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"My illustrations come to life after I study the article: initially I look for that unique something which distinguishes it and on which the whole piece hinges. It's not a question of the sense it has so much as the...

Longhi’s lifetime ambition was the artistic re-evaluation of Caravaggio and his importance to seventeenth-century Baroque painting. He reached his goal by curating two mega-exhibitions in Milan: “Caravaggio e i caravaggeschi” in 1951 and “I pittori della realtà in Lombardia” in...

The scenario we are living in, dominated by the first global sanitary crisis of the communication era, is totally unprecedented and will inevitably produce a great effect on artistic expressions, in particular those related to death. The Covid-19 assumes a...

The initiative is a video, podcast series and social media campaign that gives voice to many prominent figures from the world of art, culture and entertainment. The project was conceived, written and produced by Creative Pois-On, the NYC-based storytelling platform...

In today’s artificial society, while nature is gradually vanishing, we are also longing for more humanity. What is the point of art if it’s not to help us lead better lives, to give us hope and to remind us that...

On loan from 55 different private collections and museums, never before have so many works by Raphael been displayed in a single exhibition. Architect, draughtsman, painter, poet and archaeologist who died of mysterious causes at the young age of 37,...

One year after the commemoration of the 500th anniversary of the great Leonardo’s death, comes Raphael’s turn. From the US to Italy, to Switzerland and beyond, the world celebrates Raphael’s genius and puts the spotlight on his major and minor...

After a successful debut last year, the IDEA Boston festival is returning packed with an expanded lineup of more than 25 panels, 60 guest speakers from academia to award-winning authors, poets, artists, social and political analysts, actors, musicians, a photo...

In her essay, Sontag introduces the concept of “Camp sensibility.” In the volume containing her camp essay, in fact, the essay on Camp is followed by one “On culture and the new sensibility,” an important essay that examines in depth...