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• Fashion Film Festival Milano Founder Constanza Cavalli Etro on Seven Editions of Bridging Fashion and Film festival-fair

  Constanza Cavalli Etro, founder of the Fashion Film Festival Milano (FFFMilano), reflects on the festival's seventh edition and its evolution since 2014. The festival, always…

• Biennale College Danza 2021 Opens Applications Under Wayne McGregor festival-fair

  The Biennale di Venezia has opened applications for Biennale College Danza 2021, now under the direction of British choreographer Wayne McGregor. From January 19 to February 19,…

• Documenta 15 may be postponed to 2023 due to pandemic festival-fair

  Documenta 15, the quinquennial contemporary art exhibition in Kassel, Germany, may be postponed from 2022 to 2023 due to ongoing travel restrictions caused by the COVID-19…

• Bong Joon-Ho to Preside Over Venice Film Festival Jury in 2021 festival-fair

  South Korean director Bong Joon-Ho has accepted the role of president of the official jury for the 78th Venice International Film Festival, scheduled for September 1–11, 2021, at…

• Fashion Film Festival Milano 2021 Goes Digital with CNMI Partnership festival-fair

  The Fashion Film Festival Milano, founded in 2014 by Costanza Cavalli Etro, returns for its seventh edition from January 13 to 18, 2021, coinciding with Milan Fashion Week Men's.…

• Porto Design Biennale 2021: Curator Alastair Fuad-Luke on ALTER-REALITIES and Participatory Urbanism festival-fair

  The second edition of the Porto Design Biennale will open in June 2021, curated by Alastair Fuad-Luke. Titled ALTER-REALITIES: Designing the Present, the biennale focuses on…

• Ecoweek 2021: Intersectional Justice in Architecture with Marialuisa Palumbo festival-fair

  The third edition of Ecoweek, a Greek NGO dedicated to social and environmental sustainability in architecture, is set to take place online in Italy on January 16-17, 2021.…

• 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair Launches Paris Edition at Christie's festival-fair

  The 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair, founded by Touria El Glaoui, is launching a new edition in Paris from January 20 to 23, 2021, in collaboration with Christie's. The fair…

• Giffoni Film Festival's Winter Edition Draws 1,400 Jurors Online Ahead of 50Plus Edition festival-fair

  The Giffoni Film Festival, an Italian festival dedicated to youth cinema, held a successful Winter Edition (#Giffoni50) from December 12 to 30, 2020, entirely online due to the…

• Italian cities stream New Year's Eve art events amid pandemic festival-fair

  For New Year's Eve 2020, Italian cities organized streaming cultural programs due to COVID-19 lockdowns. Rome's 'Oltre Tutto' featured performances by Gianna Nannini, Elodie,…

• Il Festival che non ci sarà: un non-evento benefico il 32 dicembre 2020 festival-fair

  Il magazine Zero, insieme all'agenzia Hearts & Science, presenta 'Il Festival che non ci sarà', un evento ironico di beneficenza che si svolgerà virtualmente il 32 dicembre 2020,…

• Guangzhou Image Triennial 2021: Rethinking Collectivity festival-fair

  The Guangdong Museum of Art has announced the Guangzhou Image Triennial 2021, themed "Rethinking Collectivity" and curated by Wang Shaoqiang, the museum's director. The triennial…

• Giovane Fotografia Italiana launches new website and call for under-35 artists festival-fair

  Giovane Fotografia Italiana has just unveiled its new website, which highlights an impressive collection of over 70 artists from eight different editions. The Comune di Reggio…

• NAO Performing Festival goes digital with focus on China festival-fair

  The 11th edition of NAO Performing Festival, titled Contact Zone, runs until December 28 with a pause during Christmas. Curated by Claudio Prati and Maria Paola Zedda, the…

• Fotonica Festival Goes Online 24/7 with Virtual Piazza dei Mirti festival-fair

  The Fotonica festival, dedicated to artistic uses of light, is held entirely online for ten consecutive days. The platform is accessible 24 hours a day via Twitch or a Virtual…

• Naples launches Contemporaneamente gallery weekend with 30+ spaces festival-fair

  From December 17 to 19, 2020, over 30 galleries in Naples and the Campania region will join forces for a new art weekend called Contemporaneamente – Appuntamento con l'arte…

• First Italian Animation Festival for Kids Goes Online festival-fair

  Catch the Moon, Italy's first festival dedicated to animation cinema for children, takes place entirely online with free 24/7 streaming. The program includes 35 films in…

• Ruskino a Ca' Foscari festival goes online for its 10th edition festival-fair

  The 10th edition of Ruskino a Ca' Foscari, a festival of contemporary Russian cinema organized by the Centro Studi sulle Arti della Russia (CSAR) of Ca' Foscari University of…

• New Generations Festival goes digital with focus on emerging European architecture festival-fair

  The New Generations Festival, dedicated to emerging European architecture firms, will take place digitally from December 16 to 18, 2020, streaming live from the Real Academia de…

• Trento Art Festival: first art fair born entirely online festival-fair

  Scheduled to occur online from February 24 to 28, 2021, the Trento Art Festival marks the inaugural art fair created as a digital platform. In collaboration with Associazione Arte…

• TAG Torino Art Galleries Launches Ouverture #9 Amid Pandemic Challenges festival-fair

  Thirteen galleries from the historic association TAG – Torino Art Galleries are launching Ouverture #9 in Turin from December 10 to 12, 2020, after the postponement of the…

• Vienna Art Week Goes Virtual: Interview with Cristina Fiorenza festival-fair

  The 2020 Vienna Art Week (VAW) proceeded as scheduled despite Austria's lockdown, shifting to a fully virtual format. Founded in 2007, the annual visual arts festival maintained…

• Maker Faire Rome 2020 Goes Digital with Maker Art and Maker Music festival-fair

  The eighth Maker Faire Rome – The European Edition is set to take place online from December 10 to 13, 2020, as a complimentary virtual event. Innova Camera is the organizing body…

• Frieze Plans New Art Fair in Seoul for 2022 festival-fair

  Frieze, the international art fair organizer with editions in London, New York, and Los Angeles, is reportedly planning to launch a new fair in Seoul, South Korea, in autumn 2022.…

• Atlas of Transitions Biennale's Fourth Edition Opens in Bologna festival-fair

  The fourth edition of the Atlas of Transitions Biennale, named "We The People," has commenced in Bologna under the curation of Piersandra Di Matteo. This initiative by Emilia…

• AMACI's 16th Giornata del Contemporaneo Goes Hybrid with Digital and Offline Events festival-fair

  The Giornata del Contemporaneo, organized by AMACI, will take place from December 5 to 11, 2020, in a hybrid format. This 16th edition showcases a digital collection of works from…

• Brazilian Artists and Galleries Counter Regionalization at Art Basel Miami Beach festival-fair

  During Miami Art Week, Art Basel Miami Beach became a focal point for examining the regionalization of the global art fair. Brazilian artists and galleries mounted a significant…

• Miami Art Week 2020 Shifts to Hybrid Format Amid Pandemic with Brazilian Gallery Presence festival-fair

  Miami Art Week 2020, which continues until December 6, successfully integrated both virtual and in-person activities amid the ongoing pandemic. For the first time, Art Basel Miami…

• Maria Laet's Intimate World at the 33rd São Paulo Biennial festival-fair

  The 33rd São Paulo Biennial in 2018, titled 'Affective Affinities,' was curated by Gabriel Pérez-Barreiro and featured a unique structure with seven artist-curators. Among them,…

• Divergenti Festival: Online Free Trans Film Festival Returns festival-fair

  The tenth edition of the Divergenti festival, focused on 'trans migrations', is held online for free from Bologna. Films are available on docasa.it, a platform created by DER –…

• Five Trends from 2020's Online Video Game Festivals festival-fair

  The pandemic in 2020 led to a shift of significant video game festivals to online platforms, such as LudoNarraCon, A MAZE in Berlin, Gamescom in Cologne, and PAX Online. These…

• Baro d’evel’s ‘Là’ at Romaeuropa Festival 2020 festival-fair

  From October 7 to 10, 2020, the company Baro d’evel, founded by Camille Decourtye and Blaï Mateu Trias, performed 'Là' at Teatro Argentina in Rome as part of the 35th Romaeuropa…

• National Geographic Festival delle Scienze 2020: arte e scienza contro gli stereotipi festival-fair

  In 2020, the National Geographic Festival of Sciences took place virtually, featuring seven key themes: Planet, Society and Economy, Universe and Space, Technology and Innovation,…

• Artissima 2020 Goes Digital with Virtual Tours and Online Platform festival-fair

  The 27th edition of Artissima, the art fair held in Turin, has been transformed in response to the pandemic, introducing a digital format along with exhibitions throughout the…

• Manifesta 13 Director Hedwig Fijen on the Biennial's Social Turn and Marseille Legacy festival-fair

  In an interview with artpress, Hedwig Fijen, director of Manifesta, discusses the 13th edition of the European nomadic biennial in Marseille, originally scheduled until November…

• Arte-19 Virus Virtual Reality Game: ROMARAMA 2020 Goes Online festival-fair

  Fusolab 2.0, a non-profit organization, has developed the Arte-19 | Virus Virtual Reality Game for ROMARAMA 2020, a festival organized by Roma Capitale. This initiative merges…

• 38th Torino Film Festival Features Art Documentaries and Biopics festival-fair

  The 38th Torino Film Festival is set to take place from November 20 to 28, 2020, on the MyMovies platform, showcasing a variety of films centered around art, literature,…

• Frieze Los Angeles 2021 Postponed to July, New Citywide Format festival-fair

  Frieze Los Angeles, originally scheduled for February 2021, has been postponed to July 2021 due to the pandemic. The third edition will introduce a decentralized format across the…

• Club To Club and Lunetta11 Collaborate on Soundscape Project in Alta Langa festival-fair

  Sergio Ricciardone, artistic director of the Club To Club festival, and Francesco Pistoi (Pisti), founder of Lunetta11, have joined forces for a visionary long-term sound project…

• SP-Foto Launches First Virtual Viewing Room with Over 50 Exhibitors festival-fair

  SP-Foto, a photography fair that has been running for 14 years, introduced its inaugural online Viewing Room from November 23 to 29, featuring more than 50 exhibitors from both…