Contemporary Art and Social Media

Contemporary Art and Social Media

Artvisor contributor Lele examines how the art world is using digital channels as both a means of artist discovery and a method of reaching collectors Nowadays art can be with us at any time and in any place, offering fresh perspectives, raising new questions and adding a spark of curiosity to our daily routines. Through [...]

Contemporary art in 2017: trends we are looking forward to

Contemporary art in 2017: trends we are looking forward to

Cover image: Oliver Ressler, Fly Democracy, 2007.  If 2016 has taught us anything, it is to avoid making hasty predictions. The same always applies to the endlessly shifting and unpredictable contemporary art world. Nevertheless, there are already some trends we can look forward to seeing in the following twelve months. 2017 will be a particularly [...]

“Business Management in the Art World” lectures at Sotheby’s Institute

Artvisor continues its collaboration with prominent educational institutions: our co-founder Piero Tomassoni will give two talks at the Sotheby’s Institute, London on the 12th January for the Business Management in the Art World course. For further info and to register for the course: goo.gl/uRbgJH  Contacts: m.williams@sothebysinstitute.com or contact@artvisor.com   Photo credit: Sotheby’s Institute

Click & Buy – The future of the art market?

Click & Buy – The future of the art market?

Some old fashion art dealers have recently been shocked by seeing an “Add to basket” button appear on the website of some of their competitors, next to an artwork’s image. What has the world come to!, they must have thought. Despite all our financial interactions with it, buying everything from clothing to cars to stocks, [...]

FIAC 2016: onwards and upwards

FIAC 2016: onwards and upwards

Once again, the stately dome of the Grand Palais welcomed an art fair whose constantly growing dynamism relies entirely on its capacity for change and experimentation. Outside of and within the vast exhibition space, the programme ‘Parades for FIAC’ shook the French capital with a series of contemporary art performances, rarely seen by the general [...]

Nocturno. OFF Festival of PhotoEspaña 2025

Nocturno. OFF Festival of PhotoEspaña 2025

Nocturno brings together the work of artists Cyrus Mahboubian and Evelyn Sosa, curated by Piero Tomassoni and Claudia Paola Pérez. Presented as part of the OFF Festival of PhotoEspaña 2025, the exhibition explores themes of night, memory, and intimacy through distinct photographic practices.

Luigi Boille: Le Baroque at CIAC, Foligno

Luigi Boille: Le Baroque at CIAC, Foligno

Luigi Boille: Le Baroque, curated by Italo Tomassoni at the Centro Italiano Arte Contemporanea (CIAC) in Foligno. In collaboration with Ronchini and the Boille Archive, the exhibition brings together over 40 works that chart the evolution of one of the foremost figures in European Art Informel.

Queercore Talk at the ICA London

Queercore Talk at the ICA London

Last week, the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) in London hosted a screening of short films produced in the 1980s by Ashley Hans Scheirl and Ursula Pürrer. These works blend DIY cinema, performance art, punk soundtracks, and queer semiotics to construct imaginative fantasy worlds that confront bourgeois norms and embrace sexual multiplicity.