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Lee Ufan: When Art Becomes Silence and Suspended Time

Lee Ufan: When Art Becomes Silence and Suspended Time

There is a silence you don’t truly perceive until you stand before a work by Lee Ufan. It is not stillness; it is a dense suspension, made of matter, distance, and breath. A steel plate captures the light and reflects it back coldly; an irregul...
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Marco Tonelli Wins the 2026 “Luciano Marziano” City of Tarquinia Award

Marco Tonelli Wins the 2026 “Luciano Marziano” City of Tarquinia Award

Marco Tonelli (Rome, 1971) is the winner of the third edition of the “Luciano Marziano” City of Tarquinia Award, a quadrennial award dedicated to art criticism established by the Tarquinia Society of Art and History (STAS) to honor the me...
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Farewell to Fausto Delle Chiaie, the pioneer of Roman street art

Farewell to Fausto Delle Chiaie, the pioneer of Roman street art

Fausto Delle Chiaie, considered Rome’s first true street artist and one of the pioneers of public art in Italy, passed away in Rome on July 4 at the age of 82. Born in Rome on January 23, 1944, he dedicated his entire career to bringing art out of mu...
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Specimens: In Prague, Enrico Minguzzi talks with Czech sculptor Jan Kovářík

Specimens: In Prague, Enrico Minguzzi talks with Czech sculptor Jan Kovářík

Enrico Minguzzi, one of the most intriguing contemporary Italian painters, is currently exhibiting in Prague, where the JSP Art Gallery is hosting the exhibition *Specimens*, curated by Petr Vaňous, through August 7. The exhibition creates a dialogue...
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Lamberto Pignotti: An Exhibition in Florence to Mark His 100th Birthday

Lamberto Pignotti: An Exhibition in Florence to Mark His 100th Birthday

Florence is celebrating the 100th birthday of Lamberto Pignotti (Florence, 1926) with a major exhibition that traces over sixty years of artistic and theoretical work by one of the most innovative figures of the Italian Neo-Avant-Garde. From June 29 ...
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The Invisible Worlds of Sofia Bersanelli: Mystery as the Subject Matter of Art

The Invisible Worlds of Sofia Bersanelli: Mystery as the Subject Matter of Art

Sofia Bersanelli (Milan, 1993) explores, through her artistic practice, the nature of the image and the power of the language that underpins it. In this interview with Gabriele Landi, she traces the origins of her artistic sensibility, which arose fr...
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Norway: Memorial for the July 22, 2011, Attacks Unveiled in Oslo

Norway: Memorial for the July 22, 2011, Attacks Unveiled in Oslo

On July 19, the July 22 National Memorial will open to the public in Oslo’s new Government Quarter. It was built to commemorate the victims of the terrorist attacks on July 22, 2011, which claimed the lives of 77 people and marked one of the most tra...
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Jean-Marie Appriou’s Roses at the Bardini Garden: a sculpture inspired by a fairy tale that invites reflection

Jean-Marie Appriou’s Roses at the Bardini Garden: a sculpture inspired by a fairy tale that invites reflection

From July 4 to August 23, 2026, the Bardini Garden in Florence will host *The Briar Rose* (Rosa x centifolia), a bronze sculpture by French artist Jean-Marie Appriou. The initiative, sponsored by the Palazzo Strozzi Foundation and the CR Firenze Foun...
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