Guerrino Boatto is considered to be one of the Masters of the hyperrealism and Paolo Cornieti defines him as "one of the greatest illustrators in the world". Guerrino Boatto worked for a long time in the advertising industry, for the most important international brands, but painting was always in the foreground: his works, meticulously realistic, do not make use of reproductive technologies, like photography or computer manipulations; they are rigorously painted. They are nice, lively ...

ANDREA ZUCCHI Double game/Doppio gioco Appropriazioni & Astrazioni/Appropriations & Abstractions curated by Sergio Risaliti Opening: April 13th, 2013 from 5 PM From April 14th to May 12th 2013, the Fondazione Stelline in Milan hosts the exhibition "Andrea Zucchi. Double game - Appropriations & Abstractions ": fifty recent works of the milanese painter, between figuration of distant metaphysics ancestry and abstraction. The initiative is part of "Open Space Stelline", format of hospitality events created by external parties in collaboration with the Fondazione ...

Sculpture and emotions are the protagonists of this exhibition by Simona Ragazzi. Faces and figures, perfectly shaped on sheets of clay come to life, telling and interacting with the viewer, revealing the inner side and emotional feelings of man, where fear, serenity, anger, ecstasy are no longer private emotions of which have modesty, but become the main character of an inner and outer beauty that will become a work of art. "Private notes", "Hurt",  are some titles ...

At the Hayward gallery in London will be staged a retrospective titled "Invisible: Art about the Unseen 1957-2012", which will exhibit the works "invisible" by renowned artists including , Yves Klein, Yoko Ono and John Motti. This is the first exhibition "unseen" in the history of Great Britain. From the title you can already guess that this collective will require an imagination quite intense of the public, given the peculiarities of the works of art, ...

This is the title of the current exhibition at the Museum of the Imperial Forums in Trajan's Markets in Rome. The exhibition shows to the European public the art school, based on the use of Arabic alphabet, where each letter has its own individual meaning. Not pure calligraphy then, but pure pictorial art, that interpreted the elegance of the Arabic alphabet. They are  masterpieces of the permanent collection of the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts, by permission of its Director, of the 'Embassy of Jordan, the Foundation Roma Mediterraneo and Italian-Arab Chamber of Commerce, who  learned and realized the desire of Jordanian Princess Wijdan Al Hashemi. 75works  are exhibited to the public, but the 57 artists don't come only from the Arab ...

Once again the New Year's Eve in Venice will make hearts beat in San Marco Square: at night, the most celebrated in the world, a choral kiss will be the symbol of a message of love in the city of love by definition. Are really numerous the events in the lagoon that are going to greet the new year, including the New Year's Concert at the Teatro La Fenice with Matheuz Diego scheduled for Sunday, January ...

Strange but true. The Swiss artist Pipilotti Rist, among the stars of the show of video-art for many years now, never had an exhibition in Italy of his own. Now, in the abandoned spaces of the former cinema Manzoni in Milan, the Trussardi Foundation is organizing her first Italian exhibition:  Parasympathetic, open until December 18th. Nine works, but in a setting so pervasive as to be unpredictable and, as always happens when you have to ...

San Gimignano, the worldwide famous “Town of beautiful towers” hosts a strange but perfect experiment of history and  modern mix. So it happens that a Medieval History Museum, SanGimignano1300 and a contemporary Art gallery, iSculpture, coexist in adjacent rooms. Beside the faithful reconstruction of the miniatured town as existed in the 14Th century, we can find a selection of contemporary sculptures, realized in various materials, from bronze to ceramic, alabaster, wood and recycled metals. Someone may ...

You have time until the 11th of November to submit your artworks to the 6th International Arte Laguna Prize. The Prize is dedicated to contemporary visual artists from all over the world, who can decide freely topics and techniques of their artworks, choosing between 5 section: painting, sculpture, photographic art, video-art and performance, virtual art (dedicated to artworks created using softwares and apps for smartphones and tablets). But the Arte Laguna Prize is not just a competition: ...

Here are some appointments with the shows not to be missed around the world. In this hot month of October do not miss these exciting events: The OCMA Orange County Museum of Art in Los Angeles shows "Two Schools Of Cool", from October 9, 2011 to January 22, 2012. The exhibition offers to the public the works of 5 team of famous artists. Teams are formed respectively by a local artist and an established name on ...