June 2012

New Graduate: How to make an impression!

  by Valentina Fois

Summer is the time of the graduation shows. Every year thousands of young alumnus get off from school ready to rock n roll the Art world. The competition is high and you should make sure to leave an impression on …

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Edvard Munch: The Modern Eye

  by Jacopo Nuvolari

Opening on June 28th and running until October 14th, Edvard Munch: The Modern Eye at Tate Modern examines the artist’s work from the Twentieth century. Often regarded only as a 19-century master of Symbolism, Munch engaged with modernity drawing inspiration …

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Being a foreigner in the Arts

  by Valentina Fois

  Last week I posted some tips about promoting a show or an event. I was delighted to see how many people wrote to me to simply say thank you and to ask me other questions. Between all the enquiries …

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God Save The People

  by Jacopo Nuvolari

Thierry Gueatta, aka Mr Brainwash, has recently hit London with his brand new God Save The People. Celebrating HM The Queen’s diamond jubilee, it depicts a guardsman in a bear hat, watching over Her Majesty, accompanied by one of her …

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Let’s make the most out of FREE LISTINGS!

  by Valentina Fois

Many times people ask me about useful ways to promote the gallery and its shows, I thought it was nice to share some tips on free listing, so here you go! Promotion, Promotion and again promotion, let’s make the most …

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Heatherwick Studio: Designing The Extraordinary

  by Jacopo Nuvolari

The Victoria and Albert museum is hosting Heatherwick Studio: Designing The Extraordinary, the first major retrospective show on the work of Thomas Heatherwick, one of the most renowned British creative practitioners today. Heatherwick opened his studio in London in 1994, …

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Jukhee Kwon at the Contemporary Artists’ Books Conference at Moma PS1

  by Valentina Fois

Printed Matter, Inc. presents THE NY ART BOOK FAIR September 28–30, 2012 MoMA PS1 Jukhee Kwon has been invited as one of the four speakers who will take part on the panel “Focus on East Asia: Artists’ Books in Tokyo, …

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Steven Morgana on Art-Corpus

  by Valentina Fois

Review of Steven Morgana: The Future Feels Like a Phantom Limb at La Scatola Gallery Read the review on Art-Corpus

Steve Morgana featured on Roves and Roams,

  by Valentina Fois

“The Future Feels Like A Phantom Limb” featured on Roves and Roams, a lovely review by Anna McNay. Questions of entropy have concerned artists since Robert Smithson’s early experiments and writings, back in the 1960s, and Rudolf Arnheim’s seminal essay, Entropy and …

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Steven Morgana on 1883 Magazine

  by Valentina Fois

“The Future Feels Like A Phantom Limb” featured on 1883 Magazine Founded in 2010 by Valentina Fois – an Italian curator specialised in Contemporary Art with a focus on live art and new media – La Scatola gallery is a …

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