Authentic or not? A brief guide, inspired by Liubov Popova and the Ludwigby Gianluca Poldi*Scientific analysis can spot fakes, but only up to a certain point. It needs a rigorous and transparent process.
Bart van der Heide and the Museion of tomorrowby Stefano PirovanoWe talked to director of Museion Bart van der Heide, discussing social identity, (sustainable) tourism, and no longer emerging artists.
Laurence Sturla: an empirical turn of eventsby Piero BiselloBetween cigarette breaks and fleeting memories, we look at the ceramics of Vienna-based artist Laurence Sturla.
Huang Yu and the multiplicity of Chinese art scenesby Ricko LeungWe interviewed Huang Yu, Chinese art collector and co-founder of Art Chengdu International Contemporary Art Fair, to learn how he turned a business into a feeling.
Sketches of revolution: back to Zurich’s Strauhof in the 1970sby Bice CurigerFrom the show at the Strauhof in Zurich that chronicled the genesis of Swiss counter-culture, here is a chronology of its most important steps.
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.
Emerging artists to watch: Willa Wassermanby Sonia D'AltoWilla Wasserman's work is inscribed in the phantasmatic possibilities of painting, in between contemplation and rejection of tradition.
Sandro Botticelli: portraiture as a lost paradiseby Antonio CarnevaleBotticelli's portraits bring us to the golden age of his life, preluding his dramatic fall into debts and oblivion.
Margaret Lee: What You See Is What You Meanby Emile RubinoThinking through Margaret Lee’s recent paintings in light of the compound visual language the artist has been developing over the past decade.
Luca Giordano, Fapresto, Famolto, Proteoby Silvia TomasiRibera, Caravaggio, Rubens, Dürer, Veronese and Titian revive in the art of Luca Giordano, turned into elements for a new painting style.
Evan Chow: from his grandparents to the New Museumby Ricko LeungWe sat down with Evan Chow, third generation collector, trustee of the New Museum and member of the Cercle International of the Pompidou.
Emanuele Marcuccio: reproduction in an age of creative precarityby Sofia DatiAn essay about artist Emanuele Marcuccio, dealing with the processes from the world and imaginary of industry.
Marco Voena: 20 years ahead of time (an interview)by Stefano PirovanoWe sat down with art dealer Marco Voena on the eve of the first online Tefaf, trying to understand the present and future of art dealing.
Cinzia Ruggeri by Dino Buzzati (anno 1960)by Piero BiselloAn English translation of Dino Buzzati's text for the first exhibition of Cinzia Ruggeri in 1960, where magic realism meets art writing.
Ana Elisa Egreja: painting the texture of thingsby Maria do Carmo M. P. de PontesAna Elisa Egreja has painted interior scenes for twenty years. We talked to her in the midst of a change, discussing about creativity.
Lynn Fung and the fascinating, authentic and rare Liang Yi Museumby Ricko LeungAn interview with Lynn Fung, director of the Liang Yi Museum in Hong Kong, the largest private museum in town.
Contemplating Trifles with Fernando Marques Penteadoby Piero BiselloAn essay about Fernando Marques Penteado after a recent studio visit, showing how everything can be worth contemplating, trifles included.
Andrea Romano, Potsherds of Gazes (second book)by Stefano PirovanoA 13 drawings book is the last chapter of a series Andrea Romano has dedicated to the way in which power manifests itself in social relations.
Giambattista Tiepolo: escaping the museum roomby Antonio CarnevaleTiepolo's painting lives outside museums, inseparable from the places for which it was created. Here is a comprehensive map.
Artist-run spaces in Europe todayby Piero Bisello & Stefano PirovanoA landscape of artist-run spaces active in Europe today, testimonies from the interstice between institutions and market.
