Focus on Europe
Albanian Trilogy: Armando Lulaj at the Venice BiennaleVincenzo Estremo | Jul 22, 2015
The prolepsis is a figure of speech in which the speaker raises an objection to his own argument and immediately answers in order to anticipate future responses. In the Medieval world – and more precisely …
Interview with Hera Büyüktaşçıyan on Armenity, Venice BiennaleEleonora Castagna | Jun 24, 2015
I had the chance to interview my friend Hera Büyüktaşçıyan, who is one of the youngest artists showcased at “Armenity“, the exhibition presented by the Armenian Pavilion, winner of the Golden Lion at the 56th …
Ars Aevi in Sarajevo, a museum on holdEleonora Salvi | Jun 4, 2015
After looking around for more than fifteen minutes, we still could not find any trace of the Ars Aevi, Sarajevo’s Contemporary Art Museum. It was a rainy morning in August. We stood in front of …
The Garden of Reality in Venice: The German PavilionVincenzo Estremo | Jun 1, 2015
Venice is always an amazing place. It is awesome to see people getting lost in the calli and canals, fighting over the last tote bag from the Korean pavilion, getting drunk at 11 am with …
Magnificent obsessions of artists on show at the BarbicanAntonella Gasparato | May 18, 2015
Damien Hirst is a human skulls collector with a strong passion for taxidermy and natural curiosities: no surprise. The Japanese photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto collects fossils, antique optical instruments and anatomical prints: for him, fossils and …
Girls Heart Brussels discovers Brussels’ queer art sceneArianna Bertolotti | May 14, 2015
From 24th to 26th of April the second edition of Girls heart Brussels was held in town, a way for anyone to see the Belgian capital from a queer/ feminist framing. While the first edition …
PURE DISCLOSURE. An interview with Zoe De Luca and Andrea MagnaniEleonora Salvi | May 8, 2015
SILIQOON, a project born one year ago in Bologna, is an art label and a creative consulting agency. It aims to promote collaborations between contemporary artists and local companies, investigating the relationship among art and …
Let’s talk about Curatorial Ethics. A cycle of conferences at Kunsthalle ViennaVincenzo Estremo | Apr 20, 2015
Vanessa Joan Müller and Nicolaus Schafhausen, organizers of Curatorial Ethics at Kunsthalle Vienna, introduced the conference cycle starting from the etymology of the verb “to curate.” “The verb ‘to curate’ derives from Latin ‘curare,’ and …
Working, working, working. I prefer the sound of the sea at Centre d’Art Contemporain GenèveEleonora Castagna | Apr 14, 2015
The young artist Alfredo Aceto (1991, Turin, Italy), now in residence at the Centre d’Art Contemporain Genève, presents an exhibition entitled “Lavorare, lavorare, lavorare, preferisco il rumore del mare(1).” Following Refaire le portrait, …
Arianna Carossa at Milan’s new project space TintoriaDroste Effect | Mar 30, 2015
Arianna Carossa’s exhibition The Aesthetic of My Disappearance in Milan marks the the first chapter of a new project, Tintoria. Tintoria mixes contemporary art and fashion, a laboratory to sprawl contemporary thoughts and contents, to …
Walid Raad: Institutional critique and art engagé at MADREEleonora Salvi | Feb 23, 2015
“Preface / Prefazione” is the first solo exhibition of Walid Raad in Italy. It is curated by Alessandro Rabottini and Andrea Viliani at the MADRE in Naples and it is the outstanding result of the …
Michael Dean. Qualities of Violence at De Appel, AmsterdamMara Bertoni | Feb 17, 2015
Once you get into De Appel, you step into small black plastic balloons, and immediately ask yourself if they are filled with some killer gas instead of air. Especially since millions of cents are inviting you to …
