Naples’ Venus of the rags on fire, arson attack at dawn The fire, which broke out between 5.15 and 5.30 this morning, destroyed Michelangelo Pistoletto's work created by Cittadellarte, which had been inaugurated on 28 June in the city hall square: the fire melted the sculpture and reduced the rags to ashes, sparing only the metal structure. “I do not declare preventive war on those who made this catastrophic gesture," said the artist, “I propose preventive peace instead”. BY Luca Deias IL 17/07/2023 Leggi di più
“Architecture Biennale 2023”, the DAAR collective is awarded the Golden Lion The DAAR (composed of architects Alessandro Petti and Sandi Hilal) received the Golden Lion for the best participation in the 18th International Architecture Exhibition entitled "The Laboratory of the Future", curated by Lesley Lokko as part of the Architecture Venice Biennale. The international jury awarded the duo "for their long-standing commitment to deep political engagement with architectural practices and learnings about decolonisation in Palestine and Europe". Fondazione Pistoletto symbolically joins in the celebrations for the prestigious achievement: the collective has fostered a long artistic collaboration with Unidee Residency Programs and Cittadellarte. BY Redazione IL 23/05/2023 Leggi di più
From the Rebirth Forum to the Third Paradise, the experience of ambassador Giacomo Bassmaji in Curitiba (Brazil) On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Museu Oscar Niemeyer, a collective work dedicated to the trinamic symbol was created thanks to the collaboration between the Rebirth/Third Paradise embassies in Reggio Emilia and in Vigevano, in the persons of Giacomo Bassmaji, Fortunato D'Amico, Nadia Calzolari, Consuelo Cornelsen and Marc Pottier, involving the Brazilian museum staff (including director Juliana Vosnika) and 60 local artists, each of whom created three works with which Michelangelo Pistoletto's sign-symbol was composed. Bassmaji and Calzolari also curated a Rebirth Forum in the capital of Paraná: here is the ambassador's testimony. BY Giacomo Bassmaji IL 19/05/2023 Leggi di più
“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. BY Fiorenza Barazzotto IL 28/03/2023 Leggi di più
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". BY Luca Deias IL 23/03/2023 Leggi di più
“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”. BY Luca Deias IL 24/02/2023 Leggi di più
Rome, DART – Chiostro del Bramante hosts the Michelangelo Pistoletto exhibition “Infinity – Contemporary art without limits” The exhibition project dedicated to the artist from Biella at DART - Chiostro del Bramante will run from 18 March to 15 October 2023. The exhibition, curated by Danilo Eccher, features fifty works and four large site-specific installations in an itinerary that covers the entire career of Michelangelo Pistoletto, from the 1960s to more recent works. BY Luca Deias IL 31/01/2023 Leggi di più
“Cultural diplomacy”, a webinar on the Third Paradise at the Espronceda Institute of Art & Culture On 14 January, the Espronceda Institute of Art and Culture in Barcelona proposed a talk dedicated to Michelangelo Pistoletto's sign-symbol, to the practice of the Biellese artist and to Cittadellarte. Speaking at the event – attended by remote international participants – was Saverio Teruzzi, coordinator of the Rebirth/Third Paradise project, with Savina Tarsitano, Rebirth/Third Paradise ambassador, as moderator. The webinar, part of the new project "Cultural Diplomacy", focusing on the concepts of peace and solidarity, was organised in cooperation with the German Consulate in Barcelona, with the patronage of ENCATC (European Network on Cultural management and policy) and the collaboration of the international project "Kids-Guernica", the European Culture Parliament, the cultural association "Embajada del art" and "Guernica Remakings". BY Luca Deias IL 19/01/2023 Leggi di più
