Francesco Bruno SolariRichard Avedon: Master Control“I think all art is about control — the encounter between control and the uncontrollable.”Nov 28, 2016Nov 28, 2016
Francesco Bruno SolariFrancis Bacon: “La Nostalgie de la Boue”“Mad, bad and dangerous to know” sounds like a promise to a young Cambridge student in need of an article for the University’s art…Oct 1, 2016Oct 1, 2016
Francesco Bruno SolariHerb Ritts: The Naked and The NudeIs Herb Ritts to photography what William-Adolphe Bouguereau is to painting? A staged, dated and petit bourgeois idea of titillation? Or is…Sep 12, 2016Sep 12, 2016
Francesco Bruno SolariIn Praise of: Wolfgang Tillmans“Photography always lies about what’s in front of the camera, but it never lies about what is behind, it always clearly reveals the…Sep 1, 20161Sep 1, 20161
Francesco Bruno SolariAndy is dandy, but sex can’t rot your teethAugust 6, Andy Warhol would have been 88. He most certainly would’ve loved the number, its shape, the repetition of the symbol of infinity…Aug 26, 2016Aug 26, 2016
Francesco Bruno SolariThe most beautiful painting at the FrickIn honour of today’s tragedy in Umbria, here is a little article on a painting depicting that wonderful region of Italy.Aug 24, 2016Aug 24, 2016
Francesco Bruno SolariDavid Hockney: for the love of PeterDavid Hockney takes a long time to work on his canvases, such as in this particularly beautiful California scene, “Portrait of an Artist…Aug 22, 2016Aug 22, 2016
Francesco Bruno SolariPaul Cadmus; the Art of LoveMagic Realism, how beautifully this painting reflects these two words. That fleeting, warm, moist, intimate and impudent moment when the…Aug 19, 2016Aug 19, 2016
Francesco Bruno SolariIn Praise of Keith HaringAs I am about to marry the man with whom I have been living for the past 24 years, my heart cries in memory one of the most loving…Aug 15, 2016Aug 15, 2016
Francesco Bruno SolariBettina Rheims: Scratch-and-SniffBettina Rheims started taking pictures to impress her father. Believing she was not pretty enough for his standards, she took photographs…Aug 11, 2016Aug 11, 2016
