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Crossing over to Modernity: Too Early, Too Late and the dichotomy Islam/WestVincenzo Estremo | Feb 16, 2015
During my studies of History of Art I had two obsessions, better say, two artists I was obsessed with. I am talking about Antonello da Messina and Gentile Bellini. Both of them were not only …
Droste Effect / Pizza Box presents: PizzemblageDroste Effect | Feb 5, 2015
VERSIONE IN ITALIANO IN FONDO When Droste Effect was born, all the team was asking themselves a number of questions, that overlapped to merely practical matters. We were trying to face economic issues, to …
Basim Magdy: The Many Colours of the Sky Radiate ForgetfulnessGowri Balasegaram | Feb 3, 2015
Diogenes of Sinope, the Greek philosopher, was one of the founders of the Cynic philosophy. An irascible yet formidable character, Diogenes displayed his disdain of Athenian convention by living a spartan lifestyle and …
Ed Ruscha. A Reality PaintedEleonora Salvi | Jan 21, 2015
The wide exhibition spaces of the Gagosian Gallery’s Roman branch are holding the solo exhibition of one of the greatest american painters and photographers. Mainly known for his “World Paintings”, Ed Ruscha, pop artist and …
Glitch. Interference Between Art and Cinema: A strange attemptEleonora Salvi | Jan 19, 2015
It is always a shame when good ideas fall victim to vague and misleading expedients, for fear they could pass unnoticed. It took a long time before someone went back to talking about Glitch art …
The ambiguous meaning of a coffer. The opening of the Louis Vuitton Foundation for Contemporary ArtFrancesco Federici | Dec 2, 2014
The word “coffer” is often used to mean a place to hide treasures, and in many languages it is also used to label buildings that can be considered as jewels themselves. In the rhetoric of …
Droste Effect talk at SPRINT independent publishers salon MilanoDroste Effect | Nov 26, 2014
Join us at SPRINT _|/_ independent publishers and artists books salon for an informal Talk | Droste Effect on the Pizza Box project on Sunday, November 30, 2014 — 5-6 PM …
A.I. The Place/Non-Place Where Art and Fashion Meet in RomeManuele Menconi | Nov 24, 2014
The fashion world as we conceive it is a result of different forces, influences and ideas from other fields which have converged in it. Art, for instance, played a central part in the renovation of …
Jake & Dinos Chapman at Jerwood GalleryGowri Balasegaram | Nov 11, 2014
Hot on the heels of their exhibition at the Serpentine Sackler Gallery, the Chapman brothers return to enthral us with their idiosyncratic trademark comic horror, this time at the Jerwood Gallery in their hometown of …
Droste Effect in Turin: The Others contemporary art fairDroste Effect | Oct 31, 2014
DROSTE EFFECT @ THE OTHERS CONTEMPORARY ART FAIR Stand C2 6-9 November, 2014 Via Paolo Borsellino, 3 TURIN PIZZA BOX is a special project by Droste Effect. Each Pizza Box is unique, …
Amy Gadney, Ghost Load at Cecilia Brunson Projects, LondonGowri Balasegaram | Oct 2, 2014
A light box with an almost silent motor creates a movement reminiscent of sunlight dappling through a tree; a door recreated with frosted acrylic, a black ring where the handle used to be, is both …
2014 Ars Electronica Festival. Creativity and Innovation; focus on Artists as catalystsBruna Esperi | Oct 1, 2014
«C … what it takes to change» is the theme of this year’s Ars Electronica in Linz, where the C stands for change and for confidence but also for creativity, collaboration and catalysts. The fascinating …
