Is Jago Really the Problem? Italian Contemporary Art Has Stopped Taking Risks
While Jago wins over audiences and institutions, part of the art system still dismisses him as obvious, rhetorical and media-driven.
Read MoreThis index gathers the main Italian contemporary and postwar art movements connected to this category. Some names already have their own tag archive inside the Journal and are linked directly. Others remain as reference points for future articles, tags, and internal expansions.
Linked movements already have a dedicated tag archive on this Journal. Unlinked movements are included as historical and editorial reference points, and can become dedicated tag archives when enough articles are available.
While Jago wins over audiences and institutions, part of the art system still dismisses him as obvious, rhetorical and media-driven.
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Angelo Orazio Pregoni, NATURA VIVA – Il malato e il “secolo breve” (LIVING NATURE – The Patient and the “Short Twentieth Century”), 2026. The live painting performance at the Tanzania Pavilion, 61st Venice Biennale. Angelo Orazio Pregoni’s completed monumental painting NATURA VIVA, developed through a live painting performance at the Tanzania Pavilion during the
Read MoreAt the Venice Biennale 2026, Angelo Orazio Pregoni turns ten days of live painting into a public meditation on illness, care and memory. NATURA VIVA is an artwork to encounter before it is finished.
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Gianni Dova with Roberto Crippa, Tancredi Parmeggiani and Carlo Cardazzo, 1952. Courtesy Gianni Dova Archive. Spatialism Has a Fontana Problem Lucio Fontana was the greatest artist to emerge from Spatialism. He may also be the
Read MoreAt ninety-seven, Mariuccia Secol looks back on feminist art, psychiatric workshops, Gruppo Immagine, motherhood and the 1978 Venice Biennale.
Read MoreVENICE BIENNALE 2026 | UJAMAA EXPRESS Through painting, sculptural perfumes and unexpected encounters between Western icons and Tanzanian history, Angelo
Read MoreLuigi Fassi discusses the role of an art fair that does not simply reflect the market, but seeks to shape
Read MoreWhile Carla Lonzi is being rediscovered, Banotti forces a more uncomfortable question: what happens to the women who helped found
Read MoreAt the Venice Biennale 2026, Chiara Camoni’s Con te con tutto does not simply bring clay, plants, ritual, memory and
Read MoreWhy the Third Paradise still matters today, but not only as a symbol Before he entered the room Read the
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