About referents and referred

My remarks on Stranieri ovunque, the 60th Venice Biennale

art criticism, article, exhibitionMagnólia Costa27 de outubro de 2024Art criticism, Venice Biennale

Fabricio Lopez: On Shells, Hearts, and Eloquence

Our new program of Artist Cooperation starts with with Fabricio Lopez. Every six months, a guest artist will show their work on the website’s different sections and on the photo gallery on the Art with Mag blog

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art criticism, magnóliaMagnólia Costa22 de fevereiro de 2021Art criticism, Etching, Engraving, Fabricio Lopez

Matter and Sensitivity: Chardin According to Diderot

In an article published in a book by the University of Coimbra, I analyze philosopher Denis Diderot’s criticisms of Jean-Siméon Chardin’s still lifes

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magnólia, art criticism, articleMagnólia Costa28 de novembro de 2020Chardin, Diderot, Still life, French painting, 18th Century art, European art

Plato and the Ship of Fools

Drifting on a vessel full of insane people: The picture painted by Hieronymus Bosch in 1500 is inspired by Plato, who makes and allegory of the shipwrecking of power [+]

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article, art criticism, magnóliaMagnólia Costa6 de maio de 2020ship of fools, painting, woodcut, bosch, dürer, john alexander, plato, plato's republic