May 2011

Panamarenko

  by Valentina Fois

We like him because: Antwerp, 1965, Panamarenko, Yoshio Nakajima, Wout Vercammen, Hugo Heyrman and Tony Rombouts organized the first self-proclaimed happening on a Belgian national level. This event was the earliest Belgian example which officially adopts the art historical term …

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I love the way they curated this show

  by Valentina Fois

William Leavitt at MOCA, Co-curated by MOCA Curator Bennett Simpson and Ann Goldstein Planetarium Projector, 1987 www.moca.org

Enfant terrible Aaron Young at Bartolami, one of my favorite galleries

  by Valentina Fois

BUILT TOUGH, Untitled, 2011 BUILT TOUGH, BAM BAM BAM BAM, 2011

L ’Amour fou

  by Valentina Fois

Pierre Thorreton, L’Amour fou, 2010, color film in 35 mm, 103 minutes This is a documentary on the relationship between Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Berge’, who met in 1957 at Christian Dior’s funeral. Pierre Berge’ is perhaps best known as the co-founder of …

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Santa Marta Praca Cantao, Communidade Da Santa Marta, Rio De Janeiro

  by Valentina Fois

La Scatola believes in art for all and support young artists and good projects, see that there are Foundations like this that work to improve people’s lives, fills our hearts with joy now… before… Firmeza Foundation ‘The Firmeza Foundation supports …

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Charlie White, I personally think you are a genius.

  by Valentina Fois

Teen and Transgender Comparative Study, 2008 Leda, 2003 Midnight Snack, 2003 Ken’s Basement, 2001

Aurelien Froment

  by Valentina Fois

The French artist Aurélien Froment works on a diverse range of artworks, such as films, photographs, and books that address ideas of how narrative, whether documentary or fiction, can be constructed. Pulmo Marina, is a long, single shot of a …

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