The Madonna Lia and Leonardo da Vinci’s students

Friday March 4th, 2022 , Artists and Works

Francesco Galli, detto Napoletano
1470 – 1501
Madonna con Bambino, detta Madonna Lia olio su tavola trasportato su tela Pinacoteca del Castello Sforzesco, Milano

THE MADONNA LIA AND THE STUDENTS OF LEONARDO DA VINCI

The Madonna Lia, painted by Francesco Napolitano, is part of a group of works executed in Leonardo da Vinci’s Milanese workshop at the end of the 15th century, during the years when Leonardo was engaged in numerous assignments at the Sforza court.

Here is what you need to know about this small-scale work executed for an anonymous client.

Madonna Lia and Leonardo da Vinci’s pupils

The human being in the works of Marlene Dumas

Wednesday March 2nd, 2022 , Contemporary Art, Artists and Works

Girl from outa space, 1998, metalic acrylic on paper, 125 x 70 cm
Credits collection: Pinault Collection. Paris, France
Copyright work and courtesy image: Marlene Dumas
Credits photography: Peter Cox, Eindhoven

THE HUMAN BEING IN THE WORKS OF MARLENE DUMAS

The human being is at the centre of the works of Marlene Dumas, considered by critics to be one of the most important artists of the 21st century.
Her portraits are considered to be the new frontier of contemporary portraiture and the body is the absolute protagonist in her paintings.

In this post, I take you on a journey of discovery.

Works by Marlene Dumas

The poetry and art of Giulio Marchetti

Tuesday March 1st, 2022 , Contemporary Art, Artists and Works

THE POETRY AND ART OF GIULIO MARCHETTI

Giulio Marchetti is an artist but also a poet, a multifaceted personality who uses poetry and digital art to tell the contradictions and paradoxes of the world we live in.
His works are provocative, ironic and lead us to reflect on our way of life.

I interviewed Giulio Marchetti to get to know him better, to understand how his works are created and to discover his relationship with words, poetry and the new forms of digital communication.

Interview with Giulio Marchetti

Works by Mimmo Paladino

Tuesday February 22nd, 2022 , Contemporary Art, Artists and Works

THE WORKS OF MIMMO PALADINO AND A TREATISE BY FEDERICO II

At the end of the 1970s, Mimmo Paladino was one of the architects of the return to painting and a leading figure in the Transavanguardia movement, together with Chia, Clemente, Cucchi and DeMaria.

An experimenter in all artistic techniques, Mimmo Paladino has produced many graphic works, such as woodcuts, serigraphs, lithographs, etchings and aquatints.
Now a new project!

Works by Mimmo Paladino

Young Woman by Picasso: history and curiosities of a painting

Monday February 21st, 2022 , Artists and Works

YOUNG WOMAN BY PICASSO: HISTORY AND CURIOSITIES OF A PAINTING

Young Woman by Picasso is a Cubist painting from 1909.
It belongs to Pablo Picasso’s most important works and is an example of the painter’s research in the phase of Analytical Cubism.

The painting has participated in international exhibitions and is coming to Italy, for the first time, thanks to an extraordinary exhibition event organised by Fondazione Alda Fendi – Esperimenti, giving me the opportunity to tell you the story about this masterpiece.

Young Woman by Picasso