JL Interviews

13/12/2025

🇨🇴🎨 ART UNPLUGGED presents ALVARO MEDINA MEJIA, visionary surrealist painting with textured surfaces and cultural fusion.

Meet , Colombian artist blending surrealism and visual thinking to guide viewers through imaginative journeys. His studies in graphic design at Fundación U. de Bellas Artes in Medellín and in communications at Universidad Luis Amigó underpin a strong bridge between his artistic vision and visual communication. His work invites exploration of imagination’s depths through surreal approaches and innovative materials/textures.

Amedina Mejía is a talented Colombian artist whose work captivates audiences with its unique blend of surrealism and visual thinking. Strong foundation in drawing and painting, developed through various children’s and youth workshops.

🙌Link for more: https://www.jlinterviews.com/amedina-mejia-a-colombian-creative-blending-surrealism-and-visual-thinking/

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13/12/2025

🇮🇹 🎨 LATEST FROM JL Interviews: ^^After a Two-Year Hiatus, the Pinacoteca Civica “Francesco Podesti” of Ancona Reopens with a New Permanent Exhibition^^ Ancona, Italy – The Pinacoteca Civica “Francesco Podesti” has reopened to the public after two years of closure, presenting a refreshed permanent exhibition that highlights the city’s rich artistic heritage. This reopening marks a significant milestone for Ancona, restoring its principal museum and reinforcing its role as a key cultural hub in the Marche region. The new layout reimagines the museum’s permanent collection, offering a cohesive, accessible, and modern visitor journey. The redesigned galleries provide a calm, intuitive flow that connects historical works with the city’s identity, creating a narrative that links Ancona’s past to its present-day cultural aspirations. The exhibition spaces have been updated to enhance viewing conditions, with upgraded lighting and display solutions designed to illuminate the masterpieces without compromising their conservation.

Ancona, Italy – The Pinacoteca Civica “Francesco Podesti” has reopened to the public after two years of closure, presenting a refreshed permanent exhibition that highlights the city’s rich artistic

13/12/2025

🇪🇸 🎨 LATEST FROM JL Interviews: ^^Madrid Design Festival 2026: Redesigning the World with Bold, Inclusive Design — February 5–March 8, 2026^^Madrid Design Festival (MDF) returns in 2026 to transform the city into an international stage for contemporary design, running from February 5 to March 8, 2026. Under the banner Rediseñar el mundo (Redesign the World), MDF26 reaffirms its mission as a platform that uses design to transform our surroundings, spark new ideas, and offer alternative ways of living together. This year introduces a new axis: FORMA Design Fair, Spain’s first design-of-collection fair, enriching Madrid’s design ecosystem with professional dialogue and opportunities.

Madrid Design Festival (MDF) returns in 2026 to transform the city into an international stage for contemporary design, running from February 5 to March 8, 2026. Under the banner

13/12/2025

🇬🇧 🎨 LATEST FROM JL Interviews: ^^Chromatic Echoes: Lee Ellis’s Figurative Abstraction and the Dark Light of Emotion in Contemporary Painting^^ Lee Ellis, the Bristol-born painter whose dynamic abstract portraits fuse saturated colour with visceral mark-making, stands at a compelling crossroads of contemporary figurative art and expressionist impulse. His work—bold, chromatic, and relentlessly process-driven—invites viewers into the psychic space of his sitters, where emotion is scraped, layered, and refracted through the painter’s own hands. Ellis’s path to the easel began within graphic design, a foundation he pursued after earning a degree from the University of the West of England in 2006. His practice operates across a spectrum of scale and context: intimate portraits, expansive canvases, and experimental works that push the boundaries of materiality. This versatility has earned him attention from diverse audiences and clients, including media outlets such as House & Garden SA, and gallery platforms that showcase contemporary British artists.

Lee Ellis, the Bristol-born painter whose dynamic abstract portraits fuse saturated colour with visceral mark-making, stands at a compelling crossroads of contemporary figurative art and expressionist

12/12/2025

🇮🇹 🎭ART UNPLUGGED presents KARIM GALICI

✨ Visionary director and pioneer of immersive and sensorial theater that erases the line between stage and audience.

Cagliari, 1977. Graduated with honors from DAMS Roma Tre and a Master's degree from SDA Bocconi, he made his debut at 22 as Hamlet, and trained with Living Theatre. In 2002, he founded Impatto Teatro, which for over 20 years has transformed museums, parks, and cities into living rituals in which the audience becomes co-creator (from "Ines and the Other Museum Inhabitants" to numerous shows that toured the United States, Germany, and Spain). Winner of the 2015 Ubu Prize for Best Project.

🎥 Co-director of the famous Giardini Aperti Festival and MArteLive Sardegna, he was also a resident director for Abaco Teatro. He's also an established independent filmmaker with acclaimed social documentaries like: "The Storks of Chernobyl" (2024), "Run Trip Life" (2024), "Fiori Sottopelle" (2024), and "Donne in Avanti" (2025).

He doesn't make theater. He makes it happen.

🤲 Full features:
https://www.jlinterviews.com/theatres-abaco-and-impatto-cultural-engine-of-sardinia/

https://www.jlinterviews.com/xv-edition-of-the-giardini-aperti-international-sustainability-festival-and-martelive-sardegna-2022-competition/



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12/12/2025

🇮🇹 📷 LATEST FROM JL Interviews: ^^Elio Luxardo’s “Corpi Nudi”: A Comprehensive Portrait Exhibition at Fondazione Nicola Del Roscio^^ Elio Luxardo’s “Corpi Nudi” (N**e Bodies) opened at Fondazione Nicola Del Roscio, promising a rare, expansive look at a photographer’s ongoing meditation on the human form. The exhibition situated Luxardo’s n**e photography within a broader conversation about identity, culture, and era, and presented a comprehensive survey of his work that spanned decades and geographies. The venue for this ambitious project was Fondazione Nicola Del Roscio, located at Via F. Crispi 18 in Rome. The exhibition ran from September 17, 2025 to mid January 2026. In the photo, from left to right: daniele luxardo, manager of the Luxardo historical archives and organizer; the director Dario Argento, nephew of Elio Luxardo; Giuseppe Vanzella, curator of the Exhibition; Floriana Argento, Dario’s sister and guardian of the historical memory of the Luxardo family. **e

Elio Luxardo’s “Corpi Nudi” (N**e Bodies) opened at Fondazione Nicola Del Roscio, promising a rare, expansive look at a photographer’s ongoing meditation on the human form.

10/12/2025

🇷🇺 🎨 LATEST FROM JL Interviews: Lada Vinogradova has emerged as a contemplative figure in contemporary landscape and figure painting, few artists manage to fuse a sense of stillness with a quiet, investigative energy as consistently as she does. Her work often traverses the liminal space between atmosphere and form, where light behaves like a patient narrator and color becomes a vehicle for memory rather than mere representation. Across her practice, Vinogradova cultivates a disciplined attentiveness to depth and essence, seeking to render not just what is seen but what lingers beneath the surface of perception. This approach yields paintings that feel both intimate and expansive, inviting viewers to pause, linger, and consider how place and person intersect within the wider textures of time.

Lada Vinogradova has emerged as a contemplative figure in contemporary landscape and figure painting, few artists manage to fuse a sense of stillness with a quiet, investigative energy as consistently

09/12/2025

🇮🇹 📷 LATEST FROM JL Interviews: ^^San Francesco Vive: The 2026 Calendar and Outdoor Exhibition in Assisi, Through the Lens of Gianluigi Di Napoli^^ The 2026 calendar from San Francesco patrono d’Italia, titled “San Francesco vive,” was unveiled to the media and public on September 6 during the eleventh edition of Cortile di Francesco, held under the banner of “CreAzione.” The calendar is a collaborative creation between the Friars of the Sacro Convento and renowned photographer Gianluigi Di Napoli, marking the eighth centenary of St. Francis’s passing. Di Napoli, whose work anchors the calendar, brings a luminous, contemplative approach to Franciscan subjects. His collaboration with the Frati del Sacro Convento underscores a shared commitment to portraying the spiritual vitality of the Franciscan tradition in a way that speaks to current and future generations.

The 2026 calendar from San Francesco patrono d’Italia, titled “San Francesco vive,” was unveiled to the media and public on September 6 during the eleventh edition of Cortile di Francesco, held under

08/12/2025

🇪🇸 ART UNPLUGGED presents PEDRO JUAN RABAL
✨ The greatest living painter of flamenco returns to honour the cradle of cante jondo

Pedro Juan Rabal (Águilas, Murcia) 🎨 Painter & absolute master of contemporary flamenco art

His explosive palettes, bold textures and visceral passion have made him the undisputed reference in flamenco painting of our time. Regular at the Festival de Las Minas de La Unión and the Festival de Lo Ferro, he has exhibited in Jerez his spiritual home and his greatest muse.

🙌Read our article here: https://www.jlinterviews.com/pedro-juan-rabal-honors-the-birthplace-of-flamenco-at-the-casa-de-andalucia-in-torrevieja/

07/12/2025

🇮🇹 🎶 LATEST FROM JL Interviews: ^^A Night of Brahms and Words: Arte Solidale’s Final 2025 Concert for Christmas in Griante, Italy^^In a season already rich with cultural offerings, Arte Solidale Festival presents a heartfelt closing event of 2025: an intimate Brahms piano concert at the ASF venue in Griante. Artistic Director Mascetti Danilo teams up with acclaimed actress Alessandra Fertitta to create an evening that blends masterful piano playing with evocative spoken word. The concert, titled Brahms A Natale [Brahms for Christmas], is scheduled for December 18, 2025, from 8:45 to 10:00 PM, at Ex-Asilo Maria, Via Brentano 8, 22011 Griante CO, Italy.

In a season already rich with cultural offerings, Arte Solidale Festival presents a heartfelt closing event of 2025: an intimate Brahms piano concert at the ASF venue in Griante. Artistic Director

07/12/2025

🇷🇺 🎨 LATEST FROM JL Interviews: ^^Behind the Dark Light: The Persistent Quest for Truth in the Works of Russian CG Artist Alexey Egorov^^ Alexey Egorov, born in 1966 in Yakutia, Russia, is a Moscow-based digital artist whose career spans publishing, illustration, and concept artwork for film and television. With a career in the publishing industry exceeding two decades, Egorov approached computer graphics later in life, choosing to dedicate more than fifteen years to mastering the medium. He emphasizes a personal philosophy over branding—he abandoned the idea of adopting multiple aliases, choosing instead to work under his own name because his changing nature continually reshapes how he expresses himself.

Alexey Egorov, born in 1966 in Yakutia, Russia, is a Moscow-based digital artist whose career spans publishing, illustration, and concept artwork for film and television. With a career in

05/12/2025

🇮🇹 🖼️ LATEST FROM JL Interviews: ^^Mattia Barbalaco: Blu Stregato — A Beguiling Blue Solo Debut at the Fellini Museum, Rimini (December 5, 2025–January 6, 2026)^^ Von Buren Contemporary is thrilled to announce the solo exhibition Blu Stregato (Beguiling Blue) by young gallery artist Mattia Barbalaco at the Fellini Museum in Rimini. Mattia Barbalaco, born in Vibo Valentia, Calabria, in 1999, is gaining recognition for a distinctive, intensely poetic visual language that blends psychological depth with surreal, symbol-rich imagery. A graduate with distinction from the Painting program at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome, Barbalaco has already captured the attention of international galleries and collectors despite his young age.

Mattia Barbalaco, born in Vibo Valentia, Calabria, in 1999, is gaining recognition for a distinctive, intensely poetic visual language that blends psychological depth with surreal, symbol-rich imagery