“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
“Dove lo getto?” (Where shall I throw it?), at Cittadellarte an event about single-use items and recycling On 9th May, Fondazione Pistoletto’s Sala Cervo will be the venue for an informative event on the correct way of disposing of various types of plastic waste. The day will feature speeches by professionals in the sector and the presentation of an award for video makers dedicated to the themes of the initiative. BY Luca Deias IL 05/03/2020 Leggi di più
CITTADELLARTE Cittadellarte and The Italian Red Cross, the story of the pact for change recounted at “Arte Fiera” The cycle of conversations “Artists, media and markets: new trajectories in Italy”, curated by Flash Art for Bologna’s fair, will include the talk “The art of care”, programmed for 24th January. Speakers of the event will be Michelangelo Pistoletto, Paolo Naldini (director of Cittadellarte) and Flavio Ronzi (general secretary of the Italian Red Cross). BY Redazione IL 17/01/2020 Leggi di più
accademia unidee Accademia UNIDEE: the residential educational project “ARC – Artistic Research @ Cittadellarte” has started From Arnhem to Biella: 15 students from the ArtEZ Academy will carry out individual researches through artistic practice in the spaces of Fondazione Pistoletto. The educational process will be accompanied by a programme of evening events freely open to the public called “Talk&Drink”, aiming at finding out more about Cittadellarte and the work themes of the Dutch students through a series of speeches. BY Luca Deias IL 15/01/2020 Leggi di più
CITTADELLARTE Arte al Centro (Art at the centre) 2019 brings sustainability to Biella, when an event can change the world On Sunday 13th October, the spaces of Fondazione Pistoletto hosted the 22nd edition of the event placing art at the centre of a responsible social transformation. Let’s find out what took place yesterday: exhibitions, sound and artistic performances, treatments of Terme Culturali, presentations of projects, debates and much more. BY Luca Deias IL 14/10/2019 Leggi di più
“Solferino 2019”, Cittadellarte and The Italian Red Cross United for the art of care The demopractic workshop “The art of care in the name of the Third Paradise”, curated by Cittadellarte, was held on 21st June, in the context of the event involving volunteers and operators of the Red Cross and Red Crescent. Let’s find out all the details. BY Luca Deias IL 24/06/2019 Leggi di più
Between ethics and aesthetics, at Cittadellarte fashion meets circularity Between ethics and aesthetics, at Cittadellarte fashion meets circularity On 10th and 11th April, Fashion B.E.S.T. Studios hosted a workshop curated by Cittadellarte’s Fashion Office. The initiative saw the participation of 19 international female students from a master’s course at Milano Fashion Institute: let’s find out the details through the voices of the protagonists. BY Luca Deias IL 24/04/2019 Leggi di più
