Article by Bianca Mafodda (January 23rd, 2023) 2022 has just come to an end and we can’t help but analyze a trend of the big auction houses, such as Sotheby’s, Christie’s, and Phillips, from the past year. That trend is...
Article by Bianca Mafodda (December 19th, 2022) Alex Katz was born in Brooklyn in 1927 and spent his childhood in the city’s suburbs. His interest in art and poetry, encouraged by his parents since an early age, led him to...
Article by Bianca Mafodda (November 14th, 2022) I spent the past weekend wandering around the pavilions of the 59th edition of the Venice Biennale. Making my way through the huge Giardini and Arsenale locations, not to mention the various events...
Article by Bianca Mafodda (October 31st, 2022) Pietro Dorazio (Rome, 1927 – Perugia, 2005) was one of the most famous representatives of the Italian Abstract movement of the 20th century. After the rise of the Fascist dictatorship, the Italian...
Article by Bianca Mafodda Henri Matisse’s The Red Studio (1911), a painting that is now considered not only one of the artist’s masterpieces, but also one of the foundational works of modern art, was first met with indifference. As...
Article written by Bianca Mafodda on July 8, 2022 Lisetta Carmi (1924, Genoa, Italy – Cisternino, Brindisi, Italy), the incredible Italian photographer and leader in social and gender matters, died this week at the age of 98. Born into a bourgeois family...
Article written by Bianca Mafodda on June 24, 2022 This past weekend I finally managed to visit an incredible exhibition I have been meaning to visit for a long time. I am referring to Bill Viola. Icons of Light at Palazzo Bonaparte...
Article written by Bianca Mafodda on June 10, 2022 «Photograph the world as it is. Nothing's more interesting than reality.» - Mary Ellen Mark Mary Ellen Mark (Philadelphia, March 20, 1940 – New York, May 25, 2015) started taking pictures in...
Article written by Bianca Mafodda on June 3, 2022 “The real thing that makes a photographer is more than just a technical skill, more than turning on the radio. It has to do with the force of inner intention. I have always...
