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North Korea, All the Lights I Cannot See, Random Institute, Sandino Scheidegger Random Institute: Interview with Sandino Scheidegger
Eleonora Castagna |

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 …

Philip Guston, Hauser & Wirth, Hauser Wirth, New York Painting On The Border: Philip Guston 1957-1967
Robin Newman |

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 …

Liste Art Fair Top 10 Artists at LISTE Basel 2016
Ludovica Capobianco |

    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. …

Cristiano Focacci Menchini, Eduardo Secci Contemporary , Pietrasanta, interview, drawing, painting The Wind from Nowhere. An interview with Cristiano Focacci Menchini
Droste Effect |

“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, Moma PS1, Cosplayers Cao Fei at MOMA PS1: Life, parallel
Ludovica Capobianco |

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, …

Icaros, Tribeca Film Festival, Leonor Caraballo, Matteo Norzi Interview with artist and filmmaker Matteo Norzi
Arianna Carossa |

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 …

Bad Infinity 2.0, installation view at xero.kline.coma, through 22 May Art Tour | East London Galleries, Spring 2016
Manu Buttiglione |

    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 …

Ramiken Crucible, Lucas Blalock, LES Galleries, Spring 2016, New York Lucas Blalock: Low Comedy at Ramiken Crucible
Arianna Carossa |

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 …

Frieze New York 2016, Maurizio Cattelan, Frieze Projects Art Tour | Frieze New York 2016 in photos
Matilde Soligno |

    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 …

Ugo La Pietra, Il desiderio dell’oggetto, in “Progettare INPIU'”, Courtesy Archivio Ugo La Pietra L’Inarchiviabile/The Unarchivable, Italy 1970s
Vincenzo Estremo |

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' installation view, Rowing, London, 2016. Courtesy Rowing From Transhuman to South Perspectives at Rowing, London
Manu Buttiglione |

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, …

Pierogi, Ward Shelley, LES Galleries, Spring 2016, New York Art Tour | LES galleries, New York. Spring 2016
Matilde Soligno |

    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 …

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