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Fight the future: Later Is Now at Workplace Gallery, LondonVincenzo Estremo | Nov 13, 2017
In the following text, I gathered some information and insights that have emerged from an email conversation, concerning the last exhibition curated by Portuguese artist Hugo Canoilas, Later Is Now, for Workplace Gallery in London. The …
The Szechwan Tale: A conversation with Anren Biennale curator Marco ScotiniVincenzo Estremo | Oct 28, 2017
The first edition of the Anren Biennale, featuring more than 120 participating artists from over 20 countries, is scheduled to take place from October 28 to February 28, 2018 in the historical town of Anren …
Infinite Blue: A Survey in Color Symbolism & Global ConnectednessJennifer Sauer | Oct 26, 2017
The color blue is: spirituality, open skies, a symbol of power, status and beauty. Infinite Blue, the blue-hue themed exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum in New York City, examines representations of the color across history, cultures and mediums. …
Wade Guyton: A draft reviewVincenzo Estremo | Aug 28, 2017
In his last solo exhibition SIAMO ARRIVATI (“WE’VE ARRIVED”), conceived for the MADRE Museum in Naples (Italy) and curated by Andrea Viliani, the American artist Wade Guyton (Hammond, Indiana, 1972) explored the state of the production …
A Walk Through The Art. Venice Biennale 2017Matilde Soligno | Aug 7, 2017
This year’s Venice Biennale – the 57th edition, titled Viva Arte Viva and curated by Christine Macel – is open to the public through Sunday, November 26th, 2017, as usual in several locations in Venezia, but …
Fernanda Fragateiro and the problematic documentation of contemporary artClaudio Zecchi | Aug 1, 2017
The following is a conversation between curator Claudio Zecchi and artist Fernanda Fragateiro (1962; lives and works in Lisbon, Portugal) on the problematic practice of documenting the contemporary artwork. Fernanda Fragateiro’s projects are characterized by a …
Arthur Fouray’s “2080″ at ZQM in BerlinEleonora Castagna | Jun 9, 2017
Eleonora Castagna: The exhibition you are presenting at ZQM in Berlin (which was inaugurated on the 20th of May and will close on the 18th of June) was presented through several steps. One of the …
The White Hunter! African art and the West at FM MilanoVincenzo Estremo | May 11, 2017
The hunter is the one who has the tools to exercise power. He achieves his goal when he brutalizes his victim. He keeps his position. He is careless, unscrupulous; with or without his gun. The …
Frieze New York 2017. Reality, times a thousandMatilde Soligno | May 7, 2017
On Friday morning, as I was getting ready to travel to Frieze, and I was complaining via Whattsapp with a friend of mine about how far it is from downtown Manhattan, and even …
A conversation with Musa paradisiacaClaudio Zecchi | Apr 14, 2017
Musa paradisiaca (Eduardo Guerra and Miguel Ferrão, 2010) is a long-term discursive project that manifests itself through the different shapes of drawing, performance, and sculpture. It’s a single expression of a collective and fragmented soul, …
Documenta 14: Teaching in AthensVincenzo Estremo | Apr 10, 2017
In a scene from the Coen brothers’ Burn After Reading (2008) there is a great dialogue between the Director of the CIA (J. K. Simmons) and CIA officer Palmer Smith (David Rasche). It is a paradoxical …
Matteo Nasini opens Marsèlleria’s New York spaceMatilde Soligno | Mar 3, 2017
Marsèll, a high-end shoe brand from Milan that like other enlightened fashion houses devotes part of its resources to funding art exhibitions, opens a new space in the Chelsea gallery district of New York. The …
