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"When the stars make you drool just like a pasta fazool, That's amore..." So does the chorus of a popular song sung in 1952 by Dean Martin titled "That's amore". And by love between art and food less than a week ago has opened in the heart of Bologna - at 34 of Galliera street - the RestaurArt "Arcimboldo"....Read all

Act 1 - The preparation Close your eyes. Clear your mind from all thoughts. Done? Well, you are invited to live a unique experience, because what you will see is pure magic. And, believe it or not, this magic is generated by a regular camera, which with a simple click can bring to life the fearsome...Read all

Q) What are the origins of your passion for photography? A) My passion for photography started with the discovery of a very specific area of this art form: the long exposure (the kind of photography used to make appear deserted the busiest squares in the world, such as Times Square). Even more...Read all

When you look at a picture, an image or a portrait, the first reaction is to look immediately at the eyes of the subject represented. Eyes staring, eyes that stare fixed, printed on paper or canvas. Eyes that more of thousand words can describe moments of life lived. Because, as you know, the eyes...Read all

Q) When you started to have interest in painting? A) Very soon! My father has always cultivated a passion for art, he experimented with painting and now focuses on sculpture. Thanks to my parents I could travel a lot with them, visit museums and discover new horizons, with them I have a passion for...Read all

Q) What is for you the beauty? A) Beauty is what attracts attention, which raises curiosity. As the saying goes: "it's not nice what is beautiful but it's nice what you like", in the sense that beauty is very subjective, it also depends on what you have experienced in the past. Q) Your paintings...Read all

Since the dawn of time we've read and viewed as poets, sculptors and painters have drawn inspiration, almost reaching the pinnacle of pleasure from the woman at that time loved and desired. So no wonder when there are poems, songs and paintings dedicated to the female figure. But, like all things, going...Read all

Q) What does it mean for you to make art? A) Art for me is a way to live, a reason to be and express myself. I can't imagine my life without art. I feel a great emotion not only in creating, I just go into a church and see the large frescoes for make me feel the goosebumps. Q) Were you influenced...Read all

“ Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita, mi ritrovai per una selva oscura, chè la dritta via era smarrita”. It is not a case of opening this review with the first three verses of the Divine Comedy. The power of art is able to combine a variety of matters touching on deep in the life of a man, leaving an i...Read all

Intrinsic: "something related in the intimate essence or nature of a thing or a person." It is not a coincidence that the title of the exhibition of this artist takes this name and there is no better definition that can summarize the leitmotif of shapes and colours. Ladies engraved with a mixed technique...Read all

Nowadays we find ourselves increasingly to speak of what contemporary art - above all – believed to be the most difficult and elitist. The artist is a fundamental element in contributing to this definition. One of the amazing things in Bologna is that wandering the city one can encounter in ever new a...Read all