Artists of the month – October 2026

Five artists. Fresh perspectives. Discover QEditorial’s October 2026 showcase.

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Stefano Menicagli

Stefano Menicagli brings a photographer’s eye to digital portraiture, layering human faces with graffiti, fragmented typography, and mechanical forms. Rooted in decades of experimentation, his practice spans photography, digital collage, fractal art, and artificial intelligence. In his recent works, the portrait becomes a meeting place for urban imagery and personal memory, where vivid surfaces retain the intimacy of a human gaze.

Follow @stefano.menicagli_artist on Instagram.

 

Giorgio Casu

Giorgio Casu brings vivid colour and an instinct for storytelling to painting, sculpture, and interiors. Shaped by twenty years abroad, his practice has found renewed expression in his native Sardinia, where murals and monumental steel works connect art with everyday life. At Casa Clàt in Cagliari, his artistic direction brings together painting, design, and local craftsmanship, creating spaces rooted in the island’s landscapes and memories.

Discover more at www.giorgiocasu.com and follow @giorgiocasu on Instagram.

Lukas Leibe

Lukas Leibe creates painted worlds where small figures carry the emotional weight of vast surroundings. Working in Berlin, he builds textured surfaces through layers of acrylic and translucent pigment, introducing precise details that turn abstraction into landscape. In Paradise, the promise of refuge remains open to solitude, reflecting his wider exploration of vulnerability and hope. His paintings leave their stories unresolved, inviting closer attention.

Discover more at lukasleibe.com and follow @lukasleibeart on Instagram.

Giuseppe Barilaro

Giuseppe Barilaro uses fire, pigment, and wood to explore memory and human fragility. Through combustion, carving, and abrasion, the Italian artist transforms painted surfaces into textured fields where damage becomes part of the image. La danza, made with combustion and oil on wood, reflects this physical approach to painting. His works invite attention to what materials hold, reveal, and lose through transformation.

Follow @giuseppebarilaro_official on Instagram.

James G. Fischetti

James G. Fischetti combines photography, paint, and fabric in layered compositions that question fixed ideas of identity. Working in New York, he draws on ritual, cultural symbolism, and Eastern philosophies, allowing fragmented figures and patterns to emerge through improvisation. Bold colour and contrasting textures give his paintings a restless energy, inviting viewers to consider how shared experiences connect people across cultural boundaries.

Follow @jgfischetti on Instagram.

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