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• The Cool Couple on Performance, Biopolitics, and Balkan Art Scenes artist

  In an interview with Artribune, the artist duo The Cool Couple—Niccolò Benetton (b. 1986) and Simone Santilli (b. 1987)—discuss their performances at Fotopub in Novo Mesto,…

• Giuseppe Adamo: Painting as a Field of Forces Between Abstraction and Figuration artist

  Giuseppe Adamo, born in Alcamo in 1982, shares insights into his artistic journey during an interview. His notable solo exhibitions include Landing at Marignana Arte in Venice…

• Six Artists Explore Their Relationship with Space artist

  Six contemporary artists—Rachel Rose, Tom Sachs, Trevor Paglen, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Laurie Anderson, and Alicja Kwade—share their varied approaches to space and the moon. Rachel…

• Arianna Carossa on Becoming Her Own Brand and Manager artist

  Genoa-born, New York-based artist Arianna Carossa is increasingly bypassing the gallery system to collaborate directly with companies. Her studio is in a 1909 former electrical…

• Greek kinetic art pioneer Takis dies at 93 artist

  Takis (Panagiotis Vassilakis), a pioneering figure in kinetic art known for his electromagnetic sculptures, died at age 93 in Athens. His foundation confirmed the news. Born in…

• Riccardo Falcinelli on Graphic Design, Publishing, and the Display Society artist

  Riccardo Falcinelli, a graphic designer and design theorist from Rome, explores the intersections of visual design, commerce, and the evolution of digital displays. He has created…

• Edoardo Tresoldi's Milan Studio Revealed in Designboom Video artist

  Edoardo Tresoldi (born 1987 in Cambiago) has captivated global audiences with his ethereal wire mesh installations. In 2016, he reconstructed the volumes of the Paleochristian…

• Bea Bonafini: Painting Beyond the Canvas artist

  Bea Bonafini, a London-based artist with an MA in painting from the Royal College of Art (2016) and a BA in Fine Art from the Slade School of Fine Art (2014), creates immersive…

• One Flower, One Leaf: Martina della Valle's Participatory Urban Flora Archive artist

  Martina della Valle, a young Italian photographer based in Berlin, has initiated 'One Flower, One Leaf', an ongoing participatory archive of still lifes. The project involves…

• Franco Biagioni's Painted Archive of Recent History artist

  Italian painter Franco Biagioni (born Iesi, 1952; lives in Cuneo) has spent nearly two decades creating a 'Painted Archive of Memory' using a popular aesthetic borrowed from…

• French photographer Mathieu Stern films with a WWI-era Kodak Vest Pocket lens artist

  Mathieu Stern, a French photographer and filmmaker born in 1983, has a passion for vintage lenses and photographic experiments. He runs The Weird Lens Museum on his website,…

• Pino Boresta: Swimming, Art, and the Fear of Death artist

  Pino Boresta, an Italian artist born in Rome and living in Segni, reflects on life, death, and his artistic journey through the metaphor of a dive into cold water. He recounts a…

• Danny Ivan's Light Prism Series Explores Color and Wavelengths artist

  Porto-based artist Danny Ivan has created a new series of work inspired by light prisms, continuing his ongoing exploration of illumination and color. The series visually…

• Jeremy Mayer's Typewriter Sculptures artist

  Jeremy Mayer, a San Francisco-based sculptor, creates intricate sculptures using disassembled typewriters. His fascination with these machines began in childhood, admiring his…

• Elizabeth Riley's 'Dragons of Iceland' video still featured on artcritical artist

  A still image from Elizabeth Riley's 2011 video work 'Dragons of Iceland' was posted on artcritical on July 31, 2019. The image was credited to the artist. The post appeared under…

• Elizabeth Riley's 'Dragons of Iceland' Installation at SL Gallery artist

  Elizabeth Riley's installation 'Dragons of Iceland' was created in 2011. The work incorporates tables, plywood, flat screen TVs, video players, a DVD player, and inkjet printed…

• Leonardo Sonnoli: The Spatial Typographer artist

  Born in Trieste in 1962, Leonardo Sonnoli is a distinguished Italian graphic designer who established Studio Leonardo Sonnoli in 2017 after his tenure at Tassinari/Vetta. Among…

• Francesca Ferreri on Ceramics, Memory, and Restoration artist

  Francesca Ferreri (b. 1981, Savigliano) has adopted ceramics as her primary artistic language, focusing on memory and fragments. Trained as a fresco restorer and briefly in…

• 108: Italian street artist on being paid, the term 'Street Art', and Italy's failures artist

  Italian artist 108 (Guido Bisagni, born 1978 in Alessandria) criticizes the term 'Street Art' as a misused label for commercialized murals and festivals, arguing it should only…

• Kinetic art pioneer Carlos Cruz-Diez dies at 95 in Paris artist

  Carlos Cruz-Diez, a pioneering figure in kinetic and op art known for his radical theories on color as an autonomous reality, died on July 27, 2019, in Paris at age 95. Born in…

• Guilherme Asthma Creates Digital Animal Painting Studies Using Photoshop artist

  Guilherme Asthma, a visual artist based in São Paulo, Brazil, has produced a series of animal painting studies using digital techniques. The artist employed Photoshop software and…

• Deflorian/Tagliarini on Antonioni, Fragility, and the Future of Their Theater artist

  Daria Deflorian, Antonio Tagliarini, and Francesco Alberici discuss their recent works inspired by Michelangelo Antonioni's 'Il Deserto Rosso', including 'Quasi Niente' and its…

• Laura Cherubini ricorda Marisa Merz, la più grande artista vivente artist

  Laura Cherubini, critica d'arte, ricorda Marisa Merz, scomparsa nel 2019, definendola la più grande artista vivente. Merz, unica donna del gruppo Arte Povera, ricevette il Leone…

• Francesco Valtolina: Graphic Design Between Art, Publishing, and Fashion artist

  Since 2008, Francesco Valtolina has served as the art director for Mousse magazine, operating from Milan as a creative director and graphic designer. He became a member of the Rio…

• Doug Aitken's Mirror Hot Air Balloon Soars Over Massachusetts artist

  Doug Aitken's New Horizon, a 30-meter-tall mirror-surfaced hot air balloon, is flying over Massachusetts through July 28. Commissioned by the nonprofit Trustees and curated by…

• Enrico Tealdi: Pittura come lingua viva tra memoria e atmosfera artist

  Enrico Tealdi, a Piedmontese artist born in Cuneo in 1976, shares insights into his artistic philosophy in a recent interview. He honed his skills at the Academy and through…

• Costantino D'Orazio ricorda Marisa Merz: la vita come atto creativo artist

  In un ricordo pubblicato su Artribune, lo storico dell'arte Costantino D'Orazio celebra Marisa Merz, artista italiana scomparsa nel 2019. D'Orazio descrive la sua riluttanza a…

• Motion Designer Eduardo Oliveira Creates Visual Work for Nike and Major Brands artist

  Motion designer and editor Eduardo Oliveira, based at Wieden+Kennedy São Paulo, has produced distinctive visual projects for clients including Nike, Facebook, and Airbnb. His…

• Roger Eno Brings Apollo Atmospheres to Matera artist

  Roger Eno discusses the 1983 album 'Apollo Atmospheres and Soundtracks' with Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois, and its upcoming orchestral performance in Matera, Italy. The album…

• Sultan bin Fahad on Memory, Nostalgia, and Saudi Arabia's Art Scene artist

  Sultan bin Fahad, born in Riyad in 1971 and represented by Galleria ATHR, discusses his monumental exhibition at the Red Palace in Riyad, which is moving to another royal palace…

• Sea: Street art as therapy and personal expression artist

  Fabrizio Sarti, also referred to as Sea, embarked on his artistic path in the early 1990s after being inspired by graffiti seen in films and in Rimini, particularly influenced by…

• Estudio Pum Creates Vibrant Illustrations for Havaianas Brand Campaign artist

  The graphic design studio Estudio Pum has produced a series of illustrations for the Brazilian footwear brand Havaianas. The São Paulo and Barcelona-based studio worked with…

• Alessandro Fogo on Painting, Objects, and the Italian Scene artist

  Alessandro Fogo, born in 1992 in Thiene, Italy, currently resides in San Benedetto del Tronto. He completed his Master's degree in Painting at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts…

• Benedetto Pietromarchi on Ceramics, Collaboration, and the Maremma artist

  Benedetto Pietromarchi (born 1972 in Rome) has returned to the Maremma after years abroad, where he now gathers clay from local fields to create his ceramics. In an interview, he…

• Massimo Pastore's Santi Migranti: Street Art Recasts Saints as Migrants artist

  Neapolitan artist Massimo Pastore (b. 1971) launched Santi Migranti, a public art photography project that pastes large-scale santini (devotional cards) on walls across Italian…

• Premiata Ditta's Profiles Cosenza: Drawing Social Portraits at BoCs Art artist

  The BoCs Art residency in Cosenza, curated by Giacinto Di Pietrantonio, continues its program with sixteen artists in late June 2019. Among them, the duo Premiata Ditta (Vincenzo…

• Denver Artist Lui Ferreyra Showcases Hyperrealistic Colored Pencil Series on Behance artist

  Freelance artist Lui Ferreyra, based in Denver, Colorado, United States, has released an initial collection of colored pencil illustrations on the Behance platform. The works…

• Japanese street artist Twoone creates mural at Osimo market artist

  Japanese street artist Twoone, born Hiroyasu Tsuri in Yokohama, has completed a mural titled 'New dawn, New day, New life' at the covered market in Osimo, Italy, built in the…

• Treeline Artist Residency Returns to Capalbio with Maritime Theme artist

  The Treeline artist residency, founded by Benedetto Pietromarchi and Maria Concetta Monaci in 2017, hosted its second session named 'Into The Sea' from June 15 to 30, 2019, in…

• Federico Sanchez Designs Branding for Lilo™ Men's Recycled Leather Footwear artist

  Designer Federico Sanchez, working from Buenos Aires, Argentina, has created the visual identity for Lilo™, a men's footwear label that exclusively uses recycled leather…