Focus on Europe
Vincenzo Estremo | Sep 3, 2014
Droste Effect Magazine is very proud to host a conversation between curator Viviana Checchia and artists Giuliana Racco and Matteo Guidi on The Artist and The Stone, a project by Giuliana Racco and Matteo Guidi. …
The Only Female Fool. Isa Genzken at Kunsthalle WienBruna Esperi | Aug 26, 2014
I’m Isa Genzken, The Only Female Fool in the self-chosen title of Isa Genzken’s exhibition curated by Nicolaus Schafhausen at Kunsthalle Wien. This statement, as we can read in the booklet of the exhibition, characterises …
Vegetation as a political agent. A geography of nature’s resistanceVincenzo Estremo | Jul 21, 2014
Years ago a dear friend of mine pointed out to me that most of the plants that we usually call “weed” come from South America. They arrived in Europe after the colonization of the American …
Four oustanding solo shows at Zabludowicz Collection LondonDroste Effect | Jul 14, 2014
The Zabludowicz Collection’s London project space is a very unique location – a former Methodist chapel from 1870. This time the Collection has decided to present the work of 4 contemporary artists. The exhibition space is big …
About Life, Death… and other stories. The Human Factor at Hayward GalleryManu Buttiglione | Jul 3, 2014
The Hayward Gallery dedicates its Summer exhibition to the art of sculpture with “The Human Factor,” a show exploring new ways of using the figure in contemporary art, until 7th September at Southbank Centre, London. …
In Atelier. Aurelio Amendola: 40 years of photography and artist’s portraitsEleonora Salvi | Jun 10, 2014
The exhibition “In Atelier” curated by Vincenzo Trione at Triennale in Milan, exhibits photos collected since 1970 by great Italian master of photography Aurelio Amendola. Eighty-five shots that immortalize the Italian and international protagonists of …
Art Meets Radical Openness 2014Vincenzo Estremo | Jun 4, 2014
A few days ago a famous Italian curator and art writer suggested an event in Linz through her Facebook page. She was talking about Art Meets Radical Openness 2014, or just AMRO. She (the curator) asked …
Dante’s Cosmological Conception at Dimora Artica, MilanDroste Effect | Jun 3, 2014
“Progetto Italiano” (Italian Project) no.01 – Dante’s cosmological conception is the first of a series of group exhibitions, whose fundamental aim is the promotion and valorization of Italy’s cultural and artistic past and present. The …
New Tate film series 6. Unlock Art: Exploring The SurrealGowri Balasegaram | May 29, 2014
Exploring The Surreal is the latest film in Tate’s Unlock Art Series, supported by Le Méridien Hotels & Resorts. The film, which is presented by the latest Dr Who actor, Peter Capaldi, offers a whistle-stop …
Annarella, CCCP’s Meritorious Soubrette: The mark of an era at Fotografia EuropeaMatilde Soligno | May 19, 2014
As part of Fotografia Europea‘s official program, the “Annarella Benemerita Soubrette CCCP Fedeli alla Linea“ exhibition at Spazio Gerra – Fotografia e Immagine Contemporanea tries to bring back an era, that of the 1980s Italian punk …
Franco’s Boat and Crossing Europe – An international Film Festival in LinzVincenzo Estremo | May 13, 2014
“I loved you so much once. I did. More than anything in the whole wide world. Imagine that. What a laugh that is now. Can you believe it? We were so intimate once upon a …
Nina Katchadourian at Cecilia Brunson Projects, LondonGowri Balasegaram | Apr 22, 2014
Flying elicits a smorgasbord of responses. Most people’s reactions tend to languish somewhere between fear and boredom; for some travellers, being buoyed thousands of feet in the air free from the constraints of place and …
