Places, London, Architecture Maria Ilaria Mura Places, London, Architecture Maria Ilaria Mura

From match factory to luxury estate

In London you can commonly find homes within historical buildings that originally had a different purpose. This is the story of the estate known as Bow Quarter, in Fairfield Road, East London. The frame of the smart apartments is a match factory from the Victorian age, called Bryant and May, active from 1861 to 1979.

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Artworks, Renaissance, Painting Maria Ilaria Mura Artworks, Renaissance, Painting Maria Ilaria Mura

The rooms of the Renaissance

One of the most innovative elements of the art of the Renaissance is that private commissions became very common. This novelty allowed the introduction of new languages and new subjects, more secular and often political. Knowing where these artworks were placed allows us to deeply understand the motivations behind private commissions.

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Artworks, Renaissance, Painting Maria Ilaria Mura Artworks, Renaissance, Painting Maria Ilaria Mura

Le stanze rinascimentali

Una delle grandi novità del Rinascimento è la consuetudine delle committenze private delle opere d’arte. Questa novità portò all’introduzione di nuovi linguaggi e di nuovi soggetti, più laici e, spesso, con risvolti politici. Per capire a fondo le motivazioni delle committenze private è utile conoscere l’ambiente cui queste opere erano destinate.

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Events, London, Contemporary art Maria Ilaria Mura Events, London, Contemporary art Maria Ilaria Mura

The Currency, the new provocation by Damien Hirst (EN)

Damien Hirst is the enfant terrible of contemporary art. He always manages to surprise us, but he also asks us some questions, for example on life and death, on what is moral or on the value of art. With his new initiative, The Currency (23 September -30 October at Newport Street Gallery in London), Hirst provokes us once again.

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Events, London, Contemporary art Maria Ilaria Mura Events, London, Contemporary art Maria Ilaria Mura

The Currency, la nuova provocazione di Damien Hirst (IT)

Damien Hirst è l’enfant terrible dell’arte contemporanea. Riesce sempre a stupirci, ma ci pone anche delle domande, ad esempio sulla vita e la morte, su cosa sia etico o sul valore dell’arte. Con la sua nuova iniziativa, The Currency (23 settembre-30 ottobre alla Newport Street Gallery di Londra), Hirst lancia una nuova provocazione.

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Artworks, Contemporary Art, Installations Maria Ilaria Mura Artworks, Contemporary Art, Installations Maria Ilaria Mura

Vigil di Caterina Barbieri e Ruben Spini (IT)

La mostra Futre Shock consisteva in un viaggio attraverso quattordici installazioni video, multimediali o sonore (o tutte queste tre cose insieme). La qualità delle installazioni era variabile. Alcune di esse erano veramente notevoli e fra queste ce n’è una che mi ha commossa: è Vigil, di Caterina Barbieri e Ruben Spini.

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Artworks, Contemporary Art, Installations Maria Ilaria Mura Artworks, Contemporary Art, Installations Maria Ilaria Mura

Vigil by Caterina Barbieri and Ruben Spini (EN)

The exhibition Future Shock was a journey through fourteen video, multimedia or sonic installations (or all of them together). The installations were of variable quality. A bunch of them was really remarkable and, among them, there is one that moved me: it is Vigil, by Caterina Barbieri and Ruben Spini.

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