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• Estudio Albino Creates Soap Packaging for Café de Palma with Tropical Theme artist

  Estudio Albino developed branding and packaging for Café de Palma Fresh Soap. The design features a soap popsicle with Art Deco elements and premium finishes, intended to evoke…

• Party of the Dead's Pandemic Performance Actions Challenge Russian Quarantine Politics artist

  On April 5, 2020, the performance group Party of the Dead, established by Maxim Evstropov and featuring Kristina Bubentsova, Maria Vonogova, and Maria Nelubova, presented 'The…

• Banksy's New Mural at Reading Prison References Oscar Wilde artist

  Banksy has created a new mural on the wall of Reading Prison in England, depicting an escaping inmate using a rope of knotted sheets with a typewriter at the end. The artwork,…

• Architect Jacopo Gardella dies at 85, leaves legacy in Milan and beyond artist

  Architect Jacopo Gardella died on February 25, 2021 at age 85. The news was released three days later after a private funeral at Basilica di San Nazaro in Brolo, Milan. Born in…

• Vincenzo Schillaci on Monochrome, Abstraction, and His Berlin Debut artist

  Italian painter Vincenzo Schillaci (born Palermo, 1984), who lives between Rome and Berlin, discusses his practice in an interview. He rejects the label of monochrome for his…

• Galleria Fumagalli's 30-Year Journey Under Annamaria Maggi artist

  Annamaria Maggi, director and owner of Galleria Fumagalli, celebrates 30 years since joining the gallery, which was founded in 1971 in Bergamo by Stefano Fumagalli's father.…

• Converse City Forests Combines Street Art with Air-Purifying Photocatalytic Paint artist

  The global Converse City Forests project deploys street murals painted with photocatalytic paint, a material that uses light energy to break down harmful atmospheric pollutants.…

• Francesco Bianconi: 'Non sono un artista' artist

  Francesco Bianconi, frontman dei Baustelle dal 1996, rifiuta l'etichetta di artista. In un'intervista ad Artribune, definisce l'arte come un lavoro cosciente e creativo che rompe…

• Japanese painter Horiki Katsutomi dies at 92, three exhibitions opening in London, Tokyo, Dubai artist

  Horiki Katsutomi, a renowned Japanese artist, passed away shortly after celebrating his 92nd birthday, as revealed by his wife, Professor Erminia Ardissino, in Petiva, Cigliano,…

• Formafantasma on Geo-Design, Radical Pedagogy, and Sustainable Web Design artist

  Studio Formafantasma, named Designer of the Year by Wallpaper*, discusses their rigorous analytical method and focus on ecological, historical, political, and social forces in…

• Silvia Camporesi’s Artistic Reconstruction of the Isola delle Rose artist

  Silvia Camporesi, born in Forlì in 1973, has created an artistic project centered on the Isola delle Rose, an artificial island built in the Adriatic Sea off Rimini. The island…

• Man Ray's 1921: The Birth of Rayography and Encounters with Kiki and Rrose Sélavy artist

  In 1921, Emmanuel Radnitzky, known as Man Ray, accidentally invented the rayograph, a camera-less photographic process. While developing prints in his darkroom, a blank sheet of…

• Anna Marzuttini on Painting, Nature, and the 'Wild' artist

  Born in 1990 in Gemona del Friuli, Anna Marzuttini currently resides in Cerneglons and is employed in Venice. In 2018, she obtained a second-level diploma in Visual Arts and…

• Juliana Notari’s monumental vulva sculpture ‘Diva’ sparks political controversy in Brazil artist

  Brazilian artist Juliana Notari (b. 1975) created 'Diva', a 33-meter-long, 16-meter-wide red vulva sculpture installed at the Usina de Arte sculpture park in Água Preta, Brazil.…

• Alfredo Rapetti Mogol: From Songwriting to Painting, an Artistic Journey artist

  Born in Milan in 1961, Alfredo Rapetti Mogol is a painter and lyricist, the son of renowned songwriter Giulio Rapetti Mogol. Writing under the name Cheope, he has crafted songs…

• Neapolitan sculptor Luigi Mazzella dies at 86 from COVID-19 artist

  Luigi Mazzella, a Neapolitan sculptor and painter, died at 86 from COVID-19 at Cotugno Hospital in Naples. A student of Ennio Tomai, he worked at his studio in Villa Haas on the…

• KIRAC: The Dutch Art Collective Unafraid to Criticize artist

  KIRAC (Keeping It Real Art Critics) is a Dutch collective founded in 2016 by Stefan Ruitenbeek, Kate Sinha, and Tarik Sadouma. Their video works, which blend reportage,…

• Paola Pasquaretta on Narrative, Materiality, and Site-Specificity in Her Art artist

  In a chat with Davide Dal Sasso, Paola Pasquaretta, who hails from San Severino Marche and was born in 1987, shared insights about her unique artistic style. She earned her degree…

• Silvia Giambrone's 'Baby Dull' performance documented by Spazio Taverna artist

  Spazio Taverna, a contemporary art space founded in Rome in late 2020, has released a video documenting Silvia Giambrone's performance 'Baby Dull,' which took place in November…

• Anna Capolupo: Pittura come motore di ricerca e indagine del mondo artist

  Born in Lamezia Terme in 1983, Anna Capolupo is an artist currently based in Florence, where she earned her painting degree from the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze. In 2014,…

• Pino Boresta's Napkin Art: A Story of Poverty, Instinct, and the Advice of Bruno Ceccobelli artist

  During his second visit to London in the late 1980s, Italian artist Pino Boresta produced a collection of napkin artworks using cotton napkins he had taken from restaurants, such…

• Joyce Pensato's 2015 Painting Series 'What's Next' Featured on Artcritical artist

  Joyce Pensato created a series of five paintings titled 'What's Next' in 2015, each measuring 48 by 40 inches and executed in enamel on linen. The artwork is represented by the…

• Francesco Hayez: 5 opere per i 230 anni dalla nascita artist

  In occasione dei 230 anni dalla nascita di Francesco Hayez, Artribune propone cinque opere chiave per conoscere il pittore veneziano, considerato uno dei massimi esponenti del…

• Julian Beever's anamorphic street art secrets revealed in video artist

  A YouTube documentary by Tracks explores the anamorphic street art of Julian Beever, known as the Pavement Picasso. Born in Cheltenham in 1959 and active since the mid-1990s,…

• Marcello Pecchioli, philosopher of techno-worlds, dies at 67 artist

  Marcello Pecchioli, an Italian philosopher, critic, curator, and artist known for his pioneering work on the intersection of art, technology, and science fiction, died in Bologna…

• Giovanni Copelli on Painting, History, and the Eroticism of Martyrdom artist

  Giovanni Copelli, born in 1989 in Correggio and currently residing in Reggio Emilia, completed his master's degree in Contemporary Art Theory at Goldsmiths University of London in…

• Marzia Bianchi's FLOR Project Uses Flowers to Address Female Genital Mutilation artist

  Photographer Marzia Bianchi launched the FLOR (Female Liberties Oughta Rise) project days after her teenage daughter, who arrived from Somalia three and a half years ago, asked…

• Sophie, visionary DJ and producer, dies at 34 in Athens artist

  Sophie, the Scottish-born DJ, producer, and singer known for her groundbreaking electronic music and transgender identity, died on January 30, 2021, in Athens at age 34. Her…

• Chiara Caselli: Between Cinema and Photography artist

  Chiara Caselli, born in Bologna in 1967, is an Italian actress and photographer. She discovered photography as a teenager and later pursued acting, recently collaborating with…

• Laika's Balkan Route Posters Denounce Migrant Suffering artist

  Laika, a secret-identity street artist from Rome, has created a series of posters along the Balkan Route in Bosnia and Herzegovina to denounce the conditions faced by migrants.…

• Italian photographer Pepi Merisio dies at 90 artist

  Pepi Merisio, a celebrated photographer, died on February 3, 2021, at the age of 90 in Bergamo. He was born in Caravaggio in 1931 and started his photography career on his own in…

• Paolo Ferrari, photographer of Bologna massacre, dies at 86 artist

  Paolo Ferrari, the photojournalist who documented the 1980 Bologna railway station bombing, has died at 86 after a long illness. Born in Bologna in 1934, Ferrari studied at…

• Silvia Camporesi recreates sunken Tuscan village Fabbriche di Careggine artist

  Silvia Camporesi, an Italian artist born in 1973 in Forlì, embarked on a project focused on the submerged village of Fabbriche di Careggine, established in the 13th century in…

• Roman sculptor Bruno Conte dies at 81 artist

  Bruno Conte, a sculptor from Rome, passed away on February 2, 2021, at the age of 81. He was born in 1939 in the city and shifted his focus from graphic art—both figurative and…

• Anton Newcombe interview: art, music, and The Brian Jonestown Massacre artist

  Anton Newcombe, founder of The Brian Jonestown Massacre (BJM), discusses his definitions of art and music in an interview with Samantha Stella. Newcombe, born in Newport Beach in…

• Street Art Pioneer Don Leicht Dies at 74 artist

  Don Leicht, a pioneering figure in early New York street art, has died. The news was first shared by fellow writer Daze on Instagram, prompting tributes from Crash and John…

• Mattia Barbieri on Painting as Language and Process artist

  Born in Brescia in 1985, Mattia Barbieri divides his time between Milan and New York. He is an alumnus of the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera. His notable solo exhibitions…

• Lorenzo Taiuti, Italian artist and media theorist, dies at 77 artist

  Lorenzo Taiuti, a prominent artist and media theorist, passed away in Rome at the age of 77 during the autumn of 2020, as recently reported by his former students from the…

• Patrizio Fariselli on Synthesis, Improvisation, and the Nature of Sound artist

  In an interview with Davide Dal Sasso, Italian pianist and composer Patrizio Fariselli shares insights into his artistic philosophy. A student of M° Sergio Cafaro at the Pesaro…

• Ben Pritchard discusses painting as sacred practice in Zoom interview with artcritical artist

  Brooklyn-based painter Ben Pritchard participated in a Zoom interview on Wednesday, January 27, conducted by artcritical editor David Cohen. This conversation coincided with his…