Wandering around the Turin Art Fair, Artissima and on Galleria Massimo de Carlo's I stand in front of one of Massimo Bartolini's beautiful paintings called Dew that I had seen in the studio in Cecina. I say to the affable dealer that I had heard that he used a form of oil to make the work look as if it was wet with morning dew and that it stayed wet looking forever. It is Massimo who gently corrects me about the oil saying oh no it dries but the collector gets instructions on how to spritz it again. Modern art is high maintenance. Often involving fresh fruit or vegetables of bread or chocolate or or or or or or.
Take it on only if you are prepared to do it!
