From the avant-garde movements of the early twentieth century to artificial intelligence, New Humans at New York’s New Museum brings together artists from different eras to ask a question that remains as urgent as ever: how does our idea of what it means to be human change as technology evolves?
No longer passive repositories of objects, museums are increasingly becoming places where collections interact with visitors. This is one of the favourite testing grounds for the Milan-based design studio Dotdotdot, whose work is driven by a simple principle: technology should always serve the story – not the other way around.
Long before digital avatars and AI-generated imagery became part of everyday life, American artist Rebecca Allen was placing the female body at the centre of virtual space. We spoke with her about the relationship between physicality and technology as a major retrospective at Milan’s MEET Digital Culture Center retraces her career.
The cultural platform founded by the curator Nadine Abdel Ghaffar periodically returns to activate the Giza pyramid site and the age-old culture of Egypt, helping it to dialogue with contemporary art. With what aim? To arouse shock among the public to recreate a state of attention.
The Siris project, inspired by Edoardo Tresoldi’s concept of Absent Matter by, reinterprets the ruins of the Herakleia Archaeological Park in Policoro with the site-specific works of three international artists. We spoke to the artistic director Antonio Oriente.
Born as an ideal Renaissance town inspired by the principles of the golden ratio, Barchi – a town in the Italian Marche region – was at risk of depopulation. Today it is the focus of a regeneration project that all the inhabitants are called on to take part in.
Growing trees that are more suited that others to cope with climate change and, together, raise a new generation of citizens to take care of them: this is the two-fold challenge faced by a project run by the Tuscan-Emilian Apennine National Park with Fondazione Iris Ceramica Group.
Born and raised just a stone’s throw from the foothills of the world’s largest rainforest, the Brazilian designer draws inspiration from its plant and animal species to create furniture and complements that are both contemporary and soaked in local culture.
Only fifty-six of the hundred wooden books made in the 19th century by the gardener Eugenio Trevisan to classify trees have survived, and are kept at the University of Padua. Restored and on display to the public, these are the central focus of Xilogenesi, the project involving contemporary artists.
Constructed as tableaux vivants or based on found and recontextualised photographs, the works of the Algerian-born French artist on show at Fondazione MAST in Bologna as part of his largest solo exhibition ever put on in Italy bring communities back to the forefront, with all their problems and integrations.
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