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My Art Guides is also an art blog updated daily to keep you in the know about what is going on in the art world. The editorial team helps you to get to know the vast expanse of the contemporary art world, narrowing it the essential topics we reckon to be the core of the current artistic fervour. Check out the latest Interviews we have been covering and to which we want to draw your attention.

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Keeper of the past in the present for the future: an interview with Rayyane Tabet
For the occasion of his upcoming solo show at Sharjah Art Foundation, we invited Rayyane Tabet to be My Art Guide Dubai/Sharjah/Abu Dhabi guest artist. In this interview he tells us about his first in-depth presentation in the UAE region.
February 2, 2021
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“The Time of the Flood”: an interview with artist Stefano Cagol on his exhibition at CCA Tel Aviv
On the occasion of his solo show "The Time of the Flood" at CCA Tel Aviv, artist Stefano Cagol takes the reader throughout the exhibition project with an intimate dialogue to the professionals involved, Nicola Trezzi, Mareike Dittmer, Silvana Greco and Giorgia Calò.
December 2, 2020
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“The Future of the Museum: 28 Dialogues”, a new book by András Szántó
As museums shuttered during the 2020 novel-coronavirus pandemic, New York–based cultural strategist András Szántó conducted a series of conversations with international museum leaders. We interviewed author András Szántó to learn more about the project.
November 30, 2020
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C0C The Festival as Performance : an interview with Club to Club founder Sergio Ricciardone
Whilst the twentieth anniversary of Club to Club will now be celebrated in 2021, a brand new project C0C (CZEROC) was launched yesterday, raising the banner for cultural independence during these trying times. We had a chat to Club to Club founder Sergio Ricciardone about Ass. Cult. Xplosiva's new project, the future of Club to Club and its hometown, Turin.
November 6, 2020
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MAMbo’s new model: an interview with Lorenzo Balbi on how the museum is readapting and reacting to the pandemic
On the occasion of the meeting between Armin Linke and Lorenzo Balbi for the Art Encounters series at the Volvo Studio Milan, Chiara Angeli Head of Sales & Marketing of Volvo Car Italia and Mara Sartore took the opportunity to talk with the director of the Museum of Modern Art from Bologna.
October 21, 2020
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A consortium of galleries to enhance the Italian territory: a conversation with Lorenzo Fiaschi
We have other ideas in the hat! I can’t wait for the consortium to give birth to many children!...
October 19, 2020
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Looking at reality through the eyes of love: an Interview with Ragnar Kjartansson
We had a little chat to Ragnar Kjartansson during the opening of his latest show in Milan, ‘The Sky in a Room’ curated by Massimiliano Gioni and presented by the Fondazione Nicola Trussardi. The project staged in the church of San Carlo al Lazzaretto in Milan, is accompanied by the church organ where professional singers take turns to perform an ethereal arrangement of ‘Il cielo in una stanza’, by Gino Paoli. The piece will be repeated, uninterruptedly, for six hours a day, every day from September 22 to October 25, 2020.
September 25, 2020
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“A vision of peace. Harmony and good intelligence”: an interview with Caribbean artist Tessa Mars
On the occasion of the opening of "One Month After Being Known in that Island" at KBG.H, Basel, we interviewed Caribbean artist Tessa Mars to learn more about her work and practice.
September 22, 2020
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Art in the times of Coronavirus: an interview with Chus Martínez
I think we need to rethink the role art and artists play outside traditional showcases. Art is a driving...
September 8, 2020
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The new Basel H. Geiger Cultural Foundation: an interview with Director Raphael Suter
No, we would like to support the initiative to show the show, or parts of it in the Caribbean as it is...
September 7, 2020
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Discovering the Julius Baer Art Collection: a conversation with the collection’s curator Barbara Staubli
In 1985, the collection acquired its first photographs, with three works from the “Équilibres...
September 4, 2020
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Celebrating the 50th anniversary of von Bartha gallery: an interview with Director Stefan von Bartha
As the gallery is celebrating its 50year anniversary with a big group show and event in September, we have interviewed director Stefan von Bartha to learn more about the gallery's history, development and future plans.
August 31, 2020
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Highlights from the Sculpture Biennale: a Conversation with Matthew Lutz
To mark the Sculpture Biennale in Geneva, we have spoken to 3 young exhibiting artists about their participation and their practice in general. The second contribution is from artist Matthew Lutz (b. 1984, Brooklyn, New York, lives and works in Paris)
July 24, 2020
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Highlights from the Sculpture Biennale: a Conversation with Ser Serpas
For the occasion of the Sculpture Biennale, we have been in conversation with 3 young artists exhibiting in this major exhibition in Geneva. The first contribution comes from artist Ser Serpas.
July 22, 2020
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“Identity in space and the human narrative”: an interview on Lamya Gargash’s art and practice
Emirati photographer and artist is having a solo show at the Third Line
March 9, 2020
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The Cup and the Saucer: an Interview with Hashel Al Lamki
For the occasion of his first institutional solo show, we interviewed Abu Dhabi based artist Hashel Al Lamki
March 9, 2020
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The Miracle of Collective Art Making: An Interview with Jaimie Warren
We had a chat with the Brooklyn-based multi-disciplinary artist Jaimie Warren about her first institutional solo show in New York, “The Miracle,” currently on show at Pioneer Works, set to culminate with an outrageous and immersive musical THE MIRACLE, THE MUSICAL on April 4th and 11th, directed by Matt Roche.
March 2, 2020
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Stay, work, participate and be alert. An Interview with Wong Ping on Hong Kong
In the light of recent events in Hong Kong, we talked to artist Wong Ping about change, uncertainty and future scenarios on the island everybody is talking about.
February 26, 2020
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Back to Nature: an Interview with Benedetto Pietromarchi
Benedetto Pietromarchi, talking from his studio in Capalbio tells us about his new artworks which will be on view at the Josh Lilley Gallery in London with an exhibition under the title of "Guardians". He is also participating to the group show "Back to Nature. Nelle mani della Natura" due to open at Parco di Villa Borghese, Rome, April 22, 2020.
February 20, 2020
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Shipwreck Crime: An Exhibition by Italo Rondinella
The opening of Shipwreck Crime, solo exhibition of the photographer Italo Rondinella, which was
supposed to open in Venice (Italy) on Saturday March 14th 2020, will open on Saturday May 30th 2020.
May 19, 2020
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Laura Vincenti: Cape Town, the place to be in February
From the 14th to the 16th of February 2020, the 8th edition of Investec Cape Town Art Fair (ICTAF) returns to the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC). The leading art fair in Africa features the foremost galleries from South Africa, the African continent, and abroad. On the occasion, we interviewed its Director, Laura Vincenti.
February 7, 2020
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The Story of a Mountain, The History of a Country: An Interview with Minerva Cuevas
My Art Guides had a chat with Minerva Cuevas ahead of her participation in the exhibition ‘Siembra/Sowing’, set to open next Saturday February 8th at Kurimanzutto Gallery in Mexico City, during Zona Maco Art Week. For the exhibition Minerva will present 'The Story of a Mountain, The History of a Country'. For this new piece the artist uses Tezontle stone (A volcanic rock found in the Mexico Valley) in order to work with considerations surrounding the geography of Mexico City and its volcanoes.
February 1, 2020
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Highlights from the 8th Barcelona Symposium: an Interview with Elena Soboleva, Director of Online Sales at David Zwirner
In this newly-created position, Elena leads the programming, curation, and strategy for the gallery’s digital sales channels, which include over 20 online exhibitions a year in addition to 25 art-fair previews.
January 28, 2020
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Constructed Situations: An Interview with Curator Masha Sergeeva
Heading the opening of the exhibition “Constructed Situations“, we interviewed curator Masha Sergeeva to tell us about this collective show developed in collaboration with the City of Moscow which runs November 21-26, 2019 at Istituto Santa Maria della Pietà, Venice.
November 19, 2019