Festivals & Fairs

Art fairs, biennials, triennials, festivals and cultural manifestations — Art Basel, Frieze, TEFAF, Venice Biennale and beyond.

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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…
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…

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