Magazine · Italy
Artists, studios, galleries and collectors: art as a relationship.
33 · Archive
01Digital art · Inside the work
Inside Massimo Scognamiglio’s interactive artwork: seventeen experiences linking solitude, memory, cinema and computers. An illustrated journey and a map of digital art institutions worldwide.
02Complete guide · Markets, documents, costs and choices
Primary market, auctions, a €1,000 first work, documentation, editions, inheritance and resale: twelve practical modules with more than forty verifiable links.
03Dossier · Painting, moving image and artificial intelligence
From David Salle to Massimo Scognamiglio: eight practices show how AI can enter painting, drawing, video and installation without becoming one style.
04Exhibition notice · Rome Art Week 2026
In Rome from 15 to 31 October 2026: a group exhibition curated by Andrea Iezzi and conceived by Alberto D’Amico, Paolo Bielli and Stefania Fabrizi.
05Practical guide · Budget, documents and conservation
A progressive collection from €500 to €5,000: annual budgets, mistakes, insurance, documentation and criteria for selling or holding.
06Fair guide · Italy
How to use Solo Show, New Entries and Photography to discover new practices in Rome.
07Fair guide · Italy
Artist-run spaces, collectives, young galleries and non-profits beyond the standard booth.
08Fair guide · Switzerland
Basel’s fair for young galleries and focused presentations by emerging artists.
09Fair guide · Germany
A guide to Academy, awards and young practices during Berlin Art Week.
10Fair guide · France
Young galleries, non-profits, nomadic architecture and free entry: how to read the programme.
11Fair guide · United States
How to navigate NADA members, Projects and international galleries without buying on fair pressure.
12Platforms · Saatchi Art
How to read an open artist marketplace: three different practices, public budgets, real costs and a method for building a collection without buying blind.
13Platforms · Artsy
Artsy aggregates galleries, auctions and viewing rooms. Three accessible examples show how to read price, seller and documents.
14Platforms · Artfinder
A marketplace built around direct contact with artists: three price levels and a checklist for quality, returns and documentation.
15Platforms · Singulart
Global delivery, certificate and returns: how to compare three artists and understand what the published price really includes.
16Platforms · Artsper
Three highly visible artists, different price ranges and a method for separating multiple, unique work, gallery and secondary market.
17Platforms · Avant Arte
From Ai Weiwei multiples to unique works on paper: how to read releases, sold-out status, editions and prices in the digital primary market.
18Practical guide · Buying from a studio
How to find the right channel, write to a studio, check documents and build a collection with 20 mid-career artists and transparent budget questions.
19Dossier · Five countries, five living archives
Italy, France, England, Germany and Switzerland: five galleries active for at least sixty years and the ways they turn archives, exhibitions and digital tools into public relationships.
20News · Galleries, photography and urban projects
The new Via dei Narcisi 21 venue, an artists’ archive and fifteen years of exhibitions, installations and collaborations across Rome and Italy.
21Practical guide · Budget and collecting
One anchor work, three mid-career artists, six emerging names or a hybrid model: complete budgets, hidden costs, artists to research and a method for building a coherent collection.
22Guida essenziale · Collezionare arte
How to begin collecting contemporary art: choose a focus, compare works, keep documentation and care for what you acquire.
23Complete guide · Investing in contemporary art
A complete 2026 guide to major contemporary art: blue-chip artists, editions, authentication, provenance, costs, risks and ten mid-career practices to study.
24Rome · Artists, cinema and neighbourhood life
From Pasolini and Rossellini to contemporary studios: the people who turned Pigneto into a form of storytelling.
25Rome · Neighbourhood, galleries and artist studios
A cultural guide to San Lorenzo: the 1943 bombing, Pastificio Cerere and the work of Monitor, Matèria and Numero Cromatico.
26Focus · Art market and collecting
Six clear questions about museum editions, prints, posters, multiples, provenance, framing and value.
27Focus · Art market and collecting
Public auction results show how to read this market band without turning evidence into an investment promise.
28Collecting · Six practices, a real budget
Elena Ketra, Massimo Scognamiglio, Marco Réa, David Shrigley, Julie Cockburn and Shepard Fairey: documented prices, unique works, editions and practical questions.
29Guide · Method
Seven documentary signals for reading continuity, sources, exhibitions, language, provenance and price without predicting financial returns.
30Mapping the contemporary
Cesare Biasini Selvaggi’s Exibart volume: 222 profiles, methods, data, prices and the limits of a map of emerging art in Italy.
31Market · Data
Affordable contemporary art is not a minor category: data, media and responsible questions for a first acquisition.
32Practical guide
A clear first-acquisition guide covering certificate, signature, provenance, medium, condition, edition, shipping and additional costs.
33Documented opinion
Why a lower price does not define cultural quality, ambition or the seriousness of an artist’s research.
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