THE CLIP: “GREEN CODES” / ABSTRACTISM FROM A RUBBISH CONTAINER

* The pictures on the clip aren’t paintings, oils, acrylics, watercolors or digital works, but natural, random and not manipulated images of the amazing imperfection of the real world we see around us.They come from a rubbish container I saw a few weeks ago near Como Lake (Italy). R.A. * Roberto Alborghetti ‘s LaceR/Actions is a multidisciplinary… Read More THE CLIP: “GREEN CODES” / ABSTRACTISM FROM A RUBBISH CONTAINER

“PLACE ME LIKE A SEAL OVER YOUR HEART, LIKE A SEAL ON YOUR ARM; FOR LOVE IS AS STRONG AS DEATH”

Yes, there are no words. But sometimes we have to find them, to make sense of life and things. The day we brought to the cemetery my dad Battista, the great soldier of Kefalonia, survivor of the horrible nazi massacre of Acqui Division (1943), my mom Tina joined him in Heaven. Yes, my mother also passed on… Read More “PLACE ME LIKE A SEAL OVER YOUR HEART, LIKE A SEAL ON YOUR ARM; FOR LOVE IS AS STRONG AS DEATH”

SKETCHES AND DRAWINGS FROM THE ORIGINAL “BOOK OF DREAMS”, THE “NOCTURNAL FANTASIES” BY FEDERICO FELLINI

During a recent press conference in Milan for the presentation of the first Drawing Biennial in Rimini (Italy) – see my previous post – I had the great occasion to admire the original Fellini’s Book of Dreams (the two volumes were brought to Milan from Rimini by a special security team…). Anyone familiar with the… Read More SKETCHES AND DRAWINGS FROM THE ORIGINAL “BOOK OF DREAMS”, THE “NOCTURNAL FANTASIES” BY FEDERICO FELLINI

LAST DAYS IN RIMINI (ITALY) FOR THE FIRST DRAWING BIENNIAL: 20 EXHIBITIONS AND 1.000 WORKS ON DISPLAY

Great success in Rimini for the first edition of the Biennial of Drawing which will run until next June 8. One thousand drawings are on display for one of the most interesting art exhibitions in Italy: from Parmigianino to Kentridge, from Guercino to Fontana, from Tintoretto to Baccarini, from Hugo Pratt to Federico Fellini and… Read More LAST DAYS IN RIMINI (ITALY) FOR THE FIRST DRAWING BIENNIAL: 20 EXHIBITIONS AND 1.000 WORKS ON DISPLAY

LACER/ACTIONS ON ALUMINIUM: THE VIDEOCLIP / CELEBRATING 20.000 DOWNLOADS ON MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL

* “Lacer/actions on Aluminium” videoclip celebrates 20.000 downloads of my videos at YouTube Channel. The clip shows eleven aluminium installations for my “Lacer/actions” Project and created for Fai Bergamo, Italy  (private collection). After being re-produced on canvases, lithographic prints and textiles (silk and cotton), my images about decomposed publicity posters, cracks and “road signs” have found a… Read More LACER/ACTIONS ON ALUMINIUM: THE VIDEOCLIP / CELEBRATING 20.000 DOWNLOADS ON MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL

PABLO PICASSO “CAPTURED” BY EROS: RARE PROOFS FROM THE MARINA PICASSO COLLECTION AT LESLIE SACKS FINE ART (L.A.)

* “When art historian Jean Leymarie was preparing a talk for a symposium on art and sexuality, he asked his friend Pablo Picasso where he drew the line between these two concepts. The painter replied, ‘They are the same thing, because art can only be erotic.’ It is impossible to understand Picasso’s art if, from… Read More PABLO PICASSO “CAPTURED” BY EROS: RARE PROOFS FROM THE MARINA PICASSO COLLECTION AT LESLIE SACKS FINE ART (L.A.)

EXPLORING EINDHOVEN, THE HEARTLAND OF DUTCH DESIGN AND MODERN ARCHITECTURE

© Photos: ROBERTO ALBORGHETTI * Welcome to Eindhoven, the heart of the southern Netherlands. Once an industrial centre for the country, Eindhoven has reinvented itself as the hip and stylish design capital and became a centre of innovation. There’s much to discover in Eindhoven, so let the fifth-largest city in the Netherlands surprise you! The… Read More EXPLORING EINDHOVEN, THE HEARTLAND OF DUTCH DESIGN AND MODERN ARCHITECTURE