Contemporary art - Finestre sull'Arte

Gianluca Sgherri's Universe: a challenge to space in MudaC's Project Room

I remember well that hot afternoon when for the first time with Gianluca we went to see the Project room at MudaC. Upon crossing the threshold of the room, the first impression was very bad! The small room on the second floor was cluttered with chair...
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The portrait between absence and identity in the exhibition "Damnatio Figurae" in Padua

From June 19 to October 5, 2025, the Alberto Peruzzo Foundation hosts Damnatio Figurae: From the Negation of the Image to the Portrait, an exhibition that interweaves the language of the portrait with the theme of identity and its representation. The...
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Renata Boero, the alchemy of natural painting on display in Macerata

Renata Boero (Genoa, 1936) returns to Macerata, in a symbolic return to the roots of an artistic journey that, since the late 1960s, has made her a point of reference for contemporary art. In fact, the Civic Museums of Palazzo Buonaccorsi are hosting...
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Auctioning early Burri, a Warhol from the Bertinotti collection, and masterpieces that once belonged to Monica Vitti

A major auction of Modern and Contemporary Art will be held on Wednesday, July 2, 2025 at Finarte's historic Milan headquarters. Starting at 4 p.m., about 150 lots, selected for their high historical and artistic value, will be auctioned in a single ...
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Something good to put on. A conversation about art in public space.

Serena Fineschi. "Assisting the Darkness" is a public art project whose genesis goes way back. It was born in 2014 on the occasion of my work Stato di Grazia (State of Grace), in which I interrupted the public and monumental lighting of the entire hi...
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If the tourist breaks the work. Is Nicola Bolla's chair now a different work?

In the guarded silence of a museum, everything seems still. The works stand, motionless, like relics of another time. Visitors skim with their eyes, walk slowly, sometimes read, often photograph. But what happens when something breaks? When one of th...
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SMACH returns: contemporary art meets the Dolomites

From July 12 to September 14, 2025, Val Badia will be transformed into an open-air museum with the 7th edition of SMACH - Constellation of art, culture & history in the Dolomites, the International Biennial of Public Art in the Dolomites. An even...
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Cesare Biratoni and his "Paper Pattern": an exhibition reflecting on chaos and form

On view at the Cardelli & Fontana artecontemporanea gallery in Sarzana is Cesare Biratoni's exhibition Cartamodello, which runs through July 27. The exhibition explores the latest products of Biratoni's artistic practice, which weaves painting, c...
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