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Nick Cave's Soundsuit acquired by LACMA
This week I’m going to inaugurate a new series of posts dedicated to museum acquisitions: a selection of works of Modern, Post-War and...
May 8, 20232 min read


Art Market#13: Henri Rousseau’s ‘Les Flamants’ is heading to Auction
Les Flamants, oil on canvas from 1910 by self-taught French Post-Impressionist artist Henri 'Le Douanier' Rousseau (1844-1910) is going...
Apr 21, 20231 min read


Three Major Museum Exhibitions in Europe
Meaningful dialogues from three important museum exhibitions now on view in Europe. 1) Pablo Picasso & Paul Smith at Musée National...
Mar 10, 20232 min read


Art Market#12: Some Highlights from the London Sales - February/March 2023
The beginning of the auctions season in London did not hold any major surprises from a market that remains conservative, and increasingly...
Mar 3, 20232 min read


Art Market#11: Antonio Canova
An important art market update comes this week for the sculptor Antonio Canova (1757-1822) and his Studio in Possagno (Treviso): Cupid...
Jan 31, 20233 min read


Roma/New York, 1953-1964 at David Zwirner
“It was between 1945 and 1964 that Italian art turned to American art in regard to its investigators, collectors, and dealers. And...
Jan 17, 20233 min read


Art Market#10: Auction Record for Max Beckmann and Carla Accardi
At the end of a season that saw two of the world's leading Auction Houses, Christie's and Sotheby's, competing from New York for the...
Dec 2, 20222 min read


Patrick Procktor at Palazzo Bentivoglio in Bologna
A View From a Window is the title of the exhibition that Palazzo Bentivoglio in Bologna is dedicating, starting from today 1 December, to...
Dec 1, 20223 min read


The Mattioli Collection in Milan
The Gianni Mattioli Collection has been presented to the public at Museo del Novecento in Milan, in a new exhibition's design. The...
Oct 28, 20222 min read


Art Market#9: Some Highlights from London Salerooms during Frieze Week
Christie's London Evening Sale 13 October 2022: DAVID HOCKNEY (B. 1937) Early Morning, Sainte-Maxime signed and dated ‘David Hockney...
Oct 16, 20221 min read


Henry Moore in Florence
Two monumental bronze sculptures by the English artist Henry Moore are currently installed in two symbolic locations in the city of...
Sep 29, 20222 min read


Giuseppe Capogrossi at GNAM in Rome: a life journey to abstraction
From tomorrow September 20, the Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea in Rome pays a tribute to Italian artist Giuseppe...
Sep 19, 20223 min read


Vita Nuova. New issues for art in Italy 1960-1975 at MAMAC in Nice
Forty-one years after the exhibition Identité italienne. L'art en Italie depuis 1959, curated by Germano Celant at the Centre Georges...
Sep 1, 20223 min read


Cy Twombly: Making Past Present
American artist Cy Twombly's lifelong connection to the art of ancient greek and roman cultures, as well as his costant engagement with...
Aug 19, 20222 min read


Art Market#8 - Joan Didion's Estate heads to Auction
Colin Stair, President of NY Hudson's based Auction House Stair Galleries, has recently announced the upcoming sale An American Icon:...
Aug 15, 20221 min read


Francesco Clemente at ALBERTINA Museum
I am against everything that is dogmatic, immovable, static; also for reasons of contemporary language. I have always been aware that...
Jul 25, 20223 min read


Grand tableau antifasciste collectif at the 12th Berlin Biennale
Opening on June 10 and throughout the summer, the 12th Berlin Biennale -Still Present! - will involve audience, guests and contributors...
Jun 8, 20222 min read


Art Market#7 - The Collection of Sir Nicholas Goodison at Christie's
Amazing results for Modern and Post-War British Art yesterday at Christie’s London. The sale of The Collection of Sir Nicholas Goodison –...
May 26, 20221 min read


Fondazione Cirulli - Body Architectures
We’re living in Post-Humanist times. Hybrid representations of human bodies, deliberately centered on metamorphosis, ambiguity and...
Apr 29, 20221 min read


Women and abstraction in Italy 1930-2000
Last year, an exhibition at the Centre Pompidou in Paris - Elles font l'abstraction, curated by Christine Macel and Karolina...
Mar 25, 20223 min read
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