Modern Art - Finestre sull'Arte

Nicolò Barabino's Oliva, when a painting is social novel. What the Genoa exhibition looks like

Nicolo Barabino proved that Mary of Nazareth is a woman made of verse and ink, that her image is a profoundly human construct, is the badge of devout, radiant, delicate consummation. He, however, had no knowledge of it; he was just a painter who had ...
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At Miradolo Castle (Turin), fairy tales are evoked through great modern and contemporary artists

From March 21 to June 21, 2026, the Castle of Miradolo (Turin) is hosting the exhibition There is a Fairy Tale Today. Castles, Fairies, Woods and Magical Objects. From Emilio Isgrò to Pinot Gallizio, from Kiki Smith to Lucio Fontana, curated b...
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Fausto Pirandello, the drama painter who challenged figuration and abstraction: what the exhibition looks like

Sicily, distant motherland but indelible matrix of many paintings. And Rome, city of birth and election, vital meeting point for art and family existence. But also launching pad to the international horizon, Parisian and American, before and after Wo...
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The copyright paradox: modern art is more captive than the Middle Ages

We live in an age when everything is photographed. Breakfast, sunsets, concerts, dogs, cats, plates of pasta. And it is absolutely normal thatart , too, enters this continuous flow of images. Yet, incredibly, right here we encounter the highest wall:...
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What the 2026 edition of Modenantiquaria looks like: report with prices

Last days to see the 2026 edition of Modenantiquaria, the thirty-ninth of the event dedicated to high antiques that over time has assumed a stable role in the national and international fair calendar. Inaugurated last Friday, Feb. 6, with a convivial...
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Portraits of the insane: when Géricault gave a face to madness

At a time when madness was still seen as an obscure and stigmatized phenomenon, Théodore Géricault (Rouen, 1791-Paris, 1824) tackled the subject with rigor and depth. We are talking about the same Géricault who, yes, had led Fren...
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Giovanni Bartolena, color as the cipher of the twentieth century on display in Livorno

Until Feb. 14, 2026, the Sede di Rappresentanza Castagneto Banca 1910 in Livorno, Via Rossini 2, is hosting the exhibition Nel Novecento di Giovanni Bartolena, tra innovazione e riflessione sul magistero fattoriano, sponsored by Fondazione Castagneto...
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An out-of-place Rotella? The House of Memory in Catanzaro

We are in Calabria, a land of millennia-old history and traditions, and in the footsteps of Mimmo Rotella, an artist of international prominence born in Catanzaro in 1918. His creative "genius," recognized among the most extraordinary minds on the co...
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