Indistinct silhouettes
cross a deserted square forming a composition of lights and shadows. A face framed by neon lights, absent gaze towards the void. Body fragments fill the whole image, like an abstract plot.
Most of modern art, its currents - dada, abstract expressionism, gutai, to cite some examples - have often claimed in the gesture and in all the many forms that separate the concrete uniqueness of the particular from the abstract generality of the universal one of the fundamental criteria for defining its raison d’être. Understandable.
It will not be easy to forget the Paris Olympics. Those unrepeatable locations, the magic of the brazier in the gardens of the Tuileries, the participation of a young, cheerful, enthusiastic audience, able to be passionate about any event, the performances of characters such as Céline Dion, Tom Cruise, the thousand personal and political stories often blossoming around the five circles will remain a lively, eccentric, and provocative fever that will accompany us for long months.
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Loving the works of Bernard Aubertin is easy because beyond all knowledge his total monochromes, the idea of the pungent smell of his brulé and his realistic totality enter into the soul. Bernard left us with the sad feeling of a melancholy existence in which only the creative act made man truly so.
With the autumn, the exhibition season starts again. There are many exhibitions not to be missed (according to the organizers). There is only the embarrassment of the choice, combined with that other embarrassment that usually precedes every public appearance: what do I wear?
The closure of Art Basel 2024 marks the beginning of the summer season, during which the proposal of the artworks necessarily takes place only in galleries and cultural exhibitions. Finally, one might say. After a binge of fairs and auctions, there is now time to reflect on what will be the next steps of the market in autumn.
Tornabuoni Arte celebrates 20 years of activity in Forte dei Marmi. After the opening in Florence and Milan, the founder Roberto Casamonti opened in 2004 the Versilia headquarters of what will become a reference point for collectors and art lovers. On view, from mid-June to mid-September, works by all the greatest masters of the ‘900. A passion passed on by his father, which leads him over the years to select valuable works proposed to a careful and demanding clientele.
The Tate St Ives hosts the large retrospective “Beatriz Milhazes: Maresias”, which traces, through paintings of intense tones, the evolution of the Brazilian artist in the last four decades. The title of the exhibition evokes the sea breeze of the native Rio de Janeiro, source of inspiration from which begins a deep investigation on the color and the centrality of the naturalistic theme.
The four paintings selected as an integral part of “Alex Katz: Seasons” are on display at the MoMA in New York.
The exhibition aims to highlight that sensation the artist has always sought in the raw palettes of winter and in the vibrant colors of the summer, spring and autumn seasons. He interprets the natural world, reworks it and dazzles the viewer with large compositions, revisited and faced as a new enterprise. Organization by Ann Temkin, edited by Elizabeth Wickham and Lydia Mullin. Until September 8th.
