by Alice Menegaldo | Mar 10, 2023 | Blog
Shasmia Hassani’s murals as a message of hope In a world where culture and art can be influenced by geopolitical and social dynamics, few realities encapsulate this relationship as well as Afghanistan. The country has a rich cultural history spanning many...
by Alice Menegaldo | Mar 9, 2023 | Blog
In search of ourselves through the works of Simon Fujiwara Simon Fujiwara is a conceptual artist who was born in London in 1982 but now resides in Berlin. His work focuses on critical analysis of contemporary culture, particularly the nature of fame, celebrity, and...
by Alice Menegaldo | Mar 8, 2023 | Blog
Pop ceramics by Grayson Perry Ceramics is a material composed of relatively simple elements, clay and water, but their composition, once cooked, can yield amazing results. If we are accustomed to thinking of pottery as a decorative object useful at best for holding...
by Alice Menegaldo | Feb 28, 2023 | Blog
Refugee on Mars ? ask Halil Alitindere The sad news of the recent shipwreck of migrants off the coast of Calabria makes us reflect on what it means to be a refugee, to have to flee your country at the cost of risking your life, and not knowing what will be waiting for...
by Alice Menegaldo | Feb 21, 2023 | Blog
The power of art: Zhanna Kadyrova In the week of the unhappy anniversary of the outbreak of the Russian offensive in Ukraine, we report on an important contemporary artist with Ukrainian roots: Zhanna Kadyrova. “For the first 2 weeks of the war, it seemed to me that...
by Alice Menegaldo | Feb 20, 2023 | Blog
Exploring and reflecting on the environment through the art of Olafur Eliasson The exhibition Olafur Eliasson: In Your Time “dedicated to one of the most original and visionary contemporary artists of our time” recently ended at Palazzo Strozzi, but those...
