A particular affinity between Gauguin and Munch inspired by the show “Metamorphoses” currently at the MoMA
Norton Simon: an American artist visits LA’s crown jewelby Daniel Graham Loxton*An essential introduction to Norton Simon, masterful art collector during America’s mid-century cultural emergence
Digital old masters in actualityby Piero BiselloDigital old masters are a thing now more than ever, but much is still to be learned. We look at how they do it in Amsterdam
Ambiguity of time and space in Wang Zhibo’s paintingby Ricko LeungWith her ‘anthropologist’ approach of collecting quotidian fragments of life Wang Zhibo believes in the pleasure and ineffability of art.
The symbolic, erotic, and lunar asparagusby Silvia TomasiThrough Flemish painting, Manet, Max Ernst, Andreas Gursky, and Hannah Levy, we start to believe that the asparagus has feelings too.
Honoré de Balzac’s Frenhofer and his Unknown Masterpieceby Antonio CarnevaleArtist Frenhofer, protagonist of The Unknown Masterpiece by Balzac, never fails to raise questions. Especially if you 'reverse' him.
Lucy Stein: Digitalis purpurea, a re(in)trospectiveby Stefano PirovanoVieni! E fu molta la dolcezza! molta! / tanta, che, vedi… (l’altra lo stupore / alza degli occhi, e vede ora, ed ascolta / con un suo lungo brivido…) si muore!„
Best museum displays: it’s time to go back to our rootsby Stefano PirovanoA virtual journey through museum displays that have marked European art history. Enforced closure may soon offer an opportunity to spark a debate.
A Portrait of Than Hussein Clarkby Piero BiselloIn this essay we paint a portrait of Than Hussein Clark as a hybrid between the figure of the impersonator and the artist.
The top ten art biopicsby Maria do Carmo da PontesOur selection of art biopics follows up the list of art movies that we published a few months ago. But this new one calls for rainy afternoons...