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Artificialis

contemporary art / history of art

ArtworkS of the Month: The first six of 2026

We started 2026 with a three-dimensional mosaic. Afterwards we presented three very different paintings and a photo, which seems a little bit puzzling. January In occasion of the IX Biennale di Mosaico di Ravenna, we discovered the work of Joanna Ewa Piszczek and her mosaic “Quotidianità” (Everyday life).       February Even though Roberta… (read more)

Artwork of the Month / July 2026

Übergang zu Europa (Passage to Europe) Betty Zanelli 2026 Digital print and mixed media on paper 82 cm x 62 cm Edition 1/5 The image “Übergang zu Europa” (Passage to Europe) by Betty Zanelli seems to be a photography of a view through an archway into a courtyard with another building at the far end…. (read more)

Have you ever heard of the Republic of Nauru?

Kauw Tsitsi, Trapped, 2025

Interview with Patricia Jacomella Bonola about the Nauru-Pavilion “AIM Inundated, Imagining Life After Land” at this years’ Venice Biennale* In a narrow alleyway, not far from the Riva degli Schiavoni, visitors to this year’s Venice Biennale will find a rather surprising national pavilion. Close to the participations from New Zealand and Zimbabwe is the country… (read more)

Artwork of the Month / Juin 2026

il y a un trou dans le réel. (there is a hole in the real.) Dora García 2025 Neon installation led lights inside light boxes as letters 16 m x 1,5 m (approx.) Since 15 January 2026, a huge neon sign is perched at the very top of the roof of the student housing of… (read more)

The 61st Venice Biennale: Soft notes in the Arsenale

Entitled “In Minor Keys”, the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia opened on Saturday 9 May 2026. A team of curators (1) continued the work of Koyo Kouoh, who passed away a year ago, in keeping with her vision: to “propose to visitors an exhibitional experience that is more sensory than didactic”…. (read more)

Artwork of the Month / May 2026

Una notte, d’estate (One Summer’s Night) Ester Grossi 2013 Acrylic on canvas 60 cm x 50 cm Ester Grossi’s painting “Una notte, d’estate” (One Summer’s Night), shows a woman in a green dress sitting on a chair, smoking a cigarette. She has crossed her legs and is holding her right hand to her ear. Therefore,… (read more)

Artwork of the Month / April 2026

Leichtigkeit (Lightness) Kirsten Klöckner 2025 Watercolour, ink on paper 59,4 cm x 42 cm (A2) Kirsten Klöckner’s painting “Leichtigkeit” (Lightness) shows, in the left lower part of the image, the silhouette of the upper part of a head and an arm stretched upwards. The grey-blue shadow is speckled with reddish dots, which are mirrored as… (read more)

ARTE FIERA 2026: Cosa sarà

6 – 8 February 2026 Preview 5 February 2026 www.artefiera.it Approaching its 50th edition, the oldest Italian art fair wanted to glance with this year’s 49th edition into the future. Under the title “Cosa sarà” (What will be) the new artistic director Davide Ferri (with Enea Righi as managing director) gathered 174 galleries plus 12… (read more)

ART CITY – Special Program 2026: Video and Performance in the University

5 – 8 February 2026 Various places   Since more than nine centuries, the University of Bologna has an impact on the cultural, political and civil life of the city. Reason enough for the ART CITY to focus in its Special Program on this institution, which was the first school of this kind: a community… (read more)

13 + X Proposals for the ART CITY Bologna 2026: Spaces, Painting, Sounds and Magic

  5 – 8 February 2026   Ugo La Pietra Galleria Enrico Astuni · Giuseppe Pietoniro Labs Gallery · Eva Marisaldi Galleria De’Foscherari   Flavio de MarcoVilla delle Rose · Antonello Ghezzi Museo Lercaro · Etel Adnan & Giorgio Morandi Museo Morandi   Mattia Moreni Project Room MAMbo · Davide Peretti Poggi Galleria B4 · Francesco…. (read more)