On Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022, at 5 p.m., Studio Celant and theAccademia Nazionale di San Luca will present Germano Celant in Perspective, the first thematic Study Day in Rome at Palazzo Carpegna, which is part of the project Germano Celant…
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Opinions Heritage History of art criticism
Finestre Sull'Arte 's invitation to discuss the fate of art criticism deserves a "critical response," and, in my opinion, it is good to start with some firm points. Art criticism is a job of substance, requiring preparation and expertise…
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Opinions Heritage History of art criticism
That art criticism is dead, very dead, buried, is self-evident. That no one except the very small and self-referential contemporary art clique gives a damn is even more blatant, total. Not that this is a good thing, indeed it is tragic…
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MAD Murate Art District will host Spazio Aperto, a series of meetings curated by art critic Pietro Gaglianò focusing on the perception ofart as a pedagogical experience, from October 13 to November 10, 2021. Spazio Aperto is part of…
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From October 23 to December 12, 2021, the Museo Civico di Crema e del Cremasco is hosting in the Sale Agello the exhibition Monsters. The Dimension of the Beyond, curated by Silvia Scaravaggi. One will have the opportunity to admire 112…
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Works and artists Ancient art History of art criticism Raphael Sanzio Renaissance Roberto Longhi
The recently concluded five-hundredth anniversary of Raphael has not been short of opportunities to bring to the public's attention even the critical fortune that the Urbino, for centuries, has known almost interrupted, and in this sense…
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Works and artists History of art criticism
When Alois Riegl presented in 1901 his concept of Kunstwollen, which we had discussed in the article devoted to the Vienna School of which Riegl himself was one of the leading exponents, a clear definition of what this "will to art" was…
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Works and artists History of art criticism
One of the most innovative and original art historians of the twentieth century was, without a shadow of a doubt, Roberto Longhi (Alba, 1890 - Florence, 1970): precocious talent (before he was thirty years old he had already written…
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