About collecting by Marco Meneguzzo
Extract from the critical text Sul collezionare by Marco Meneguzzo written for the exhibition Qui e Ora. Due collezioni nello spirito del tempo.
Journal
The Venetian Spatialism of Bruno De Toffoli
The following article is based on the text by Sileno Salvagnini Bruno De Toffoli and Venetian Art Criticism in the Postwar Period, which aims to retrace the historical and artistic…
Barbara Cappochin Award: The Challenge of Quality
The Barbara Cappochin Foundation has always been committed to highlighting the close connection between quality of life and quality of architecture, a relationship that might seem unusual or even illogical…
The Deconstruction of Orthogonality by Esther Stocker
Esther Stocker’s research, since its beginnings, has employed an element that has distinguished artistic production since the mid-1920s: the grid. For Rosalind Krauss, it is an essential ingredient of the…
The Umbro Apollonio Museum in San Martino di Lupari
Dedicated to Umbro Apollonio, one of the most prestigious figures in the field of contemporary art criticism, university professor, and director of the Venice Biennale Archive from 1949 to 1968,…
A symphony of mystery and wonder
I feel a deep curiosity about the mechanism of perception and how this complex interaction between the senses, the brain, and cognitive experiences plays an essential role in shaping our…
Jannis Kounellis at the Bo. The Sketches of Resistance and Liberation
The preparatory studies for the large installation Resistance and Liberation, displayed in the New Courtyard of the Bo, are being presented to the public for the first time today at…
A Rediscovered Space. Historical and Contemporary Artworks in the New Sant’Agnese
The first exhibition narrated by Riccardo Caldura, curator of the exhibition and director of the Venice Academy of Fine Arts.
Art, Science, and Technology: A Collaboration Geared Toward the Future
What can we define as art today, and what is its purpose? How do technology and science fit into the contemporary art scene? Over time, art has always played a…
Magistra et Doctrix Philosophiae. The Story of Elena Lucrezia Cornaro Piscopia
The project, initiated by the University of Padua in collaboration with the Alberto Peruzzo Foundation which produced a commemorative booklet on the occasion of the restoration of the statue of…
Resistance and Liberation. The Words of Michelle Coudray
On September 21, 2021, at the Archivio Antico of Palazzo Bo, headquarters of the University of Padua, a press conference was held following the restoration of the artwork “Resistance and…
In Rimini, a medieval venue for contemporary art
In the historic center of Rimini, two majestic medieval buildings house the contemporary art collection donated to the community by the San Patrignano Foundation. Within the adjoining buildings, the 13th-century…
Palazzo Monti in Brescia. The Noble Artist’s Residence
A historic 13th-century palace converted into a residence for international artists and designers. Located in Brescia, inside the evocative Palazzo Monti, launched in March 2017 by the young collector Edoardo…
A new house-museum in Verona at Palazzo Maffei
In 2020, just days before the lockdown that would affect the entire following year, a new important artistic project was inaugurated in the historic center of Verona. The year 2021…
Art, High Craftsmanship, and Fashion in the 17th-Century Foscarini-Rossi Villa
Not far from Venice, one of the most renowned villas of the Riviera del Brenta (among them Villa Malcontenta, Villa Pisani, and Villa Widmann) is Villa Foscarini-Rossi, a 17th-century architectural…
An old silo in the Bologna countryside and over 2000 artworks: Museo Magi ‘900
An old silo from the 1930s, located in Pieve di Cento, a small town in Emilia along the banks of the Reno River, has housed for several years one of…
A historic palace in Palermo looking towards the future
In one of Palermo’s most beautiful noble palaces, Palazzo Butera, overlooking the famous Via Kalsa, an ambitious project/laboratory focused on European identity has been taking shape for a couple of…
Where the hills are painted with art
Nestled in the hills of the Piedmont Langhe region are some of the most significant works by one of contemporary art’s masters. It is precisely in these splendid hilly landscapes,…
Treviso, a new cultural center dedicated to contemporary art
While the health emergency has challenged many cultural institutions, Treviso is now preparing to open the doors of an experimental center in the heart of the city. The project, hosted…
In Florence, in a former convent, a 20th-century collection and a “duel” with contemporary artists
The location is the ancient Spedale delle Leopoldine in Piazza Santa Maria Novella, Florence. This historic Florentine convent complex dates back to the early 13th century, built on the site…
Art and Dramaturgy in the Former Oratory: San Lupo in Bergamo
There are places of worship that do not wait to lose their function before becoming spaces for contemporary art. One such example is the Church of San Fedele in Milan,…
The ideal industrial village: a UNESCO heritage site
A time and a place where two “enlightened” entrepreneurs, Cristoforo Crespi and his son Silvio Benigno, dreamed of building an ideal village dedicated to work along the banks of the…
A 1950s village and a church in the Dolomites as a symbol of social and artistic rebirth
The postponement of the Cortina Ski World Championships from 2021 to 2022 has been requested. Cortina will also host the 2026 Winter Olympics. In these places, there are some notable…
Tate Modern turns 20
An abandoned factory converted into one of the most visited museum hubs in the world. We are talking about the Tate Modern in London, which recently celebrated its 20th anniversary.…
Conversation with Alessia Panella
My first encounter with art happened in Rome, when I was a child and would accompany my father. In the evenings, he would take me to Caffè Rosati, where I…
Conversation with Sabrina Donadel
My first time in front of a work of art was also my first encounter with Giovanni Battista Cima, known as Cima da Conegliano. I was in fifth grade, and…
Conversation with Philips Rylands
It naturally arises to wonder, when looking at this painting titled Soccer Players by Henri Rousseau, why the man in the center of the work is holding the ball in…
Conversation with Paola Cattaneo
In these dramatic days marked by the pandemic emergency, the entire world is united by a profound sense of fear not felt since the times of World War II. Even…
Conversation with Stefano Raimondi
I would like to share the story of a meeting, an exhibition, and a work of art to which I am particularly attached, one that marked the beginning of a…
Conversation with Fabrizio Paperini
The first encounter I had with a work that marked a deep path in my journey through the art world was in Bagheria in 1999, visiting an exhibition by Salvatore…
Conversation with Massimiliano Tonelli
If I had to pinpoint something that marked my life and future in the field where I have worked, and continue to work, for over 20 years, it would be…
Conversation with Nicola Maggi
I don’t quite remember the exact year, but the place is firmly etched in my memory: an old farmhouse in the Tuscan countryside, just a few kilometers from where I…
Conversation with Salvatore Iaconesi
I am Salvatore Iaconesi, an artist, and together with my wife Oriana Persico, we coordinate a network of artists, designers, anthropologists, and researchers called Art is Open Source, as well…
Conversation with Matilde Cadenti
“Thinking of a work that might express how I’m experiencing these times, in which our sense of normality has been profoundly shaken, I’m reminded of the artist Marco Maria Zanin,…
Conversation with Matteo Bergamini
I was about 11 years old when art first entered my life. In reality, as often happens with passions, it wasn't a polite handshake, but a bolt of lightning: I…
Conversation with Michael Biasi
“I have had several love-at-first-sight moments; my life is constantly influenced by art. Only those who know and love it can understand how much art can change and shape a…
Conversation with Fabio Castelli
"To bear witness to the power of art and to my love—especially for engraving first and then photography—I am pleased to accompany you and show you some works—a brief selection—that…
Conversation with Marco Maria Zanin
"What strongly connects me to the period we are living through is not a single artwork, but a body of work, very important also for the development of my artistic…
Conversation with Alberta Pane
I thought of my encounter with Marie Denis and her work Memento Mori, although I could tell countless stories that have moved me and continue to shape my everyday life…
Conversation with Umberto Zagarese
“A work that struck me particularly recently is You or Me by Maria Lassnig (1919–2014), painted in 2005. It is a rather unsettling oil painting, as are most of the…
Conversation with Alessia Zorloni
There have been at least two events that marked something significant in my professional and personal journey. The first took place during New Year's Eve in 2003, when I was…
Conversation with Fabrizio Plessi
"I was born in Reggio Emilia and lived in my hometown until I was 15. After graduating from the Art High School, I continued my education at the Academy of…
Conversation with Will Ramsay
The work that has always communicated something important to me, ever since I first saw it, is The Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog by Caspar David Friedrich. I love…
Conversation with Angelo Bellomo
"I have no hesitation in naming two works that are fundamental to me, gigantic: View of Toledo and The Vision of Saint John, both by the immense El Greco. For…
Conversation with Denis Isaia
I believe few people remember the logo of the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. Above the inevitable five rings, there was a stylized athlete. The head was blue like the sea, and…
Conversation with Elena Zaccarelli
Behind a painting, there is often a love story. The work I’m in love with actually represents the end of a love story. It was February 1971, and David Hockney…
Conversation with Alessandro Piangiamore
The Sicilian artist Alessandro Piangiamore presented a work by the German Romantic painter Caspar David Friedrich for the column.
Conversation with Salvatore Mirabile
Art in Times of “Cholera”. Two artists, profoundly different yet united by a revolutionary approach to their work and tied by a tragic fate: both died prematurely at the age…
Conversation with Denis Curti
The presented work represents a past memory in which each of us can recognize ourselves, and like an autobiographical event of pain, it can become a refuge to experience a…
Conversation with Giorgio Fasol
“It was 1965. I wasn’t yet interested in collecting, but I was a curious young man. I met the printer, publisher, and artist Renzo Sommaruga in a gallery, where he…
Conversation with Marco Trevisan
My testimony refers to a turning point and a change that affected my life and something that art can sometimes trigger. I’ve been involved with art for about 25 years,…
Trastevere: Between Ancient and Contemporary
A small neighborhood church in a little-known area of Trastevere that fascinates a New York gallerist so much that he decides to acquire it and open an exhibition space there.…
Craftsmanship and Design for an Urban Regeneration Project
For years, it was a place inhabited by shadows and ghosts of a past that transformed it from a place of worship into a wool mill, before ultimately being left…
Galleria Continua’s birthday
It is an important recognition for a project born with the aim of bringing contemporary art outside the usual circuits, first as an association and later becoming a gallery of…
San Filippo Neri Lab. A New Cultural Hub in Bologna
Scattered throughout Italy, some abandoned, others restored and transformed into historic buildings open to the public, are churches repurposed for activities related to art and culture. During ART CITY, an…
Bologna. Regenerated Industrial Spaces
Once upon a time, there was a municipal bakery established to feed the citizens of Bologna during the First World War. The year was 1914, and Francesco Zanardi had just…
Church of San Teonisto in Treviso: From Silent Space to Auditorium
In the collective imagination, a deconsecrated church often symbolizes abandonment or neglect. However, there are compelling examples in which such a space continues to serve as a place of gathering…
Quayola. Second Nature. Critical Text by Lucia Longhi
Within the structure of a leaf or the evolutionary sequence of a branch lie mathematical functions that describe its order and development. This statement is not new...