Sky Arte HD launches Artbox series with Francesco Bonami
Sky Arte HD premieres Artbox, a new magazine series dedicated to Italian and international exhibitions, on Wednesday, January 11. The first episode, set in Paris, features guest Francesco Bonami and visits the Fondation Louis Vuitton, which currently hosts 130 masterpieces from the Sergei Shchukin collection by Impressionist, Post-Impressionist, and modern masters. The episode also covers hypnotic art by Lorenzo Mattotti, a Brescia-born illustrator based in Paris known for comics like Fuochi, Labirinti, and Chimera, and for illustrations in Domus, The New Yorker, and Le Monde. It concludes with philosophical photography by Venetian artist Michele Alassio, internationally recognized and featured at Fotofever 2014 in Paris with his series Dreams&Nightmares.
Key facts
- Artbox premieres on Sky Arte HD on January 11.
- First episode focuses on Paris.
- Francesco Bonami is the guest.
- Fondation Louis Vuitton hosts the Sergei Shchukin collection.
- 130 masterpieces by Impressionist, Post-Impressionist, and modern artists are on display.
- Lorenzo Mattotti is an illustrator from Brescia based in Paris.
- Mattotti has worked for Domus, The New Yorker, and Le Monde.
- Michele Alassio showed Dreams&Nightmares at Fotofever 2014 in Paris.
Entities
Artists
- Francesco Bonami
- Lorenzo Mattotti
- Michele Alassio
- Sergei Shchukin
Institutions
- Sky Arte HD
- Fondation Louis Vuitton
- Domus
- The New Yorker
- Le Monde
- Fotofever
- Artribune
Locations
- Paris
- France
- Brescia
- Italy
- Venice