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• 10 Italian Music Festivals Adapting to Summer 2020 with Outdoor Events festival-fair

  Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Italy is hosting ten music festivals for summer 2020, emphasizing outdoor settings and sustainability. The No Borders Music Festival, running from July…

• Italian Architecture Festivals: Recovery, Fragility, and Digital Engagement festival-fair

  Italian architecture festivals are evolving in response to the pandemic by incorporating digital formats and emphasizing lesser-known regions. The 'Glocal Tools – Crossing 2020…

• Demanio Marittimo.KM-278 Returns for Tenth Edition on Senigallia Beach festival-fair

  The tenth edition of Demanio Marittimo.KM-278 will take place on July 17, 2020, on Marzocca beach in Senigallia, Italy. Organized by MAPPE magazine, Gagliardini Editore, and the…

• Milano MuseoCity 2020 Returns with Hybrid Digital and Physical Program festival-fair

  Milano MuseoCity returns for its fourth edition from July 31 to August 2, 2020, after being postponed from March due to the pandemic. The event, part of Milan's Aria di Cultura…

• Virginia Mori creates poster for Pesaro 56 film festival festival-fair

  Virginia Mori has designed the official poster for the 56th edition of the Mostra Internazionale del Nuovo Cinema in Pesaro, running from August 22 to 29, 2020. The festival…

• Frieze London and Frieze Masters Cancel 2020 Editions, Announce Online Viewing Room festival-fair

  Frieze London and Frieze Masters, two of the world's most significant art fairs, have canceled their 2020 editions due to the coronavirus pandemic. The events, which typically…

• Festival della Resilienza in Sardegna: street art e rigenerazione urbana festival-fair

  The Festival della Resilienza, which has been organized by ProPositivo since 2015, is set to return to Nuoro, Sardinia, emphasizing urban regeneration and street art. Curated by…

• Fabbrica del Vapore Launches Vapore d’Estate Summer Program in Milan festival-fair

  Vapore d’Estate is kicking off this summer at Fabbrica del Vapore, a creative space for youth located close to Milan's Cimitero Monumentale. Running from July 1 to September 30,…

• MOMENTUM 11 Biennale Announces Curators and Theme for 2021 Edition festival-fair

  The Norwegian biennale MOMENTUM has announced its 11th edition, scheduled for 2021, with a new venue on the island of Jeløya in Moss, Norway. The event is organized by Galleri F15…

• Castiglione Cinema 2020: Third Edition Explores Cinema, Tourism, and Place Branding in Italian Borghi festival-fair

  The third iteration of Castiglione Cinema 2020 – RdC incontra took place on July 3-4, 2020, organized by Fondazione Ente dello Spettacolo and Comune di Castiglione del Lago. The…

• Libero Cinema in Libera Terra goes online for 15th edition festival-fair

  The itinerant anti-mafia film festival Libero Cinema in Libera Terra, promoted by Cinemovel and Libera, moves online for its 15th edition from July 14 to 16, 2020, on MYmovies.…

• CHANGE Festival: Rome's New Architecture Event Debuts Fall 2020 festival-fair

  The architecture festival CHANGE is set to launch in Rome in autumn 2020, following a postponement due to the pandemic. This initiative, developed by Open City Roma, the Order of…

• Bari's Archaeological Park Transforms into Summer Cultural Hub festival-fair

  The archaeological park of San Pietro in Bari's old town, part of the Santa Scolastica monumental complex and its archaeological museum, is being used as a social space for summer…

• Berlin Biennale and Manifesta Adapt to Pandemic with Local Focus and Historical Resonance festival-fair

  The 11th Berlin Biennale is set to commence on September 5, while Manifesta 13 will launch on August 28, both emphasizing community involvement and historical analysis in light of…

• Seconda edizione di Art Nouveau Week dall'8 al 14 luglio 2020 festival-fair

  La seconda edizione della Art Nouveau Week si svolgerà dall'8 al 14 luglio 2020, con eventi sia in Italia che all'estero. Questa manifestazione, sotto la direzione di Andrea…

• MAXXI Roma Summer 2020 Program: Art, Music, and Theater festival-fair

  The MAXXI museum in Rome unveils its summer 2020 initiative, 'Estate al MAXXI,' which includes outdoor art installations, live performances, theater, film screenings, and book…

• INBTWN – In Between: corpo e tecnologia a Centrale Fies festival-fair

  Il festival di Dro (Trento), Centrale Fies, continua la sua programmazione XL con il progetto curatoriale INBTWN – In Between, sotto la direzione di Claudia D'Alonzo, che indaga…

• Museo Novecento Firenze launches summer 2020 program 100\900 festival-fair

  The Museo Novecento in Florence has launched its summer 2020 program, titled 100\900, featuring free evening events in its Renaissance cloister and loggia. The program includes…

• RestART Festival Opens Palermo's Monuments at Night festival-fair

  RestART, a festival in Palermo, opens over twenty historic sites and museums every Friday and Saturday night from July 3 to August 29, 2020, in response to post-lockdown cultural…

• Summer Film Festivals Across Italy: Online and Live Editions festival-fair

  The summer film festival season has kicked off, featuring numerous online and hybrid formats. La Milanesiana, curated by Elisabetta Sgarbi, will take place in various cities until…

• Santarcangelo Festival 2020: 'Futuro fantastico' programma dal 15 al 19 luglio festival-fair

  Dal 15 al 19 luglio 2020, si tiene la prima edizione del Santarcangelo Festival 2050, intitolata 'Futuro fantastico', sotto la direzione di Daniela Nicolò ed Enrico Casagrande del…

• São Paulo Bienal Postponed to 2021 Due to Pandemic, Shifts to Odd-Year Schedule festival-fair

  The 34th São Paulo Bienal has been rescheduled to take place from September 4 to December 5, 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, following a prior one-month delay in March. José…

• Lyon Biennale postponed to 2022 due to pandemic festival-fair

  The 16th edition of the Lyon Biennale, originally scheduled for 2021, has been postponed to September 2022 due to the ongoing health emergency. The decision was made in agreement…

• Fourth Edition of Straperetana Opens July 18 in Pereto festival-fair

  The fourth edition of Straperetana, curated by Saverio Verini, kicks off on July 18 in Pereto, Italy. The exhibition, themed "Produttori di silenzio" or "Producers of Silence,"…

• Frieze London and Masters to Coexist Under One Roof in Pandemic Year festival-fair

  After canceling its New York edition, Frieze is proceeding with Frieze London and Frieze Masters in London from October 8 to 11, 2020, despite pandemic uncertainty. Organizers are…

• Sculpture Garden returns to Geneva with international artists festival-fair

  The Sculpture Garden, Geneva Biennale, returns for its summer 2020 edition, running until September 26. Curated by Balthazar Lovay, former director of Fri Art Kunsthalle in…

• MIA Photo Fair cancels 2020 edition, moves to new Superstudio venue in 2021 festival-fair

  MIA Photo Fair has canceled its 2020 edition due to ongoing COVID-19 uncertainty in Lombardy. The fair, originally scheduled for March 19–22 at The Mall in Milan, was among the…

• Bolzano Danza Festival Presents EDEN: Dance for One Spectator festival-fair

  The Bolzano Danza festival, under artistic director Emanuele Masi, has reimagined its 2020 edition as EDEN – Danza per uno spettatore, a radical response to pandemic restrictions.…

• Festa della Musica 2020: concerti in tutta Italia tra streaming e flashmob festival-fair

  La Festa della Musica 2020 si celebra il 21 giugno in tutta Europa, con oltre 300 città italiane coinvolte e quasi 4.000 artisti, prevalentemente in spazi aperti. Nata in Francia…

• laGuida Festival: cheFare Maps Italy's New Cultural Centers festival-fair

  In 2014, a group of founders—including Tiziano Bonini, Marianna De Martin, and others—established cheFare, a cultural agency that has launched a festival called laGuida. This…

• Ferrara's Secret Gardens Open for Interno Verde Festival festival-fair

  The Interno Verde festival, organized by the association Ilturco since 2016, will open Ferrara's most evocative private gardens to the public on September 12-13, 2020. The event…

• Rome Launches 'Romarama' Summer Program, Names Giorgio de Finis Director of Museo delle Periferie festival-fair

  The city government of Rome has introduced 'Romarama, l'arte che muove la città,' a cultural initiative for the summer at the Campidoglio, reinterpreting the 1977 Estate Romana.…

• Drodesera Festival Goes XL for 40th Anniversary Despite Pandemic festival-fair

  Directed by Barbara Boninsegna, the Drodesera festival marks its 40th anniversary alongside Centrale Fies's 20th, offering an XL format from March 2020 through winter. The summer…

• Castello di Rivoli Launches Pestifera Film Series on Pandemics festival-fair

  Castello di Rivoli, one of the first museums in Italy to reopen after lockdown, is resuming its program with previously closed exhibitions and launching a summer film series…

• Triennale Milano launches four-month summer program with 200+ events festival-fair

  On June 15, 2020, Triennale Milano unveiled its Triennale Estate initiative, a four-month lineup of activities running until September 30, 2020. This program encompasses meetings,…

• MAXXI Roma celebrates 10 years with digital festival festival-fair

  On June 18, 2020, the MAXXI museum in Rome will celebrate its tenth anniversary with a 10-hour digital festival named 'Una storia per il futuro' streamed on its social media…

• Atlas of Transitions Biennale's Summer School Goes Digital Amid Pandemic festival-fair

  The Atlas of Transitions Biennale 2020, originally set for June, has been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, its Summer School, titled 'Performing Resistance.…

• Jan Fabre's 24-hour Mount Olympus streams free for Romaeuropa's 35th festival-fair

  Romaeuropa Festival will stream Jan Fabre's monumental 24-hour performance Mount Olympus. To glorify the cult of tragedy for free on June 14-15, 2020, marking the festival's 35th…

• Artissima's Fondamenta: Online Platform Blends Curatorial Rigor with Market Appeal festival-fair

  Artissima has introduced Fondamenta, an online platform displaying 200 artworks curated by fair section curators in partnership with galleries, accessible until July 5. Ilaria…

• Fashion weeks go digital as coronavirus reshapes global calendar festival-fair

  The fashion show schedule has been significantly altered due to the coronavirus pandemic, prompting a move towards online presentations. The British Fashion Council has declared a…