Digital Chisels: Can Art Survive Without the Human Gesture?
A marble sculpture created through the collaboration between industrial robots and traditional artisans — a symbol of Pietrasanta’s transformation, where the ancient craft of the hand meets digital automation. A contemporary challenge to preserve the soul of art beyond machine perfection.
The What and How
The art critic is the interpreter of the present, guiding the public in understanding works and uncovering hidden meanings. Through analysis that goes beyond appearances, the complexity of art is revealed, connecting past and present. This article explores the role of the art critic, the importance of careful observation, and the deductive process for understanding artworks, showing how art continues to inspire and surprise.
The Unending Carousel – From Botticelli to the City that Lives Beauty
A journey through the memory of beauty, from Florence to Pietrasanta. Giuliano de’ Medici’s 1475 joust becomes the symbol of a Renaissance that united power, love, and art. Botticelli transformed that story into “Venus and Mars,” where grace survives passion and the image becomes memory. Five centuries later, the same desire endures — to make eternal what is born to die. In Pietrasanta, heir to that vision, beauty is not a concept but a daily practice. In the hands of artisans and in the studios, art still turns matter into thought. One needs no title to be a capital: here, beauty is a way of life.
Who Killed the Teddy Bear?
A journey through history, psychoanalysis, and contemporary art starting from the figure of the Teddy Bear. From the American founding myth to the sculpture Poor Teddy in Repose, passing through Winnicott and Winnie-the-Pooh, the text explores the crisis of transitional objects in a digital society that has forgotten how to comfort a child.
Dinner at Lucifero’s
Friday night, at the “Lucifero” restaurant in Viareggio, I reflected on the name and the interplay of light and darkness. While observing a concave mirror, I was reminded of art and perspective. From Brunelleschi to Van Eyck, art transforms deception into wonder.