What is art? – The dialogues contiues
At the end of the first part, Plato and Aristotle were already sitting at my imaginary table. Plato had given
Art Theory
What is art? – A dialogue begins
A few days ago, I was back in Acquasparta, a small Umbrian town of barely more than five thousand inhabitants,
It Would Work Without It
Part II: When Did Things Stop Having to Be Beautiful? A few years ago, after a long day’s work, I
It Would Work Without It
Part I: When Did Handwriting Stop Having to Be Beautiful? There are certain things about which I apparently belong to
The Mona Lisa undresses
How tools change – while artistic working methods survive for centuries There are works of art we believe we know.
Please, Just Act Naturally
Part II – The Pose Has Wi-Fi Now Part I examined the notion that people did not yet pose in
Please, Just Act Naturally
Part I – The History of Careful Staging A dear friend recently told me that she could not make much
When Marilyn Put On a Potato Sack
On presence, borrowed poses and the work behind the image I came across a story about Marilyn Monroe. A journalist,
How Art Became What It Is
Part IV: Who Decides What Remains?In the first part of this series, we stood before Filippo Lippi in Spoleto and
How Art Became What It Is
Part III: And Then Suddenly Everything Was Art At some point in the twentieth century, visiting a museum became dangerous.