Contemporary art - Finestre sull'Arte

Casa Italia's exhibition for Milan-Cortina was embarrassing: the public deserved better

A few days ago, we were roughly at the beginning of the second week of the Olympics, Aldo Cazzullo wrote in the Corriere that "Milan is not at all pervaded by Olympic fever," and that after the inauguration the Milan-Cortina 2026 Games were "flowing ...
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Chiharu Shiota at MAO Turin, impressive numbers: 100,000 visitors in 107 days

Turin's Museum of Oriental Art (MAO) reached an unprecedented milestone withChiharu Shiota 's The Soul Trembles exhibition(our review here), which opened on Oct. 22. In just 107 days, theexhibition recorded 100,000 visitors, a figure that is unpreced...
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Venice Biennale 2026, here are the invited artists: no Italians on the list

The 61st International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale, titled In Minor Keys, which will open to the public on Saturday, May 9, and remain open to the public until Sunday, Nov. 22, 2026, was presented this morning, spreading across the Giardini...
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Florence, Keil Space serves as a cultural bridge between Italy and Bahrain

An interesting cultural diplomacy initiative was sealed in Florence : Sheikha Hala Mohamed Al Khalifa, director of the Culture and Arts Directorate of the Bahrain Culture and Antiquities Authority, was appointed "Global Ambassador" of Keil Space for ...
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Venus in crochet: Joana Vasconcelos reinterprets Valentino. What PM23's exhibition in Rome looks like.

Piazza Mignanelli has been filled with mirrors since Joana Vasconcelos brought us her I'll be your mirror, the work that, if you will, acts as an overture to her solo show Venus, set up a few meters ahead in the rooms of PM23, the Valentino Garavani ...
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Ohanjanyan at mudaC in Carrara: five monumental marble sculptures to investigate the tension of bonds

From Feb. 14 to Aug. 30, 2026, the mudaC | museum of arts in Carrara hosts Mikayel Ohanjanyan 's solo exhibition entitled Mikayel Ohanjanyan .Ties: Ties That Bind. The exhibition, curated by Christopher Atamian and Tamar Hovsepian of the New York-bas...
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"I explore the great mysteries of existence with my art": interview with Lena Müller

Lena Müller is a German artist born in Nuremberg in 1983 and grew up immersed in a passion for art and nature. Since childhood she has cultivated a love for drawing and creating personal worlds, inspired by visits to museums with her family and ...
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Ca' Pesaro hosts the first major Venetian exhibition dedicated to Jenny Saville

The Ca' Pesaro Gallery of Modern Art in Venice will host Jenny Saville at Ca' Pesaro from March 28 to November 22, 2026, the first major Venetian exhibition dedicated to the artist. The exhibition aims to recount the path of one of the most significa...
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