Corriere della Sera | Paolo Campa

punto07.2026

Corriere della Sera | Tavolo Unico Dinner with Warhol, Dalì and Modigliani: “Tavolo Unico” Is a Museum Set for Dinner “You sit down at the table. And there’s Salvador Dalí to your right and Andy Warhol to your left. Just to name two. Because in fact, there are 365 works of art — practically one for every day of the year. It’s… Read more

Oltre | Simone Benedetto e Claudia Giraudo

punto05.2026

THE POETIC DIALOGUE CHALLENGES ADULTHOOD Article on Oltre, La Prealpina, by Serena Colombo According to the Greek philosopher Heraclitus, “a man’s character is his daimon.” For Plato, the daimon is the force that allows human beings to rise toward the supersensible. It is a code of the soul, according to writer James Hillman, carrying within it both character and destiny, guiding each… Read more

Biancoscuro | Matteo Massagrande

punto04.2026

MATTEO MASSAGRANDE – Beyond Illusion at Punto sull’Arte Gallery Article in Biancoscuro, Art Magazine, by Vincenzo Chetta A persistent, almost irritating misunderstanding lingers around contemporary figurative art: the lazy tendency to confuse technical skill with the mere photocopying of reality. It is a beginner’s mistake—one impossible to make when faced with the works of Matteo Massagrande. The master from Padua has returned… Read more

Oltre | Matteo Massagrande

punto03.2026

OLTRE LA SOGLIA CON MATTEO MASSAGRANDE Article on Oltre, La Prealpina, by Serena Colombo He prepares his panels using the techniques of the old masters, with a ground of gesso and glue, following the advice found in Cennino Cennini’s late 14th-century treatise. He has a deep knowledge of the properties of pigments, studies their reactions and durability over time, and possesses the… Read more

Echi Donna | Lara Martinato

punto03.2026

Echi Donna | Lara Martinato The Essence of Bushido in Contemporary Painting The essence of Bushido in the contemporary painting of Lara MartinatoWith her evocative and layered art, the artist Lara Martinato manages to capture the soul of Bushido, the samurai code of honor, through a series of paintings that go beyond formal representation and convey the depth of an ancient and… Read more

VareseNews | PUNTO SULL’ARTE II

punto02.2026

Dalle scarpe alla piazza, fino ai grandi capolavori: “PUNTO SULL’ARTE” accende il centro di Varese by the editorial Staff, February 20, 2026. “The move from the historic locations on Via San Martino della Battaglia to the 17th-century building between Via Albuzzi and Vicolo Santa Chiara marks a turning point. The restoration of the inner courtyard is also planned. There was a time… Read more

Varesenoi | PUNTO SULL’ARTE II

punto02.2026

PUNTO SULL’ARTE, when cultural Varese doubles Two in one: the Varese showroom moves from Via San Martino to a single gallery at the corner of Via Albuzzi and Vicolo Santa Chiara, featuring two bright display windows and an elegant interior where artists’ works will be exhibited. The new space naturally joins the main gallery in Viale Sant’Antonio in Casbeno, where “Punto sull’Arte”… Read more

Dentrocasa | Eric Roux-Fontaine

punto02.2026

Eric Roux-Fontaine The imaginary of territories and the territories of the imagination Gianbattista Bonzazzoli, February 2, 2026 An art that moves through landscapes and allows itself to be moved by them Eric Roux-Fontaine was born in Savoy in 1966 to a French father and an Italian mother. After graduating from the Beaux-Arts in Saint-Étienne, he worked as an art director in several… Read more

Espoarte | Ogni favola è un gioco

punto12.2025

The Serious Game of Fairy TalesInterview with Giuseppe Veneziano by Chiara Canali by the editorial staff, December 12, 2025 With Every Fairy Tale Is a Game, a solo exhibition hosted at the PUNTO SULL’ARTE gallery in Varese, Giuseppe Veneziano returns to one of the most fertile territories of his pictorial research: the appropriation of pre-existing images and their reconfiguration into a narrative,… Read more

Il Sole 24 ORE | Alice Zanin Palazzo Citterio

punto11.2025

The Candy Eaters by Alice Zanin in the Tempietto of Palazzo Citterio “The tempietto in the courtyard of Palazzo Citterio— a circular structure designed by Mario Cucinella Architects— will host from November 6, 2025 to March 29, 2026 the site-specific installation Candy Eaters by Alice Zanin, curated by Andrea Dusio. The intervention transforms the open pavilion into a visionary aviary housing papier-mâché… Read more

Corriere della Sera | Paolo Campa

punto10.2025

Corriere della Sera | Paolo Campa “At a certain point in one of the most beautiful and painful novels of recent literature, Atonement by Ian McEwan, the co-protagonist Robbie Turner writes a love letter to his beloved Cecilia. Romantic and polite, the words addressed to the girl are only the fair copy of what Robbie truly feels, which he had described just… Read more

Corriere della Sera | Simone Benedetto

punto10.2025

Corriere della Sera | Simone Benedetto “Thirty-nine years old, born in Italian-speaking Switzerland, and living in Milan in 2018, Chloe Luscher’s problem is simple and absolute: she is beauty. Millions of followers on her Instagram account confirm it, as do the thousands of wealthy supporters on her more explicit OnlyFans profile, which has made her one of the most famous and richest… Read more

Dentrocasa | Claudio Filippini

punto09.2025

Dentrocasa – Claudio Filippini I first came across Claudio Filippini’s works at the Punto Sull’Arte gallery in Varese, and I couldn’t help but smile at his staging of an unusual, humanized Batman. Amused and full of admiration, I felt the urge to delve deeper into this artist’s research and step into his fantastic world. I asked him to share with DENTROCASA readers… Read more

The Artbook | Giuseppe Veneziano

punto06.2025

THE ARTIST WITH THE BERET by the editorial staff, June 2025 Giuseppe Veneziano opens up with irony, censorship, and coherence. From Sicily to the digital world, from subversive Madonnas to NFTs, the artist who paints the present without compromise returns to Varese with a new exhibition. A journey through his poetics, where figurative art and critical thinking merge into an accessible and… Read more

Dentrocasa | Sabrina Milazzo

punto03.2025

Dentrocasa | Sabrina Milazzo Sabrina Milazzo Dimensione “Plastica” Gianbattista Bonzazzoli, 2025.03.07 Sabrina Milazzo, born in 1975 in Turin, began her exhibition career in 2003 after graduating in Painting from the Academy of Fine Arts. She participated in prestigious Italian fairs such as MiArt and ArtFiera Bologna. Her works have found spaces in both private galleries and public institutions, both in Italy and… Read more

Espoarte | Pink & Powerful

punto03.2025

Pink & Powerful! Women’s Power! at PUNTO SULL’ARTE by the editorial staff, March 4, 2025 Pink & Powerful is the title of the new all-female group exhibition curated by Alessandra Redaelli, held at the PUNTO SULL’ARTE gallery in Varese. The spotlight is on thirteen women artists who come together to celebrate the strength, joy, and irony of femininity on the day dedicated… Read more

LaPrealpina | Echi di Luce

punto01.2025

Light has the power to bring things to life Light and silence are the essential elements in the works of Ottorino De Lucchi and Raffaele Minotto, now in dialogue at the PUNTO SULL’ARTE Gallery in Varese. In their dual solo exhibition Echi di Luce (Echoes of Light), curated by Alessandra Redaelli, Minotto’s sumptuous interiors of Venetian villas merge with the timeless elegance… Read more

Espoarte | Echi di Luce

punto01.2025

Timeless Elegance of Painting: Ottorino De Lucchi and Raffaele Minotto at PUNTO SULL’ARTE by the editorial staff, January 21, 2025 Refined painters OTTORINO DE LUCCHI and RAFFAELE MINOTTO present their dual solo exhibition ECHI DI LUCE (Echoes of Light) at PUNTO SULL’ARTE, where Minotto’s sumptuous interiors of Venetian villas blend seamlessly with De Lucchi’s timeless still lifes. The vernissage of ECHI DI… Read more

Espoarte | Valeria Vaccaro

punto11.2024

Valeria Vaccaro and the Magnificence of Marble. Ivan Quaroni Curates the New Exhibition at PUNTO SULL’ARTE by Editorial Staff, November 25, 2024 Renowned sculptor Valeria Vaccaro returns to the PUNTO SULL’ARTE Gallery in Varese for her solo exhibition FIRE WALK WITH ME, curated by Ivan Quaroni. The VERNISSAGE of the exhibition will be held on SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30, from 11 AM to… Read more

Il Terzo News | Roberto Bernardi

punto11.2024

IL TERZO NEWS “Roma Arte in Nuvola” reaffirms the passion for modern and contemporary art by Sara Cacciarini, November 25, 2024 The fourth edition of “Roma Arte in Nuvola” has incredible visitor numbers, surpassing last year’s (35,000) and reaching 38,000. Created by Alessandro Nicosia, produced by Creare Organizzare Realizzare (C.O.R.) and Eur S.p.A., with the artistic direction of Adriana Polveroni, it once… Read more

ArtsLife | Silvia Levenson

punto11.2024

A Journey into Feelings. The Glass Art of Silvia Levenson, Interview by Carlo Madesani, 11/16/2024 We meet Silvia Levenson in her home/studio in Lesa on Lake Maggiore, in the province of Novara. The studio is set in what was once a large paper mill, now divided and transformed into several residential units. A small stream runs alongside it, surrounded by dense woodland,… Read more

Corriere della Sera | Matteo Massagrande

punto10.2024

Corriere della Sera | Matteo Massagrande The Open Windows of Massagrande The gaze beyond. The frames, with their particular cuts, enhance stained glass windows through which the green of a garden, the sea, the skyscrapers of a metropolis, or an industrial area can be glimpsed. They are windows opening onto corners of a physical and inner world. “Harmony is the key to… Read more

Espoarte | Sweet Icons

punto09.2024

ESPOARTE, SWEET ICONS, THE ART OF REVEALING REALITY | R. Bernardi, V. Diena, C. Filippini by Editorial Staff, September 12, 2024 In Sweet Icons, Roberto Bernardi, Valentina Diena, and Claudio Filippini reveal, with irony and conceptualism, the hidden aspects of reality. The art of Roberto Bernardi, loved and sought after all over the world, captivates and amazes with its execution precision and… Read more

Dentrocasa | Valentina Diena

punto09.2024

An artistic research that originates from childhood drawings, perfecting the representation of objects Valentina Diena was born in Milan in 1996, and through this interview, we get to know better the developments of her artistic research. How did she achieve these results? “What fascinated me first and foremost about drawing with pencils on paper is its presence in our collective memory: all… Read more

Panorama | Valentina Diena

punto06.2024

Panorama Valentina Diena; VAF Stiftung exhibits the works of the 13 young finalists of the X Prize of the Foundation, among whom is our artist Valentina Diena. The VAF-STIFTUNG foundation honors the long career of architect and designer Marcello Morandini, while also recognizing the most interesting young artists from our country. Their works are exhibited in Germany and soon also at the… Read more

Biancoscuro | Matteo Massagrande

punto04.2024

Without knocking, an exhibition of light and atmospheres Matteo Massagrande enchants with his intimate and poetic art by Vincenzo Chetta After exhibiting together with Van Gogh’s works at the prestigious Fralin Museum of Art in the United States, artist Matteo Massagrande returned to the PUNTO SULL’ARTE gallery in Varese for his solo exhibition entitled “Senza bussare”, which presents eighteen recent works of… Read more

Varesenoi | Matteo Massagrande

punto03.2024

In Matteo Massagrande’s Rooms, Entering “Without Knocking” Thanks to PUNTO SULL’ARTE Mario Chiodetti, March 22, 2024 The exhibition is a testament to the quality of the curatorial choices that Sofia Macchi’s gallery has been making for years, promoting many young artists while also keeping a keen eye on those established and historically significant like Massagrande, born in Padua in 1959 and considered… Read more

Artuu | Mauro Reggio

punto02.2024

Article by Emanuele Beluffi for ARTUU on Mauro Reggio’s exhibition in Varese MAURO REGGIO, a dreamlike journey through the Italian landscape If you want to do like Immanuel Kant who got to know the world without moving from his Königsberg, then you just have to visit Mauro Reggio’s solo show at PUNTO SULL’ARTE  in Varese, which opened on a Saturday morning at… Read more

Dentrocasa | Matteo Massagrande

punto02.2024

Matteo Massagrande and the rooms of emotions. Abandoned spaces touched by the seduction of time Article by Gianbattista Bonazzoli Matteo Massagrande, from Padua, one of the greatest representatives of the new Italian figuration, is a painter and engraver, as well as a profound connoisseur of the history of ancient and contemporary art. His painting is defined as Philosophical Realism. Matteo Massagrande, treasured… Read more

Oltre | Mauro Reggio

punto02.2024

MAURO REGGIO: VARESE SEEN THROUGH HIS BRUSH Article on Oltre, La Prealpina, by Serena Colombo, page 23 Standing out against an orange sky, “Bernascone”, with its geometric bulk that here and there gives way to baroque convolutions. At its side, the motionless rhythm of the arcades of the old rationalist headquarters of  the Bank “Cassa di Risparmio”, made up of solids and… Read more

Oltre | Jernej Forbici

punto01.2024

The health of the planet seen through the colors, shapes and materials of Jernej Forbici Article on Oltre, La Prealpina, by Serena Colombo An important title for a highly topical topic: Auri Sacra Fames is the event that for three days will see the presence of the Slovenian artist Jernej Forbici at PUNTO SULL’ARTE gallery in Varese. For the occasion, Forbici exhibits… Read more

VareseNoi | Jernej Forbici

punto01.2024

The climate crisis and the greed for gold. An exhibition that denounces at PUNTO SULL’ARTE Gallery “Auri sacra fames” is the title of the solo show by Jernej Forbici from Thursday 25 January until Sunday. The Slovenian painter relaunches his message for the environment from Varese.  From Virgil, Aeneid : “Cursed avarice, on what desperate wickedness thy influence drives the minds of… Read more

IL SOLE 24ORE, STIL’È | SOFIA MACCHI

punto12.2023

“Art is a matter of passion”, face to face with Sofia Macchi in an interview that aims to be an in-depth study of the birth and work of the now consolidated Varese gallery. The founder of PUNTO SULL’ARTE talks about the work of the contemporary gallerist and the great satisfaction that this profession gives. In a central position between Switzerland, Milan and… Read more

VareseNoi | Tabi il viaggio parte II | Tom Porta

punto10.2023

A journey of the mind into the Japan of geisha and samurai with artist Tom Porta by Mario Chiodetti It is an exhibition with an ancient scent that Tom Porta proposes at Punto sull’Arte  Art Gallery of Sofia Macchi, a journey into the mind and time, an itinerary in the Japan of geisha and samurai, which has always been present in the… Read more

Dentrocasa | Tom Porta

punto09.2023

Tom Porta and the imaginary of Japan Article by Gianbattista Bonazzoli A tribute to the history, traditions and suggestions of this land Tom Porta was born in Milan in 1970 and since childhood shows a strong attitude towards drawing and the arts in general. He graduated as a Master of Art and began a successful career in illustration and photography. He has… Read more

VareseNoi | Valentina Diena

punto07.2023

Valentina Diena and art as comfort and revolt An empty bottle of precious “Armand De Grignac” champagne can become a symbol of revolt, turning into a molotov cocktail ready to be lit, at least in the pictorial intentions of Valentina Diena, whom the French “brut” costing 300 euros has masterfully reproduced on paper in a 76×112 work entitled “Feeling good.” It is… Read more

Exibart | Art Stays 2023

punto07.2023

Art Stays: the International Festival of Contemporary Arts in Ptuj, Slovenia The 21st edition of Art Stays, entitled Voyage is dedicated entirely to the desire to know, to travel, to find meaning in things. Voyage is a metaphor for the human condition, migration, tradition, and travel. All the artists and works chosen use art to investigate the complicated ways in which travel… Read more

LaPrealpina | <20 15×15/20×20 | 2023

punto07.2023

Lots of creativity in the Gallery Canvases, colored pencils or ballpoint pen on paper, alabaster and paper sculptures, terracotta reliefs: all strictly square, sizes to choose from 15×15 and 20×20 centimeters. A beloved event for the public of the Varese-based Punto Sull’Arte Gallery returns. In fact, the tenth edition of “20 15×15/20×20” is being celebrated, and for the occasion Sofia Macchi and… Read more

VareseNoi | <20 15×15/20×20 | 2023

punto06.2023

“PUNTO SULL’ARTE” – It is really happening in Varese: 17 artists with more than 60 works on display for an exhibition of visions, discoveries and lights suspended between imagination and reality The exhibition <20 15×15/20×20 has been running for ten years now, and since 2014 has seen the alternation of many artists of different nationalities, not at all afraid to try their… Read more

Artevarese | <20 15×15/20×20 | 2023

punto06.2023

Varese: the small format review is back Varese – Art lovers be ready because the long-awaited exhibition <20 15×15/20×20 is coming from Thursday. The appointment, organized by the PUNTO SULL’ARTE art gallery, has reached its tenth edition, confirming itself as one of the most awaited by the public and by fans of the small format. The Vernissage is scheduled from 5 to… Read more

Exibart | Alice Zanin

punto06.2023

“Submarines & periscopes”: Alice Zanin in mostra a Punto sull’Arte Articolo di Silvia Bonomini Dragoni marini e lumache di mare dialogano con hippocampus, pesci chirurghi e razze maculate, in una sorta di racconto in bilico tra reale e simbolico. Se non fosse perché sono il frutto di una manualità grazie a cui sono stati realizzati animali marini, si potrebbe dire che le… Read more

VareseNews | Punto POP

punto05.2023

The new “Punto Pop” Gallery opens in via San Martino in Varese A new art gallery dedicated to POP Contemporary Art in the pedestrian historic center of Varese, in via San Martino della Battaglia 3, a few steps from PUNTO SULL’ARTE II opened in 2020 at number 6. Opening to the public of the new location Saturday, May 20 from 11 am… Read more

ArteVarese | Punto POP

punto05.2023

24The Third Point on Art is “Pop” Varese – The Gallery has opened the Third Point on Art. With the headquarters in Viale Sant’Antonio and the exhibition space in Via San Martino della Battaglia, since last Saturday, always in the same street but at number 3, a new center dedicated this time to POP Contemporary Art has opened. The Punto Sull’Arte Gallery,… Read more

La Prealpina | Tom Porta e Punto POP

punto05.2023

Art, an exhibition between pop and japonisme Article by Serena Colombo PUNTO SULL’ARTE Gallery opens a THIRD ART GALLERY completely dedicated to Contemporary POP Art in the historical centre of Varese, at via San Martino della Battaglia 3, only a few steps away from PUNTO SULL’ARTE II, opened in 2020 at number 6.  A great satisfaction for Sofia Macchi, the gallery owner… Read more

VareseNoi | Tom Porta – Punto POP

punto05.2023

“The other side of the wind” and the journeys in the art of Il Punto Pop Article by Mario Chiodetti Sometimes it happens that a memory appears in memory by chance, a reference, a game of looks, gradually takes strength and turns into an image, almost more vivid than the original. In the case of Maria Elena Danelli and Gaetano Blaiotta old… Read more

Art Squat | Annalù

punto05.2023

Artist Interviews 2023 | Annalù  Interview by Laura Siebold Annalù Boeretto is an Italian artist based in Venice, Italy. We first encountered Annalu’s work at The LA Art Show in February 2023. Especially the artist’s “Dreamcatchers”, fine art sculptures made of resin glass, Murano glass, paper, and inks caught our eye. Annalu’s sculptures, and corresponding NFT art, invites the viewer into a… Read more

Dentrocasa | Brian Keith Stephens

punto05.2023

Brian Keith Stephens “Emotional Painting” Article by Gianbattista Bonazzoli The new works of the American artist. His curiosity for the animal world “At the moment I am writing this text, I am preparing my solo exhibition at Punto sull’arte in Varese, which I have titled “Garlic & Gasoline”, opening May 6, 2023. The underlying idea of my new exhibition is passion and… Read more

La Prealpina | Infante Federico

punto03.2023

Infante’s “Apparitions” between reality and dream “Apparitions” at the Punto sull’arte gallery in Viale Sant’Antonio from yesterday afternoon until April 29th. This is the title of the exhibition by Federico Infante, born in Chile in 1982 and now living in the United States, who returns to Europe with what critics have called “rarefied and dreamy painting”. The new large solo exhibition is… Read more

Oltre | Infante Federico

punto03.2023

The evanescent apparitions of Federico Infante Figures floating in ethereal spaces, often seen from behind, projected towards an indefinite infinity scratched on the canvas. They are apparitions, the human presences in the paintings of Federico Infante, “Apparitions” is also the title of the solo show that opened Saturday at the Galleria Punto sull’Arte in Varese, in the presence, together with the artist,… Read more

Dentrocasa | Federico Infante

punto03.2023

FEDERICO INFANTE, APPARIZIONI Article by Gianbattista Bonazzoli The intrinsic balance between the expressive act of painting and the mystery of experiences related to spirituality Federico Infante was born in Santiago de Chile in 1982, he devoted himself mainly to painting, in 2002 he graduated in Fine Arts at Finis Terrae University (Santiago, Chile) and in 2013 he completed the Master in Illustration… Read more