When healthy food and solidarity grow together: the project “Orti del Biellese” continues to bloom News is coming in from the temporary association of purpose curating the initiative: from September, in addition to receiving weekly boxes of fruit and vegetables from local social gardens, you will be able to collect them directly from the plots producing them. Also, an open day is scheduled for 12th September with all the protagonists of the project. BY Redazione IL 03/09/2021 Leggi di più
Salone del Mobile 2021, Pistoletto and Sandoval’s “Mezzoterra Mezzomare” at Six Milano Galleria From 4th to 10th September, two installations created by the artist from Biella and Juan Sandoval will be exhibited at the gallery in Milan. The works, which highlight the message of dispersion and communication implicit in the sea as a crossroads of peoples, are part of the project "Mezzoterra Mezzomare Mediterranean Seas – Love Difference Chairs". BY Redazione IL 02/09/2021 Leggi di più
“STARTS4WATER”, when art offers solutions to address regional water challenges in Europe A call for artists has been launched which will offer the selected participants ten residencies in six different locations, kick-starting a series of collaborative processes that will generate projects raising awareness and providing concrete solutions to regional water challenges in Europe. Each residency addresses a different area-specific water management challenge and relates to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (specifically SDGs 6 and 14). BY Redazione IL 23/07/2021 Leggi di più
Water, art, open reflections on the future We are publishing a text by Franco Piunti on the theme of water proposed on the occasion of the first meeting of the project “EU STARTS4Water”, held at Cittadellarte. The doctor and former president of the Textile and Health Association talked about the National Recovery and Resilience Plan, analysing the relationship between work, environment and digitalisation, to then focus on the role of art and the so-called ethics of responsibility. BY Redazione IL 22/07/2021 Leggi di più
“10 Tables for 100 Benches”, in dialogue with Michele Marinaccio between art and culture As part of the project "100 benches for Rome", the coordinator of the Rebirth/Third Paradise ambassadors Francesco Saverio Teruzzi proposes a series of video interviews in the wake of the themes dealt with by the Rebirth Forum Rome. The tenth guest is Michele Marinaccio, teacher, artist and Rebirth/Third Paradise ambassador. “Cities need sharing and aggregation,” he said, “art could be the right catalyst to hold these units together”. BY Redazione IL 19/07/2021 Leggi di più
“Will the world save beauty?”, the exhibition in Rome features the mirror painting “Carabinieri” On 12th July, the National Museum of Castel Sant’Angelo presented the exhibition project "Will the world save beauty? - Prevention and safety for the protection of cultural heritage”, which showcases finds recovered from the Carabinieri Command for the Protection of Cultural Heritage and illustrates the prevention and protection systems adopted by state-owned museums and cultural sites. The event was attended by the Minister of Culture Dario Franceschini, the mayor of Rome Virginia Raggi and Michelangelo Pistoletto, who created the work "Carabinieri" especially for the exhibition. BY Luca Deias IL 13/07/2021 Leggi di più
Michelangelo Pistoletto wins the “Lorenzo il Magnifico” Career Award The Florence Biennale has announced that it will present the prestigious prize to the Biellese artist on the occasion of the 13th edition of the event, scheduled from 23rd to 31st October 2021 at the Fortezza da Basso, in Florence. The honour will be awarded to Pistoletto "for the continuity of over sixty years of research in the artistic and interdisciplinary field, which has brought contributions of fundamental importance not only to art, but also to human, scientific and social disciplines". BY Luca Deias IL 08/07/2021 Leggi di più
“Love Difference in Tour”, Pistoletto’s Mediterranean Table erases distances The non-profit organisation Rosa dei Venti, in collaboration with Cittadellarte, is curating the project that is making the work of the artist from Biella "travel" across our peninsula from city to city. The initiative, in addition to offering the public opportunities for discussion and dialogue, is aimed at raising funds for people in fragile conditions. BY Redazione IL 07/07/2021 Leggi di più