The Art during Covid-19 This Manifesto is the result of a reflection around Francesco Arecco’s call for Art Seeds, an artistic project conceived at the beginning of the Covid-19 emergency, that spoke to artists, intellectuals and art curator aiming to stimulate the realization of creative contributes, that could transform the uncertain
L'Arte durante il Covid-19 Questo Manifesto nasce dalla riflessione intorno al bando di Francesco Arecco per Art Seeds, un progetto artistico concepito all'inizio dell'emergenza Covid-19 diretto ad artisti, intellettuali e curatori con l'obiettivo di stimolare la produzione di contributi creativi, in grado di trasformare il presente incerto in un periodo culturalmente significativo. Francesco Arecco
“From style guides for Coca-cola, book design in the 16th century, or the hand written origins of some of the world's most famed fonts, the Archive collects, preserves, and tells the story of the importance and fascination with letters” —Juxtapoz I found out about the Letterform Archive during my flight back from
Igreja Do Carmo stands in all its majesty in the heart of Lisbon. It's old and deprived of the biggest part of its structure, it emanates a decadent aura and yet it's a true artwork, exactly because of its lacks. It made me think about an old queen dressed in grey,
What I do when I feel I'm getting bored, is to plan to see beautiful art; so I start checking out the exhibitions in town online and I leave home as fast as I can to reach them. This is how I ended up experiencing one of the most memorable exhibitions
I had the chance to see Claire Burbridge's exhibition at the Nancy Tomey Fine Art Gallery, one of the best galleries of Minnesota Street Project, just few days before its closing. It has been a magic serendipity, in fact Burbridge's Night Garden gathers all that I dream of: wandering in an
Santiago Insignares is the young and smiling artist that I met in 2017 at ArtSpan, in San Francisco. He speaks English, Spanish and Italian, that's how we started talking in the first place. Santiago is a sculptor with a multicultural background and lots to talk about. Instead of words, he uses
It was a marvelously hot sunny day in mid-July in Capalbio. My boyfriend and I had just spent an amazing holiday in a retreat located in the Tuscan hills, swimming, drinking Spritz during the sunset
“For me, each book has individual personality and it has narrative and history like a human being.” J. Kwon Jukhee Kwon is a South Korean artist who's able to see in already written books new stories, re-writing them with surrealistic installations. Pages become wings, words feathers and books pulsating hearts. Kwon
Ok, I want to make an essential introduction: to appreciate David Mithra's work you need to unearth the Dada spirit from your subconscious; everyone has got one. It manifests in the attraction for the “horrid”, in the instinct to voyeurism, it comes alive in the veins of narcissism that pulsate, occasionally.
