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Francesco Dama

Francesco Dama is a freelance art writer based in Rome, Italy.
He regularly writes for several print and online publications, and wastes most of his time on Instagram.

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Rediscovering Bill Viola’s Forgotten, Resonant Sound Compositions

Avatar photo by Francesco Dama November 2, 2015November 17, 2015

LONDON — To better understand these early, rarely exhibited sound works, visitors have to go back in time.

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Conjuring Pier Paolo Pasolini’s Final 24 Hours

Avatar photo by Francesco Dama October 22, 2015November 15, 2021

LONDON — American director Abel Ferrara’s newest film documents the final 24 hours of Pier Paolo Pasolini’s life in an intelligent way, without rhetoric or prudery.

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Summoning the Spirit of Frida Kahlo Through a Pre-Columbian Ritual

Avatar photo by Francesco Dama July 2, 2015July 7, 2015

LONDON — As the centerpiece of this year’s Greenwich + Docklands International Festival (GDF) in London, artistic director Bradley Hemmings has created an outdoor theater production called “The Four Fridas,” inspired by the life and work of legendary Mexican painter Frida Kahlo.

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Personal Takes on the Realities of Colonialism

Avatar photo by Francesco Dama May 20, 2015

LONDON — How do you tell a story that does not want to be told?

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US History, Queer Life, and Witchcraft: How AA Bronson, Somehow, Comes Together

Avatar photo by Francesco Dama May 4, 2015May 10, 2015

LONDON — Hexenmeister, AA Bronson’s first solo show at Maureen Paley, calls to mind his recent House of Shame at the Gwangju Biennial, featuring Bronson’s particular combination of queer themes and shamanic practices.

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Queering the Tom of Finland Foundation

Avatar photo by Francesco Dama March 31, 2015April 2, 2015

LONDON — When artist Patrick Staff visited for the Tom of Finland Foundation in Los Angeles for the first time, in the summer of 2012, he was expecting to find the usual, sober atmosphere of an archive.

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In London, Mounting 50 Shows in 50 Weeks (Again)

Avatar photo by Francesco Dama March 13, 2015March 12, 2015

LONDON — In 2000 Mark Francis and Jay Jopling curated an experimental exhibition project with a simple formula: one exhibition per week for 50 weeks.

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Marlene Dumas Paints Ambiguity into a Black-and-White World

Avatar photo by Francesco Dama February 12, 2015February 16, 2015

LONDON — Walking through The Image as Burden, Marlene Dumas’s retrospective at Tate Modern, is like venturing into a forest of images.

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The Art of Being Contemporary in Rome

Avatar photo by Francesco Dama December 11, 2014December 11, 2014

ROME — The best way to get to Monitor gallery is to avoid the crowded road that runs by it and venture instead into the maze of alleyways of the city center. Passing by the myriad of columns, Renaissance plazas, and Baroque churches, you’ll arrive at the immaculate space with almost a sense of relief.

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The Fragments and Facsimiles of Nina Beier

Avatar photo by Francesco Dama November 24, 2014November 24, 2014

LONDON — When you enter the first room of Nina Beier’s solo exhibition at David Roberts Art Foundation (DRAF), you encounter “Scheme” (2014), an enigmatic stack of green crates with vegetables scattered on the floor.

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Mixing Classical and Gay Male Teen Desire

Avatar photo by Francesco Dama November 7, 2014November 6, 2014

LONDON — In the Natural History, Pliny the Elder discusses the origins of sculpture by telling the story of Butades of Corinth, the first Greek modeler of clay.

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Beyond the Igloo: Mario Merz in London

Avatar photo by Francesco Dama October 30, 2014November 3, 2014

LONDON — Among the few Italian contemporary art movements that made a mark on the international scene in 20th century, Arte Povera is probably the most interesting.

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