Reading time: 3 minutes Fyodor Dostoevsky famously noted in The Idiot that “beauty will save the world.” In the two years that have upended people’s lives as they used to be and reminded everyone [ … ]
Category: Arts & Culture
Long Live the Freedom of Art!
Reading time: 4 minutes War has befallen Europe – and besides comprehensive political responses of European leaders, the Russian invasion of Ukraine has left deep scars on the European landscape of classical music. From [ … ]
Artivismo: quando l’arte si fa politica
Reading time: 5 minutes Quando si unisce la ragion poetica alla ragion civile nasce una nuova forma di arte politica: l’Artivismo. Gli artivisti si interrogano sulle più importanti emergenze del nostro tempo e si [ … ]
A Flickering Golden Ticket: the “color-blind” Casting of Hamilton: An American Musical
Reading time: 4 minutes In 2016, when Hamilton: An American Musical first opened on Broadway its pivotal innovation comprised telling the story of America’s founding fathers through performers of color. This musical became their [ … ]
“Gli uomini agiscono e le donne appaiono”: il nudo tra lusinga e personalità
Reading time: 5 minutes Splendido e insieme provocante, il nudo ha suscitato l’interesse di numerosi esperti d’arte: tra questi, John Berger ha connesso alla tradizione figurativa una riflessione di natura sociale. Ma è legittimo [ … ]