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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Abitare la soglia (Living on the threshold) Roberta Cavallari 2025 Oil on canvas 70 cm x 100 cm Roberta Cavallari’s canvas “Abitare la soglia” (Living on the threshold) shows a furnished room that opens onto a river landscape due to the absence of a back wall. It is painted in a realistic manner in bright… (read more)
Quotidianità (Everyday life) Joanna Ewa Piszczek 2025 Mosaic in recycled plastic 32 cm x 70 cm Joanna Ewa Piszczek’s three-dimensional mosaic “Quotidianità” (Everyday life) represents a white towel with a red bordure. It is hung on a curved towel rail at the wall. The execution and the staging are in a realistic manner. Not only… (read more)
