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• Diana Baldon: Italian Director on Swedish Institutions and Brain Drain artist

  Born in 1974, Diana Baldon is an Italian contemporary art expert with international experience. She took on the role of director at Index – The Swedish Contemporary Art Foundation…

• John David Mooney to Create Public Art for Matera 2019 artist

  American artist John David Mooney will create a site-specific public artwork for Matera 2019, when the city serves as European Capital of Culture. Mooney, known for large-scale…

• Achille Perilli Reflects on a Lifetime of Abstraction artist

  Achille Perilli, born in Rome in 1927, discusses his career as a pioneering Italian abstract artist in an interview at his countryside home near Orvieto. In 1947, he co-founded…

• Fabrizio Cammarata's New Video Inspired by Goya, Sabbagh, Yoshida artist

  Sicilian singer-songwriter Fabrizio Cammarata has released a music video for his new single "Hold And Stay," drawing inspiration from Francisco Goya's Black Paintings, Mustafa…

• Alice Pasquini's Melbourne Mural Celebrates Italian Migration artist

  Roman street artist Alice Pasquini has completed a new mural titled "Per L’Australia / Passenger" on the wall of the Museo Italiano in Carlton, Melbourne's Italian quarter. The…

• Siri Berg's 2011 New York Studio Photographed by Peter Hionas artist

  Peter Hionas photographed artist Siri Berg in her New York studio during 2011. The image was published on artcritical on November 17, 2016. Berg works from a studio located in New…

• Alina Kalczyńska's Milanese Studio-Home Preserves a Legacy of Art and Poetry artist

  Polish artist Alina Kalczyńska (born 1936 in Nowi Targ) has lived and worked in Milan since 1980, when she married publisher Vanni Scheiwiller. Her studio-home, once a hub for…

• Apollonia Saintclair: The Erotic Ink Mystery artist

  Apollonia Saintclair, an artist known for her erotic ink illustrations, has been active since 2012. She prefers living in Europe, as she finds its cultural vibe more appealing…

• Pierre Bismuth's 'Where is Rocky II' Investigates Ed Ruscha's Lost Sculpture artist

  Pierre Bismuth, the French artist and filmmaker known for co-writing the Oscar-winning screenplay for 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' (2004), has directed his first…

• Moody Castro Discusses Exhibition in Mexico City and Jill Magid's Estate Examination artist

  Moody Castro, a sculptor, recently discussed his exhibition in Mexico City, addressing cultural politics in the context of his work. Concurrently, artist Jill Magid has created…

• Mary Jones Discusses Artistic Process and X-Ray Portraits in Conversation with Brenda Zlamany artist

  Mary Jones's solo exhibition "Proxima b" runs through November 26 at John Molloy Gallery. In a dialogue with artist Brenda Zlamany, Jones detailed her studio practice, which…

• Maria Rebecca Ballestra's Echoes of the Void explores deserts worldwide artist

  Maria Rebecca Ballestra (Ventimiglia, 1974) launched Echoes of the Void, a two-year project examining thirteen deserts globally, including the Sonoran, Namib, and Agriate deserts.…

• Jasmine Pignatelli's Timeless Project at BoCS Art Residency in Cosenza artist

  Artist Jasmine Pignatelli participated in the final autumn session of BoCS Art, an artist residency program in Cosenza, Italy. During her 20-day stay, she created the work…

• Claudio Abate: The Photographer Who Captured the Artist's Gaze artist

  Claudio Abate, who was born in 1943, snapped his first photo in 1955. Following the passing of his father, he enrolled in a boarding school and began assisting photographer…

• Phillippe Echaroux projects Surui portraits onto Amazon trees artist

  French artist Phillippe Echaroux has created a new project in the Amazon rainforest titled "Street Art 2.0", addressing deforestation by projecting monumental portraits of Surui…

• Pier Luigi Pizzi: The Show Director on Theater, Exhibition Design, and Collecting artist

  Pier Luigi Pizzi, born in Milan in 1930, is a master of Italian theater and exhibition design. He began his career as a scenographer at age 20, later transitioning to directing.…

• Marilyn Minter's 2007 enamel painting Blue Poles held in Swiss private collection artist

  Marilyn Minter created the artwork Blue Poles in 2007. The piece measures 60 by 72 inches and uses enamel on metal as its medium. This work belongs to a private collection located…

• Isravele: The Hermit Who Turned a Lighthouse into a Cathedral of Outsider Art artist

  Since 1997, Nino, now known as Isravele (changed from Israele in 2013), has lived as a hermit in an abandoned 19th-century military lighthouse called 'Il Semaforo borbonico' on…

• Suzanne Joelson's 2016 Mixed Media Work 'Grasping the Center' artist

  Suzanne Joelson created the mixed media piece 'Grasping the Center' in 2016, measuring 32 by 32 inches. The artwork was documented on artcritical.com on November 8, 2016. Studio…

• Noé Soulier on Theory, Practice, and Gesture in Dance artist

  Choreographer Noé Soulier (born 1987) presented two works in November 2016: Removing at the Romaeuropa Festival in Rome and Faits et gestes at the Festival d'Automne in Paris.…

• BoCS Art Cosenza Residency Challenges Artistic Authorship artist

  In October, the BoCS Art session in Cosenza concluded with a deep dive into modern art's ideas of authorship and value. Nineteen artists participated in this 20-day residency,…

• Paolo Pellion di Persano, photographer of Arte Povera, dies artist

  Paolo Pellion di Persano, the Italian photographer known for documenting the Arte Povera movement, has died. Born in 1947, he began photographing in the late 1960s while studying…

• Nicola Verlato: Merging Renaissance Painting with VR and Video Games artist

  Nicola Verlato, a 51-year-old Verona-born artist based in Los Angeles, merges monumental figurative painting with digital technologies like virtual and augmented reality. On…

• Giulia Maiorano: gioco, memoria e performance nell'arte partecipativa artist

  Giulia Maiorano, un'artista diplomata al Liceo Artistico e alla NABA di Milano, trae ispirazione dal mondo infantile per rielaborare il suo immaginario e instaurare un dialogo…

• Marilyn Minter's 1989-90 Enamel Painting 'Food Porn #6' in Hort Family Collection artist

  Marilyn Minter created the enamel on metal painting '100 Food Porn #6' between 1989 and 1990. The artwork measures 24 by 30 inches. It belongs to the Hort Family Collection. This…

• Ali Moini's puppet dance explores Persian hero Rostam artist

  Ali Moini, a dancer, created a performance titled "Man anam ke Rostam bovad pahlavan" inspired by the Persian myth of the hero Rostam. In the show, Moini places his body on equal…

• Simon Tanguy, Roger Sala Reyner, Fanni Futterknecht Collaborate on Experimental Dance Piece artist

  Six years after winning the second prize at Danse élargie with Gerro, Minos and Him, Simon Tanguy teams up again with dancer Roger Sala Reyner and visual artist-performer Fanni…

• Alexandre Singh's 'Causeries' Project at Witte de With artist

  Alexandre Singh's 'Causeries' was initiated in 2012 by Defne Ayas, director of Witte de With, a contemporary art center in Rotterdam. The project was conceived as a way to…

• Tim Etchells Collaborates with Violinist Aisha Orazbayeva in Lisbon artist

  Tim Etchells, known for his text-based works and performances, collaborated with violinist Aisha Orazbayeva for a double program in Lisbon. The collaboration originated after…

• Louise Hervé et Chloé Maillet to Perform at Palais de la Découverte artist

  The artist duo Louise Hervé and Chloé Maillet are preparing a new performance for the Palais de la Découverte in Paris, scheduled for the FIAC hors les murs program in November…

• Sangram Majumdar's 2010 portrait of William Louis-Dreyfus in the Louis-Dreyfus Family Collection artist

  Sangram Majumdar painted a portrait of William Louis-Dreyfus in 2010, using oil on canvas measuring 36 by 32 inches. The artwork is part of the Louis-Dreyfus Family Collection.…

• Marisol Ocádiz paints café strangers with coffee artist

  Mexican artist Marisol Ocádiz, who studied art in Querétaro, creates watercolors using coffee pigment. Inspired by music's vibrancy, she began the series over a year ago while…

• Jenny Holzer creates pro-Hillary Clinton videos for US election artist

  In support of Hillary Clinton's bid for the presidency in 2016, Jenny Holzer has created two videos featuring animated quotes from her speeches. The selected phrases include:…

• Emma Hart on Ceramics, Relational Art, and Her Max Mara Prize Residency in Faenza artist

  Emma Hart (b. 1974) discusses her shift from photography and video to ceramics, which began in 2012 after a residency at Wysing Arts Centre. She uses clay to create fragmented,…

• Colleen Asper's 2014 painting featured ahead of her Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts panel appearance artist

  Back in 2014, Colleen Asper created an oil painting named {forward fold, legs wide; triple triangle}, which is 27 by 68-3/4 inches in size. The On Stellar Rays gallery currently…

• Antonio Ottomanelli's Collateral Landscape Maps Conflict Through Photography artist

  Photographer Antonio Ottomanelli, born in Bari in 1983 and based between Milan and Bari, uses his project Collateral Landscape to document how conflict reshapes public space.…

• Luisa Menazzi Moretti on Photography, Death Row, and Poetic Devices artist

  Luisa Menazzi Moretti (Udine, 1964) discusses her photographic practice, which blends words and images to explore reality without reportage rhetoric. Her project 'Ten Years and…

• Virginia Garra: suono, video e memoria nell'Archivio Viafarini artist

  Virginia Garra, originaria di Milano e nata nel 1993, è la nuova protagonista della serie 'Dall’Archivio Viafarini' su Artribune. La sua arte si concentra sull'interazione tra…

• Gian Maria Tosatti and Alessandro Bulgini explore borders and displacement in 'Futuro-presente' artist

  Christian Caliandro reflects on the work of artists Gian Maria Tosatti and Alessandro Bulgini, focusing on their video shot on the beach of Calais, France, in 2016. The video…

• Bayeté Ross Smith's Take Aim project confronts gun violence in New York artist

  Artist, photographer, and anthropologist Bayeté Ross Smith (USA, 1976) has launched Take Aim, a project exploring gun ownership and the history of firearms in the United States,…