art

A collection of 19 issues

Kristy Flower : sculpting with energy

Kristy Flower is an Italian artist based in London, known for her artistic focus on motifs such as the vagina and the vulva, inspired by women and mother earth and her independent brand that specializes in vintage reworking, painting and restoration. Our first encounter was through her sculptures. While strolling

Rhythm 0 – Between Subject and Object

How does "Rhythm 0", by exploring the chosen and ambivalent vulnerability of a woman’s artist, reveal profound societal phenomena?

"Art for Art" or "Art for art market"?

It is the first time in the history of art when the art market is more important than the art itself. If the 19th century was all about “Art for art”, the 20th about “Art as a weapon against totalitarian politics”, the 21st century is all about “Art for art market”.

Art & Politics: The fall of the Divine Empire

Medieval pictorial art is almost exclusively religious. The sacredness of the painting is represented, through the golden background, as symbol of impermissibility, and the absence of facial expression, as being timeless and aspatial.

Feminist art: Is the vagina the new penis?

Before the year 2000 no one really dared to put vaginas or vulvas in public exhibitions. These empowered women artists make us believe that the days of the penis are over: So, can the vagina be the new penis?

Mona Lisa & the Art Market

In the world of the art market the value of a work of art, as well as the rating of an artist, are exclusively determined by the buyer. The expert only gives an estimation of the value of the item for sale, which most of the time is very low

Bypassing the fear of the "White Box"

One of the main problems regarding the misunderstanding of contemporary art is the fact that the public doesn’t visit art galeries because these galeries seem, first of all, too elitist, and second of all, unaccessible. The white walls and the huge open windows exhibiting through their glass a few

The Biennale of Venice 2019

Held every two years since 1895 the Biennale of Venice is questioning the novelty in art, giving to each country the opportunity to exhibit their most representative contemporary works of art. The Biennale of Venice was initially an event organized to celebrate the 25 years of marriage of the King

Emoji Art

Is the public ready to embrace emoji as art, given its trivial aspect in every day conversations? Can we think, from now on, every time we write a message “Hey, I am using art to express myself?“