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• Paris Print Fair Debuts in May 2022 with 19 International Galleries festival-fair

  The inaugural Paris Print Fair, focusing on printmaking, is set to occur from May 19 to 22, 2022, with a preview on May 18, at the Couvent des Cordeliers in the 6th arrondissement…

• Be Comics! 2022 returns to Padua with a focus on Japanese manga festival-fair

  Be Comics! 2022, the Veneto pop culture and geek entertainment festival, returns in person after a two-year hiatus. The event will be held at the Fiera di Padova from March 18 to…

• Altaroma's 40th edition: green fashion and no-gender at Cinecittà festival-fair

  The 40th edition of Altaroma's Rome Fashion Week concluded at Cinecittà Studios, featuring over 80 brands, 70% with green production processes and 80% founded or led by women. The…

• ArtRio Week in Rio de Janeiro Features 'Enciclopédia Negra' and Elian Almeida Archives festival-fair

  During ArtRio week in Rio de Janeiro, the city offers cultural visits including the 'Enciclopédia Negra' project. This book is a collaborative effort involving numerous…

• Dutch street artists create six murals across Italy in HollAndMe project festival-fair

  Over a span of six months, six street artists from the Netherlands journeyed across Italy, crafting murals in six different cities as part of the initiative HollAndMe – Dutch…

• miart 2022: 150 Galleries from 21 Countries for Milan's Art Fair festival-fair

  Miart, the international modern and contemporary art fair of Milan, will hold its 26th edition from April 1 to 3, 2022 (preview March 31), organized by Fiera Milano and directed…

• Expo 2020 Dubai: Success or Mere Entertainment? festival-fair

  Expo 2020 Dubai, the first world expo in the Arab world since London 1851, spans 438 hectares with a record-time metro extension. The event features hundreds of volunteers,…

• February 2022: Italy's Cultural Festivals and Fairs festival-fair

  Italy hosts a multitude of cultural festivals in February 2022, spanning literature, philosophy, history, cinema, music, and art. The ART+B=LOVE(?) festival in Ancona, curated by…

• Tristan Murail Honored by Festival Présences at 74 festival-fair

  The festival Présences at Radio France, Paris (February 8–13, 2022), dedicates a portrait to composer Tristan Murail, a pioneer of spectral music. Murail, 74, reflects on his…

• Paris Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2022: Art and Craftsmanship Collide festival-fair

  The Paris Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2022 collections, presented during Paris Fashion Week, highlighted a deep connection between fashion and art. Maria Grazia Chiuri for Dior…

• MIA Fair Returns to Milan for 11th Edition with New Partnership festival-fair

  Italy's premier photography event, the Milan Image Art Fair (MIA Fair), is set to take place from April 28 to May 1, 2022, at SUPERSTUDIO MAXI in Milan. The visual identity for…

• Turin Patching Circle returns for live coding and DIY electronics festival-fair

  After a hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Turin Patching Circle (TPC) returns to Turin on February 5, 2022, at the Imbarchino in Parco del Valentino. Founded by artist and…

• Kaunas as European Capital of Culture 2022: A City Reborn Through Myth and Memory festival-fair

  Kaunas, Lithuania, is the European Capital of Culture for 2022, sharing the title with Esch-sur-Alzette (Luxembourg) and Novi Sad (Serbia). The city has created a new mythology…

• Art world forms FantaSanremo team for Italian song festival festival-fair

  During the 72nd Sanremo Music Festival, which will take place from February 1 to 5, 2022, a collective known as TeamLara has been established by a diverse group of gallerists,…

• Maria Cristina Didero Appointed Curatorial Director of Design Miami/ as Fair Expands to Paris festival-fair

  Design Miami/, the international design fair with editions in Miami and Basel, has appointed Italian curator Maria Cristina Didero as its new Curatorial Director, succeeding Wava…

• January 2022 Men's Fashion Weeks: Florence, Milan, Paris festival-fair

  The January 2022 men's fashion season unfolded across Florence, Milan, and Paris, demonstrating resilience despite the Omicron variant. Pitti Uomo in Florence attracted 8,000…

• Latifa Echakhch to Represent Switzerland at 2022 Venice Biennale festival-fair

  Switzerland will showcase its presence at the 2022 Venice Biennale, titled 'Il latte dei sogni' (The Milk of Dreams), featuring the work 'The Concert' by artist Latifa Echakhch at…

• 35th São Paulo Biennial and Afro-Brazilian Art Discourse Featured in Recent Coverage festival-fair

  The 35th São Paulo Biennial, titled 'A dança do possível' (The Dance of the Possible), is currently underway. Recent paintings by artist No Martins are receiving attention,…

• Milano Graphic Festival postponed to March 2022 festival-fair

  The inaugural Milano Graphic Festival, originally scheduled for February 11-13, 2022, has been rescheduled to March 25-27, 2022. Organized by SIGNS and h+, with curation by…

• Eurovision 2022 in Turin draws inspiration from Italian gardens and cymatics festival-fair

  The 66th Eurovision Song Contest, to be held in Turin in May 2022, has adopted the theme 'The Sound of Beauty.' The visual identity is inspired by cymatics—the study of visible…

• Father Murphy's Spirit Reawakened in Carlo Mollino's Esoteric Turin Home festival-fair

  During the 39th Torino Film Festival, filmmakers Davide Maldi and Micol Roubini unveiled their short film '171219 May Them White Rise With You,' which captures a ritualistic…

• Berlinale 2022: 18 film in concorso, 7 diretti da donne, 5 da ex Orsi d'oro festival-fair

  La 72ª edizione della Berlinale, diretta da Carlo Chatrian, si terrà dal 10 al 20 febbraio 2022 con 18 film in concorso, di cui 7 diretti da donne e 5 da registi già vincitori…

• Winter 2022 Art Fair Postponements: A Global Calendar Shift festival-fair

  A surge in COVID-19 cases during the 2021-2022 holiday season has forced numerous art fairs worldwide to postpone their winter editions to spring 2022. In Italy, Arte Fiera in…

• Salone del Mobile 2022 postponed to June due to pandemic festival-fair

  The Salone del Mobile, the world's largest furniture fair, has been postponed from April to June 2022 due to the pandemic. The decision was made by the board of Federlegno Arredo…

• Palazzo delle Esposizioni Roma lancia il Punti di vista Festival sulla tattilità festival-fair

  La mostra 'Toccare la bellezza. Maria Montessori ‒ Bruno Munari' è attualmente in esposizione presso il Palazzo delle Esposizioni di Roma, proveniente da Ancona e realizzata dal…

• Comicon 2022 Returns to Naples After Two-Year Hiatus festival-fair

  After a two-year pandemic pause, Comicon – International Pop Culture Festival returns to Naples for its 22nd edition from April 22 to 25, 2022, at the Mostra d'Oltremare…

• Steve Della Casa appointed director of Turin Film Festival's 40th edition festival-fair

  Steve Della Casa, born Stefano in Turin on May 25, 1953, has been named artistic director of the 40th "extraordinary" edition of the Torino Film Festival. He succeeds Stefano…

• Sponsor Logo Projection on Florence Monuments Sparks Controversy festival-fair

  From December 8, 2021, to January 9, 2022, the F-Light Festival of Lights in Florence ignited debate when American Express's logo was displayed on historical landmarks, including…

• Paper Biennial in Schio Focuses on Fragility and Romanian Art festival-fair

  The Di Carta/Paper Made biennial in Schio, Veneto, is dedicated exclusively to paper art, featuring around eighty artists. Curated by artist Valeria Bertesina, the edition…

• 5 Italian Cultural Festivals to Attend in January 2022 festival-fair

  Italy continues to host a wide range of cultural festivals in January 2022, spanning literature, philosophy, history, cinema, music, visual arts, communication, street art, and…

• Fashion Weeks Face Omicron Disruptions as Brands Cancel Shows festival-fair

  The 2022 fashion season opens under a cloud as Giorgio Armani cancels his men's and haute couture shows, and Brunello Cucinelli withdraws from Pitti Uomo. Despite these setbacks,…

• Design in 2021: Fairs Return, Metaverse Arrives, Sustainability Gains festival-fair

  The 2021 design year saw the return of major fairs like Salone del Mobile in Milan, which experimented with QR codes and podcasts. New spaces opened, including the ADI Design…

• Italian cities cancel New Year's Eve events due to Omicron, but cultural alternatives emerge festival-fair

  Due to new government restrictions aimed at combating the Omicron variant, numerous Italian cities have opted to cancel their New Year's Eve festivities. Events such as Florence's…

• Oran Biennale President on Algeria's Contemporary Art Scene festival-fair

  Tewfik Ali Chaouche, the visionary behind the Biennale Méditerranéenne d'Art Contemporain d'Oran, reflects on the transformation of contemporary art in Algeria. Launched in 2010,…

• Enzo Cosimi's 'Il corpo originario' at Teatro Biblioteca Quarticciolo in Rome festival-fair

  Enzo Cosimi curates 'Il corpo originario', a three-day event at Teatro Biblioteca Quarticciolo in Rome from December 28 to 30, 2021. The project transforms the theater into a…

• Natale 2021: eventi tra arte, archeologia e aperture straordinarie in Italia festival-fair

  Durante le festività natalizie del 2021, l'Italia propone una serie di eventi culturali. All'Isola d'Elba, il MUM – Museo Mineralogico Luigi Celleri organizza escursioni come il…

• Documenta 15 in Kassel to be curated by collective for first time festival-fair

  Documenta 15 will be curated by a collective for the first time in its history. The exhibition in Kassel, Germany, will focus on collective experiences in art. This marks a…

• Circumnavigando Festival Brings Contemporary Juggling and Circus to Genoa festival-fair

  The International Circus Theatre Festival, known as Circumnavigando, will take place in Genoa from December 21 to 30, under the direction of Boris Vecchio. This year's theme…

• Five approaches to storytelling through video games at IVIPRO Days 2021 festival-fair

  The Italian Videogame Program association hosted IVIPRO Days 2021 entirely online, emphasizing the representation of reality in video games. The event explored five unique…

• Aterballetto's MicroDanze Brings Dance and VR to Brussels' Halles de Schaerbeek festival-fair

  From December 9 to 11, 2021, the Halles de Schaerbeek in Brussels hosted a stage of MicroDanze, a project by the Compagnia Nazionale della Danza/Aterballetto that dialogues…