Artists and Movements

Some interviews are special from the outset. The interview with Alice Lotti is a dialogue that spans form, colour, the city and vision. It is the voice of a designer, illustrator and street artist who has managed to combine thought and mark, aesthetics and commitment, public projects and personal research. She described her studio surrounded […]

There are encounters that are unforgettable, and this is one of them. Studi d’artista today opens up a special conversation with Jago, an artist who needs no introduction, but who has agreed to really listen. What you are about to read is not just a dialogue, but a real encounter with a man and an […]

If, like me, you have ever had the feeling that a photograph could speak to you — without words, but with all the power of humanity — then you have already encountered Steve McCurry. You may not know it, but you have known him forever. You know his eyes. In fact, you know the most […]

In an age where everything moves quickly — images, scrolls, digital content — artist Mario Stefano chooses slowness. His paintings are not shown in their entirety on social media, nor are they captured on a screen: they are experienced live, breathed in up close. In this new interview for Studi d’artista, Mario Stefano tells us […]

Painter, architect, designer, theorist: Massimo Scolari (Novi Ligure, 1943) is one of those figures who defies definition. A professor at the IUAV University of Venice from 1973 to 2000 and visiting professor at Harvard, Yale and the Cooper Union in New York, he has trained generations of architects, leaving a profound mark also as an […]

After our journey through the wooden works of Martalar in the mountains of northern Italy (read the interview here), we return to the south to meet another artist deeply connected to his land: Mauro Patta. We are in Sardinia, the most authentic Sardinia, far from the postcards and close to the truth. Mauro welcomes us […]

Giulio Turcato (1912–1995) was one of the most innovative artists of the Italian post-war period. A leading figure in the abstract art scene, he was able to combine formal experimentation with political commitment, always maintaining a curious, radical, and open-minded outlook on the world. In 1947, he was one of the founders of the Forma […]

There are artists who paint reality and others who transform it, then there is Giuseppe De Nittis, who manages to do both with luminous and silent grace. When I first saw one of his paintings, a street in Paris with elegant ladies and galloping horses, I thought: it’s like stepping into a period film, but […]

If you have ever taken a photo while moving and ended up with a blurred trail, you may have unwittingly captured the essence of an entire artistic revolution. It was precisely there, in that simple, everyday gesture, that Giacomo Balla found the inspiration for one of the most striking paintings of Futurism: “Dynamism of a […]

There are artists who whisper in your ear, and then there is Leonora Carrington, who invites you to dive into a world where animal queens, ancient priestesses, and alchemical creatures dance in an eternal ritual of transformation. In this article, I take you with me to discover the life (and universe) of one of the […]

Some interviews start off on the wrong foot, like a mountain trail. The meeting with Martalar—aka Marco Martello—was like that, but it was precisely that initial sense of bewilderment that allowed our Laura Cappellazzo to find the right questions. Martalar’s monumental wooden works, from the Vaia Dragon to the Lagorai Wolf, are not just sculptures, […]

Imagine walking inside a dream, but not just any dream, a bizarre, disturbing, unsettling dream. A dream in which birds talk, furniture floats, and the laws of reality elegantly bend to those of imagination. Welcome to the world of Max Ernst. I first encountered Ernst in a quiet gallery. It was one of those days […]