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Welcome!
Welcome to our blog! We are a non-profit student’s association aiming at reflection, discourse, and finding more about art! Please go ahead, have a look. Enjoy!
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Art & Peace: interview to Ollie Smithers
Article by Pietro Bonfante Ollie Smithers, 25, is a young British illustrator that has now been working for a few years as an independent artist. I’ve always thought that Ollie had a very fascinating mindset, not taking life too seriously and simply expressing what was going on inside his mind. But before becoming an artist,…
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Rooming Around: when a room doesn’t feel so cozy
Article by Cecilia Capello What does it really feel like being at home? It is commonly believed that staying in our own houses is strictly linked to the idea of being safe, being protected and detached from the outside world. When entering our home door, we enclose ourselves in a bubble made up of our…
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Dino Buzzati: the writer who wanted to be a painter
Article by Lorenzo De Pascalis […] if you do not hold fast to the reality that on your own account you have given yourself, others may lead you to recognize that truer than your own reality is the one they give you.‘ Luigi Pirandello, Uno, nessuno e centomila This is the curious story of Dino…
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Neri Oxman: designing the future
Article by Claudia Spaziani Testa “The future of design is a future where anything material in the environment — whether it’s wearables, cars, buildings — can be designed with this variation of properties and relationship with the environment that can take part in the natural ecology. Hopefully, it points towards a shift that goes beyond…
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The art of sharing art: apology of social media
Article by Alice Campana I have always been fascinated by how certain ideas have the ability to stick with us, evolving and growing over time as we continue to engage with them. It’s remarkable how these ideas can transform and expand, shaping our perspectives and influencing our actions Over a month ago, the student association…
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The need to express the inexpressible: interview with Reynier Llanes
Article by Pietro Bonfante Reynier Llanes, born and raised in Cuba, has demonstrated a great interest towards art from a very early age, attending the school of art in his home country. Later on, he has decided to move to the United States, in Florida, where he began to introduce his work in a major…
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Who said art can’t be fun? Presenting Werner Bronkhorst
Article by Pietro Bonfante Werner Bronkhorst, 21, is a young artist who has become famous for painting miniature figures of people with thick brushes of paint, making his artworks a colourful representation of individuals enjoying their everyday life. I had the extreme pleasure of interviewing him, and I was able to capture his perspective on…
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Beyond the painting: a dive into Magritte’s philosophy
Article by Alexia Ilieva René Magritte, a key figure in the Surrealist movement, is known for his simple yet enigmatic paintings that combine ordinary elements in unexpected ways. He avoids embellishments in his technique, drawing on his experience as a commercial painter to convey thought-provoking messages. The Belgian artist prioritizes conveying enigmatic messages through his…
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JR is changing the way we see the world
Article by Claudia Spaziani Testa You’ve probably already seen JR’s works on social media: images of people, eyes, and faces from all over the world printed in enormous sizes and displayed on the walls of large buildings or painted in open spaces with the help of hundreds of volunteers. Pictures, created using a mixed technique…
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Geoffrey Bawa – Building and dwelling
The protagonist of today’s article is unfamiliar to many, and I had never heard of Geoffrey Bawa either until a few months ago. However, academic reasons led me to do research on an architect who could somehow allow us to confront something new, not in the temporal sense, but in a cultural one, namely, a…