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Giangiacomo Rossetti: painting as a form of hospitalityby Stefano PirovanoWe interpreted the paintings of Giangiacomo Rossetti with the help of their author and a fundamental exhibition in New York

Sophie Gogl: relating to the smiley faceby Julius PristauzOn Sophie Gogl's love for turns, seeking what's behind her gimmicks and reaching the top of the pyramid of needs

On the creative mentality of Patrick Weldéby Stefano PirovanoBy turning the countryside into a creative frontier Patrick Weldé finds a powerful antidote to urban clichés and fashion disillusionment

Double flowers: on the work of Keto Loguaby Céline MathieuOriginally from Tbilisi and now in Berlin, Keto Logua takes botany, petals and sexes to speak of multiplicity, ambiguity, and subjectivity

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Painting + photography according to Tatjana Dannebergby Piero BiselloTatjana Danneberg grabs fragments of real life, turning snapshots and drawings into complex paintings. Steyerl's poor image lives again.

Raphaela Vogel: unification of the manifoldby Stefano Pirovano and Sonia D'AltoExpressionism, monumentality and manifold in the works of Raphaela Vogel, before her solo exhibition in Milan.

Jaanus Samma, the many gay histories of Modern Eastern Europeby Agata PyzikEmerging artist Jaanus Samma deals with stories of homosexuality in his home country of Estonia, both under the Communist regime and after its collapse.

Emerging artists to watch: Kaoru Arima and his facial (un)recognitionby Piero BiselloKaoru Arima's pictures of faces are paintings for an alternative, straightforward portraiture: romanticism no more; agendas no more; ego no more.

Emerging artists to watch: Matthieu Haberardby Sonia D'AltoAnything can happen on the threshold, like Matthieu Haberard's practice, an innocent game of fairy tales, an adventurous story of feats and misfortunes.

From Victoria Colmegna to Victoria Colmegnaby Stefano PirovanoA short story of how Victoria Colmegna's lightness, shyness, esotericism and nostalgia remind us that the longest journey is the one within ourselves.