21 April 2026 – Tuesday
21 April 2026 – Tuesday

Monday Briefing 20/04/2025

BLAB 2 The Park 2026: A Festival Break in the Heart of Bocconi

Kiefer and Milan: A Bond Strengthened through Alchemy 

Monday Briefing 13/04/2025

Machina Homini Imperat: l’intelligenza artificiale e la nuova logica della guerra

Control, Chaos, and Canvases: Why Modern Art Threatens Fascism

Arts & Culture

Let’s dive into the world of creativity with a curated selection of stories spanning art, exhibitions, music, cinema, literature, and more. From timeless masterpieces to the latest cultural phenomena, Arts & Culture explores how the arts shape society and spark dialogue.

Every week on Wednesday.

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Kiefer and Milan: A Bond Strengthened through Alchemy 

Discover the monumental journey of Anselm Kiefer, the contemporary alchemist who transforms lead into memory and ruins into places of knowledge. Our latest article explores the unbreakable bond between the artist and Milan, from the iconic concrete towers of Pirelli HangarBicocca to the scarred walls of the Sala delle Cariatidi at Palazzo Reale with the new exhibition Le Alchimiste.
In this article, we’ll discuss Anselm Kiefer, one of the most important artists of the post-World War II era. He emerged in the late 1970s as a leader of Neo-Expressionism, alongside Georg Baselitz and Julian Schnabel. In an era dominated by Minimalism and…
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Control, Chaos, and Canvases: Why Modern Art Threatens Fascism

“Too complicated” isn’t always a critique, it can be a discomfort with thinking. Modern art has long been outcast not because it lacks meaning, but because it challenges the narrative. And that’s exactly what makes it powerful.
“Works of art which cannot be understood in themselves but need some pretentiousinstruction book to justify their existence will never again find their way to the Germanpeople.” Adolf Hitler pronounced this in 1937, during the opening of the Nazi…
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Streets of Minneapolis

Streets of Minneapolis dimostra come la musica può ancora avere un forte valore politico e sociale. Springsteen riafferma il legame profondo fra arte e politica: il brano non si limita a raccontare un fatto di cronaca, lo trasforma in sentimento collettivo in grado di far smuovere l’animo della gente dimostrando che la musica non è solo intrattenimento o una storia d’amore, ma anche voce critica del presente.
In quante occasioni negli ultimi anni abbiamo letto e sentito cantanti essere duramente criticatiper aver parlato di politica o aver inneggiato alla pace durante concerti o festival della musica?Quante volte abbiamo sentito che la musica non è politica ed…
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Street Art as Social Infrastructure  

Street art doesn’t just decorate a city, it can quietly become part of how a community lives, gathers, and remembers. From Maradona’s face in the Quartieri Spagnoli to the murals of Ponticelli, these walls aren’t just images but shared reference points, shaped as much by people as by paint.
For years, Ciro Maiello kept the window of his apartment in Naples’ Quartieri Spagnoli tightly shut. Not because of the noise, nor the narrowness of the streets below, but because when he opened it, it opened directly onto Diego Armando Maradona’s…
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From Art to Equity: is Fractional Ownership redefining collecting?

When a masterpiece is segmented into shares, its aesthetic value remains intact but its social function changes.
Rapidly evolving financial markets and digital technologies are increasingly redefining consumption patterns and challenging traditional notions of property. Not immune to these transformations, the art sector is responding by integrating models such as fractional ownership. This concept first took shape in real estate during the twentieth…
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One Thousand and One Nights: a Bridge to the Medieval Orient 

When you were reading tales as a child, there is a great possibility that some of them were from One Thousand and One Nights. The magical and mysterious world of merchants, voyagers, sorcerers, creatures, sultans and princesses portrays the whole spectrum of human nature. In these works of art, magic plays a very special role, and it is not used as means of escaping reality.
Oh, imagine a land, it’s a faraway place Where the caravan camels roam Where you wander among every culture and tongue It’s chaotic, but hey, it’s home. These are the lyrics to Will Smith’s opening performance in the 2019 live…
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Order in Chaos: Escher Between Art and Science 

In a culture where we crave systems Escher surprises us: in his works chaos meets structure.
We live in a culture of uncertainty, and we respond by craving systems. Human beings require rules not because they are always good, but because chaos is exhausting. It’s not difficult to see why order has become a modern obsession: we increasingly tend to…
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Art that comes from the land: Meet Outi Pieski 

"My art is for the land, for my homeland, and for my people, the Sámi society, but I want my art to be understandable by everyone." With these words, Outi Pieski takes us straight to the heart of her artistic practice, which is deeply rooted in the culture and worldview of her people, the Sámi, but also pays particular attention to all the contemporary issues that this indigenous population, so deeply rooted in its territory, has to face today.
Outi Pieski is a Sámi visual artist from Finland. Born in Helsinki in 1973, she is the daughter of a Sámi father and a Finnish mother. She was raised in her hometown, where she attended the Visual Arts School and the Academy of Fine Arts,…
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La società moderna ha bisogno di un libro come “Colorado Kid” 

Quello che succede in genere è che la gente si inventa una storia e se la tiene cara. Questo riesce abbastanza facile quando c'è un solo fattore ignoto, ma nel caso di Colorado Kid ci sono praticamente solo fattori ignoti, di conseguenza non c'è nessuna storia.
Per chi non lo conoscesse, “Colorado Kid” è un romanzo di Stephen King che, partendo dalla storia di una giovane stagista mandata a lavorare in un posto in cui altrimenti non avrebbe mai messo piede (storia nella quale molti potranno immedesimarsi), finisce per raccontare la morte di un uomo.  La modalità…
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Richer and Bolder: How Women Collectors Are Redefining the Future of the Art Market?

Women collectors are reshaping the art market amid economic volatility, allocating more wealth to art and embracing diversification. The 2025 Art Basel and UBS Survey highlights their growing influence, particularly in digital art, emerging artists, and collections featuring more women artists, signaling a more proactive, trend-shaping approach.
In a world shaped by geopolitical disruptions and economic volatility, the art market has proven resilient, supported by a younger and more diverse collector community. In 2025, High Net Worth Individuals devoted an average of 20% of their assets…
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