Unbound Poppy De Havilland 2023 Oil on canvas 50 x 50 cm The oil painting “Unbound” by Poppy De Havilland shows a person with outstretched arms and legs suspended in the air. Dressed in a close-fitting black shirt and black tights, the androgynous appearing protagonist wears white knee-length and very wide trousers over this leotard…. (read more)
Border Manuela Vallicelli 2025 powder pigments on canvas 100 cm x 150 cm At first glance, the painting “Border” by Manuela Vallicelli could represent a landscape. There seem to be mountains at the left background, perhaps a lake or bay in front of it. In the central foreground, one might recognise dunes whose almost white… (read more)
C’était le bon temps, le sexisme pépouze. (It was the good time, when sexism was easy-going.) Elyse Galiano 2024 White men’s shirt, embroidered with natural hair, framed 44,5 cm x 68,5 cm A white men’s shirt is framed so that it looks like it is being presented in a gift box by a men’s outfitter…. (read more)
Tabernacle (Autoportrait) Tabernacle (Self-portrait) Gloria Li Mir 1976 Acrylic on canvas stretched on wood 90 cm x 100 cm Gloria Li Mir’s “Tabernacle” reminds a white window, with two shutters which could be opened. Though, doing this, there are two new smaller blinds with a relief pattern. Behind them, one finds a round mirror, which… (read more)
Held from 7th to 9th February 2025, the 48th Arte Fiera in Bologna primary presented Italian art from the 20th and 21st century. In these days, 176 galleries welcomed 50.000 national and international visitors. The Main Section was, like always, split in two parts by the locations. Art mainly of the 20th was in… (read more)
Gloria Li Mir, a wonderful artist and friend, left this world on February the 15th 2025. To recall her and her oeuvre, we republish our very first Artwork of the Month from February 2015. “Vers le ciel” (To the sky) Gloria Li Mir 1981 80 cm x 80 cm Acrylic on canvas strengthened and… (read more)
This year’s ART CITY had over 270 venues in the official program, not to mention the large number of additional initiatives. Even though the duration of 13th edition was extended from one week to 10 days (6 – 16 February 2025), it was literally impossible to visit all the proposed activities and not at all… (read more)
ART CITY Bologna: 6 – 16 February 2025 The Special Program of this year’s ART CITY during and after the days of the Arte Fiera focusses in its new edition on the city gates. Originating from the Middle Ages, ten of the formerly 12 historic entries to the town are still existing and are even… (read more)
Expiation Patricia Jacomella Bonola 2020 Wool object Ø 80 cm “Expiation” by Patricia Jacomella Bonola is a huge multi-coloured ball of wool. The oversized object has a diameter of 80 cm and the thread is accordingly thick. Only the end of the tread reveals that the most visible thread is composed by a thinner one…. (read more)
From 6 to 16 February 2025 the ART CITY will take place in Bologna. It is traditionally a huge offer of exhibitions and art events in occasion of the Arte Fiera (7 to 9 February). This year’s Special Program focusses on the ten still existing city gates, with artworks and installations related to these monuments…. (read more)
