Nov 15, 2006 6:42 AM

Pretty Gizmos at Turin Art Faire

Regine Debatty of we make money not art took a look at Turin’s Artissimo art fair over the last week and writes up a report on her favorite installations. None of them were doing anything interactive. Either because they were out of order or because they were not meant to. But Artissima is an art […]

Regine Debatty of we make money not art took a look at Turin's Artissimo art fair over the last week and writes up a report on her favorite installations.

None of them were doing anything interactive. Either because they were out of order or because they were not meant to. But Artissima is an art fair, the traditional kind, so at least the pieces had some eye-pleasing value.

Artissima, the pretty gizmos [we make money not art]

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