"All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he looked, he lived; and still, as he lived, he wondered."
I have a problem with the artistic current of the Macchiaioli, and my problem is that I always get them mixed up with Divisionism. And I don't like Divisionism, so I almost skipped this exhibition, and that would have been a shame because I do...
A few weeks ago, I wrote about an installation with pieces by Giorgio Armani at the Pinacoteca di Brera, here in Milan, and as a matter of fact that wasn't the only show around fashion I visited, which is unlike me. While I was in...
Last week I went to see a rather disappointing exhibition at our local Gallery of Modern Art, and the Contemporary Art Pavilion is just nearby, so I thought I'd try my luck a second time and see if the works on exhibition would make up...
Last month, I caught the opportunity of a few meetings I had in Venice and stayed around to catch this exhibition at the splendid Peggy Guggenheim Foundation, and it was stunning. You have time until March 2nd, and I strongly recommend you make time, if...
The exhibition Nocturnes, hosted in the Canovian Rooms of the Museo Correr in Venice, stages works by Karen LaMonte alongside classical statues and it's the first appointment in the Dialoghi Canoviani programme, which aims to place contemporary artistic research in direct dialogue with the museum’s...
When Giorgio Armani died, back in September last year, they honoured him with two exhibitions: one at his Armani Silos, and a temporary installation of his dresses at the Pinacoteca di Brera. I managed to go and see the latter, a few weeks ago, with...
I was able to catch this exhibition during its last few days, and I'm glad I did. Pellizza da Volpedo: i capolavori, hosted at the Galleria d’Arte Moderna (GAM) in Villa Reale, is a major retrospective dedicated to one of Italy’s most compelling painters between...
As usual for Easter and Christmas, the nearby church of Saint Eustorgio makes an effort to borrow a single masterpiece from someone, and then explains the shit out of it through a dedicated installation. This Christmas, it's the time of a Nativity by Lorenzo Lotto,...
On Sunday, we wanted to go to the theatre to see The Book of Mormon, but the show was cancelled, so we decided to go and see an art exhibition instead. I tre grandi di Spagna: l’Arte di Dalí, Miró e Picasso promises to look...
There are cities that seduce by excess, by grand vertical gestures, by spectacle, by the dazzling promise of visibility. And there are others, quieter ones, that prefer to act by undercurrent, by persistence, by relation. Milan belongs to the second kind, in my opinion. And...
