UNIDEE: art, creativity, magic and pretence in the latest module with the Linnaeus University From 5th to 7th April, the spaces of Fondazione Pistoletto hosted the UNIDEE module. The artistic-educational initiative involved six students from the “Design + Change” master’s course, and was structured around a series of multi-thematic talks. Let’s find out all the details. BY Luca Deias IL 19/04/2019 Leggi di più
third paradise From the earthquake to the Third Paradise, the rebirth according to the students of the Navelli Comprehensive Institute in L’Aquila On 5th April, as part of an educational project, the secondary schools of L’Aquila’s institute will realize a special installation of the Third Paradise, giving the students a voice. The work will mark a decade from the earthquake that hit Abruzzo in 2009. BY Luca Deias IL 04/04/2019 Leggi di più
CITTADELLARTE Pistoletto’s exhibition Padre e Figlio (Father and Son), in which Michelangelo mirrors his father Ettore Olivero, opens on 17th april Biella and Trivero play host to a scattered exhibition project curated by Alberto Fiz and spread across three venues: Palazzo Gromo Losa, Cittadellarte and Casa Zegna. The exhibition – running till 13th October – places in dialogue Michelangelo Pistoletto’s and his father Ettore Olivero Pistoletto’s works. Let’s find out all the details. BY Redazione IL 19/03/2019 Leggi di più
B.E.S.T. CITTADELLARTE Green light for the project “Trashformation”, creativity and innovation to reflect on sustainability On 7th February, Fondazione Pistoletto embarked on a new project aiming at taking the concept of reuse and sustainability into the future. The initiative, curated by Cittadellarte in collaboration with Officina+39, involves international artists and fashion designers. Let’s find out all the details. BY Luca Deias IL 18/02/2019 Leggi di più
CITTADELLARTE let eat bi Let Eat Bi: reclamation of the territory, farming and food in an event dedicated to saffron On Thursday 21st February, Cittadellarte will host the first initiative in the Green Academy’s 2019 programme. The speaker of the event will be farmer Enrico Covolo, who will illustrate the peculiarities and the story of the production of its saffron in Coggiola (BI). BY Luca Deias IL 04/02/2019 Leggi di più
CITTADELLARTE Michelangelo Pistoletto From Ettore to Michelangelo Pistoletto, in April the opening of the exhibition “Padre e figlio” (Father and son) From spring 2019, Biella and Trivero will host a big exhibition project developed over three different venues: Palazzo Gromo Losa, Cittadellarte and Casa Zegna. Curated by Alberto Fiz, it puts Michelangelo Pistoletto’s and his father Ettore Olivero Pistoletto’s arts in dialogue with each other. Here is an anticipation of the event. BY Luca Deias IL 09/01/2019 Leggi di più
rebirth day Terzo Paradiso third paradise Rebirth Day in Naples, youths imagine the city of their dreams between ideas and practices An initiative inspired and dedicated to the Third Paradise and involving about a hundred students was held at the Comprehensive Institute Marino – Santa Rosa in Ponticelli, in Naples’ eastern suburbs. The youths, led by the Rebirth / Third Paradise ambassador Davide Carnevale, have also been investigating the ideal relationship between citizens and community. Let’s find out all the details. BY Luca Deias IL 07/01/2019 Leggi di più
Art as an instrument for social change in the most recent UNIDEE module Last week, Cittadellarte hosted “Broadcasting the archive #10”, University of Ideas’ module curated by Gemma Medina Estupiñan and Alessandra Saviotti. In the course of the initiative, six international artists in residency analysed a few case studies from the archive of Asociacion de Arte Útil (a database of about 300 projects in which art has generated a responsible social change) and the projects developed by Cittadellarte on the theme of food. BY Luca Deias IL 11/12/2018 Leggi di più