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• Russia Launches New Art Fair 1703 in St. Petersburg During Art Basel Week festival-fair

  On June 16, 2022, during Art Basel week, Russia launched a new contemporary art fair called 1703 in St. Petersburg, named after the city's founding year. The fair is held at the…

• Italian Cultural Festival Roundup: June 2022 festival-fair

  Italy's cultural festival season kicks off in June 2022 with a range of activities. The Independent Film Show 22 takes place in Naples from June 16–18 at Belvedere Museo Nitsch,…

• Ipercorpo 2022: Art, Theater, and Dance Explore the Immaterial festival-fair

  The 18th Ipercorpo festival was held at EXATR in Forlì, a repurposed former courier depot from eleven years ago. The focus, 'Trattare l’aria' (Treating the Air), emphasizes the…

• Basel Social Club: A 1930s Villa for Art and Relaxation festival-fair

  During Art Basel week, the Basel Social Club offers an alternative space for art and relaxation at The Beverly Holz, a 1930s villa located at Bruderholzallee 195. The venue,…

• Unlimited returns in force at Art Basel 2022 with monumental works festival-fair

  Art Basel's Unlimited section, dedicated to large-scale and monumental works, made a strong return to its canonical June dates in 2022, exceeding pre-pandemic levels. While…

• Milan Design Week 2022: Top and Flop Highlights festival-fair

  The 2022 Salone del Mobile returned to pre-Covid scale, with the Fuorisalone expanding citywide. Sabine Marcelis and OMA created stunning marble pieces for SolidNature at Alcova's…

• DesignMiami Basel 2022 Returns with 'Golden Age' Theme and New Podium Section festival-fair

  DesignMiami Basel returned for its sixteenth edition in Basel in June 2022, ahead of its highly anticipated Paris debut in October. The fair, originally founded in Florida by…

• 10 Must-See Exhibitions During Art Basel Week 2022 festival-fair

  From June 16 to 19, 2022, Art Basel makes its comeback in Switzerland following previous pandemic-related cancellations. This event aligns with various exhibitions in Basel and…

• Liste Basel 2022: Top 12 Stands in a New Venue festival-fair

  For 25 years, from 1996 to 2019, Liste Basel was known for its unique location in the former Warteck brewery, with offices, production spaces, basements, and warehouses. The…

• Pitti Uomo 102: Ann Demeulemeester ospite d'onore, focus su sostenibilità e nuovi format festival-fair

  La 102esima edizione di Pitti Uomo si svolgerà a Firenze dal 14 al 17 giugno 2022, con la partecipazione di 640 marchi, di cui oltre un terzo provenienti dall'estero, e il ritorno…

• Cinecittà brings Italian cinema to London and New York with three film series festival-fair

  In June 2022, Cinecittà introduced three film projects. The event Open Roads: New Italian Cinema, which is co-produced with Film at Lincoln Center, takes place from June 9 to 15…

• White Carrara 2022: Carrara's Marble Week Kicks Off with Exhibitions and Immersive Installations festival-fair

  The sixth edition of White Carrara, hosted by IMM CarraraFiere, is taking place in Carrara, Tuscany, until June 19, 2022. This event delves into the relationship between marble,…

• Attraversamenti Multipli 2022: 22nd Edition of Rome's Performing Arts Festival festival-fair

  The 22nd edition of Attraversamenti Multipli, a multidisciplinary festival dedicated to contemporary performing arts curated by Margine Operativo (Alessandra Ferraro and Pako…

• Salone del Mobile 2022: Art and Design Converge in Milan festival-fair

  The 2022 Salone del Mobile in Milan featured several cross-disciplinary projects blending art and design. At Fabbrica del Vapore, ISIA Faenza presented 14 ceramic totems created…

• New European Bauhaus Festival Launches at MAXXI with von der Leyen and Kéré festival-fair

  The inaugural International New European Bauhaus (NEB) Festival commenced at Rome's MAXXI museum, showcasing a conversation between sustainable architecture innovator Diébédo…

• 74th Estate Teatrale Veronese Festival Returns with Shakespeare Focus festival-fair

  The 74th edition of the Estate Teatrale Veronese festival runs from June 22 to September 15, 2022, at Verona's Teatro Romano, now restored to full capacity of 1,500 spectators.…

• Paris summer festivals: Palazzetto Bru Zane revives French Romantic opera, Ircam's Manifeste honors Turing and Xenakis festival-fair

  In June 2022, two Paris festivals explore music's past and future. The Palazzetto Bru Zane Festival (June 1–22) revives forgotten French Romantic operas: Saint-Saëns' 'Phryné' at…

• Dakar Biennale 2022: Forging a New African Consciousness festival-fair

  The 14th Dakar Biennale, named 'Ĩ NDAFFA,' is set to continue until June 21, 2022, having been delayed from its original 2020 schedule due to the pandemic. With backing from the…

• Cross Festival 2022: Performing Arts on Lake Orta festival-fair

  The tenth edition of Cross Festival, titled 'Be the change,' runs from June 8 to July 2, 2022, on the Piedmontese shores of Lake Maggiore and Lake Orta. Organized by LIS Lab…

• Biennale di Venezia 2022: Meetings on Art Talks Explore 'Il latte dei sogni' festival-fair

  The Biennale di Venezia is set to host the 2022 Meetings on Art from June 7 to 11 at the Teatro Piccolo Arsenale in Venice. This program includes ten events that explore 'Il latte…

• Baranzate Ateliers: Belgian Design Hub Debuts in Milan During Salone del Mobile festival-fair

  During Milan Design Week 2022, the Belgian creative hub Baranzate Ateliers opened in an ex-factory in Baranzate, mirroring the Zaventem Ateliers near Brussels founded by designer…

• Hypermaremma 2022: Expanded Team, International Artists, and Land Art Interventions Across Tuscany festival-fair

  Hypermaremma, an environmental art initiative in Tuscany, is set to take place from April 16 to September 30, 2022. Curators Giorgio Galotti, Matteo d'Aloja, Carlo Pratis, and…

• Milano Arte Musica 2022: 29 concerts across 13 venues from June 24 to August 31 festival-fair

  Milano Arte Musica's 16th edition, celebrating early music, takes place from June 24 to August 31, 2022. This festival features 29 events across 13 venues, showcasing 100…

• Milano Design Week 2022: food pop-up and bar projects festival-fair

  From June 5 to 12, 2022, Milan Design Week will feature Marimar's Marble Bar, crafted by designers Davide Fabio Colaci and Luisa Bertoldo, drawing inspiration from Adolf Loos's…

• Biennale Gherdëina 2022: Ecological Art in the Dolomites festival-fair

  The eighth edition of Biennale Gherdëina, titled 'Persones Persons,' is curated by Lucia Pietroiusti and Filipa Ramos and set in the UNESCO World Heritage Dolomites in Ortisei and…

• Hypermaremma returns with Maurizio Nannucci's light installation on Rocca Aldobrandesca festival-fair

  The fourth edition of Hypermaremma, the environmental contemporary art festival in Tuscany, continues with Maurizio Nannucci's light installation 'Ships that pass in the night' on…

• Fuorisalone 2022: Milan Design Week Guide festival-fair

  Milan's Fuorisalone 2022 runs from June 6 to 12, coinciding with Salone del Mobile. The event activates exhibition spaces, showrooms, historic buildings, and public areas across…

• June 2022 Italian Cultural Festivals Guide festival-fair

  In June 2022, Italy celebrates a variety of cultural festivals. TUNÈA, taking place from June 3-5, brings life back to the Tonnara di Carloforte in Sardinia with performances and…

• Elementi Festival Turns Romagna into a Stage for Sound, Art, and Nature festival-fair

  From June 3 to August 8, the Elementi festival transforms Romagna into a diffuse stage across ten locations, blending sound, art, and nature. Organized by associations Magma and…

• Cortona On The Move 2022: New Directors and International Ambitions festival-fair

  The photography festival Cortona On The Move, held in the medieval Tuscan town of Cortona, enters its twelfth edition (July 14–October 2) with a new leadership team. Veronica…

• Videocittà 2022: programma quinta edizione al Gazometro di Roma festival-fair

  Videocittà, il festival dedicato alla cultura visiva e digitale, torna per la sua quinta edizione a Roma, presso il Gazometro. Il programma di arte visiva è curato da FUSE*, con…

• Chelsea Flower Show 2022: Contemporary Art and Floral Installations in London festival-fair

  The 2022 Chelsea Flower Show, held from May 24 to 28 in London's Chelsea district, transformed the area into a themed garden with dozens of floral installations. Organized by the…

• German Lorca's restless photography featured in SP-Arte/Foto 2018 with 34 exhibitors festival-fair

  German Lorca's photography is characterized by a restless and tireless perspective. The editorial content reflects on mourning and struggle through his work. SP-Arte/Foto 2018…

• Independent 20th Century: New Fair for Overlooked 20th-Century Artists festival-fair

  Independent, the New York art fair established in 2010 by Elizabeth Dee, Darren Flook, Matthew Higgs, Laura Mitterrand, and a group of galleries, will present Independent 20th…

• New York Art Week 2022: Frieze Shrinks, 1-54 Shines, Photography Returns festival-fair

  Spring art week in New York marked a return to a post-pandemic atmosphere, albeit with reduced fairs. The tenth edition of Frieze New York took place at The Shed, featuring 65…

• Palermo Gets Its First Art Fair: Hit! Super-Micro Art-Fair festival-fair

  Palermo will host its first art fair, Hit! Super-Micro Art-Fair, from June 24 to 26, 2022, at RizzutoGallery. Conceived by Eva Oliveri and Giovanni Rizzuto, the fair invites three…

• Third Edition of The Phair Photography Fair Opens in Turin festival-fair

  The Phair, a visual arts photography exhibition, will take place from May 27 to 29, 2022, at Padiglione 3 in Turin's Esposizioni venue. Founded by Roberto Casiraghi and Paola…

• Charlemagne Palestine on Music, Ritual, and the Live Experience festival-fair

  Charlemagne Palestine, the legendary American experimental musician and artist born in New York in 1945, will perform at the fifth edition of the Jazz is Dead festival in Turin,…

• Photo London 2022: A Subdued Edition at Somerset House festival-fair

  Photo London 2022 took place at Somerset House and experienced a quieter vibe, largely due to the absence of numerous American galleries and its close timing to the September 2021…

• Lecce Hosts First Edition of Festival delle Letterature festival-fair

  The first edition of the Festival delle Letterature, organized by the Accademia delle Belle Arti di Lecce, runs from May 26 to 28 at its venue on via Libertini. Directed by writer…