Tonight, February 21st, during an event at the Alberoni Gallery in Piacenza, Michelangelo Pistoletto’s nomination for one of the highest global honors will be announced. The nomination, presented by the Gorbachev Foundation Association and supported by Nobel Italia, has been accepted by the Norwegian Nobel Committee in Oslo and is based on the artist’s commitment to using art as a fundamental tool for achieving preventive and lasting peace. “I see the nomination,” Pistoletto said, “not just as a personal award for what I have done so far, but as a commitment for future work.”

Tonight, February 21st, during an event at the Alberoni Gallery in Piacenza, Michelangelo Pistoletto’s nomination for one of the highest global honors will be announced. The nomination, presented by the Gorbachev Foundation Association and supported by Nobel Italia, has been accepted by the Norwegian Nobel Committee in Oslo and is based on the artist’s commitment to using art as a fundamental tool for achieving preventive and lasting peace. “I see the nomination,” Pistoletto said, “not just as a personal award for what I have done so far, but as a commitment for future work.”

The new edition of the initiative that aims to explore and enhance sustainable collaboration and circularity within the textile industry production chain kicked off on 11 February in the spaces of Fondazione Pistoletto. The project involves three international artists and three fashion designers selected through an evaluation process by the Advisory Board and the curatorial team of Fondazione Pistoletto. ‘CirculART connects art, fashion and sustainability and brings together different actors of the textile supply chain committed to a circular economy,’ explain the organisers, ’highlighting manufacturing companies that have chosen an innovative business model.

The district located in the Guangdong province will host the event that will also feature the exhibition “Fashion to Reconnect – Nanhai: A celebration of Chinese and European fashion designers engaged in sustainability”, running from 16 November 2024 to 12 February 2025. The exhibition, curated by Tiziano Guardini, displays clothes and fashion objects as works of art, which become tools for raising awareness for responsible social change. A new installation of the trinamic symbol will also be inaugurated, which stands as “a welcoming space where to gather, as in a temple, to celebrate and forge new alliances”, said the director of Cittadellarte Paolo Naldini.