Munch's Sun: The army he could not see.

He painted the most famous scream in art at sundown. Twenty years later, he painted the same sun coming back.

Sep 8 • Vittorio Zappa

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The Diary of Schiele: The life he could only paint

A diary Schiele never kept: the mirror he broke, the woman he lost, the family he painted before it existed.

Sep 1 • Vittorio Zappa and Floris van Doorn

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[Start here] What is it's art?

An introduction, and one painting to try.

Sep 1 • Vittorio Zappa

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August 2026

Klimt’s Sketches: The self-portrait he said he never made.

Klimt said he never made a self-portrait. He made four thousand.

Aug 25 • Vittorio Zappa

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The Constellations by Miró: The ladder that leads out of hell.

A constellation is not in the sky; we draw it there. Miró drew twenty-three, in hiding, while the war disproved every other order.

Aug 18 • Vittorio Zappa

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Nighthawks by Hopper: The light that offers shelter.

Everyone calls it the loneliest painting in America. Look instead at whoever keeps the light on.

Aug 11 • Vittorio Zappa

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David Hockney - Portrait of an Artist

David Hockney painted the man who left him in perfect focus. The blur was for himself.

Aug 4 • Vittorio Zappa

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July 2026

The Metaphysical Noon

Salvo, and the strange colour of a world emptied of people.

Jul 14 • Vittorio Zappa

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The Art of Being Empty

How a Tuscan cellar and Marco Bagnoli’s broken vase taught me the art of making room.

Jul 7 • Vittorio Zappa

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June 2026

Learning to Court Puzzlement

What Rothko, Keats, and the Greek "aporia" taught me about staying in the not-knowing.

Jun 30 • Vittorio Zappa

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Rilke's Rodin

The Autumn Rodin Taught Rilke How to Live

Jun 16 • Vittorio Zappa

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May 2026

Hokusai - Mount Fuji Looks Back.

How an aging painter let a mountain change him, view by view

May 5 • Vittorio Zappa

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