By Paco Barragán
Culture in general, and the arts in particular, are suffering, paraphrasing Chris Hedges, author of acclaimed The Empire of Illusion, because of “the utopian promises of unfettered capitalism and globalization.” Unlike in the United States, where most museums and contemporary art centers are primarily privately funded or have just a small [...]
Bill Viola is a well-known new media artist, but above all a great painter. The Japan Art Association shares the same opinion: they awarded him recently one of the 2011 Praemium Imperiale Art Awards under the category of painting. On the occasion of the publication of the book When a Painting Moves… Something Must Be Rotten! [...]
When a Painting Moves… Something Must be Rotten! Edited by Selene Wendt and Paco Barragán. Edizione Charta, Milano and The Stenersen Museum, Oslo, 2011. 76 pages. ISBN 9788881588169.
By Irina Leyva-Pérez
Artists have always crossed the boundaries and pushed the limits by proposing new approaches to art. This attitude has become an intrinsic part of [...]
The digital display attached to the existing network technologies facilitates new opportunities for visual creation. In addition to real and virtual video art, new forms incorporate the category of machinima.
By Cristina García-Lasuén
Visual creations today arise from a challenging technological, cultural, and formal mix, and reflect our early twenty-first century society. As such, these visual expressions [...]
The 33rd edition of Arte Fiera Art First, Italy’s foremost exhibition of modern and contemporary art, will be held in Bologna from 23 to 26 January 2009.
Arte Fiera Art First is a unique showcase for international art, presenting confirmed market trends, an advance look at new artistic movements, and extraordinary works of art selected by [...]
