Skira Arte

16/05/2024

📌 Il primo Public Program ufficiale della mostra Cézanne/Renoir a : un incontro con architetti, fisici e studiosi per interrogarci sul tema della luce (al centro della pittura impressionista) e della sua importanza nella vita dell’uomo e dell’arte.

Scopriremo come, a partire dagli Impressionisti, la luce ha preso un ruolo fondamentale nella percezione della realtà. Come essa poteva mutare la percezione dei colori in un istante. Ma oggi, che importanza ha la luce negli ambienti in cui l’essere umano vive? La luce artificiale potrà sostituire completamente la luce naturale?

Intervengono:

Paolo Di Trapani (Fisico e professore ordinario di ottica presso l’Università dell’Insubria di Como, Ideatore e fondatore di Coelux);
Fabio Capanni (Architetto e Professore Ordinario in Composizione Architettonica e Urbana presso il DiDA, Dipartimento di Architettura dell’Università di Firenze);
Andrea Siniscalco (Ricercatore presso il Politecnico di Milano, presidente della Associazione Italiana Colore);
Paolo Giachi (Architetto ed Interior Designer, esperto in illuminazione artificiale).
Moderazione di Elia Napolitano (Project Manager & CEO EB Studioarké di Roma, Architetto, Designer, Membro del Collegio dei Docenti, e Advisory Board MASTER IN GESTIONE INNOVATIVA DELL’ARTE – UNIPV).

Vi aspettiamo a Palazzo Reale a Milano, nella Sala Conferenze, il 30 maggio alle ore 16: in quest’occasione, dopo la conferenza gratuita sarà anche possibile visitare la mostra al prezzo d’eccezione di 7,50€.

La prenotazione è obbligatoria su Eventbrite (link in bio) 🎨

16/05/2024

📌 Il primo Public Program ufficiale della mostra Cézanne/Renoir a Palazzo Reale Milano: un incontro con architetti, fisici e studiosi per interrogarci sul tema della luce (al centro della pittura impressionista) e della sua importanza nella vita dell'uomo e dell'arte.

Scopriremo come, a partire dagli Impressionisti, la luce ha preso un ruolo fondamentale nella percezione della realtà. Come essa poteva mutare la percezione dei colori in un istante. Ma oggi, che importanza ha la luce negli ambienti in cui l’essere umano vive? La luce artificiale potrà sostituire completamente la luce naturale?

Intervengono:

Paolo Di Trapani (Fisico e professore ordinario di ottica presso l'Università dell'Insubria di Como, Ideatore e fondatore di Coelux);
Fabio Capanni (Architetto e Professore Ordinario in Composizione Architettonica e Urbana presso il DiDA, Dipartimento di Architettura dell’Università di Firenze);
Andrea Siniscalco (Ricercatore presso il Politecnico di Milano, presidente della Associazione Italiana Colore);
Paolo Giachi (Architetto ed Interior Designer, esperto in illuminazione artificiale).
Moderazione di Elia Napolitano (Project Manager & CEO EB Studioarké di Roma, Architetto, Designer, Membro del Collegio dei Docenti, e Advisory Board MASTER IN GESTIONE INNOVATIVA DELL’ARTE – UNIPV).

Vi aspettiamo a Palazzo Reale a Milano, nella Sala Conferenze, il 30 maggio alle ore 16: in quest'occasione, dopo la conferenza gratuita sarà anche possibile visitare la mostra al prezzo d'eccezione di 7,50€.

La prenotazione è obbligatoria su Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/la-luce-il-colore-luomo-tickets-904766760737

13/05/2024

«Art touches the emotions. If it needs to be explained, it's not art.» 🎨

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (Limoges, 1841 - Cagnes-sur-Mer, 1919) is one of the most important painters of Impressionism. Known primarily for his art marked by a strong joie de vivre (“joy of living”) and his aigre phase, he is now considered one of the most important French artists 🎨

Cèzanne/Renoir is now open at Palazzo Reale Milano.
Tickets available on TicketOne.

10/05/2024

Atelier Picasso is the true and timeless story of the Spanish artist’s tailor Michele Sapone, whose life was entwined with that of the great master and many other celebrated artists.

A story ready to be discovered once again thanks to this graphic novel, illustrated by Giulia Masia, from a book by Luca Masia.

30/04/2024

The presence of Murano glass at the Venice Biennale dates back to the early twentieth century when these precious, fragile artefacts were occasionally exhibited at the event. It was only from the 1910s onwards that glass works were exhibited on a regular basis as objects in their own right, appearing in the rooms of the central pavilion from 1912 to 1930.
After 1932, glass and the decorative arts were given their own dedicated space in the Giardini with the construction of the Venezia pavilion ✨

Be ready to flip through a careful selection of over 130 works by artists and glassmakers who played a leading role in a historical moment marking the entry of a so-called minor art into the realm of major arts: from the glass of Hans St. Lerche to the works of Vittorio Toso Borella, Teodoro Wolf Ferrari, and Vittorio Zecchin; from the connubi di ferro e vetro (literally, “marriages of iron and glass”) by Umberto Bellotto to the engraved glass designed by Guido Balsamo Stella.
And further still, from the glass produced by V.S.M. Cappellin Venini & C. and by M.V.M. Cappellin & C., based on the designs of Vittorio Zecchin, to the pieces produced by V.S.M. Venini & C., based on the designs of Napoleone Martinuzzi, and by the Vetreria Artistica Barovier.

24/04/2024

Skira and the Behnoode foundation are honoured to present Qaaf. More than a simple presentation of Reza Lavasani's work, its meticulous selection of artworks take part in a real dialogue with the texts written by Alee Rafiee. This notion of conversation is essential to the artist, who likes to seize on an object or subject to encourage the viewer to redefine it in the light of his work.
Although Reza Lavasani uses a wide range of media and materials, he focuses on key subjects in his work, that he relentlessly explores. These include the horse, the bird, the tree... Universal symbols that the artist manages to make unique in each of his poetical representations, taking us with him in his mystical and philosophical journey.
Reza Lavasani, born in 1962 in Tehran (Iran), is an artist of many talents and careers: painter, sculptor, illustrator and stage designer. He has also studied philosophy for many years, with a particular focus on mythology, sociology and history, themes that feature prominently in his work.

Skira et la fondation Behnoode ont l'honneur de présenter Qaaf. Plus qu'une simple présentation du travail de Reza Lavasani, cette sélection minutieuse d'œuvres entre dans un véritable dialogue avec les textes écrits par Alee Rafiee. Cette notion de conversation est essentielle pour l'artiste qui aime s'emparer d'un objet ou d'un sujet pour inciter le spectateur à les redéfinir à la lumière de son travail.
Bien que Reza Lavasani utilise un large éventail de médias et de matériaux, il se concentre sur des sujets clés qu'il explore sans relâche, comme le cheval, l'oiseau, l'arbre... Des symboles universels que l'artiste parvient à rendre uniques dans chacune de ses représentations poétiques, nous entraînant avec lui dans son voyage mystique et philosophique.
Reza Lavasani, né en 1962 à Téhéran (Iran), est un artiste aux multiples talents et carrières : peintre, sculpteur, illustrateur et scénographe. Il a également étudié la philosophie pendant de nombreuses années, avec un intérêt particulier pour la mythologie, la sociologie et l'histoire, des thèmes qui occupent une place prépondérante dans son œuvre.

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23/04/2024

Cézanne/Renoir is the official podcast of the exhibition open to the public at Palazzo Reale in Milan until June 30th, 2024.

The co-curator of the exhibition and art historian Stefano Zuffi will guide us on a journey to discover the lives of the two masters of impressionism: Paul Cézanne and Pierre-Auguste Renoir.
Two artists with opposite characters, one shy and taciturn, cheerful and friendly the other, but linked by a profound mutual admiration and sincere friendship.

Enjoy it here ➡ https://bit.ly/podcast-cezanne-renoir

This podcast is powered by Fineco, premium partner of the exhibition.

Cézanne/Renoir è il podcast ufficiale della mostra omonima, aperta al pubblico presso Palazzo Reale a Milano fino al 30 giugno 2024.
Stefano Zuffi, co-curatore della mostra e storico dell’arte, ci guiderà in un viaggio alla scoperta della vita dei due maestri dell’impressionismo: Paul Cézanne e Pierre-Auguste Renoir.
Due artisti dal carattere opposto, schivo e taciturno il primo, solare e amichevole il secondo, ma legati da una profonda ammirazione reciproca e da una sincera amicizia.

Inizia il tuo ascolto ➡ https://bit.ly/podcast-cezanne-renoir

Questo podcast è realizzato grazie a FinecoBank, premium partner della mostra.

23/04/2024

«You are not a drop in the ocean, you are the entire ocean in a drop.»
Rumi

As wrote by the thirteenth-century Persian scholar and poet, this volume contains the whole of the human condition in a single figure, sometimes in a segment of a figure, fitting an ocean of cruelty and empathy into a drop of blood.
ACTION BY NUMBER features both a foreword and a Catalogue Raiseonné by Bjorn Stern, and accompanies the exhibition at Chiesa di San Fantin open in Venice right now, in occasion of the 60th Biennale Arte.

The NUMBER 207 exhibition present a corpus of three sculptural series specially created in Carrara marble, extracted from the Polvaccio Quarry, the same one from which Michelangelo Buonarroti came and chose the material for his masterpieces.
Set up in conversation with the architectural environment of the Church of San Fantin, the exhibition finds its focal point in the Study of Sweatcloth series, which consists of 207 pieces of life-size men's underwear, carved in Carrara marble and scattered on the floor of the church. Along with them, several heads and statues that reinforce the same vibrant message.

20/04/2024

When in Venice, don’t forget to admire Chung Seoyoung's work at the Every Island Is a Mountain exhibition (Palazzo Malta - Ordine di Malta, 3253 Castello, 30122 Venezia, Italy) celebrating the 30th Anniversary of the Korean Pavilion at the Venice Art Biennale (1995 – 2024).

📷: Every Island is a Mountain. 2024. Installation view. Courtesy of Arts Council Korea. Photo by Park Jimi

💻: https://www.venicebiennale.kr/

19/04/2024

Three decades of activity, described in essays by professors Silvia Burini and Giuseppe Barbieri of Ca’ Foscari University in Venice, fill the pages of this first comprehensive monograph on the work of Lena Herzog.

Mark your calendar and join us at Bottega Cini on April, 20th at 3 PM: you'll be able to meet Lena Herzog, discover her monography one week before the official release and immerse yourself in a special digital experience. Don't miss it!

18/04/2024

presents the new work of the multidisciplinary conceptual artist Lena Herzog, with a peculiar and suggestive preview.
Coinciding with the 60th Biennale di Venezia, the exhibition project is curated by Silvia Burini and Giuseppe Barbieri and includes murals, engravings, monitors and an installation.

We went behind the scenes before the official opening happening today: enjoy a glimpse behind closed doors!

16/04/2024

Mark your calendar and join us at Bottega Cini on April, 20th at 3 PM: you'll be able to meet Lena Herzog, discover her monography one week before the official release and immerse yourself in a special digital experience. Don't miss it!

Find out more about the book and her exhibition at Biennale Arte 2024 here ↪️ https://www.skira.net/lena-herzog-biennale/

11/04/2024

FinecoBank is premium sponsor of the Cézanne/Renoir exhibition at Palazzo Reale, Milano.
This special collaboration allowed the realization of the great exhibition dedicated to the impressionist masters on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the movement.

It's a first for Fineco in the painting world, and here at Skira we're proud and glad that they relied on us.

Cézanne/Renoir is open at Palazzo Reale, Milano.
Tickets available at https://www.mostracezannerenoir.it

11/04/2024

Lena Herzog will speak today at ‌CFZ - Ca' Foscari Zattere and give the audience a preview of “Any War Any Enemy. Murals and Mezzotints", her exhibition for the 60th Biennale of Venice.
The talk is part of the Incroci di Civiltà / Crossroads of Civilizations programme.

Free admission subject to availability.

Discover the Lena Herzog monography published by Skira ➡️ https://www.skira.net/en/books/lena-herzog/

10/04/2024

🎨📚 New release! 📚🎨
🌟 Discover Marcellina Akpojotor's first monograph, published to coincide with her solo exhibition "Joy of More Worlds" at Rele Gallery, London, from 13 April to 18 May 2024.
🧑🏾‍🎨 Delve into Akpojotor's singular artistic world, where traditional painting and collage techniques unite to create richly textured compositions and intimate stories that invite us to reflect on culture, identity and feminism.
🌍 Originally from Lagos, Nigeria, Marcellina Akpojotor explored drawing, design, stencilling and calligraphy from an early age, before training in art and industrial design at Lagos Polytechnic, which enriched her career and broadened her artistic horizons. She is now a leading artist on the international contemporary scene.

🎨📚 Nouvelle sortie ! 📚🎨
🌟 Découvrez la première monographie de Marcellina Akpojotor, publiée à l’occasion de son exposition personnelle « Joy of More Worlds » à la galerie Rele de Londres, du 13 avril au 18 mai 2024.
🧑🏾‍🎨Plongez dans l'univers artistique singulier d'Akpojotor, où les techniques de peinture traditionnelle et de collage se marient pour créer des compositions riches en textures et des histoires intimes qui nous invitent à des réflexions sur la culture, l'identité et le féminisme.
🌍 Originaire de Lagos, au Nigeria, Marcellina Akpojotor a exploré dès son plus jeune âge le dessin, le design, le pochoir et la calligraphie, puis elle a suivi une formation en art et design industriel à l'école polytechnique de Lagos qui a enrichi son parcours et élargi ses horizons artistiques. Elle est aujourd’hui une artiste phare de la scène contemporaine internationale.


Marcellina Oseghale Akpojotor

05/04/2024

Pierre-Auguste Renoir loved to paint bunches of flowers, arranged in different ways.
The flower arranging itself was part of the creative process, since the artist had fun combining colors, sizes and species in order to play with light and prospective.

Cézanne/Renoir is open at Palazzo Reale, Milano.
Tickets available at https://www.mostracezannerenoir.it

03/04/2024

«A state of grace comes from contemplating God's most beautiful creation: the human body. Suffering passes, beauty remains.»
Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Fascinated by the human body and enthusiast painter of all its curves and volumes, Renoir painted his gorgeous women up until his last moments, when he tied brushes to his hands and actually completed several paintings this way.
The artist was unable to move his hands freely because of his illness, but the beauty of his paintings remains, while his suffering passed.

Tickets available at https://www.mostracezannerenoir.it

26/03/2024

✨ New Book: AlUla, Wonder of Arabia

⛏ Discover the fascinating history of this archaeological site located at the crossroads of continents. In the first millennium BCE AlUla was a major stop on the Incense Route, then, at the turn of the Common Era, the Nabateans carved large tombs into the rock at Hegra, a key site of the region similar to Petra. Later, the Romans also left their trace and after them the Syrian pilgrims on their way to Makkah.

🏺Filled with thousands of ancient drawings and writings in various languages and scripts carved into the rocks, this archaeological site bears witness to millennia of history and still has some mysteries to unravel.

🖋 Texts by Laïla Nehmé, archaeologist and epigraphist, specialist in Near Eastern archaeology, member of the Orient & Méditerranée research team at the CNRS, Paris, and co-curator of the exhibition AlUla, Wonder of Arabia at the Institut du monde arabe, Paris. Abdulrahman Alsuhaibani Associate Professor of Archaeology at King Saud University, Acting executive director of Collections at RCU (Royal Commission for AlUla).

✨Nouveau livre : AlUla, Merveille d’Arabie

⛏Découvrez l’histoire fascinante de ce site archéologique situé au carrefour des continents. Au premier millénaire avant notre ère, AlUla était une étape importante sur la route de l’encens, puis, au début de notre ère, les Nabatéens ont taillé de grandes tombes dans la roche à Hegra, un site clé de la région, semblable à Petra. Plus t**d, les Romains ont également laissé leur trace et, après eux, les pèlerins syriens en route pour La Mecque.

🖋 Textes de Laïla Nehmé, archéologue et épigraphiste, spécialiste de l’archéologie du Proche-Orient, membre de l’équipe Orient & Méditerranée du CNRS et, co-commissaire de l'exposition AlUla, Merveille d’Arabie à l’Institut du monde arabe. Abdulrahman Alsuhaibani, professeur associé d’archéologie à l’Université du Roi Saoud, directeur exécutif des collections de la RCU (Commission royale pour AlUla).

25/03/2024

🗓️ Save the date ! We are pleased to invite you to the opening of the exhibition "Chilly Winds Don't Blow" by the artist Khalif Tahir Thompson organised by the Zidoun-Bossuyt gallery .

✍️ Join us to discover his works and get your copy of the artist's first monograph published by Skira signed!

✨ See you on Thursday, March 28th at 51 rue de Seine, Paris, starting at 6pm.

🗓️ À vos agendas ! Nous sommes très heureux de vous convier au vernissage de l’exposition « Chilly Winds Don’t Blow » de l’artiste Khalif Tahir Thompson organisée par la galerie Zidoun-Bossuyt .

✍️ Venez nombreux pour découvrir ses œuvres et faire signer votre exemplaire de la première monographie de l'artiste publiée par Skira !

✨ Rendez-vous jeudi 28 mars au 51 rue de Seine à Paris à partir de 18h.

21/03/2024

When portraying his son Paul, Cézanne chose to play with contrasts: you can see the use of almost yellow tones where his face is reached by the light, and the use of darker tones for his clothes and the armchair.

Cézanne/Renoir is open at Palazzo Reale, Milano.
Tickets available at htps://www.mostracezannerenoir.it

21/03/2024

Sitting in an orderly manner, seriously observing the visitor in front of her: Madame Cézanne is one of the two paintings by Paul Cézanne waiting for you in the second hall of the exhibition.

Did you know that Cézanne painted several portrait of his wife Hortense?
In this one, he created a luminous halo around her, playing with light and quick brushstrokes and lighter tones.

Cézanne/Renoir is open at Palazzo Reale, Milano.
Tickets available at https://www.mostracezannerenoir.it

20/03/2024

Caught in a familiar moment, two girls of the Parisian bourgeoisie practice playing the piano.
The central figure with the long blond hair seems to almost caress the keyboard, with a gesture full of delicacy. The other girl, standing next to the her, leans gently on the instrument, not losing concentration in the performance of the musical exercise.
The lines are sinuous and soft, the colors are warm and bright and the figures are immersed in an almost suspended atmosphere.

Cézanne/Renoir is open at Palazzo Reale, Milano.

Tickets available at https://www.mostracezannerenoir.it

20/03/2024

«For me, a painting must be lovable, happy, and pleasant. The world is full of unpleasant things; there's certainly no need to create more.»
Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Strong believer in the important role that art has to assume in the world as a bridge towards joy and happiness, Renoir was true to his words up until his last moments.
Unable to move his hands freely because of his illness, he tied brushes to his hands and actually completed several paintings this way.
And that, just because his art didn't just bring joy to the world around him: painting was joyful for him as well.

Tickets available at https://www.mostracezannerenoir.it

20/03/2024

A bunch of flowers able to narrate a story: that's what Pierre-Auguste Renoir painted around 1880. By focusing on the flowers, what we know about the story around them is something we can understand by bits and pieces.
We know that we're in a theater, and we can imagine them to be the gift for an elegant woman attending a concert...

Cézanne/Renoir is open at Palazzo Reale, Milano.
Tickets available at https://www.mostracezannerenoir.it

20/03/2024

There's a new tram in town, and it's a really special one.
Have you seen it already?

Cézanne/Renoir is open at Reale Milano and guess what: this tram moves on the 3 and 16 route, both of them able to take you right near the exhibition.

Tickets available at https://www.mostracezannerenoir.it

Musée d'Orsay Musée de l'Orangerie

20/03/2024

Cézanne/Renoir has opened its doors at Palazzo Reale, Milano: have you been one of our first visitors?

If so, you've certainly met Paul Guillaume, right in the first hall.
After opening his first art gallery in Paris in 1914, he became one of the first to recognize in the Impressionist artist something that went beyond their times.
All the paintings in the exhibition are part of his collection, and will be on display in Milan until June, 30th thanks to Musée d'Orsay and Musée de l'Orangerie.

Tickets available at https://www.mostracezannerenoir.it

13/03/2024

Luciano Ventrone (1942–2021) was discovered in 1983 by Federico Zeri, who defined him as the "Caravaggio of the 20th century" and encouraged him to apply his talent to still life. Thus began the artist’s long research into various aspects of nature, as he captured more and more details which are otherwise almost invisible to eyes bombarded by millions of images, such as those of people of our era.

This Catalogue Raisonné of the work of Luciano Ventrone covers the works executed by the artist from 1956 to 2021, from his first painting, "Untitled" of 1956, until his death in 2021. It features 894 works documented by photographic reproductions and by a brief description with technical data. It also includes a critical anthology that reconstructs in detail the path of the artist’s research, which stretched over half a century.

13/03/2024

On April 15th, 1874, the first Impressionist exhibition opened its doors in Paris: a new art movement was officially born. And what a movement it was! Its main protagonists, from Claude Monet to Paul Cezanne, from Pierre-Auguste Renoir to Camille Pissarro, showed the world a new way to portray reality. Their shadows went from black to blue, their strokes were light and strong at the same time, and their artworks became some of the most recognized in the history of art.
150 years later, we celebrate this art movement and its legacy through the works of two of its main protagonists, Paul Cezanne and Pierre-Auguste Renoir, oh show at Palazzo reale, Milano from March, 19th.

Tickets available ➡️ https://mostracezannerenoir.it/

12/03/2024

«The enormous educational and aesthetic value of these proofs - windows into the mind of one of the world’s greatest artistic geniuses - and the fact that these particular prints are relatively little studied is why this book offers an extraordinary opportunity to understand Picasso’s artistic process and to examine one of printmaking’s most fascinating and demanding mediums.»

Arte Realizzata dedicates an engaging article to "Picasso and the Progressive Proof", curated by Richard P. Townsend 🎨

This book explores in great detail an aspect of the artist’s late graphic output: the linoleum block or linocut. In this book, published prints and their related proofs drawn from a notable private collection are examined in the context of themes Picasso developed over his entire career: the Spani...

08/03/2024

There’s a Japanese expression that means “admire the flowers”. It’s called Hanami (花見), and it stands for local people’s habit to wander through parks and gardens to enjoy the beautiful but melancholy cherry blossom blooming to the fullest 🌸
An heartwarming show that inspired generations of artists, like Kasamatsu Shirō.
The exhibition “Shinhanga. La Nuova Onda delle Stampe Giapponesi” is open at Palazzo Barolo, Turin until June 30th. The catalogue is published by Skira and through its pages you’ll discover amazing and colorful landscapes and sweet female figures: a full dive into the japanese xylography of the 20th century 👘

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花見 Hanami, espressione giapponese che letteralmente significa “osservare i fiori”. Una tradizione millenaria che consiste nel recarsi in parchi e giardini per ammirare lo splendido ma al contempo malinconico spettacolo della fioritura dei ciliegi. Splendido in quanto connesso al concetto di rinascita, malinconico in quanto effimero 🌸

Uno spettacolo che ha ispirato generazioni di artisti, tra cui Kasamatsu Shirō, che l'ha reso protagonista di un'opera davvero speciale che potrete ammirare visitando "Shinhanga. La Nuova Onda delle Stampe Giapponesi", in mostra a Palazzo Barolo, Torino fino al 30 giugno.
Il catalogo è edito Skira e racchiude i paesaggi dai colori vibranti e le splendide figure femminili dei più celebri maestri della “nuova xilografia” giapponese del XX secolo 👘