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• Remembering Gallerist Maria Cilena and Her Milanese Space artist

  Maria Cilena, the founder of Galleria Maria Cilena in Milan, which later became Studio Maria Cilena, has passed away. Established in 1989, the gallery initially opened on Via…

• Marco Vitale on Quarantine, Performance, and the Future of Art artist

  In a conversation with Giuseppe Amedeo Arnesano for Artribune, Italian artist Marco Vitale, born in 1992 in Brindisi, reflects on how the COVID-19 quarantine influenced his…

• Diego Dall’Osto: Synesthetic Composer Bridging Music and Visual Arts artist

  Diego Dall’Osto, a composer born in Rome in 1961, serves as a harmony instructor at the Conservatory of Vicenza, where he employs a synesthetic method that intertwines sound with…

• Ted Oliver Develops Personal Brand Identity with Geometric Logo Influenced by Hans Richter artist

  Tiago Souza Oliveira, known professionally as Ted Oliver, has created a comprehensive visual identity system for his personal brand. The art director, who grew up in Pirenópolis…

• Iginio De Luca installs black-and-white Italian flag at Colosseum for Republic Day artist

  For the Festa della Repubblica on June 2, 2020, Roman artist Iginio De Luca installed a black-and-white Italian flag in front of the Colosseum in Rome. The flagpole is a sawed-off…

• Mrfijodor: Street artist and co-founder of Il Cerchio E Le Gocce artist

  Mrfijodor, pseudonym of Fijodor Benzo, is a Turin-based street artist and co-founder of the cultural association Il Cerchio E Le Gocce, which since 2001 has promoted underground…

• Lorenzo Marini's interactive performance in Milan metro artist

  On May 22, 2020, artist Lorenzo Marini (born 1958 in Monselice) staged a live social media performance titled "Tell Me Your Name" at the Duomo metro station in Milan. Using oil…

• Iena Cruz leads a virtual tour of Brooklyn's street art scene artist

  Italian street artist Federico Massa, known as Iena Cruz, guides a virtual walk through Brooklyn's street art hotspots, focusing on Bushwick and Williamsburg. He moved from Milan…

• Christo Dies at 84, Leaving Legacy of Monumental Wrapped Landmarks artist

  Christo Vladimirov Javacheff, known as Christo, died on May 31 at age 84 from natural causes, according to his studio. Born in Bulgaria, he met his partner Jeanne-Claude in Paris…

• Laura Cherubini Remembers Nanda Vigo: A Life of Light and Space artist

  Laura Cherubini pays tribute to Nanda Vigo (Milan, 1936–2020), a pioneering Italian artist, architect, and designer. Vigo's work consistently explored the interplay of light and…

• Ezio Bosso's Dance Legacy: A Tribute to the Composer's Impact on Choreography artist

  Ezio Bosso (Turin, 1971‒Bologna, 2020), the Italian composer whose music profoundly influenced contemporary dance, is remembered for his collaborations with choreographers…

• Ai Weiwei sells his designed face masks on eBay for charity artist

  Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei has launched a project selling protective face masks featuring his own designs on eBay. The masks, priced at $50 each, $300 for a set of…

• Tristan Eaton's Art Heads to Space with SpaceX artist

  SpaceX's Crew Dragon mission, originally scheduled for May 27, 2020 but delayed to May 30 due to weather, marks the first return of US astronauts to orbit since the Space Shuttle…

• Sergio Risaliti on Remo Salvadori's Poetics of Cyclical Time and Cosmic Harmony artist

  Sergio Risaliti, the artistic director of Museo Novecento in Florence, offers a personal insight into the life of Italian artist Remo Salvadori, emphasizing his origins in Tuscany…

• Amedeo Martegani on Ceramics as Incursions and Daily Wonder artist

  Milan-born artist Amedeo Martegani (1963) discusses his sporadic but recurring use of ceramics in an aphoristic interview. He compares the material's receptiveness to paper,…

• Fulvio Risuleo: Film, fumetti e un inedito per Artribune artist

  Fulvio Risuleo (Roma, 1991), regista e fumettista, parla dei suoi progetti in un'intervista ad Artribune. Tra cinema e fumetti, il suo ultimo film 'Il colpo del cane' ha avuto…

• Mario Sasso: pioniere della videoarte in Rai tra sigle e pittura digitale artist

  Mario Sasso, born in Staffolo in 1934 and currently residing in Rome, is an experimental artist and a pioneer in video art. In an interview with Artribune, he discusses his…

• Damien Hirst's Instagram Charity Sales Support UK Healthcare artist

  During lockdown, Damien Hirst used Instagram to engage with his audience and raise funds for the UK's National Health Service (NHS). He posted artworks created in quarantine,…

• Aravani Art Project: Street Art for Transgender Rights in India artist

  The Aravani Art Project, founded by Poornima Sukumar in 2016, uses street art to advocate for transgender rights in India. Based in Bangalore, the collective creates geometric…

• Valeria Orani's 'Amina' Project Connects Sardinia and New York Through Art Residencies artist

  Valeria Orani, a Sardinian-born curator based in New York since 2014, launched the Amina project in 2019 to create a cultural exchange between Sardinia and New York. The name…

• Paul Thorel, pioneer of digital photography, dies at 64 in Naples artist

  Paul Thorel, a groundbreaking digital artist, passed away at the age of 64 in Naples. He was born in London in 1956 to a French father and a mother from Naples. Thorel began his…

• Regina José Galindo on the Post-Pandemic Fate of Performance Art artist

  Guatemalan artist Regina José Galindo (b. 1974) discusses her career and the future of performance art after the pandemic. She began by translating poetry into visual images, as…

• Antonio Marras on Fashion, Lockdown, and Upcoming Projects artist

  In an interview with Artribune, Sardinian fashion designer Antonio Marras reflects on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on his creative process and the fashion industry. During…

• Maria Chiara Ziosi on Art in Quarantine: Distance and Waiting artist

  In an interview with Artribune, Italian artist Maria Chiara Ziosi (born 1995 in Cento) reflects on creating art during the COVID-19 lockdown. Currently in Venice with few works…

• Fabio Petani: The Street Artist Inspired by Chemistry artist

  Fabio Petani, born in Pinerolo in 1987, is an Italian urban artist who blends chemistry, botany, and geometry in his murals. After a degree in Cultural Heritage from the…

• Giovanni Paolin: curatore come Dean Moriarty tra bagni misteriosi e performance artist

  La figura di Giovanni Paolin, curatore indipendente, è delineata attraverso una varietà di testimonianze raccolte da Roberto Fassone. Paolin viene paragonato a Dean Moriarty, il…

• Nanda Vigo: A Life Between Art, Design, and Architecture artist

  Nanda Vigo (1936-2020) was an Italian artist, designer, and architect who navigated the male-dominated Gruppo Zero. Born and died in Milan, she traveled between Italy, Germany,…

• Bulgarian rope-access photographer captures Milan from skyscrapers artist

  Dimitar Harizanov, a Bulgarian rope-access technician based in Italy for six years, has become known as Milan's 'Spiderman photographer' for his unique aerial shots taken while…

• Gianni Dessì Reflects on His Artistic Journey in Artribune Podcast artist

  In a recent episode of the Artribune podcast, artist Gianni Dessì, born in Rome in 1955, shares insights into his artistic journey and development. Dessì, a prominent member of…

• Gerd Danigel: The Self-Taught Photographer of East Germany artist

  Gerd Danigel, born in Berlin in 1959, began his photographic journey by borrowing a Penti camera from his sister. As a child in East Berlin, he was warned by Stasi agents to stop…

• Walter Larteri: Architect-Illustrator Bridges Travel and Symmetry artist

  Genoese illustrator and architect Walter Larteri, 31, is the latest subject of Artribune's illustrator column. Trained at the University of Genoa with a master's in architecture,…

• Francesco Lauretta's 'ugly drawings' as pandemic chronicle artist

  Italian artist Francesco Lauretta (born 1964 in Ispica) has created a series of rapid, unre touched drawings during the COVID-19 pandemic, each executed in 3 to 5 minutes. The…

• Antonio Della Guardia on quarantine, digital art communication, and the need for critical support artist

  During lockdown, digital initiatives like Radio GAMeC, MAMbo's '2 minuti', and Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo's 'I Speak Contemporary' exemplified effective art communication.…

• Emilia Palomba, Sardinian Ceramic Artisan, Dies at 91 artist

  Emilia Palomba, a Sardinian ceramic artist and designer who bridged craft and contemporary art, has died. Born in Cagliari in 1929, she spent her childhood in Oliena, whose women…

• Alberto Di Fabio's Mandalas: From Quarantine to Transcendence artist

  During the coronavirus lockdown, Italian artist Alberto Di Fabio created a new series of mandalas, synthesizing Hindu and Buddhist spiritual references with his own artistic…

• Milo Manara's tribute to women fighting COVID-19 artist

  Italian comic artist Milo Manara (born 1945 in Luson) published a series of illustrations on his social media channels honoring women working on the front lines during the…

• Paolo Polloniato: Ceramics as Territory, Memory, and Reinvention artist

  Paolo Polloniato, born in Nove in 1979 and known as POL, comes from a lineage of artisans in a town celebrated for its ceramic heritage. His primary medium is clay. After…

• Francesca Magnani's 'On the Stoop' Documents Brooklyn Life During Lockdown artist

  During New York's COVID-19 lockdown, Italian photographer Francesca Magnani, based in Brooklyn since 1997, began documenting the stoops of brownstone houses in Boerum Hill. She…

• Sammy Baloji: Colonial Legacy and Contemporary Art in Congo artist

  Born in 1978 in Lubumbashi, Sammy Baloji is a Congolese artist celebrated for his work in photography, video, and installation art. Initially studying literature, he later shifted…

• Gerhard Richter's 1977 painting Betty on display at Museum Ludwig artist

  Gerhard Richter's painting Betty from 1977 is currently held at Museum Ludwig in Cologne. The oil on wood work measures 11 13/16 by 15 3/4 inches. Since 2007, the museum has…