Arte al Centro 2021: Cittadellarte lights up Biella with creativity and sustainability The spaces of Fondazione Pistoletto have hosted the 23rd edition of the annual event featuring exhibitions, conferences and seminars dedicated to artistic practices of transformation of the social contexts in which they develop, carried out by Cittadellarte and the international network it has consolidated over the years. This edition offered open studios, exhibitions, talks, films and workshops: let us look back at the salient moments of the day, highlighting the key contents. BY Luca Deias IL 02/11/2021 Leggi di più
CITTADELLARTE When ethics meets fashion: Cittadellarte has hosted a day of conferences dedicated to sustainability Yesterday, Fondazione Pistoletto hosted two conferences on responsible fashion that started new networking processes between business representatives, fashion designers, lecturers and key figures in the sector: in the morning, "+ Ethics + Fashion" – organised by Accademia Unidee – launched a speculative investigation into the resonance of the fashion system in dealing with the theoretical concepts of sustainability and circularity present in contemporary global culture; in the afternoon, "Circular Threads" – curated by Tondo, Cittadellarte, Associazione Tessile e Salute and Rén – presented the first Italian study on the relationship between textile industry and circular economy. BY Redazione IL 23/06/2021 Leggi di più
Responsible fashion, an open studio by Flavia La Rocca for Fashion Revolution live from Cittadellarte On Saturday 24th April, from 10 am to 6 pm, Flavia La Rocca will curate an online event as part of the Fashion Open Studio, a global initiative for the presentation and mentoring of Fashion Revolution. From the studios of Fashion B.E.S.T., the fashion designer will show how her garments are created, from the design to the model to the final dyeing. BY Redazione IL 16/04/2021 Leggi di più
The exhibition “Michelangelo Pistoletto’s Truth” at the Museo Comunale d’Arte Moderna di Ascona The monographic exhibition dedicated to the Biellese artist and curated by Mara Folini and Alberto Fiz will be held in the Swiss city from 30th May to 26th September. The exhibition, organised in collaboration with Cittadellarte, will feature about forty works by Michelangelo Pistoletto. BY Redazione IL 02/04/2021 Leggi di più
“Community School: the academy for the education community”, the course for Biella’s teachers and educators has started The course, curated by Cittadellarte, Tantintenti, Il Filo da Tessere and Associazionedidee, started on 5th March. The first edition of the initiative – part of the project Community School, promoted by Impresa Sociale Conibambini – aims at identifying and facing the issues arisen during the pandemic, keeping in mind the safety measures that need to be respected in the interest of public health. BY Redazione IL 15/03/2021 Leggi di più
“Protect Cittadellarte”: a crowdfunding campaign set up following the flood Given the entity of the damage caused to its spaces by the overflowing of the river Cervo, Fondazione Pistoletto has started a campaign to raise funds on the Derev platform. The initiative has the objective of sustaining the costs of “phase 1” of the works necessary to prevent further collapses or structural damages at Cittadellarte. Here is how to contribute. BY Redazione IL 09/10/2020 Leggi di più
“The art of care”: the presidente of the Italian Red Cross at Cittadellarte with all the actors of the project On 20th July, in the spaces of Fondazione Pistoletto, Francesco Rocca met Paolo Naldini and Michelangelo Pistoletto for a series of operational meetings on the initiatives the artistic and the volunteering institutions are collaborating on. At 18.00h, a public conference saw the attendance and the participation of the representatives of all the organisations adhering to the project “The Art of Care”, whose joint contributions led to the production of 100.000 face masks donated to the Red Cross and 10.000 face masks donated to Biella’s hospital. BY Luca Deias IL 21/07/2020 Leggi di più
Pistoletto remembers Celant, Founder of arte povera and personal friend The Biellese artist has opened up to us on the subject in the course of a long interview recalling the many times in life when he found himself side by side with Celant, passed away on 29th April from the Coronavirus. It’s a journey through the memories of the founder of Cittadellarte, revealing the professional and personal relationship linking him to the curator from Genoa: “A concrete person in the way he operated, responsive and sensitive in his perception. For me. Germano gave art the Arte Povera movement”. BY Luca Deias IL 01/05/2020 Leggi di più