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HIGHLIGHTED
Throughout the twentieth century and beyond, the art market has witnessed the rising allure — and price — of works created to challenge the very foundations of the art system. Among the most famous provocations are Piero Manzoni’s Artist’s Shit (1961) and Maurizio Cattelan’s solid-gold toilet America (2016). Two iconic gestures, distant in time but united in intent: questioning what we define as “art” and exposing the sometimes absurd mechanisms of its market. Today something is changing...
A critical and varied exhibition at Vitra Design Museum reflects on the paradoxical condition of plastic: from a revolutionary and practical material to a global environmental problem, its story is told through iconic furnishings, design objects and detailed documentation.
Time for Christmas markets, ideal to immerse ourselves, even for a moment, in the festive atmosphere of this period, while finding special gifts rooted in the Italian traditions.
