Category: Journal

‘Giuliana Balice 1974-75’ at Atelier Coldefy, Paris

‘Giuliana Balice 1974-75’ at Atelier Coldefy, Paris

The exhibition Giuliana Balice 1974-75, organised by Zuecca Projects in collaboration with Fondazione Tomassoni, was inaugurated in October at the Atelier Coldefy in Paris, on the occasion of Paris+ par Art Basel art fair. This solo show is the first episode of an extensive project about the convergence between art and architecture. Throughout the history...

14th November 202218th August 2023
‘Strange Clay: Ceramics in Contemporary Art’ at Hayward Gallery, London

‘Strange Clay: Ceramics in Contemporary Art’ at Hayward Gallery, London

Large-scale installations by Shahpour Pouyan (b. 1979) and Salvatore Arancio (b. 1974) are featured in an ongoing major survey exhibition at the Hayward Gallery in London. Curated by Dr Cliff Lauson, ‘Strange Clay: Ceramics in Contemporary Art’ presents large-scale and immersive sculptural works by twenty-three multi-generational and international artists working across recent decades. Contributing to...

12th November 202218th August 2023
Reverie’s Sogno 5: Icaro at Fondazione Morra, Naples

Reverie’s Sogno 5: Icaro at Fondazione Morra, Naples

On Friday, 30 September 2022, the Italian artist Reverie carried out her performance Sogno 5: Icaro in the courtyard of Casa Morra in Naples. The event was curated by Isabella Morra and was accompanied by a text by Piero Tomassoni. Reverie (b. 1994, Vinci, Italy) is an Italian artist based in Milan. Recent exhibitions and...

8th October 202218th August 2023
Vanessa Jackson. Spin off. Exhibition at Artvisor, London

Vanessa Jackson. Spin off. Exhibition at Artvisor, London

Geometry, the site of form and function, may resist its innate rules to offer a sense of liberation, allowing elaboration, ornamentation and re-engagement with the curve, without gesture’s touch. The breadth of geometry, crossing all boundaries and civilisations, can embrace illusion with decorative connotations but may equally demand severity. I have no need for invention....

4th October 202218th August 2023

Curator Tour: Andy Warhol. Photographs 1970 – 1986.

In this new walkthrough series created with Custorian, Piero Tomassoni and Nico Epstein discuss the exhibition, Andy Warhol. Photographs 1970 – 1986. From a young age Andy Warhol was obsessed with fame, celebrity and fashion. Collecting autographs of film stars and reading fashion magazines provided an escape from life in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he was...

3rd August 202224th October 2023
Meditations on Andy Warhol’s Fright Wig

Meditations on Andy Warhol’s Fright Wig

In his early 20s, Andy Warhol began wearing a wig. At first, it was to disguise his hair loss. However, as the years went on, the unique silver wig contributed to his avant-garde mystery, and the wig, a means of concealment, became a recognisable feature of the public figure of the artist.

21st July 202230th August 2023