Is narcissism a primary quality for an artist?
Without narcissism, could an artist experience aesthetic and poetic stimuli?

According to the elegant exhibition The Portrait of the Artist. In the Mirror of Narcissus. The Face, the Mask, the Selfie - curated by Cristina Acidini, Fernando Mazzocca, Francesco Parisi, and Paola Refice at the Museo Civico San Domenico in Forlì - the answer is definitive: narcissism is an undeniably and irrefutably inspiring genius.

The artworks in Italy are in an excessive number. The consequence is the invisibility of the majority of works preserved in museums.

The deposits in which they are kept are vast. This causes a problem with cataloguing and studying cultural heritage. Above all, it is unavailable to the public.

The Galleria Nazionale delle Marche in the Ducal Palace, Urbino, with the exhibition, The other collection. Stories and works from the deposits of the National Gallery of the Marche, offered the opportunity to see sixty paintings usually in the deposit.

In the exhibition spaces of the Albani Civic Art Gallery in Urbino, "Under Raffaello", the contemporary art exposition of invited Italian artists, took place.

Obviously, the Urbino exhibition is named after its most illustrious fellow citizen, Raffaello Sanzio. Raphael's art was from Urbino.

Hieronymus Bosch is a contemporary of the illustrious masters of the elegant Renaissance: Michelangelo Buonarroti, Raffaello Sanzio, Leonardo da Vinci, Perugino. Why does Bosh have a different language from the latter? Yet they are in the same world.

With a scientific and meticulous method, these two divergent humanities are contained in the exhibition Bosch and another Renaissance, held in Milan, Palazzo Reale from 9 November 2022 until 12 March 2023. The exhibition is curated by Bernard Aikema, Fernando Checa Cremades e Claudio Salsi.

BIENNALE ARCHITETTURA 2023 - 18TH INTERNATIONAL ARCHITECTURE EXHIBITION

Pictures and video from International Architecture Exhibition 2023

Nowadays, Banksy is the artistic icon, the absolute champion of fame, income, cultural power and promotion.

Why are his artworks successful? Why is he so popular?

It is possible to study it in the exhibition The Art of Banksy “Without Limits”. The Art of Banksy "Without Limits" has toured the world, with high public success and also some problems.

The 59. International Art Exhibition, "The Milk of Dreams", curated by Cecilia Alemani, was inaugurated on 23 April and closed on 27 November 2022.

In a highly polychrome and colourful Art Biennale, black dominates everything. It is a hegemonic colour, it does not admit other artistic nuances. Simone Leigh, an American born in Chicago, wins the Golden Lion for Brick House.

How will we live together? is the title of the 17th Architecture Biennale, curated by architect Hashim Sarkis. It studies the themes of aggregation and participation, starting from the big cities where coexistence is a fundamental stimulus for the future.

Ralph Rugoff, director of the Hayward Gallery in London, curated the 58th Venice International Art Exhibition. The title is cerebral: May You Live in Interesting Time.

Utagawa Hiroshige, the artist of Ukiyo-e, returned to Rome at the Scuderie del Quirinale in an exhibition about the Floating World and the marvellous of Edo.