03 Sep 2010

Window of a Roman Art Gallery

I have been arguing for years that the concept every painter paints himself is alive and well in the art world, even if art scholars are unaware of it. So I was particularly delighted when I came across this notice posted on the window of an art

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27 Jul 2010

The Traditionalism of Contemporary Art

Giulio Paolini (b. 1940) is an Italian artist living in Turin. His sculpture, Three by Three, is currently being exhibited at the new MAXXI museum in Rome and it demonstrates, with startling clarity that good contemporary artists today are just

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