Honey in the coffee

Busy time for London based artist Othello De'Souza-Hartley! His latest solo show closed two weeks ago in London and now a solo show is opening in Rome during Rome Art Week. On Tuesday 23rd October Own Narrative a series of polaroids will be on show inside the changing rooms of Campo XXV Aprile (football pitch) in Pietralata, Rome. Campo Sportivo XXV Aprile dal 23 al 27 ottobre 2018 Own Narrative Mostra di Othello De’Souza-Hartley a cura di Alessandra Migani Opening: martedì 23 ottobre ore 18.30 L’Arte di Othello De’Souza-Hartley in mostra a Pietralata  per la Rome Art Week Il Campo Sportivo XXV Aprile torna ad aprire le porte all’arte e alla condivisione con una mostra del fotografo, artista visivo e performer londinese, che sarà presente per l’inaugurazione. Martedì 23 ottobre, alle 18.30, nell’ambito della Rome Art Week, inaugura, presso il Campo Sportivo XXV Aprile a Pietralata, la mostra personale dal titolo Own Narrative del ...

Exciting days are opening up in Dakar: not only the 11th Biennale, Dak'Art opening today but also an OFF section with events and exhibitions. My thoughts and best wishes are going to Maïmouna Patrizia Guerresi presenting a solo exhibition "M.eating" at the Ancienne Biscuiterie de Mé dina, conceived by Alessia Montani for M'AMA.ART and Arthemisia Group (vernissage tomorrow the 10th of May at 7.30pm). Maïmouna Guerresi, M-Eating, Red Table, 2013 The title is playing with the two verbs 'to meet' and 'to eat'. In fact her series of photographs are wondering about the importance of coming together while sharing a meal at the table. There is a sacred feeling in Maïmouna's meticulous compositions, time looks suspended and her 'characters' (African men, women and children) in the photographs, are isolated from the context. There is no communication between them, each one looks absorbed within his/her own universe. It makes m...

Famous for Wrong Reasons Photography exhibition by Sal Idriss Curated by Alessandra Migani 5 April - 2 May 2014 Opening: Saturday 5 April, 7pm WSP Photography - Via Costanzo Cloro 58 (San Paolo) - Rome, Italy WSP Photography is pleased to announce Famous for the Wrong Reasons (FFTWR) , a photo exhibition by internationally-acclaimed photographer Sal Idriss . The exhibition is curated by Alessandra Migani with the support of British Council (Rome). The project FFTWR, has been initiated by Sal Idriss, and is intended to be a free public event. It involves creating photographic portraits and an exhibition of those London families who lost teenage children to gun or knife crime. The project emerged through the personal tragedy of Sal and his family. On the 27th December 2007, Sal's youngest brother, 16 year old Nassirudeen, died after being stabbed in Islington, London. The experience drew Sal's attention to other families throughout London who had witne...

I know it's extremely hot... I know you are planning a weekend at the beach... but please, please, please take some time off to pay a visit to the Brazilian Embassy in Rome (Piazza Navona). Artist Ernesto Neto is offering an exciting sensorial experience. The magnificent frescoes by baroque painter Pietro da Cortona (1596/7 - 1669), that are enhancing the vault of Galleria Cortona in Palazzo Pamphilj, are now closer than ever to the visitors. With his new installation, Olhando o  céu  (Looking at the sky), Neto is creating a pure dialogue between a contemporary artist, his audience and the past. Neto is offering the chance to lie down on a carrinhos (a wood structure with fabric and wheels), take a binoculars and start to admire Cortona's frescoes. A feeling of astonishment are pursued by both artists. As a spectator you will be more involved in the action of 'reading' with your eyes the stories of Aeneas from closer.  You will feel time stretching at ...

On Thursday 26th of April, we inaugurated the first solo exhibition in London of Rome based artist Massimo Nota @ Art Lobby, curated by Alessandra Migani. The show received a warm welcome despite the persistent rain and a grey sky. I am publishing here my piece of writing on the show and images of the artist's work. Massimo Nota's exhibition poster These black sounds are the mystery, the roots that probe through the mire that we all know of, and do not understand, but which furnishes us with whatever is sustaining in art. Black sounds: so said the celebrated Spaniard, thereby concurring with Goethe, who, in effect, defined the duende when he said, speaking of Paganini: "A mysterious power that all may feel and no philosophy can explain." Federico García Lorca , The Theory and Function of Duende Massimo Nota, originally from Rome, is a prolific artist/illustrator whose world is imbued with visions. Nota’s creative act reveals an instincti...