THINKING THE UNTHINKABLE: DONATO PICCOLO’S ART OF THE INVISIBLE

Art, Interview

In this interview, Donato Piccolo explores the boundary between art, science, and the invisible, revealing how his work challenges the limits of human perception and opens new possibilities for expression. Through philosophy, technology, and artistic vision, Piccolo guides us through a world in constant transformation.

HEADS TOGETHER: THE ART BEHIND WEED & THE UNDERGROUND PRESS SYNDICATE

Art, Culture

Author David Jacob Kramer gives us a look into the art in Heads Together, an art that speaks to a time when pot was smoked with optimism — as something potentially good for society and people, capable of activating profound transformation in the face of corrupt and powerful forces.

POST SCRIPTUM – A MUSEUM FORGOTTEN BY HEART AT MACRO MUSEUM

Art, Event

On October 4th, 2024, the exhibition Post Scriptum – A Museum Forgotten by Heart will open at MACRO Museum in Rome, curated by Luca Lo Pinto. This exhibition, feauturing more than 30 Italian and international artists, reflects on the outcomes of the museum's five-year program, which has encouraged a deep rethinking of the institution’s identity, production methods, and relationship with its audience.

PHILIP GAY’S “REWIND” AT ELLIA GALLERY, PARIS

Art, News

Renowned fashion photographer and STXDYOZ contributor, Philip Gay, presents a retrospective at Ellia Gallery in Paris on March 21st. The exhibition promises a comprehensive exploration of Gay's career, showcasing his evolution as a photographer within the fashion landscape.

Gibellina Metaphysics

Art, Culture

An abandoned gem of art and architecture in the middle of Sicily. Just waiting to be rediscovered.

GAETANO PESCE BY ALBERT WATSON FOR Issue NO. 01

Art, Fashion, Interview

“This occurred to me when looking at Michelangelo’s designs for fortresses, which convey the negativity of war. It was then that I realized that architecture does not always have to be a positive act of faith, it can also be a critique of a place, a regime, or a way of thinking.”

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PEAKING THROUGH THE GARDEN’S BARS OF MARINA WOISKY – NOMADIC IMAGES BETWEEN ILLUSION AND REALITY

Art, Interview

Born in 1996, Marina Woisky is an artist based in São Paulo, Brazil, whose work transforms images into tangible, tactile objects. On the occasion of her exhibition Through the Garden Bars, opening on November 28 at L.U.P.O. Gallery in Milan, we spoke with her about her creative process, her connection to the images she works with, and the themes of transformation, materiality, and desire that shape her practice.

McDonald's paper bag lighting 2-3, 2023

I’M LOVIN’ IT

AMORE ISSUE, Art, Design

Meet the artist turning McDonald’s paper bags into mesmerizing light sculptures for AMORE issue no.02

MARION BARUCH’S CUT-OUT FABRICS ON VIEW AT VIASATERNA, MILAN

Art, Culture

Gallery VIASATERNA in Milan is currently showcasing a solo exhibition dedicated to the textile works of Marion Baruch, running until March 22nd . Protagonists of the exhibition are re-signified textile remnants that reside on the threshold between sculpture, installation, and ready-made.

“MOTHERBOY” AT GIÓ MARCONI GALLERY

Art, News

In Milan, Gió Marconi Gallery is currently hosting “Motherboy”, a group exhibition born out of the dialogue between curator Stella Bottai and artist Gray Wielebinski around the phenomenon of the “mammone” (mummy’s boy) – a notion rooted in Italian culture but expanded to encompass broader political critiques and reflections on authority, emancipation, love, and vulnerability.

“PARAVENTI”: BETWEEN DICHOTOMIES

Art, Culture

Unveiling the profound ambiguity of an intriguing and ever-lasting object through “Paraventi: Folding Screens from the 17th to 21st Centuries”, curated by Nicholas Cullinan at Fondazione Prada in Milan.

BRYANT GILES “I’M ALIVE?” AT SCHLACHTER 151

Art, News

Prepare to embark on a transcontinental journey of artistic introspection as Bryant Giles, the innovative LA-based artist and designer, plants his creative flag in Berlin with ‘I’M ALIVE?’ at Schlachter 151.

DREAMING / DESIRING

Art, Culture

“Clothes have become the Trojan horse, bringing art into the most intimate and everyday dimensions of life.”

ITALY IN SPACE

Art, Culture, Interview

“Architects are among the few professional figures capable of translating policies and new ways of inhabiting the planet into ‘space.’ We are already in a paradigm shift, we just don’t know it yet.”

PERCEIVING IN A REALM BEYOND TIME WITH ARIANA PAPADEMETROPOULOS

Art, Event, Interview

Ariana Papademetropoulos is a Los Angeles-based artist known for her surreal, dreamlike paintings filled with unique inscrutable magical symbology. For her solo exhibition "Ringin Saturn" at Massimo De Carlo gallery in Milan, we asked her about psychic-mediums, symbology and her masters.

NONHUMAN EXCELLENCE

Art

Lawrence Lek’s intricate world of NOX – short for ‘Nonhuman Excellence’ – invites us into a speculative reality where empathy and care come head to head with productivity and optimisation. Lawrence combines his various artistic practices to construct an atmospheric and meditative experience of a highly technologized future.