Jasper Johns: the artist who changed the meaning of images

Monday March 3rd, 2025 , Artists and Works

Jasper Johns, Flag (1954-1955)

Have you ever stopped to look at an American flag and ask yourself what its deeper meaning is?
Jasper Johns has done so, and not only with the flag of the United States of America, but with everyday objects transformed into visual icons charged with new meanings.
His art is never taken for granted, but is an invitation to look beyond, to stop and reflect.
It is precisely this ability to reflect on objects seemingly trivial to explain that has made him one of the most influential artists of the 20th century.

WHO JASPER JOHNS WAS

Monsters, myths and fantasy: Arianna Fioratti Loreto’s fantastic bestiary

Saturday March 1st, 2025 , Artists and Works

Anton Sokolov does not simply create jewellery. His pieces are fragments of history, tangible evidence of a conflict that devastated his homeland, Ukraine.
Bullet shells, missile shrapnel, brass, glass and silver are transformed, under his hands, into rings, pendants, brooches and bracelets. Each creation is engraved with a number: the exact day of the war when the material was recovered.

His brand name, TRAUMART, is a powerful play on words: it combines TRAUMA, ART and TRAUM (which means ‘dream’ in German). And it is precisely this that Sokolov narrates with his jewellery: the pain of war, but also the hope for a better future. It is not just goldsmith’s art, it is memory, resilience, transformation.

ANTON SOKOLOV: FROM DENTIST TO ARTIST IN THE RUBBLE OF WAR

Cagnaccio di San Pietro: life, style and major works

Thursday February 27th, 2025 , Artists and Works

Cagnaccio di San Pietro l’Alzana

Cagnaccio di San Pietro, pseudonym of Natalino Bentivoglio Scarpa (1897-1946), was an Italian painter belonging to the Magic Realism current. His style, characterised by extreme attention to detail and an almost hyperrealistic rendering, made him one of the most distinctive artists of his era.
His work, often imbued with symbolic meanings and a profound reflection on the society of his time, represents a bridge between the Venetian pictorial tradition and the new instances of modern figurative painting.

CAGNACCIO DI SAN PIETRO

Ileana Sonnabend: the woman who changed the way we see art

Thursday February 27th, 2025 , Schools & Periods

What does it take to make a lasting mark in the art world? Vision, courage and, above all, a love of the unpredictable. Here, Ileana Sonnabend had all this.
Whenever I think of her, I imagine a woman with a keen eye, capable of seeing what others missed. She was not just a collector or an art dealer: she was a true pioneer, someone who believed in artists before the world was even aware of them.

WHO ILEANA SONNABEND WAS

Restoration of the Former Church of San Barbaziano: history and rebirth of an architectural treasure

Tuesday February 25th, 2025 , Museums

Have you ever wondered what lies behind the walls of an abandoned church, forgotten by time and then brought back to life? The former Church of San Barbaziano in Bologna has finally reopened its doors thanks to a major restoration project, transforming itself from an urban ruin into a space with strong cultural significance. This recovery, on the occasion of ART CITY Bologna 2025, is not only an architectural intervention, but a journey into the history and memories of a place destined to be reborn.

Let us discover together the main stages of this restoration and the project that gives back a voice to a building symbol of transformation and resilience.

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