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• aleXsandro Palombo's Shock Posters Against Gender Violence Appear in Milan artist

  aleXsandro Palombo (Salento, 1973) has plastered Milan with grotesque posters depicting international female political figures—Angela Merkel, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Hillary…

• Sara Paglia: ritrattista tra dripping e tratteggio artist

  Sara Paglia, illustratrice romana nata nel 1984, è la nuova protagonista della rubrica di illustrazione di Artribune. Predilige inchiostri, penne ed ecoline applicati al…

• Illustre Feccia: Street Art as Subversion artist

  Illustre Feccia, who is also recognized as Sagace Bischero, Onesto Delinquente, or Royal Shit, hails from an anarchist squat in Modena, Italy. He pursued illustration studies in…

• Iginio De Luca's Iailat: An Anagrammatic Deconstruction of Italy's National Anthem artist

  Iginio De Luca (born 1966 in Formia, lives in Rome) created the sound work Iailat, an anagram of 'Italia,' which distorts the Italian national anthem into an almost unrecognizable…

• Kiki Skipi: l'illustratrice che dà vita a mondi fantastici senza volto artist

  Kiki Skipi, alter ego di Chiara Pulselli (nata a Sassari nel 1988, residente a Bologna), è un'illustratrice che crea mondi fantastici e imprevedibili popolati da donne senza…

• Shozo Uehara, screenwriter of Goldrake and Captain Harlock, dies at 82 artist

  Shozo Uehara, the prolific Japanese screenwriter known for iconic anime such as "Ufo Robot Goldrake" (1975) and "Capitan Harlock" (1978), died on January 2 at age 82. Born on…

• Robert Crumb on Alienation, Libido, and Political Incorrectness artist

  In a rare interview with Christian Monggaard of the Louisiana Museum of Art, legendary American cartoonist Robert Crumb (born 1943) discusses his career from the 1950s to the…

• Simone Camerlengo: Pittura come flusso e materialità tra graffiti e astrazione artist

  Simone Camerlengo, nato a Pescara nel 1989, ha studiato pittura all'Accademia di Belle Arti de L'Aquila con Sergio Sarra, laureandosi nel 2018 con Italo Zuffi e Cecilia Canziani.…

• Gabriel Dawe's 'End of Patriarchy n.1' Debuts as Queer Rebellion artist

  Gabriel Dawe, the conceptual artist known for his rainbow thread installations, has unveiled a new work titled 'End of Patriarchy n.1' (2020). The piece features black scraps of…

• Conceptual art pioneer John Baldessari dies at 88 artist

  On January 5, 2020, John Baldessari, a prominent figure in conceptual art, passed away at the age of 88. He was born in 1931 in National City, California, to a Dutch mother and an…

• Achille Bonito Oliva: 80 anni di critica d'arte come arte della critica artist

  In occasione degli 80 anni di Achille Bonito Oliva, nove protagonisti dell'arte italiana ne celebrano il contributo. Andrea Cortellessa sottolinea come ABO abbia rivoluzionato la…

• Voguing in Italy: Interview with Barbara Pedrazzi on Ballroom Culture artist

  La B. Fujiko, whose real name is Barbara Pedrazzi, is the founder and organizer of the Scandalous Ball, a yearly voguing celebration held in Milan. She is not only a dancer but…

• Danish sculptor Eva Sørensen dies at 80 in Mergozzo artist

  Danish artist Eva Sørensen passed away on December 31 at age 80 in Mergozzo, Italy, where she had lived for over forty years as an honorary citizen. Known globally for her green…

• French artist Zoer turns scrapyard into giant color chart artist

  French artist Zoer has transformed the oldest scrapyard in France into a monumental color chart titled Solara. The project comprises 144 old cars saved from destruction, each…

• Michele Ciacciofera on Ceramics, Writing, and The Library of Encoded Time artist

  Michele Ciacciofera (Nuoro, 1969), who lives and works between Syracuse and Paris, discusses his lifelong engagement with ceramics in an interview with Irene Biolchini. His…

• Berlin Artist Base 23 Showcases Interior and Street Art Projects artist

  In early January 2020, an article highlighted the work of Base 23, an artist residing in Berlin, Germany, who specializes in both interior and street art. The piece emerged…

• OTTN Projects Launches First Open Call for Italian Artists artist

  Founded in 2018 by Giorgia Ori, Erika Gaibazzi, Carlotta Roma, and Francesca Rossi, OTTN Projects is a cultural association that has just launched its inaugural open call for…

• ETNIK: Street Art sfruttata e bistrattata, serve meritocrazia artist

  ETNIK, street artist torinese attivo da oltre 26 anni, critica lo stato attuale della Street Art, definendola 'bistrattata' e sfruttata da personaggi incompetenti. L'artista, che…

• Viola Leddi on Painting, Femininity, and the Body artist

  Viola Leddi, born in 1993 in Milan, currently splits her time between Milan and Geneva while enrolled in the Work.Master program at HEAD. She previously studied at the Accademia…

• Filippo Berta counts barbed wire thorns one by one in geopolitical art project artist

  Filippo Berta, an Italian artist born in 1977 in Treviglio, is undertaking a global initiative titled 'One by One' (2019), which involves counting the thorns on barbed wire fences…

• Neo-Baroque Sensibility Thrives Among Italian Artists in Berlin artist

  A neo-Baroque aesthetic is gaining traction among artists in Berlin, particularly those from Italy and Romania, showcasing tormented figures that allude to Christ and Saint…

• Andrea Martinucci: Painting as a Digital and Physical Dialogue artist

  Andrea Martinucci, born in Rome in 1991, lives and works between Milan and Rome. He graduated in Multimedia Design from the Accademia delle Arti e Nuove Tecnologie in Rome. His…

• Bill Vorn: Robot come umani, fragili e vulnerabili artist

  Alla Maker Faire di Roma 2019, una sezione di Arte Digitale curata da Valentino Catricalà ha presentato trenta opere di artisti italiani e stranieri, tra cui il canadese Bill Vorn…

• Italian art world mourns painter Claudio Olivieri artist

  Claudio Olivieri, a Roman painter known for his meditative abstract works, died in Milan on December 16, 2019. The article compiles tributes from former students and…

• Cosimo Veneziano on Technique, Alchemy, and the Biomega Project artist

  Born in 1983 in Moncalieri, Cosimo Veneziano is an Italian artist recognized for his work in sculpture, urban interventions, drawing, and collaborative projects. In 2007, he…

• Charging Bull Turns 30: Sicilian Artist's Guerrilla Sculpture artist

  On December 15, 1989, Arturo Di Modica's three-and-a-half-ton bronze Charging Bull was illegally installed on Wall Street before being moved to Bowling Green Park. The…

• Mari Katayama: Transforming Disability into Art Through Photography artist

  Japanese photographer Mari Katayama (b. 1987), fresh from success at Paris Photo, creates self-portraits that transform her disabled body into art. Born with a rare degenerative…

• Giovanni Gastel: Metamorphosis, Photography, and the Animal Virtue of Elegance artist

  In a wide-ranging interview, photographer Giovanni Gastel discusses his series 'Metamorfosi,' which depicts hybrid female-animal figures such as the woman-butterfly, woman-swan,…

• Andrea Mineo's KCAR: An Airbnb Gallery in a Berlin Studio artist

  Italian artist Andrea Mineo (Turin, 1989) has launched KCAR (Kreuzberg Contemporary Art Residence) in Berlin, a hybrid space combining an Airbnb lodging, a gallery, and his…

• Manu Invisible: Street Artist Who Adopts Fresco Technique artist

  Manu Invisible, a masked street artist from Sardinia who started in the early 2000s, now focuses on fresco technique, using earth and oxides on wet plaster. He works on…

• Belgian artist Panamarenko dies at 79 artist

  Panamarenko, born Henri Van Herwegen in Antwerp in 1940, has died at 79. Known for his whimsical aircraft and machines that never fly, he was a visionary sculptor blending art and…

• Oscar Giaconia on Painting, Language, and the Sinthome artist

  In a conversation with Artribune, Oscar Giaconia, a Milanese artist born in 1978 and residing in Bergamo, describes his artistic journey as a battle with the medium of painting.…

• How a chance meeting in New York led Keith Haring to create his final mural in Pisa artist

  In 1987, a 19-year-old art lover named Piergiorgio Castellani from Pontedera, Italy, encountered Keith Haring on a street in Manhattan. Castellani humorously pointed out that…

• Francesco De Grandi's 'Dito Sinistro': From Smartphone Sketches to Public Art artist

  Francesco De Grandi, a leading Italian painter, has extended his 'Dito Sinistro' (Left Finger) series—digital sketches posted on Instagram and Facebook since 2015—into public art.…

• Phase 2, hip-hop pioneer and graffiti legend, dies at 61 artist

  Phase 2, born Lonny Wood, a foundational figure in New York graffiti and hip-hop culture, has died at 61. Active since the early 1970s, he invented the 'bubble letter' style…

• Regina José Galindo on Migration, Performance, and the Body as Political Tool artist

  Regina José Galindo presents "Lavarse las manos," a site-specific project at the Real Academia de España en Roma, part of a larger initiative titled "cuestiones de estados"…

• Banksy's Birmingham mural transforms homeless man into Santa, later vandalized artist

  Banksy unveiled a new mural in Birmingham, UK, featuring a homeless man named Ryan lying on a bench, which the artist transformed into Santa's sleigh with two painted reindeer on…

• Fabio Marullo on Painting, Ritual, and the Xanthium Strumarium Seed artist

  Fabio Marullo (Catania, 1973), currently based in Milan, discusses his artistic journey and current research in an interview. After studying Architecture and Conservation at IUAV…

• Toby Ng Creates Brand Identity for Hong Kong Co-working Space theDesk artist

  In December 2019, creative director Toby Ng completed a branding project for theDesk, a Hong Kong-based co-working company. The assignment involved developing visual identity…

• Marcello Ruvidotti retraces grandparents' wartime love through photography artist

  After the passing of his grandmother, photographer Marcello Ruvidotti (born 1991 in Casorate Primo, Italy) discovered letters that unveiled his grandfather's wartime exchanges…