“The Formula of Creation,” the comments of the readers: an interview with psychologist and psychotherapist Alessia Antonini Michelangelo Pistoletto's new book, The Formula of Creation, published by Cittadellarte, was released on 21 December, and it traces, step by step, his personal history and, contextually, the process through which human beings have created religion, politics, science and the cultures of society thanks to the germinal ferment of art. With a view to giving readers a voice as well, we propose an interview with Alessia Antonini, who was the first to purchase the book on Cittadellarte’s online store. Luca Deias, 11/04/2023 Read more
“Junk – Full Closets”, the docuseries to change the world by (re)discovering the hidden side of fashion In his new film work – co-produced by Will Media and directed by Olmo Parenti and Matteo Keffer – fashion designer Matteo Ward offers an emotionally charged report on the long-standing issues caused by the fashion world in an explosive narrative articulated between Chile, Ghana, Bangladesh, Indonesia, India and Italy. Interviewed by Matteo Ward and featured in the promotional video, Michelangelo Pistoletto and Paolo Naldini share a broader view of the documentary's contents. The series is available from today – 4 April – on Sky Italia's YouTube channel, on demand on Sky and on NOW, and from Saturday 8 April also on Sky TG24. Luca Deias, 06/04/2023 Read more
“Pistaaa: Piedmont’s Blue Way”: the strong link between art and sustainability in a new bike and pedestrian path A new trail between the Piedmontese towns of Casalborgone and Aramengo will open on 7 May, in addition to the many already existing. The signage, which when framed through an information app brings up the list of the sustainable organisations in the area, gives a space for local artists to revisit the Third Paradise. Fiorenza Barazzotto, 28/03/2023 Read more
From Palazzo Reale with an eye on the world, Michelangelo Pistoletto’s exhibition “The Preventive Peace” opens in Milan Last night, Palazzo Reale hosted the vernissage of the new exhibition project by the Biellese artist, which will be open from today - Thursday 23 March - until Sunday 4 June 2023. The exhibition "The Preventive Peace" articulates in the immersive experience of the work "Labyrinth", and the result is a disorienting journey among the artist's works that leads the visitor along the itinerary of awareness that has guided Pistoletto in conceiving "art at the centre of a responsible transformation of society". Luca Deias, 23/03/2023 Read more
Michelle Yeoh, the Oscar-winning actress was once Cittadellarte’s terstimonial for sustainable fashion The Malaysian actress of Chinese origin has won the world's oldest and most prestigious film award for her performance in the film "Everything Everywhere All At Once". Let us recall, for the occasion, Michelle Yeoh’s contribution to "Made in Forests", a short film shot mainly at Cittadellarte by the crew of UN Live United Nations Web TV and UNECE: the work illustrates the production process of a sustainable garment made with materials coming from forests by casting the spotlight on a dress tailor-made for her by one of B.E.S.T.'s fashion designers, Tiziano Guardini. The actress then wore Guardini's garment at that year's High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, held at the United Nations Building in New York. Luca Deias, 15/03/2023 Read more
“The Formula of Creation”, the Italian tour to present Michelangelo Pistoletto’s new book has started After the stop in Mantua on 22 February, the literary tour that will take the Biellese artist around Italy to present his new book will resume on 15 March with a date in Rome. The volume, published by Cittadellarte, retraces, step by step, the path that human beings have travelled in creating religion, politics, science and the cultures of society thanks to the germinal enzyme of art. Redazione, 03/03/2023 Read more
“Fashion for Planet Open Parliament”, a civic parliament convened by art for fashion and the planet in Milan Fashion met sustainability in a mosaic of collective exchanges: during Milan Fashion Week, the National Chamber of Italian Fashion and Cittadellarte Fashion B.E.S.T. proposed an open parliament in the Sala del Parlamentino of Palazzo Giureconsulti, which for the occasion became a space for listening to the "voices of nature". The initiative saw the participation of philosophers, artists, entrepreneurs, journalists, designers, students and people from all walks of life and sectors who spoke with, for and on behalf of the planet. “Clothes are our second skin,” said Michelangelo Pistoletto, “we must be creatively responsible”. Luca Deias, 24/02/2023 Read more
Donatien Grau, an interview with the Louvre Presidency’s advisor for contemporary programmes “Art is the creative mirror that humanity gives to itself”. The historian and critic spoke about the social role of museums and the future of art, emphasising the figure of Michelangelo Pistoletto and drawing parallels between Cittadellarte and the Louvre, in an immersive comparison between essentiality, archipelago city and sustainability. Luca Deias, 10/02/2023 Read more
