Author: Fulvio Gonella

I wrote my last blog post on the metro. Still can’t believe I did. I thought I was just jotting down a couple of loose ideas—some rough, vague notions to kickstart a draft (which I’d probably rewrite later). But by the time I looked up, the full post was there, staring back at me from…

Ok. It’s over. After what feels like an eternity of sketching, scribbling, staring at blank canvases (oh, the judgmental stare of a blank canvas), mixing paints, and reworking ideas that seemed brilliant at 3 a.m. but utterly senseless by dawn, I can finally say it: the new series is done.  But let’s take a step…

So, here’s the big news: I’m officially a represented artist at Caelis Gallery in Shanghai! This collaboration is one of those things that just clicks . I’ve been following Caelis for a while now—drawn to their fearless curation and their knack for choosing work that leaves you thinking (sometimes way longer than you’d planned to).…

The blank canvas stares at me. Every. Single. Time. (And I stare back, pretending I’m fine.) You’d think after decades of painting, this would get easier. But no. Every time I face that white surface, I freeze. It’s like a huge, silent wall. The strange thing is, the painting is already in my head. I…

I devoured Sonia Borrell’s book Art In Real-Time in one day. Cover to cover. No breaks. (Okay, maybe one coffee break, but still.) This isn’t your typical art book. No, it’s vibrant, intimate, and shockingly useful. It’s like Sonia took all the dusty, complicated stuff about art and tossed it out the window, replacing it…