Paolo Baldacci

Paolo Baldacci, author of numerous books and articles on Giorgio de Chirico and other Italian 20th-century artists, is president of the Archivio dell'Arte Metafisica.

May 2017Critics Page

Giorgio de Chirico, The Enigma of the Hour (1910): The First Conceptual Work of Art

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Every time I look at this painting, I live this moment again.
Giorgio de Chirico, L'énigme de l'heure (The Enigma of the Hour), 1910/11. Oil on canvas, 21 1/2 x 28 inches. Private Collection. © 2016 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SIAE, Rome.

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