Interviews

Luca Panaro is an art curator and professor. He keeps a close eye on the latest artistic research and, at the same time, works with well-known artists. He talked to My Art Guides about his best tips on how to spend time in Milan between art and leisure.

Edoardo Monti is the founder of Palazzo Monti, he defines himself as a cultural agitator or rather, an art cowboy. He spoke to My Art Guides about his best tips on how to spend time in Milan between art and leisure.

Valentino Catricalà in conversation with Mara Sartore about the new opening of SODA and MODAL: a real new dynamic project, unique compared to the main institutions in the world of art and education. SODA is a school for the younger generations, but also an art centre for major international exhibitions, and MODAL is the gallery linked to the art projects. Two projects in a single space to meet the challenge of the future.

Nada Raza is the Director of Alserkal Arts Foundation and as a member of our 2022 Editorial Committee, she spoke to My Art Guides about her top recommendations on spending time in Dubai and why the city is special for her.

Cima Azzam is the curator of Maraya Arts Centre, Sharjah. As a member of the 2022 Editorial Committee, she talks to My Art Guides about the Emirate of Sharjah.

Maya Allison moved to the United Arab Emirates from the US in 2012 to establish the NYU Abu Dhabi Art Gallery, where she holds the post of Executive Director and Chief Curator. She is the curator of the UAE Pavilion at the 59th Venice Biennale and lives in Abu Dhabi. As a member of our Editorial Committee, we asked her some questions about living and working in Abu Dhabi.

In September 2021 "Vetrina" was launched, a cycle of contemporary art exhibitions hosted by Vino Vero Venezia in collaboration with Lightbox and curated by Mara Sartore.
The curator interviewed the second guest artist Elham M. Aghili to chat about her artistic practice and her amazing site-specific work "Hybrids" created specifically for the Wine Club's showcase.

The National Pavilion UAE for the 59th Venice Biennale presents Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim: Between Sunrise and Sunset, an installation of human-sized, abstract, and organic sculptural forms inspired by the environment of Khor Fakkan, Ibrahim’s hometown in the Al Hajar Mountains on the east coast of Sharjah. Ibrahim chose Maya Allison, Chief Curator and Executive Director of NYU Abu Dhabi as the curator of the pavilion. In September 2020 Ibrahim opened a solo exhibition Memory Drum at Lawrie Shabibi, Dubai and had a conversation with Maya Allison about his practice. The 59th International Art Exhibition at the Venice Biennale in 2022 will open to the public between 23 April - 27 November 2022.

Ahead of the opening of the Venice Biennale, cultural consultant and author András Szántó spoke with the curator Cecilia Alemani, on Zoom, about the ideas and process behind the exhibition and how it relates to our moment.

For his first exhibition in a UK institution, Creuzet has filled the upstairs gallery in Camden Arts Centre with a dense installation incorporating music, video, poetry and sculpture. Creuzet’s distinctive sculptural language often repurposes found materials; relics of detritus washed ashore by oceans or the unrelenting progress of history.

My Art Guides talks to artist Shezad Dawood about his experiences on a residency at Fogo Island Arts where an exhibition of his work, 'Between Land & Sea', is on display until 17 April 2022.

Italian artist Elena Mazzi opens her first exhibition in Switzerland this week, ‘I do not desire, I...

My favourite places are certainly Carol Rama‘s studio house and Casa Mollino opposite. I like going...

Turin is full of hidden and wonderful art places. Among the lesser-known and familiar places is the Fruit...

What I recommend seeing in the city is the Botanical Garden (which is part of Valentino park), the Fruit...

September saw the start of Vetrina, a cycle of contemporary art exhibitions hosted by Vino Vero Venezia, organized in collaboration with Lightbox and curated by Mara Sartore.
The curator interviewed the first guest artist Marie Denis to chat about her artistic practice and her incredible site-specific work "Spathes" created specifically for the Wine Club's showcase. 

Having curated the exhibition "American Art 1961-2001" at Palazzo Strozzi, in Florence and the innovative exhibition "PANORAMA | Procida" (September 2 –5, 2021), Vincenzo De Bellis (Curator and Associate Director of Programmes, Visual Arts of the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis), spent his summer in Italy, dedicated to these two major projects. During our stay in Procida, we had lunch together and discussed his long-standing commitment to art and culture.

Introducing the guide we have guest artist Anish Kapoor whose exhibition solo show is currently on view at Lisson Gallery, Bell Street and whose major retrospective at Gallerie dell'Accademia in Venice is due to open in 2022.

On the occasion of the exhibition "Breath Ghosts Blind" at Pirelli HangarBicocca, Artistic Director of miart Nicola Ricciardi interviewed Maurizio Cattelan to explore the behind the scenes of his new project.