From October 18th 2025 to January 18th 2026 the 9th Edition of the Biennial of Contemporary Mosaic takes place in Ravenna. For 10 days, also two Bolognese galleries – Galleria B4 and Galleria Studio Cenacchi – host exhibitions of this event. Six artists focussing on mosaic present a broadened concept of this ancient technique. In… (read more)
After the summer break, the autumn season started with several exhibitions in Bologna. Besides five galleries, also the Museo Lercaro presents currently three shows. More galleries and institutions will follow in the next days. Galleria Studio Cenacchi: Vibecke Hetland – Quanto sarà mai lato il sole? LABS Contemporary Art: People I Know Museo Lercaro: Marco… (read more)
BOoks – Bologna art books festival – Festival del libro d’arte 26 – 28 September 2025 MAMbo – Museo d’Arte Moderna di Bologna Via Don Giovanni Minzoni 14, Bologna www.booksfestival.it www.museibologna.it/mambo The third edition of BOoks took place from 26 to 28 September 2025. Curated by the editor Danilo Montanari and the director of the… (read more)
Supermina Valeria Vaccaro 2025 white marble and inks 25 superminas 7 cm x 7,5 cm x 85 cm 3 superminas 15,5 cm x 13,5 cm x 170 cm Valeria Vaccaro’s sculpture group “Supermina” consists of oversized coloured pencils. 25 are with a hight of 85 cm smaller than the version of three larger ones with… (read more)
Rapunzel – The seeing text Wen Wu 2025 Oil on canvas 30 cm x 25 cm The painting “Rapunzel – The seeing text” by the London based Chinese artist Wen Wu shows an Asian looking young woman as bust portrait in quarter profile directed to the left. Her torso is bare. She covers the lower… (read more)
In contrast to last years’ Artworks of the Month, we didn’t present photography, but paintings and reliefs or sculptural objects. Hereby, the artists are from various countries – Australia, Switzerland, Peru/France, France, Italy and England. Due to the different cultural influences, ranges of age and personal experiences, the subjects and techniques were diversified. Four of… (read more)
Szenerie Lars Breuer, Hannes Norberg, Thyra Schmidt 4 April – 18 May 2025 Kunstraum Pempelforter Schloßstraße 65 40477 Düsseldorf Germany In April and May 2025, the exhibition “Szenerie” (~ Scenery) in the Kunstraum Pempelforter, Düsseldorf, Germany, united three artists with different approaches: Lars Breuer, Hannes Norberg and Thyra Schmidt. During their studies Lars oriented to… (read more)
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)
