Journal

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 of art, art and architecture have always been closely tied. During the Renaissance, the figure of the artist, of the architect, and of the theorist was often one and the same, as in the case of Leon Battista Alberti, Vasari, and Michelangelo. This close tie...

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 the expanding dialogue between art and craft, the presentation proposes new perspectives and insights beyond the kiln as it inquires about the possibilities of ceramics as an inventive medium. It explores thinking through production and addresses meaningful conversations from architecture, the body, the domestic and organic,...

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 performances include: Il corpo dei sogni (2022, Basilica di San Celso, Milan); Sogno 4: alba lunare (2021, Festa della Ceramica, Montelupo); Sogno 3: la camera degli specchi (2021, FOG, Triennale, Milan); Sogno 2: The Sleeping Muse (2020, Palazzina Liberty, Milan, in collaboration with Fondazione Mudima,...

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. – Vanessa Jackson, from the book Murmurations, Copy Press, 2022. We are delighted to announce our upcoming exhibition, Vanessa Jackson. Spin off, viewable by appointment in London from 11 October 2022. Born in Peaslake, Surrey, in 1953, Vanessa Jackson RA has been a prominent figure...

Artvisor are pleased to present Andy Warhol Photographs 1970 - 1986, viewable by appointment at our London location.