that we have plunged into the age of window dressing. A noun that, it seems, seems to be particularly welcome to those who ply the trade of painter: Italo Cremona used it more than sixty years ago. It was 1958, Cremona was writi...
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Francesco Candeloro at Galleria A arte Invernizzi in Milan with new works and installations

Milan 's Galleria A arte Invernizzi opened on May 22, 2025 a solo exhibition dedicated to Francesco Candeloro (Venice, 1974), known for his work that explores time and light through a language of transparencies, superimpositions and chromatic variati...
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Mario Schifano, retrospective in Sindelfingen: the first museum exhibition in Germany

The SCHAUWERK Sindelfingen Museum (Sindelfingen) is dedicating a museum exhibition for the first time in Germany to Mario Schifano (Homs, 1934 - Rome, 1998), one of the main protagonists of Italian art in the second half of the 20th century. The retr...
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Go for the "Sir Denis Mahon" International Essay Prize for scholars under 30: how to enter

Set for Nov. 8, 2025, the date of birth of Sir Denis Mahon (London, 1910 - 2011), is the date for the award ceremony of the International Essay Prize of the same name, which has reached a new phase in its journey. After more than a decade of manageme...
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