Journal

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

02October202323rd May 2024

Giuliana Balice, ‘The Seduction of Architecture’ in Venice alongside the Biennale

Pursuing the series of exhibitions dedicated to the relationship between Art and Architecture, Zuecca Projects and Artvisor present the first solo show in Venice of the artist Giuliana Balice. The exhibition “Giuliana Balice: l’ordine geometrico e la seduzione dell’architettura” (Giuliana Balice: the geometric order and the seduction of architecture), curated by Italo Tomassoni, will be hosted at Squero Castello, from 6 October to 25 November 2023. Coinciding with the final months of the Architecture Biennale 2023, the exhibition focuses on the artist’s sculptural production (from the late 1960s to the 2000s), highlighting her close ties with two of the fundamental...

09August202313th November 2023

ExhibitionsBy Artvisor

Anselm Kiefer at White Cube Bermondsey

German artist Anselm Kiefer has created a new series of works that conclude the final part of a grand trilogy of immersive and ambitious exhibitions for his latest exhibit at White Cube Bermondsey in London. In this exhibition, Kiefer reimagines the famously experimental last novel by James Joyce, Finnegans Wake, as an immersive symphony of naturalist destruction through the mutation of the novel into a non-linear dreamscape. Installation view of ‘Anselm Kiefer – Finnegans Wake’ White Cube. Photo ©Artvisor ‘Anselm Kiefer – Finnegans Wake’ is an impenetrable work of wordplay, full of puns and metaphors, synecdoches, harsh realities, and deceptions....

The City and Contemporary Art: a Conversation between Gian Maria Tosatti and Piero Tomassoni

10July202320th February 2024

Journal, TalksBy Artvisor

The City and Contemporary Art: a Conversation between Gian Maria Tosatti and Piero Tomassoni

The Centro Italiano Arte Contemporanea (CIAC) in Foligno hosted a conversation between Artvisor founder Piero Tomassoni and artist Gian Maria Tosatti last month. Together, they examined today’s relationship between art and the city. The event was held in conjunction with Tosatti’s site-specific solo installation at CIAC Spazio #09 – Mi Ricordo and his Italian Pavilion for the Venice Biennale History of the Night and Destiny of Comets, of which the CIAC was a Major Supporter. The dialogue started with an introduction to the Venice Biennale and the architectural entity of the Italian Pavilion as a platform. Tosatti produced the large-scale...

01July202320th February 2024

Columns, Exhibitions, JournalBy Kendra Lee

Vincenzo Agnetti at the Cardi Gallery

Simultaneously taking place from June to September across Cardi’s London and Milan galleries, Tempo e Memoria (Time and Memory) is an extensive exhibition dedicated to the Italian conceptual artist, poet, and essayist Vincenzo Agnetti (1926-1981). The show is a continuous spectacle across the two spaces, featuring a comprehensive collection of the artist’s works from 1969 to 1975, which explores poetic reflections on language, time, and memory. Installation view of Vincenzo Agnetti: Tempo e Memoria, London, Courtesy of Cardi Gallery. Encompassing all three floors of Cardi’s Mayfair location, the exhibition celebrates Agnetti’s iconic Felts and Axioms alongside rarely-seen installations that reveal...

Gian Maria Tosatti at Pirelli HangarBicocca and CIAC Foligno

23May202329th August 2023

Exhibitions, JournalBy Artvisor

Gian Maria Tosatti at Pirelli HangarBicocca and CIAC Foligno

The artist who represented Italy at the last Venice Biennale currently has two major exhibitions in Italy open through July 2023: NOw/here at Pirelli HangarBicocca in Milan and Spazio #09 – Mi Ricordo at Centro Italiano Arte Contemporanea in Foligno. Installation view of Gian Maria Tosatti, NOw/here (2023), Courtesy of HangarBicocca. NOw/here at Pierelli Hangar Bicocca in Milan is curated by Vicente Todolí and features the latest large-scale works by Gian Maria Tosatti, produced in relation to the site’s architecture. The space was once a Pirelli factory now converted into a contemporary art space in 2012. Tosatti’s Portraits feature gold...

David Tremlett ‘Jazz Cascade’: The 50th Anniversary Of Umbria Jazz

20May202320th February 2024

Columns, JournalBy Artvisor

David Tremlett ‘Jazz Cascade’: The 50th Anniversary Of Umbria Jazz

Two new works for major British-Swiss artist David Tremlett in Umbria. The artist was commissioned to design the official poster for the 50th anniversary of Umbria Jazz, one of the most prestigious and long-standing jazz festivals worldwide. David Tremlett, Jazz Cascade, 50th Anniversary of Umbria Jazz. The new work ‘Jazz Cascade’ was unveiled at the same time as the new site-specific architectural intervention in Perugia, the Artist’s House project. Tremlett notes, “I’ve never been good with titles for my works, so when I thought about the project for Perugia, I had to really commit myself. I knew that this place...

Seven Exhibitions to See in New York Right Now

17May202329th August 2023

Artvisor Projects, Exhibitions, JournalBy Artvisor

Seven Exhibitions to See in New York Right Now

Our team went around New York in May and picked out some highlights from a great exhibition season Chosen Memories. The Patricia Cisneros Collection at MoMA Installation view of Chosen Memories: Contemporary Latin American Art from the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Gift and Beyond, The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Photo: Jonathan Dorado MoMA’s Chosen Memories: Contemporary Latin American Art from the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Gift and Beyond showcases contemporary works that delve into themes of investigation as source material for new works. This major exhibition brings together works in the museum’s collection from over forty multi-media...

30April202329th August 2023

Artvisor Projects, Exhibitions, JournalBy Artvisor

Stezaker/Tremlett at Artvisor, London

“Walls, sculptures and drawings can talk and tell stories, they can echo.” – David Tremlett “There is something very odd, even unnerving about cutting through a photograph. It sometimes feels like I am cutting through flesh.” – John Stezaker We are pleased to announce a two-person exhibition of leading British artists John Stezaker and David Tremlett curated by Piero Tomassoni, held at Artvisor in London from May to September 2023.. David Tremlett, Spaces #1, 2023 John Stezaker (b. 1949) is known for his provocative collages and conceptual use of photography and found images. Having begun his career in the early 1970s, he became...

Thiago Rocha Pitta. Seeds at DauLang, Seoul

24April202318th August 2023

Exhibitions, JournalBy Artvisor

Thiago Rocha Pitta. Seeds at DauLang, Seoul

We are pleased to announce Thiago Rocha Pitta. Seeds, the artist’s first solo exhibition in South Korea, hosted at DauLang Gallery in Seoul. Rocha Pitta (b.1980, Brazil) is an artist renowned for his multimedia practice that intertwines themes from nature, politics, and the history of art. With Seeds, Rocha Pitta continues his career-long exploration of natural phenomena through six new watercolours, meant to act as an initial planting of ideas that will germinate and bloom with the production of a larger-scale exhibition in 2024. Homage to JMW Turner, Heritage, and The Silence reference previous series by the artist expressed through...

Giulio Paolini at the Accademia Nazionale di San Luca, Rome

19April202320th October 2023

Exhibitions, JournalBy Artvisor

Giulio Paolini at the Accademia Nazionale di San Luca, Rome

Giulio Paolini. A come Accademia at Palazzo Carpegna, Rome The Accademia Nazionale di San Luca in Rome presents Giulio Paolini. A come Accademia. Conceived by Marco Tirelli and curated by Antonella Soldaini, the exhibition features six unpublished works specifically created for Palazzo Carpegna. The artist’s thought-provoking conceptual works combine diverse media – painting, photography, and sculpture, to create poetic and introspective spaces. Giulio Paolini, A come Accademia, partial view of the exhibition, 2023, The Accademia Nazionale di San Luca, Rome, IT © Andrea Veneri Paolini is a prominent Italian artist often associated with the Arte Povera movement. Although he took part...

“The Ideal City”, a talk by Piero Tomassoni at the Palazzo Ducale of Urbino

27March202329th August 2023

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“The Ideal City”, a talk by Piero Tomassoni at the Palazzo Ducale of Urbino

In a captivating and thought-provoking event held at the prestigious Palazzo Ducale of Urbino, Piero Tomassoni delivered a talk on the topic of “The Ideal City” on the invitation of the Colnaghi Foundation and of the Italian Association of Family Businesses (AIDAF), whose associate companies include major household names from all industries, and together produce nearly 15% of Italy’s GDP. The historic walls of the Palazzo Ducale, itself one of the prime example of ideal urban space in the Renaissance, were the perfect setting for unraveling the complexities surrounding the concept of an ideal city. The talk commenced with a...

a painting from the Hermann Nitsch retrospective

15March202318th August 2023

Exhibitions, JournalBy Artvisor

Hermann Nitsch at Pace Gallery, New York

Selected Paintings, Actions, Relics, and Musical Scores, 1965–2020 On 16 March 2023, Pace Gallery New York will open a retrospective of the Viennese artist Hermann Nitsch (1938-2022). The exhibition, entitled Hermann Nitsch – Selected Paintings, Actions, Relics, and Musical Scores, 1965–2020 is a celebration of the artist’s contributions to the avant-garde and a testament to his enduring legacy. The retrospective initially began as a collaboration with the artist, however, after his passing last April, the solo exhibition became a way to honour the completion of one of Nitsch’s final projects. Hermann Nitsch, Schüttbild, 1992 © Hermann Nitsch Foundation Nitsch was an interdisciplinary...