Between abstract and figurative While the choices made by Adriano Pedrosa, curator of the 60th Venice Biennale have favored artists…
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The masterpieces from the National Gallery of Umbria meet contemporary art in Venice The gold of the Cà d’Oro (Franchetti…
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Simon Leigh in Venice I admired for the first time the monumental works of Simon Leigh, created for the Biennale…
The American Pavilon in Venice For the first time the American artist Simone Leigh exhibits her sculptures in Venice. She…
Painting stories Paula Rego painted stories, she needed a story to paint. At the beginning of her career she had…
The Milk of dreams, the title of the 59th edition of Biennale of Art Venezia 2022 curated by Cecilia Alemani,…
A fresco in a case “In the air raid of the 11th of March, 1944, the Ovetari Chapel was razed…
Text and Pictures by Herman H. Van Doorn The first time I visited Venice as a teenager the city made…
I had no idea what was a Babinski sign on a small child up to the moment I came across…
Venice, an accessible city Last week I came across a valuable little photography exhibit that made me think of Venice…
Murano glass in the Guggenheim collection Peggy Guggenheim loved contemporary art, she considered ‘the art of her century’ something to…
Glass animals in the Pierre Rosenberg Collection Le Stanze del vetro is situated on the island of San Giorgio Maggiore…
For a cardinal of the Holy Roman Church to die in Rome and have a funeral chapel built in the…
The International Exhibition of Architecture Biennale Venezia 2021 The title of this edition of the International Architecture Exhibition, Biennale Architettura…