contemporary art

SIMON BERGER’S WORKS WITH PORTRAITS ETCHED IN GLASS Simon Berger’s works with portraits etched in glass challenge the modes of perception and the material itself. These are works in which glass is tested to unleash its full potential and transform the smooth surface of the glass plate into an intricate network of cracks and fractures […]

The works of Ron Mueck, an Australian artist born in Melbourne in 1958, are distinguished by their astonishing realism. His career began as a contributor at a television station, where he learned special effects techniques and animated models, fundamental to his future art. His first significant work, a giant sculpture of his father naked, was […]

ANSELM KIEFER’S WORKS TO GET TO KNOW Anselm Kiefer’s huge body of work represents a microcosm of collective memory that contains within it a wide range of cultural, literary and philosophical allusions: from the Old and New Testaments, the mysticism of the Kabbalah, Nordic mythology and Wagner’s Ring cycle, to the poetry of Ingeborg Bachmann […]

THE GREAT WORKS OF JAGO JAGO’s works look as if they have come straight out of a Renaissance artist’s studio. He is the most famous Italian artist on social media, working in the fields of sculpture, graphics and video production; his works are powerful messages disseminated through the new digital media. JAGO’s works are inspired […]

JISBAR’S ARTWORKS TO INFINITY AND BEYOND Jisbar’s artworks are something unique and totally outside the box. His main feature is the reinterpretation of the great classics of history of art with clear references to pop art and street art. Jisbar’s works of art are on exhibition at the The Strip Gallery, which has recently interviewed the artist, […]

SURPRISE COLLECTION WITH ART BAG If one of your dreams is to own an art collection like that of Peggy Guggenheim, then we probably have two things in common: 1 – the desire to have a collection of works of art; 2 – the conviction that we don’t have enough money even for the first […]

THE HANDS BY LORENZO QUINN IN VENICE You’ll find outside the borders of the Arsenale and the Giardini venues the most interesting things of the Venice Biennale 2017. But in that post I suggest that you see Venice and lose yourself in everything the city can offer you. Take the first vaporetto sailing down the […]

  When we talk about Damien Hirst, we immediately think of sharks in formaldehyde, diamond-encrusted skulls, and provocative museum exhibits. Few people know, however, that the British artist has also tried his hand at directing music videos. He is, in fact, the director of the famous video for Blur’s “Country House,” released in 1995, at […]