Contemporary art - Finestre sull'Arte

Luca Rossi joins Massimo Bottura's collection--with a hidden work of art

Luca Rossi is the only artist under 50 to enter with his own work in the new exhibition itinerary ofOsteria Francescana, the restaurant led by Massimo Bottura and internationally recognized as one of the symbolic places of contemporary gastronomic cu...
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Joseph Kosuth at the Casa dei Tre Oci in Venice: language at the center of new exhibition

It will be the Casa dei Tre Oci in Venice, to host from March 28 to November 22, 2026 The-exchange-value-of-language-has-fallen-to-zero ("The exchange-value-of-language-has-fallen-to-zero"), an exhibition by Joseph Kosuth curated by Mario Codognato a...
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Azzurro of skiing? Not for now, but Pistoletto has become an honorary ski instructor anyway

We probably won't see him competing against Franjo von Allmen to battle it out on the steep slopes of the Streif in Kitzbühel or the devastating curves of the Stelvio in Bormio, nor does it appear that he has been summoned along with Franzoni, P...
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Henrike Naumann, the artist of the German Pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2026, passes away at just 41 years old

Henrike Naumann, the artist who, together with Vietnamese artist Sung Tieu, is representing Germany at the Venice Art Biennale 2026, curated by Kathleen Reinhardt, passed away at just 41 years old following a cancer diagnosis that came too late. Bo...
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Poland at Venice Biennale 2026 brings installation on listening to marginalized languages

Poland has announced the artists who will represent the country at the 61st International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia, scheduled for 2026. The Polish Pavilion will host Liquid Tongues, a project signed by Bogna Burska and Daniel Kotowski...
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For the first time, David Hockney on show at London's Serpentine Gallery: new works and a monumental frieze

One of the most significant artists on the contemporary scene, David Hockney (Bradford, Yorkshire, 1937), invites the public to slow down the pace and recognize the exceptional in the everyday in his first exhibition at the Serpentine Gallery in Lond...
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At MUDEC in Milan, an exhibition on snow as a natural event and anthropological phenomenon, with more than 150 works and objects

With the exhibition The Sense of Snow. Peoples, Ancient Art and Contemporary Looks, which can be visited from February 12 to June 28, 2026, the MUDEC - Museum of Cultures in Milan inaugurates a new stage in the program linked to theMilan-Cortina 2026...
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In Rome, the Blocco 13 gallery hosts the solo exhibition of Maurizio Pierfranceschi

From Feb. 21 to March 30, 2026, the Blocco 13 gallery in Rome is hosting Maurizio Pierfranceschi 's solo exhibition entitled Second State. The exhibition stems from a reworking of a historical painting by the artist, The Awakening, modified in format...
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