Cecco Bravo and a 17th-century subsoil beautyby Francesca BaldassarriCecco Bravo is dramatic and mysterious, feeding on hallucinatory eccentricity to make the viewer feeling part of the scene.
Arte Povera: six documentaries (part one)by Francisca Parrino & Stefano PirovanoThe stars of Arte Povera portrayed in six documentaries, available for streaming thanks to a review curated in collaboration with Audiovisiva
Failed sales and bizarre manners: two paintings by Paolo Paganiby Paola Apreda & Odette D’Albo (from Nuovi Studi 26, 2021 anno XXVI)Far from their birthplace and distant from their context, the strange destiny of two Baroque paintings would strike a chord with their maker
Raffaele Mattioli, a patron of humanist cultureby Barbara CostaAn exhibition at the Gallerie d'Italia explores the collecting of the great bankers, from the Medici to the Rothschilds, via Raffaele Mattioli
Is it really the time to buy old masters?by Stefano PirovanoThe wisdom of collecting old masters today, explained in four compelling arguments (that we didn't already know)
The artistic fate of the windby Silvia TomasiOver the centuries, the wind has always been an iconographic presence for artists, touching upon fate, religion, chaos, love, and nature
Death helps life in the anatomical theatreby Silvia TomasiAnatomical theatres were the literal and metaphorical houses of anthropocentrism. Are they resuscitating today?
The best six art fabricatorsby Piero BiselloHere is a list of the world's best art fabricators, showing that behind the most ambitious works there is often an exceptional technique