Review: Agostino Bonalumi at Mazzoleni Art, London
Bonalumi was a pivotal figure in post-war Italian abstraction; finally he’s getting the attention he deserves
Save Carrà’s ‘Leaving the Theatre’: Roberta Cremoncini on the Estorick Collection’s campaign
In December an audience spilling out of a theatre into a cold night is a familiar sight. Carlo Carrà’s Leaving…
London’s Italian art invasion
An extraordinary quantity of post-war Italian art has been exhibited, sold and written about this year. What’s behind the rich pickings?
‘AZIMUT/H’ at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection
In 1959 a flash of activity illuminated Milan’s already vibrant artistic scene
Can artificial intelligence really identify artistic influence?
Scientists have developed an algorithm that identifies visual affinities between paintings. Are we all out of a job?
Review: ‘Jasper Johns: Regrets’ at the Courtauld Gallery
Lucian Freud in Francis Bacon’s studio through Jasper Johns’s eyes: a small but powerful show
The Tate Affair: then and now
The Tate has been in the firing line in recent years; is recent criticism comparable to the infamous ‘Tate Affair’ of 1952–54?
Looking Good: National Gallery exhibitions promote close looking
‘Making Colour’ and ‘Building the Picture’ point out details in paintings that are easily overlooked
Review: ‘Giulio Paolini: To Be or Not to Be’ at the Whitechapel Gallery
Paolini’s work isn’t well known in the UK, but it remains as relevant as ever
Review: ‘Mario Schifano 1960−67’ at Luxembourg & Dayan
Focusing on seven key years in Schifano’s incessant artistic metamorphosis
Civilisation 2.0: who could replace Kenneth Clark?
The BBC intends to remake Kenneth Clark’s seminal TV programme ‘Civilisation’. Who should present it?
Review: Made in Italy, ‘The Glamour of Italian Fashion’ at the V&A
What’s behind the rise and rise of Italian fashion?
Review: Pablo Echaurren at the Estorick Collection
‘…to be iconoclast is also a gesture of respect, of devotion.’
‘La Bella Figura’ at Max Wigram Gallery
This exhibition of Italian post-war art and design is refreshingly alert to the country’s complex political tensions
Wire Man
Fausto Melotti, the quiet man of modern Italian sculpture, is given a first UK retrospective at the Waddington Custot Galleries
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The term ‘avant-garde’ has shifted meaning from its military roots to the byword for artistic innovation. How should we apply it to art history?