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• 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…

• Dakar's Partcours Festival Maps the Creative Pulse of Senegal's Capital festival-fair

  Dakar, Senegal's vibrant capital, hosts Partcours, a decade-old itinerant festival that maps the city's creative scene across neighborhoods from November to December. Founded by…

• FIAC 2021 Returns to Paris with New Venue and Strong Sales Despite Pandemic Challenges festival-fair

  From October 21 to 24, 2021, the Grand Palais Éphémère in Paris hosted the French International Contemporary Art Fair (FIAC) while renovations were underway. The event saw robust…

• Metropolitan Art: Turin's Sixth Edition Blends Art, Performance, and Urban Exploration festival-fair

  The sixth installment of Metropolitan Art, which began in June 2021 with the 'Alter' exhibition at Accademia Albertina di Torino, offers guided bus tours every weekend until…

• Context Art Miami 2021 Fair Review and Spectrum Miami Comparison festival-fair

  Context Art Miami took place in early December 2021 in Miami Beach, featuring contemporary art from galleries and artists. The event attracted numerous visitors including…

• La Città Incantata Festival Returns to Civita di Bagnoregio with Street Art and Comics festival-fair

  After a remote edition last year, the La Città Incantata festival returns in person to Civita di Bagnoregio, the frazione in Viterbo province known as 'the dying city' by writer…

• December 2021 Italian Cultural Festivals Roundup festival-fair

  In December 2021, Italy is alive with a variety of cultural celebrations. The seventh BIG Bari International Gender Festival kicks off in Bari on December 11, showcasing talents…

• Italy's 17th Contemporary Art Day Focuses on Performance Across 500+ Events festival-fair

  On December 11, 2021, Italy's Contemporary Art Day returns for its 17th edition, organized by AMACI, after a break. The focus this year is on performative art, showcasing the…

• Art Days Napoli e Campania: First Art Week Unites 46 Venues Across Region festival-fair

  The first edition of Art Days – Napoli e Campania will take place from December 16 to 19, 2021, bringing together 46 entities across Campania, including 35 in Naples. The…

• David Shrigley's Giant Worm AR Installation at Art Basel Miami 2021 festival-fair

  British artist David Shrigley made his overseas debut at Art Basel Miami 2021 (December 2–4) with a project for Ruinart. The Ruinart Lounge displayed works from his Unconventional…

• Fulvio Risuleo and Mirkoeilcane Collaborate on Animated Short 'La cattiva novella' festival-fair

  Cartoonist and director Fulvio Risuleo teamed up with singer-songwriter Mirkoeilcane to produce 'La cattiva novella', a musical short film that intertwines three narratives…

• Italian Galleries and Artists Shine at Art Basel Miami Beach 2021 festival-fair

  In 2021, Art Basel Miami Beach witnessed a robust presence from Italy. Luigi Mazzoleni remarked on the well-informed attendees, comprising collectors from both the U.S. and South…

• Art Basel Miami Beach 2021: Highlights and Lowlights festival-fair

  After a pandemic-induced hiatus, Art Basel Miami Beach returned for a 2021 edition marked by environmental art, diversity, and NFT proliferation. Refik Anadol's AI-generated…

• BIENALSUR 2021: SoutHeritage Plants 2,500 Olive Trees in Matera as Ecological Offset festival-fair

  The third edition of BIENALSUR, based in Buenos Aires and encompassing 120 locations across 23 nations, has collaborated with Matera's Fondazione SoutHeritage on an environmental…

• Art Basel Miami 2021: Highlights from a Subdued but Resilient Art Week festival-fair

  The 2021 Art Basel Miami Beach, along with its art week, attracted crowds that were almost back to pre-COVID levels, although the fair felt a bit quieter this time. In addition to…

• Più libri più liberi returns to Rome's Nuvola for 20th edition festival-fair

  The 20th edition of Più libri più liberi, Italy's national small and medium publishing fair, will take place at the Nuvola di Fuksas in Rome from December 4 to 8, 2021. Organized…

• Expo 2020 Dubai: Italy Pavilion's 3D-Printed David Censored, MSC Virtuosa Launched festival-fair

  Expo 2020 Dubai, themed 'Connecting Minds and Creating the Future,' opened on September 29, 2021, and runs until March 31, 2022, with 192 participating countries. The Italy…

• Puccini's Gianni Schicchi Debuts as Film at Torino Film Festival festival-fair

  Damiano Michieletto's film adaptation of Puccini's opera Gianni Schicchi premiered at the Torino Film Festival. Shot entirely in live sound, the production modernizes the comedic…

• Prima Diffusa returns to Milan with live screenings of Verdi's Macbeth festival-fair

  After a year away, the tenth edition of Prima Diffusa is set to return to Milan. On December 7, a live broadcast of Giuseppe Verdi's Macbeth will be available on 34 screens,…

• Miami Art Week 2021: Museum Exhibitions Guide festival-fair

  In 2021, Miami Art Week coincided with Art Basel Miami Beach, leading to the launch of significant exhibitions across various museums. ICA Miami is displaying Betye Saar's…

• Flip 2021 Explores Literature and Plants with Indigenous and International Authors festival-fair

  In 2021, the 19th International Literary Festival of Paraty (Flip) centered around the theme 'Nhe’éry, Plants and Literature,' under the curation of Hermano Vianna, Anna Dantes,…

• Dance films take center stage at Torino Film Festival festival-fair

  The 39th Torino Film Festival, curated by Stefano Francia di Celle, features a special out-of-competition section dedicated to dance films, curated by Rosalba Ruggeri. This is the…

• Rome booksellers boycott Più libri più liberi fair over December dates festival-fair

  Rome's booksellers have announced they will not participate in the 2021 edition of Più libri più liberi, the National Small and Medium Publishing Fair, scheduled for December 4-8…

• About the Future: New Media Arts Festival Debuts in Campobasso festival-fair

  From November 18 to 21, 2021, Palazzo Ex-Gil in Campobasso will kick off the first-ever 'About the future – uno sguardo intorno al futuro', put together by Fondazione Molise…

• Roma Arte in Nuvola: le 8 migliori gallerie della nuova fiera romana festival-fair

  La nuova fiera d'arte moderna e contemporanea Roma Arte in Nuvola ha debuttato a novembre 2021 nel centro congressi La Nuvola, progettato da Massimiliano Fuksas. L'evento, ideato…

• Tea Time: New Format Blends Art, Performance, and Conversation in La Spezia festival-fair

  Tea Time is a new format within the FuoriLuogo festival in La Spezia, running from November 21, 2020 to May 7, 2021. It combines tea, conversations, live performances, and…

• Torino Film Festival 2021 returns with art-focused program festival-fair

  The 39th Torino Film Festival returns in person from November 26 to December 4, 2021, under the artistic direction of Stefano Francia Di Celle. The festival features five…

• C2C Festival Returns to Turin and Milan with Hybrid Digital-Physical Format festival-fair

  The C2C Festival (Club To Club) returned to Turin's OGR and Milan's Fabrique in November 2021, after a year of remote digital editions during the pandemic. The festival, curated…

• Bauhausfrauen Documentary Rewrites History of Bauhaus Women festival-fair

  Elisabeth Otto, an art historian and author of "Haunted Bauhaus," argues that the narrative of Bauhaus is incomplete without acknowledging women's contributions. The documentary…

• WopArt 2021 Returns to Lugano with Reduced Edition Focused on Works on Paper festival-fair

  The Centro Esposizioni in Lugano will host the WopArt – Work on Paper Fair from November 19 to 21, 2021, featuring a condensed 'extra time exhibition' format before returning to…

• 10 Cultural Festivals in Italy, November 2021 festival-fair

  In November 2021, Italy hosts a diverse array of cultural festivals spanning electronic music, migrant cinema, independent theatre, women's issues, and digital culture. NODE…

• BookCity Milano Returns for 10th Edition with Art and Literature Events festival-fair

  The tenth edition of BookCity Milano, a literature festival, is set to take place in Milan from November 17 to 21, 2021. This year's program includes numerous activities such as…

• Vienna Art Week 2021 Explores 'Losing Control' with 70 Artists festival-fair

  The 2021 Vienna Art Week, under the theme 'Losing Control,' was directed by Robert Punkenhofer and included a variety of exhibitions, studio visits, performances, and discussions.…

• RO.ME Museum Exhibition 2021 Returns In-Person at La Sapienza festival-fair

  The fourth edition of RO.ME – Museum Exhibition is set to take place from November 17 to 19, 2021, at the Museo di Arte Classica, Università La Sapienza in Rome. After a digital…

• Paris Photo 2021: Top 11 Stands at the Grand Palais Éphémère festival-fair

  The 24th edition of Paris Photo concluded at its new venue, the Grand Palais Éphémère, with a digital extension on Viewing Rooms. The smaller space prompted a curated selection of…

• Alessandro Nicosia on Rome's new art fair Arte in Nuvola after pandemic delays festival-fair

  Alessandro Nicosia, founder of the new Rome art fair Arte in Nuvola, discusses the event's journey after multiple postponements due to the pandemic. Initially announced in…