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Artist spotlights, reviews, insights, and art world news from our team.

Gian Maria Tosatti at Pirelli HangarBicocca and CIAC Foligno
23May202329th August 2023
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Gian Maria Tosatti at Pirelli HangarBicocca and CIAC Foligno

The artist who represented Italy at the last Venice Biennale currently has two major exhibitions in Italy open through July 2023: NOw/here at Pirelli HangarBicocca in Milan and Spazio #09 – Mi Ricordo at Centro Italiano Arte Contemporanea in Foligno. Installation view of Gian Maria Tosatti, NOw/here (2023), Courtesy of HangarBicocca. NOw/here at Pierelli Hangar Bicocca in Milan is curated by Vicente Todolí and features the latest large-scale works by Gian Maria Tosatti, produced in relation to the site’s architecture. The space was once a Pirelli factory now converted into a contemporary art space in 2012.  Tosatti’s Portraits feature gold...

David Tremlett ‘Jazz Cascade’: The 50th Anniversary Of Umbria Jazz
20May202320th February 2024
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David Tremlett ‘Jazz Cascade’: The 50th Anniversary Of Umbria Jazz

Two new works for major British-Swiss artist David Tremlett in Umbria. The artist was commissioned to design the official poster for the 50th anniversary of Umbria Jazz, one of the most prestigious and long-standing jazz festivals worldwide. David Tremlett, Jazz Cascade, 50th Anniversary of Umbria Jazz. The new work ‘Jazz Cascade’ was unveiled at the same time as the new site-specific architectural intervention in Perugia, the  Artist’s House project.  Tremlett notes, “I’ve never been good with titles for my works, so when I thought about the project for Perugia, I had to really commit myself. I knew that this place...

Seven Exhibitions to See in New York Right Now
17May202329th August 2023
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Seven Exhibitions to See in New York Right Now

  Our team went around New York in May and picked out some highlights from a great exhibition season Chosen Memories. The Patricia Cisneros Collection at MoMA Installation view of Chosen Memories: Contemporary Latin American Art from the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Gift and Beyond, The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Photo: Jonathan Dorado MoMA’s Chosen Memories: Contemporary Latin American Art from the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Gift and Beyond showcases contemporary works that delve into themes of investigation as source material for new works. This major exhibition brings together works in the museum’s collection from over forty multi-media...

Stezaker/Tremlett at Artvisor, London
30April202329th August 2023
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Stezaker/Tremlett at Artvisor, London

“Walls, sculptures and drawings can talk and tell stories, they can echo.” – David Tremlett “There is something very odd, even unnerving about cutting through a photograph. It sometimes feels like I am cutting through flesh.” – John Stezaker We are pleased to announce a two-person exhibition of leading British artists John Stezaker and David Tremlett curated by Piero Tomassoni, held at Artvisor in London from May to September 2023.. David Tremlett, Spaces #1, 2023 John Stezaker (b. 1949) is known for his provocative collages and conceptual use of photography and found images. Having begun his career in the early 1970s, he became...

Thiago Rocha Pitta. Seeds at DauLang, Seoul
24April202318th August 2023
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Thiago Rocha Pitta. Seeds at DauLang, Seoul

We are pleased to announce Thiago Rocha Pitta. Seeds, the artist’s first solo exhibition in South Korea, hosted at DauLang Gallery in Seoul. Rocha Pitta (b.1980, Brazil) is an artist renowned for his multimedia practice that intertwines themes from nature, politics, and the history of art. With Seeds, Rocha Pitta continues his career-long exploration of natural phenomena through six new watercolours, meant to act as an initial planting of ideas that will germinate and bloom with the production of a larger-scale exhibition in 2024. Homage to JMW Turner, Heritage, and The Silence reference previous series by the artist expressed through...

Giulio Paolini at the Accademia Nazionale di San Luca, Rome
19April202320th October 2023
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Giulio Paolini at the Accademia Nazionale di San Luca, Rome

Giulio Paolini. A come Accademia at Palazzo Carpegna, Rome The Accademia Nazionale di San Luca in Rome presents Giulio Paolini. A come Accademia. Conceived by Marco Tirelli and curated by Antonella Soldaini, the exhibition features six unpublished works specifically created for Palazzo Carpegna. The artist’s thought-provoking conceptual works combine diverse media – painting, photography, and sculpture, to create poetic and introspective spaces. Giulio Paolini, A come Accademia, partial view of the exhibition, 2023, The Accademia Nazionale di San Luca, Rome, IT © Andrea Veneri Paolini is a prominent Italian artist often associated with the Arte Povera movement. Although he took part...

“The Ideal City”, a talk by Piero Tomassoni at the Palazzo Ducale of Urbino
27March202329th August 2023
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“The Ideal City”, a talk by Piero Tomassoni at the Palazzo Ducale of Urbino

In a captivating and thought-provoking event held at the prestigious Palazzo Ducale of Urbino, Piero Tomassoni delivered a talk on the topic of “The Ideal City” on the invitation of the Colnaghi Foundation and of the Italian Association of Family Businesses (AIDAF), whose associate companies include major household names from all industries, and together produce nearly 15% of Italy’s GDP. The historic walls of the Palazzo Ducale, itself one of the prime example of ideal urban space in the Renaissance, were the perfect setting for unraveling the complexities surrounding the concept of an ideal city. The talk commenced with a...

a painting from the Hermann Nitsch retrospective
15March202318th August 2023
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Hermann Nitsch at Pace Gallery, New York

Selected Paintings, Actions, Relics, and Musical Scores, 1965–2020 On 16 March 2023, Pace Gallery New York will open a retrospective of the Viennese artist Hermann Nitsch (1938-2022). The exhibition, entitled Hermann Nitsch – Selected Paintings, Actions, Relics, and Musical Scores, 1965–2020 is a celebration of the artist’s contributions to the avant-garde and a testament to his enduring legacy. The retrospective initially began as a collaboration with the artist, however, after his passing last April, the solo exhibition became a way to honour the completion of one of Nitsch’s final projects. Hermann Nitsch, Schüttbild, 1992 © Hermann Nitsch Foundation Nitsch was an interdisciplinary...

Francesco Jodice. West, at Galerie Le Château d’Eau, Toulouse
01February202318th August 2023
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Francesco Jodice. West, at Galerie Le Château d’Eau, Toulouse

The WEST project by the Italian artist Francesco Jodice (b. 1967, Naples) is the subject of an exhibition curated by Matteo Balduzzi at the Galerie Le Chateau d’Eau, a public art space in Toulouse, France. With the WEST project, Jodice tells the story of the rise and fall of the American economic model and its image, investigating the origins of the current crisis of the liberal model over a period between the beginning of the Gold Rush (1848) and the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers (2008). Begun in 2014, WEST consists of three long journeys through a few of the states...

Highlights from Singapore Art Week
16January202329th August 2023
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Highlights from Singapore Art Week

With the opening of the inaugural edition of ART SG at the Marina Bay Sands, Singapore has established itself as a global art hub by bringing together galleries, artists, and institutions from all over the world. ART SG is part of the 11th edition of Singapore Art Week (SAW), where over 130 events were presented across the island. SAW also showcased S.E.A. Focus, in collaboration with Art Basel, which highlighted Southeast Asian contemporary art, and the seventh edition of the Singapore Biennale, which runs until 19 March 2023. ART SG With a reported attendance of 42,000 visitors, ART SG bills...