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 ...

Not many people know that the young Andy Warhol was a tireless draftsman. Constantly striving to describe in a few lines the American reality of the '50s, the artist in the beginning shows a keen desire to reproduce his contemporaries, laying the foundations of a process that will give birth to great critical works of Pop Art. But one of the questions that revolve around the major exhibition of 300 drawings, open until February 21 at the ...

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 ...

The Sustainable Design from Finland exhibition is part of the event  Alla Luce del Nord ("In the Light of the North"), which provides a new kind of open arena for exchange of ideas between designers and artists Helsinki and Venice, and in a larger scale, between Finland and Italy. Good design is both functional and pleasing to the eye and touch. Good design is also sustainable in the sense that it stands the test of time and use. Sustainable design is good for ...

Cartasia 2012: from June 30 to 29 July . In this sixth edition are involved international artists creating monumental works made by paper. Selected by a jury, the works will be visible in the streets and squares of the historical centre of Lucca. Seven, one of which is out of competition, are the artists of this edition: Stefania Gianicci, Zsuzsa Horvat (in collaboration with Zoltan Lakatos), Inés Hubacher (in ...

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 ...

From 23 March to 3 April Pigneto the world is turned upside down: all'Hula Hoop Club flourishes (rootless) the site-specific installation "La ville à l'envers" dual focus of staff and Chiara Francesca Mariani Luzi.A small village descends from the ceiling with a great pile of houses piled one on top upside down. There are no rules in this enchanting city, and appealing retro design, populated by animals out of context, mysterious figures, where the inside ...

Returns this year the awaited event in Venice with Arte Laguna Prize. Opens on March, 17th at Nappe of Arsenale of Venice, the collective exhibition of finalists who come from all over the world and belong to six different disciplines: Painting, Sculpture, Photography Art, Video Art, Performance, and, for the first time, Virtual Art set up on iPad. During the happening will be announced the five overall winners and finalists performers will exhibit live. The exhibition is open ...

A child is struggling with maths homework. He spill the ink on the book and he falls asleep, when suddenly the stain comes to life and, in the form of a strange demon, drags him into a dream world made ​​of numbers and geometrical figures. This is the beautiful plot of the animated short-movie "Arithmétique", made ​​by Dalila Rovazzani and Giovanni Munari for the Experimental Centre of Cinematography. The movie, freely inspired by the work ...