I wait around in the Center for Italian Modern Art’s kitchen before the tour of the Giorgio Morandi exhibition begins. We are offered espresso or coffees in bright Pantone cups, which we gladly accept ...
Still Life, 1956 Museo Morandi, Bologna, copyright 2008, Artists’ Rights Society (ARS), New York, SIAE, Rome. (Image at the Met’s Web site) Still Life, 1956 Museo ...
Giorgio Morandi’s paintings make me think that artists may not totally choose, or even control, their subjects or style. Batty as it sounds, subject and style may choose artists, through some ...
When I heard that the hammer price on a painting by Giorgio Morandi had set an online record at Sotheby’s, my first thought was, Aha! The tortoise had beaten the hare. This Italian artist was an ...