Yellow, orange and red zones. At least all over Italy; no museum, gallery, art fair, no theatre or cinema can be accessed. It seems that beauty has been replaced by fear. We live immersed solely in a din of hammering, monotonous, disheartening TV, monopolized by an army of virologists, infectious disease specialists spin doctors, anchormen and politicians. The result creates delirium and confusion. What are the consequences?

The painter of light

At 88, the Master Relives a Time of Great Vitality and Creative Enthusiasm

The Operation Invites Reflection. Is a Single Artist Signature Sufficient in order to Declare a Work Authentic?

We Are Looking for an Art Capable to Tell Our Nerve-racking Outliving During Covid

It would take the scream of a new Munch to depict the exact meaning of what the year that has just been passed meant, not only for describing this society

The year that has just passed has left us with words that draw a fragile line. Apparently, among a thousand thoughts, a strange, almost unconscious optimism pervades the country. Constantly, on television screens, in these first weeks, the images related to the first vaccinations: smiles, sweet declarations, the exit from the tunnel that finally seems clear, explicit in front of us.

Look what happens in the gallery  

A hilarious sitcom in 10 episodes

The truth of the jester  

You have been described as “the jester of the art system”. Do you think this definition fits you well?

“It’s the poet’s end of wonder” decrees Giovan Battista Marino, a great Baroque poet from Naples. Maybe we have become too little poetic and have forgotten excitement, the delicious capacity to experience wonder, but she is there, crouched and even though numb, ready to reawaken. We need beauty.

The Goal Is to Let the Museum Structure in Our Daily Life

My collaboration with AW – ArtMag starts with this issue.

An Eccentric and Eclectic Personality, He Is One of the Most Important Art Dealers of the Twentieth Century

Alexander Iolas was without doubt one of the most important collectors and gallerists of the second half of the twentieth century.