“BIENNALE GHERDËINA ∞ PERSONES PERSONS opened on 20 May 2022 with a series of new installations, performances, sculptures, sound pieces, textile works, walks, and participatory experiences alongside existing and historical works that reverberate the Biennale’s themes, passions and lines of intensity while responding to the… Read More
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Surrealism and Magic: Enchanted Modernity at Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, through September 26, 2022
“[Magic is] the means of approaching the unknown by other ways than those of science or religion.” Max Ernst, 1946 “From April 9 through September 26, 2022 the Peggy Guggenheim Collection presents Surrealism and Magic: Enchanted Modernity, curated by Gražina Subelytė, Associate Curator, Peggy Guggenheim… Read More
Domenico Gnoli at Fondazione Prada, Milan, October 28, 2021 – February 27, 2022
“This retrospective is part of the series of exhibitions that Fondazione Prada has dedicated to artists—such as Edward Kienholz, Leon Golub and William Copley—whose practice developed along paths and interests that took a different direction from the main artistic trends of the second half of… Read More
Damien Hirst: Archaeology Now at Galleria Borghese, Rome, through November 7, 2021
“Galleria Borghese presents a new exhibition by Damien Hirst, curated by Anna Coliva and Mario Codognato. Over 80 works from Hirst’s Treasures from the Wreck of the Unbelievable series are displayed throughout the museum alongside ancient masterpieces. The exhibition features both monumental and small scale sculptures made from… Read More
Maurizio Cattelan: Breath Ghosts Blind at Pirelli HangarBicocca, Milan, July 15, 2021 – February 20, 2022
“Pirelli HangarBicocca presents the exhibition Breath Ghosts Blind by Maurizio Cattelan. One of the world’s most renowned figures of the contemporary art scene, with his work the artist reveals the fractures in our everyday existence, depicting reality even in its most dramatic aspects. It marks Cattelan’s… Read More
Stop Painting, an exhibition by Peter Fischl at Fondazione Prada, Palazzo of Ca’ Corner della Regina, Venice, May 22 – November 21, 2021
“Described by Peter Fischli as ‘a kaleidoscope of repudiated gestures’, the project explores a series of specific ruptures within the history of painting in the last 150 years, intertwined with the emergence of new social factors and cultural values. The exhibition also projects itself into… Read More
Simon Fujiwara: Who the Bær at Fondazione Prada Milan, April 29 – September 27, 2021
“The work of artist Simon Fujiwara (London, UK, 1982; lives and works in Berlin) is a personal exploration of the human desire that underpins tourist attractions, historical icons, celebrities, ‘edutainment,’ and neo-capitalism. In this seductive yet fraught arena, his work reveals the paradox of our… Read More
Neïl Beloufa: Digital Mourning at Pirelli HangarBicocca, February 17 – July 18, 2021
“Digital Mourning, curated by Roberta Tenconi, is the first major solo exhibition devoted to Neïl Beloufa in an Italian institution, and it stems from a reflection on the current times and on the concept of life in our digital world. Right from the title, the… Read More
Chen Zhen: Short-circuits at Pirelli HangarBicocca, October 15, 2020 – February 21, 2021
“Pirelli HangarBicocca presents Short-circuits a retrospective exhibition curated by Vicente Todolí, devoted to Chen Zhen, one of the leading figures of contemporary art. Celebrated by the world’s most important museums, the artist managed to bridge the gap between the art of the East and that… Read More
Back to Nature. Contemporary Arts at Villa Borghese, Rome, September 15 – December 13, 2020
The park of Villa Borghese, one of the most famous and loved historical parks in Rome, will host Back to Nature. Contemporary Art in Villa Borghese, curated by Costantino D’Orazio. An unprecedented exhibition project that reflects on the future and on the need to build… Read More
Fondazione Prada, Milan, reopened June 5, 2020
Fondazione Prada reopened its doors in Milan on June 5, 2020. After the interruption of activities due to the health emergency, the exhibition program of the Milan venue is modified. The exhibition spaces will be accessible to the public from Friday to Sunday, from 10 am to… Read More
Memos. On Fashion in This Millennium at Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan, through September 28, 2020
“The project, in the form of an exhibition and a catalogue, aims to spark off a series of reflections on contemporary fashion, its qualities and its attributes, taking as its starting point Italo Calvino’s Six Memos for the Next Millennium, the series of Charles Eliot Norton Poetry Lectures… Read More
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