Italian Art Criticism Debated in Luca Bertolo's New Book and Gian Maria Tosatti's Article

Key facts

• Luca Bertolo's book "Qui era tutto mare. Nuovi scritti sull'arte e sugli artisti" was published by Quodlibet in Macerata in 2026.
• Gian Maria Tosatti's article "L'indicibile stato dell'arte (Italiana)" appeared in the Sunday edition of Il Sole 24 Ore on 20 September.
• Tosatti's earlier article "Come siamo silenziosi sullo stato dell'arte" was published in Il Sole 24 Ore on 3 September 2023.
• Cecilia Canziani questioned the definition of "Italian artists" in an interview about their presence at the biennale.
• Andrea Bruciati called for an alternative paradigm capable of producing dialectic and epistemic discontinuities.
• Marco Tonelli polemicized with Achille Bonito Oliva, arguing that a work must exist as an object in itself before entering the system.
• The "Young Curators Residency Programme" is scheduled for 26 September in Guarene, alongside the exhibition "What about us."
• Bertolo cites Arthur C. Danto in advocating for a refinement of exegesis.