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Artist spotlights, reviews, insights, and art world news from our team.

Artist Spotlight: Gregory Thielker

Artist Spotlight: Gregory Thielker

Current Exhibition: ‘The Wall,’ Granoff Centre, Cohen Gallery, Rhode Island 28 February - 22 March 2018. In his latest project, 'The Wall,' Gregory Thielker has collaborated with the anthropology scholar, Paja Faudree. Their exploration into how the border between the US and Mexico has impacted life at a local level has been realised through a series of sculptures, [...]

Artist Spotlight: Gillo Dorfles

Artist Spotlight: Gillo Dorfles

 Born: Trieste, then Austro-Hungary, 1910. Acclaimed Italian artist and critic Gillo Dorfles died on Friday, 2 March 2018, aged 107. Gillo Dorfles was a philosopher, artist, semiologist and scholar. His broad contributions to the development of art and aesthetics as an academician, painter and critic have been immeasurable. Since the 1930s, he worked intensely as [...]

‘Germany is not an Island’: a timely, hybrid display of contemporary art in 2018

‘Germany is not an Island’: a timely, hybrid display of contemporary art in 2018

Upcoming Exhibition: ‘Germany is not an Island', Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn, Germany, 8 March - 27 May 2018. ‘Germany is not an Island,’ will open to the public in two days time. Around 150 works, by 81 artists, will be on display at the Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn, near Cologne. The works to be exhibited have been acquired over the previous five [...]

Artist Spotlight: Getulio Alviani

Artist Spotlight: Getulio Alviani

Born: Udine, Italy, 1939. After a long battle with illness, the acclaimed Italian artist, author and designer Getulio Alviani died on the 24th February, in his home city of Milan, aged 78. Alviani, who was considered a protagonist of Optical and Kinetic Art, leaves behind a rich and prestigious legacy. Having become interested in art [...]

Artist Spotlight: Justin Fitzpatrick

Artist Spotlight: Justin Fitzpatrick

Born: Dublin, Ireland, 1985. Lives and works in: London and Brussels. Current exhibition: ‘Underworld,’ Kevin Space, Volkertstraße 17/4, 1020 Vienna, Austria. 13 Jan – 4 March 2018. Upcoming Exhibitions: Frieze New York (art fair) (May, 2018), Seventeen, New York (2018).   "I like the idea of a completely uncensored way of producing, where any and every [...]

Celebrating Twenty Years of the Estorick Collection

Celebrating Twenty Years of the Estorick Collection

Founded: London, January 1998 Current Exhibition: ‘The Enchanted Room: Modern Works from the Pinacoteca di Brera,’ Estorick Collection, 24 January 2018 - 8 April 2018 The only gallery in Britain devoted to Italian modernism has just celebrated its twentieth anniversary. To mark this momentous occasion, the museum has curated an exhibition with works from one [...]

Artist Spotlight: Monica Bonvicini

Artist Spotlight: Monica Bonvicini

Born: 1965, Venice, Italy Lives and works in: Berlin, Germany Current exhibition: '3612,54m³ vs 0,005m³' at Berlinische Galerie, Berlin, 16 September, 2017 - 26 February, 2018 Monica Bonvicini’s solo exhibition ‘3612,54 m³ vs 0,005 m³’ at the Berlinische Galerie has been on display since September and will be closing at the end of February. The show opened [...]

‘Claudio Verna – Works From 1967 to 2017’

‘Claudio Verna – Works From 1967 to 2017’

Cardi Gallery, London 23 January 2018 - 30 March 2018 Curated by: Piero Tomassoni The intensity and depth of colour radiating from Claudio Verna’s (b.1937) paintings have transformed Cardi Gallery’s exhibition space. Verna’s pictures hold a gravitational force. They pull its viewers inward; a phenomenological interaction that vivifies each of the rooms they inhabit. It [...]

Interview with The Good Life Magazine

We are pleased to announce that Artvisor's co-founder, Piero Tomassoni, was interviewed for The Good Life magazine. The Good Life, Italy's premier art, culture and lifestyle magazine, interviewed Piero Tomassoni to discuss Artvisor's presence in the global art market. The Q&A covered the business's aims and unique collaborative relationship with galleries and clients. You can read the interview below, [...]

Artist Spotlight: Tamás Kaszás

Artist Spotlight: Tamás Kaszás

Born: 1976, Dunaújváros, Hungary Lives and works in: Budapest, Hungary Upcoming exhibition: Sci Fi Agit Prop at De Appel, Amsterdam, 27 January – 01 April 2018. Netwerk Aalst, Belgium 03 February – 01 July 2018. Tamás Kaszás’s exhibition, Sci Fi Agit Prop, will propose an imagined future, a dystopia in which our current economic system crashes [...]

End of Year Review

End of Year Review

Author: George Greenhill Top 10 Art Exhibitions of 2017 In alphabetical order: Hannah Black Some Context, Chisenhale Gallery, London, 22 September – 10 December The Situation, a book composed of conversations between the artist and her friends about theories of subjectivity and collectivity, provide structure to the assortment of multifarious objects in the exhibition. These new [...]

This Week In Art, London: Monday 4th – Sunday 10th December

This Week In Art, London: Monday 4th – Sunday 10th December

Author: George Greenhill This Week In Art, London: Monday 4th – Sunday 10th December What’s happening around the world this week Everyone is in Miami! Here is the Art Newspaper’s top ten shows to see there [The Art Newspaper] JFK painting outshines Donald Trump’s sketch at Heritage Auction Texas [New York Post] Lubaina Himid becomes [...]