Artisti e Opere

The work of Walter De Maria has been associated with Minimalism, Conceptualism and Land Art, though it has never fit comfortably in any single category. De Maria was one of the first contemporary artists to Envision large-scale land works. The works of 55° Venice Biennale is Apollo’s Ecstasy (1990). With 20 solid bronze rods arranged […]

CHI/WHO: Giovanni Boldini, (1842– 1931) COSA/WHAT: La Signora in Rosa / Lady in rose DOVE/WHERE: Museo Giovanni Boldini, Ferrara Giovanni Boldini, Ferrara, was one of the best portrait painters of the nineteenth century European high society. He worked in Paris, London and Tuscany. Giovanni Boldini, ferrarese, fu uno dei migliori ritrattisti dell’alta società europea del […]

  The collective work of Thierry De Cordier is most prominently dark, not just in subject matter, but in shade as well. The dramatic and isolated half-man, half-bird figure that composed his 1988 sculpture Lijdensvanger , was so troubling to inhabitants of the village of Puycelsi in the South of France where it was installed, that […]

Tamara de Lempicka on display at the Pinacothèque de Paris from April 18 to September 8, 2013. Refined painter and icon of glamor and modern, is universally known as the Queen of the Art Deco style. The art of Tamara inspired, by their admission, top designers and famous designers. His paintings, in addition to the […]

  Vettriano work. The BBC has proposed a documentary about the artist, showing how it works and how do his work. For those of you who may have missed the broadcast of BBC4’s documentary about Jack Vettriano, you can now watch it here. Vettriano all’opera. La BBC ha proposto un documentario sull’artista, che mostra come […]

Ebon Heath is one of the most promising artists of the moment and his take on typography is pure visual poetry. Words never looked more astonishing, they form their own structures in a short of a rebellion, they dance and move and yet they stand still. “When I close my eyes i can see the […]

La bella, Tiziano Vecellio, cm. 100 x 75, Palazzo Pitti, Firenze. Arriva nelle sale del palazzo patrizio “La Bella” del Tiziano, oggi conservata a Firenze a Palazzo Pitti. Il restauro del 2011, a opera dell’Opificio delle Pietre Dure, ha comportato oltre a un’ampia campagna d’indagini scientifiche, un intervento di pulitura che ha allegerito vernici e […]

CHI/WHO: Patrick William Adam (British, 1854–1929) COSA/WHAT: “Interior, Morning “ DOVE/WHERE: Gallery Oldham Patrick William Adam, born in Edinburgh 12 October 1852, exhibited an early talent for art. He travelled to Rome, Venice and Russia and produced work in several media – watercolour, pastel and principally oil; subjects varied from landscapes through portraits to still […]

The Truth About Comets Painter, sculptor and poet Dorothea Tanning (Galesburg, 25 agosto 1910 – New York, 31 gennaio 2012 ) was a linchpin of the midtwentieth-century avant-garde, particularly prominent in the history of Surrealism.  In the 1930s she moved to New York, where she was first exposed to the works of Surrealism. Soon afterwards, she […]

  Katharina Fritsch (born February 14, 1956 in West Germany) is a contemporary sculptor. She currently lives and works in Düsseldorf. Katharina Fritsch is known for her sculptures and installations that reinvigorate familiar objects with a jarring and uncanny sensibility. Her works’ iconography is drawn from many different sources, including Christianity, art history and folklore.  […]

Edgar Degas (19 July 1834 – 27 September 1917) was a French artist famous for his paintings, sculptures, prints, and drawings. Edgar Degas painted modern life; his subjects, including laundresses, milliners, nightclub singers, horse races, and the ballet, reflected contemporary Parisian occupations and diversions. From the 1860s onward, Degas frequented the Paris Opéra, where he […]

Over 50 works of sculpture, painting and installation by the noted British artist, an exponent of the so-called “Young British Artists”, exploring the relationship between culture and nature in the wake of the events of 11th September 2011. This exhibition marks a return of the artist to Venice, following his 2003 show at the Peggy […]