Contemporary art - Finestre sull'Arte

Two online courses to navigate the contemporary art system

Two online courses to orient themselves in the world of contemporary art: aimed at students, artists and cultural workers, the two courses, scheduled between April and June 2026, offer an opportunity to delve into the contemporary art system and expe...
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Benni Bosetto at HangarBicocca, when the contemporary digs inside an innocuous bric-à-brac

It sparkles with harmless composure the ceremonial of exhausted furniture that Benni Bosetto has conveyed in the three large rooms of his exhibition Rebecca, destined to occupy the Shed of the Pirelli HangarBicocca until midsummer and applauded uncon...
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Florence, a new site-specific installation will transform the Courtyard of Palazzo Strozzi into a sea

The Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi, together with the Hillary Merkus Recordati Foundation, presents There Are Other Fish In The Sea, a new site-specific installation conceived for the Cortile di Palazzo Strozzi in Florence by the Danish collective SUPERF...
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An exhibition in Venice on Stéphane Dubé's painting of insects and snakes

From May 8 to August 30, 2026, the Museum of Oriental Art in Venice is hosting the exhibition MUSHI 虫. Dragonflies and Other Insects in the Painting of Stéphane Dubé, an exhibition that brings together twenty-seven works by the artist ...
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Biennale Art 2026, the Venice Pavilion presents "Persistent Notes"

The exhibition project Persistent Notes, with which the Venice Pavilion will participate in the Biennale Arte 2026, was presented at Ca' Farsetti, headquarters of the Venice City Council. The initiative proposes an investigation of the lagoon city un...
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Ulassai Biennial 2026 investigates the meaning of the work between art and community

In Sardinia, the town of Ulassai (Ogliastra) renews its role in the contemporary art scene with the second edition of the Ulassai Biennale Arte Contemporanea, entitled Il Significato dell'Opera (The Meaning of the Work), a project that develops in th...
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Naked female skaters inaugurate artwork, controversy ensues: 'why women always naked'?

In Germany, specifically in Hanover, a lively controversy has arisen around Crash Pipe, the new installation by Austrian artist and choreographer Florentina Holzinger (Vienna, 1986), inaugurated in public space with a performance that immediately ign...
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An exhibition at MAXXI in Rome investigates the ironic component that runs through Italian culture

MAXXI in Rome hosts, from April 2 to September 20, 2026, the exhibition Tragicomica. Perspectives on Italian Art from the Second Twentieth Century to the Present, curated by Andrea Bellini and Francesco Stocchi, offering a broad and multidisciplinary...
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