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Random Institute: Interview with Sandino ScheideggerEleonora Castagna | Jul 19, 2016
Would you explain, in a few words, what Random Institute is? Random Institute is many things for many people. It’s all about perception, and most people perceive it as an institution that generates unlikely encounters …
Painting On The Border: Philip Guston 1957-1967Robin Newman | Jul 7, 2016
The new show Philip Guston: Painter 1957-1967, held at Hauser & Wirth in NYC, parallels the painter’s important retrospective held in 1966 at the Jewish Museum. A half century later the current show …
Top 10 Artists at LISTE Basel 2016Ludovica Capobianco | Jun 29, 2016
This year marked the 21st anniversary of Art Basel’s younger and cooler sister, LISTE. Since its inception in 1995 the fair defined the “list” of hype, emerging art galleries with a strong curatorial statement. …
The Wind from Nowhere. An interview with Cristiano Focacci MenchiniDroste Effect | Jun 13, 2016
“The Wind from Nowhere” is the first solo show by Cristiano Focacci Menchini (Viareggio, 1986) by New York-based curator Eugenia Delfini (Rome, 1983), which will be up at Eduardo Secci Contemporary in Pietrasanta, Italy until …
Cao Fei at MOMA PS1: Life, parallelLudovica Capobianco | Jun 7, 2016
It’s not breaking news that the bond between Eastern and Western culture is growing tighter, especially when it comes to contemporary art. Recently, a Japanese collector was the undisputed protagonist of New York’s Spring auctions, …
Interview with artist and filmmaker Matteo NorziArianna Carossa | May 26, 2016
Arianna Carossa: I cannot but combine your work as an artist to that as a director. What are the threads – if any – that unite your past work with this film? Matteo Norzi: This …
Art Tour | East London Galleries, Spring 2016Manu Buttiglione | May 17, 2016
A logo on a small sign on the wall, a heavy door and a noisy buzzer. Then a few steps, before entering a warehouse space illuminated with neon lights, all walls re-painted in …
Lucas Blalock: Low Comedy at Ramiken CrucibleArianna Carossa | May 13, 2016
Lucas Blalock’s work perfectly matches my idea of photography today. When I’m observing it, I think of what Slavoj Žižek said: for reality to be real, sometimes we need to add artifice. Otherwise, it’s not …
Art Tour | Frieze New York 2016 in photosMatilde Soligno | May 6, 2016
Frieze New York 2016 just opened to the public on Randall’s Island, a 5 minute ferry ride from Upper Manhattan. The art fair will run until Sunday, May 8. Among the art fair’s …
L’Inarchiviabile/The Unarchivable, Italy 1970sVincenzo Estremo | May 4, 2016
The History of Art, perhaps like her older sister “History”, always needs to be questioned in order to stay alive. It’s not a coincidence that in our contemporary world, important artist figures often run the risk …
From Transhuman to South Perspectives at Rowing, LondonManu Buttiglione | May 3, 2016
What would you expect from art in the decades ahead? These weeks in London, a group exhibition at Rowing reflects on this question, in the attempt to identify the tendencies and events of present days, …
Art Tour | LES galleries, New York. Spring 2016Matilde Soligno | Apr 24, 2016
Spring 2016—Walking around in New York’s warmer weather is finally a pleasure. Especially when you tour the many art galleries that constellate the Lower East Side of Manhattan, and that have been standing …





