Antonio Aricò draws inspiration from tradition.  Italy’s cultivation of olives dates back to the Middle Ages and olive oil tasting is an integral ingredient in the cultural palette.  Aricó explains that the name for his collection Taste of Wood is “a funny eulogy to olive oil, to olive wood, to wooden furniture and has for […]

When Gray Malin isn’t at home in Southern California, he is out traveling creating new work; his adventures are often his greatest inspiration. To purchase the works in this collection visit Maison Gray.   Prada Marfa series When I first went to the small town of Marfa, Texas and shot some images of the illusive Prada Store […]

PART ONE.  Peter Frank’s insight into ICASTICA’s inaugural exhibition, Glocal Women.  A cultural resurgence of the old Tuscan city (“local”) and the multicultural amalgam of women in art from around the world (“global”).  Next week Peter explores the works of Jennifer White Kuri the artist behind Global Women Project, a work in progress of painted […]

Objects carry memory, hidden deep within their fibers.  The remnants of those memories are revealed in unusual splintering, signs of age and evidence that the material has endured the impact of time.  Elisa Cavani founded Manoteca, a design lab located in Italy inspired  to bring new life to old or discarded items.  Inside Manoteca’s headquarters, […]

Roberto Calbucci examines the world through a macro and micro lens, investigating every nuance of the artist’s experience as well as the philosophical theorems that ordain the universe. Installation Magazine: We were first introduced to your work through Hollis Brown Thornton.  In our recent interview he cited you as a peer who has had an influence […]