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• Cristina Portolano on quarantine, comics, and daily life artist

  Cristina Portolano (Naples, 1986), a leading Italian comic artist, discusses her quarantine experience in Bologna, where she has lived for fifteen years. She shares a home with…

• Antonio Dalla Valle, major Italian outsider artist, dies at 81 artist

  Antonio Dalla Valle, one of Italy's most significant outsider artists, died on March 27, 2020, at the age of 81. Born in 1939 in Cles, Trentino, he spent much of his life in…

• Gianni D’Urso on Quarantine and New Project Space in Lecce artist

  In an interview conducted during the COVID-19 lockdown, Italian artist Gianni D’Urso (born 1988 in Cisternino) discusses the impact of the pandemic on his practice and the art…

• Sergio Risaliti on Paolo Canevari's 'Landscape' and the Artist's Use of Industrial Rubber artist

  Sergio Risaliti, artistic director of Museo Novecento in Florence, discusses Paolo Canevari's 2020 work 'Landscape' (industrial waste oil on paper). The piece uses old book pages…

• Hawapi: itinerant artist residency in Peru's mining region artist

  Hawapi, an itinerant artist residency founded in 2012, brought a group of women artists to Cajamarca, a mining region in the northern Peruvian Andes. The residency focused on the…

• Gianluca Brando on Mutability, Memory, and Sculpture in Interview artist

  Gianluca Brando (Maratea, 1990) discusses his sculptural practice in an interview with Davide Dal Sasso. After studying at the Academies of Fine Arts in Rome and Venice, Brando…

• Kris Lemsalu's 2020 Performance 'Paloma' Featured Acapulco Chairs and Lilies artist

  Kris Lemsalu presented a multimedia performance titled 'Paloma' in 2020. The work incorporated Acapulco chairs and lilies as key elements. Documentation of the performance was…

• Marcello Maloberti: From Codogno to the World, a Prophet of the Province artist

  Italian artist Marcello Maloberti (born 1966 in Codogno) reflects on his career and the COVID-19 pandemic in an interview with Artribune. Maloberti, who has exhibited at MAXXI…

• Gianluca Costantini's 'The Voyage of Italy' Documents COVID-19 Crisis artist

  Italian artist and activist Gianluca Costantini (Ravenna, 1971) has launched 'The Voyage of Italy,' a series of black-and-white illustrations documenting the COVID-19 pandemic in…

• Russell Young on George Michael, Diamond Dust, and His Return to London artist

  Russell Young, the British photographer who shot George Michael's iconic 'Faith' album cover in 1987, has turned to painting full-time since the early 1990s. Known for…

• Salvatore Iaconesi on Art, Cancer, and COVID-19: La Cura Returns artist

  Artist Salvatore Iaconesi, who in 2012 turned his brain cancer diagnosis into the open-source art project "La Cura," has seen a recurrence of the disease coinciding with the…

• Lucia Bosè: Actress, Collector, and Her Museum of Angels artist

  Lucia Bosè, the Italian actress and art collector, passed away on March 23, 2020, the same day as Elizabeth Taylor. She won Miss Italia in 1947, beating Gianna Maria Canale and…

• Caterina Morigi on Quarantine: Rethinking Artistic Practice artist

  The article explores how young Italian artists are navigating the COVID-19 lockdown, with a focus on Caterina Morigi. Morigi, born in Ravenna in 1991, discusses her recent…

• Irene Fenara: From Polaroid to Surveillance Cameras artist

  Irene Fenara (b. 1990, Bologna) investigates visibility and image-making through Polaroid and surveillance cameras. In a virtual studio visit with Treti Galaxie, she discusses her…

• Vera Bugatti: Street Painting, Anamorphosis, and the Ethics of Art artist

  Vera Bugatti, a Brescia native born in 1979, holds a degree in Cultural Heritage Conservation from Parma and boasts 14 years of experience as a researcher, librarian, and museum…

• Marina Abramović sends video message of love and solidarity to Italy artist

  In a video clip released by Palazzo Strozzi, Marina Abramović addresses the Italian people during the COVID-19 crisis, expressing deep affection and admiration for their courage,…

• Sergio Risaliti on Domenico Bianchi's Latest Wax and Palladium Work artist

  Sergio Risaliti, director of Museo Novecento in Florence, presents the second installment of 'Ultime notizie' featuring Domenico Bianchi's new work 'Senza Titolo' (2020), made…

• Lygia Clark's Centenary Celebrated with Global Exhibitions; Oskar Metsavaht Returns to Geometric Work artist

  Lygia Clark's 100th birthday is being marked by exhibitions worldwide, celebrating her influential career. The Brazilian artist, known for her geometric abstractions and…

• Mathew McWilliams: Photography, Painting, and the Transformative Potential of Matter artist

  Mathew McWilliams, born in 1973 in Vancouver and currently residing in Paris and Sydney, explores the interplay of media and aesthetics through structured compositions that…

• Serena Fineschi on Ceramics, Body, and Memory at Palazzo Monti artist

  Serena Fineschi (b. 1973) discusses her recent shift to ceramics in an interview with Irene Biolchini. Fineschi, who splits her time between Siena and Brussels, presented her…

• Nicolò Tomaini sells prints to support Lecco hospital during COVID-19 artist

  Artist Nicolò Tomaini (born 1989 in Bellano) has created a series of numbered and signed photolithographic prints to raise funds for the hospital in Lecco, Italy, during the…

• Carlos Motta Examines Contemporary Prejudice and Racism Origins artist

  Artist Carlos Motta investigates the historical foundations of prejudice and racism that persist into the 21st century. His work traces how these systemic issues have evolved and…

• Street artist Nello Petrucci uses Simpson family to urge staying home in Pompei mural artist

  Street artist Nello Petrucci (born 1981 in Castellammare di Stabia) has created a mural titled Sweet Home near the La Cartiera shopping center in Pompei, Italy. The work features…

• Giuseppina Giordano's COROLLA: Wearable Sculptures for COVID-19 artist

  Milan-based artist Giuseppina Giordano (born 1987, originally from Mazara del Vallo) launched "COROLLA Aspettando la Primavera, Uniti ai tempi di COVID-19," a project of wearable…

• Studio Algoritmo: Design as Poetry and Craft in Rome artist

  Studio Algoritmo, a Rome-based design studio founded in 2013 by Alessandro Gorla, merges product, interior, and graphic design with a focus on simplicity, functionality, and…

• Street artist Rebor unveils 'Alla ricerca di un riparo' from his garden during lockdown artist

  During Italy's national museum closures due to the coronavirus pandemic, street artist Rebor, known as 'the gentle street artist' for his respect of public spaces, has adapted his…

• Sonia Andresano's 'Trasporto Eccezionale' video art featured in KaOZ residency artist

  Sonia Andresano (born 1983 in Salerno, lives in Rome and Milan) is among the artists selected by curators Lori Adragna and Andrea Kantos for the KaOZ Residencies Program in…

• Lele Corvi's cartoons document life in Italy's first coronavirus red zone artist

  Since February 20, 2020, Codogno in Lodi province became Italy's first coronavirus hotspot. Cartoonist Lele Corvi, a local resident, began publishing satirical drawings on social…

• Boris Vian: The Intellectual Dreamer Who Defied Conformity artist

  Boris Vian (Ville-d'Avray, 1920 – Paris, 1959) was a French polymath—novelist, jazz trumpeter, painter, and journalist—whose work critiqued postwar consumerism and spiritual…

• SteReal: The Dreamer Street Artist from Milan artist

  Stefania Marchetto, known as SteReal, is a Milanese street artist born in 1987. Her passion for drawing began in childhood, leading her through an artistic education until…

• Joanna Pousette-Dart in conversation with Phong Bui at Lisson Gallery Chelsea artist

  Joanna Pousette-Dart will participate in a conversation with Phong Bui today at 4pm, located at 138 Tenth Avenue in Chelsea. Her exhibition at Lisson Gallery will be examined…

• Joanna Pousette-Dart Discusses Her Artistic Practice in Recent Interview artist

  Joanna Pousette-Dart discussed her artistic practice and current work in an interview published on March 7, 2020. The conversation was hosted by artcritical, a publication powered…

• Andrea Salvatori: vent'anni di ceramica tra tradizione e innovazione artist

  Andrea Salvatori, born in Faenza in 1975, resides and operates his studio in Solarolo. Since 1997, he has been involved in both solo and group exhibitions, notably winning the…

• Hasselblad Launches Second Year of Heroines Program Featuring Female Photographers artist

  Hasselblad has initiated the second year of its Hasselblad Heroines program, which spotlights female photographers working in a field traditionally dominated by men. The 2020…

• Ai Weiwei Sparks Outrage with Coronavirus-Pasta Instagram Post artist

  On March 5, 2020, Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei posted a controversial Instagram comment comparing the coronavirus pandemic to pasta, stating that the Chinese invented…

• Sol Studio in Seoul Introduces Framed Tattoo Art Style artist

  Sol Studio, a tattoo establishment in Seoul, South Korea, has gained attention for its distinctive framed tattoo designs. The studio, which operates with over thirty artists,…

• Federico Solmi self-quarantines in Bushwick studio after Italy trip artist

  Italian artist Federico Solmi, based in New York, voluntarily entered a 15-day self-quarantine in his Bushwick studio after returning from a trip to Italy on February 26, 2020,…

• Ulay, Pioneering Performance Artist and Abramović Collaborator, Dies at 76 artist

  Ulay, born Frank Uwe Laysiepen in Solingen, Germany on November 30, 1943, died at age 76 in Ljubljana, Slovenia, where he had lived for over a decade. The news was announced by…

• Thomas Bayrle's Erotic Serigraphs: A Pop Art Retrospective artist

  Thomas Bayrle, a key figure in German and European Pop Art, began producing explicit erotic serigraphs in 1967, influenced by American Pop Art and his background in textile…

• Michael Hertz, designer of iconic NYC subway map, dies at 87 artist

  Graphic designer Michael Hertz, creator of the iconic New York City subway map, died on February 18, 2020, at age 87. Born August 1, 1932, in Brooklyn, Hertz earned a BA in Fine…