Editorial
This section brings together recent articles, posts and reports as well as a series of conversations with artists and curators who talk to us about their work and their respective cities, offering unique itineraries and a diverse perspective. These encounters have established My Art Guides as an engaging and dynamic platform encouraging culturally relevant discourse amongst the creatives of our times.
Italian journalist and founder of AAATHENS Chiara Crespi reflects on the journey that brought her from Paris to Athens and on the creation of a platform designed to make the city’s cultural landscape easier to navigate. In this interview, she discusses the evolution of contemporary art in Greece, the growing role of independent spaces and the cultural geography that connects Athens with the islands. At the heart of her vision lies a desire to build bridges: between artists and audiences, local communities and international visitors, established institutions and emerging projects.
What happens when architecture becomes soft, monuments become places to rest, and history is something to be questioned rather than simply preserved? These are some of the questions at the heart of the work of Andreas Angelidakis (Athens, 1968), one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary art and architecture. Trained as an architect, Angelidakis has spent his career blurring the boundaries between built space, digital culture, memory and performance, creating immersive environments that invite audiences to participate rather than simply observe. Rich in references to classical antiquity, pop culture and the internet, his work combines intellectual depth with an unexpected sense of play. For the 2026 Venice Biennale, he represents Greece with Escape Room, a site-specific installation that transforms the Greek Pavilion into a fluid landscape of "soft ruins", where visitors are encouraged to sit, wander and rethink the spaces—both physical and mental—we inhabit. We met him in Venice to talk about architecture, history, uncertainty and the quiet power of softness.
For Caterina Frongia, craftsmanship is not a practice of preservation but a language through which to speak about the present. Rooted in Sardinian weaving traditions while informed by contemporary visual culture, her work explores movement, migration and transformation as forces that continually reshape identities and knowledge. In this interview, Frongia reflects on the relationship between tradition and innovation, the nomadic nature of textiles, and the cultural landscape of Sardinia today.
To mark the launch of the .ART Award, .ART founder Ulvi Kasimov shares his thoughts on the evolving role of documentation, digital identity, and artistic legacy. From the value of context to the importance of owning one's digital presence, he reflects on how artists can shape their practice in an increasingly digital world.
For Vetrina#16, Dmytrenko presented Intrico, a site-specific installation where the subconscious is compared to a dense forest. The thickness of the trees represents the complexity and depth of the human mind, while the creatures glancing from the bushes are incarnations of the emotional states, memories, and nightmares. They inhabit the space silently and steadily, existing in a parallel time and dimension, not wishing to be discovered. The viewer can only peek carefully, without invading that balanced and untouched world.
In this conversation, Frontini reflects on unraveling as both process and metaphor, the subconscious as a generative space for images, and the role of imagination as refuge, resistance, and renewal in a time marked by unrest.
