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• 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…

• Art Basel Hong Kong 2021 Postponed to May Due to Pandemic festival-fair

  Art Basel Hong Kong 2021 has been postponed from March to May 21–23 (with previews on May 19–20) at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, due to the ongoing COVID-19…

• 38th Torino Film Festival Goes Fully Online with Gender-Equal Competition festival-fair

  The 38th edition of the Torino Film Festival, directed by Stefano Francia di Celle, will take place entirely online from November 20 to 28 on MyMovies due to the worsening…

• GLOW Light Festival 2020: Connecting the Dots with 1,000 LEDs and 20,000 Children festival-fair

  The GLOW Light Festival in Eindhoven, Netherlands, was cancelled in 2020 due to pandemic restrictions, but the city launched a special installation titled "Connecting the Dots" as…

• Club to Club Festival Goes Fully Online, Draws 49K+ Views festival-fair

  The Club to Club festival, founded in 2002 by Associazione Culturale Xplosiva, was forced to abandon its hybrid format and move entirely online due to Italy's red zone…

• GemellArte 2020: Street art unites Terni and Saint Ouen in Renaissance-themed festival festival-fair

  The second edition of GemellArte, an international contemporary art festival organized by Gn Media and directed by Chiara Ronchini, has opened in Terni, Italy. The project revives…

• Cinema d’iDEA 2020 Goes Online with Films by Women Directors festival-fair

  The fourth edition of Cinema d’iDEA, a festival celebrating films made by women, will take place online from November 15 to 21, 2020, and will be available throughout Italy via…

• Ravenna street art festival Subsidenze reimagines Dante and Virgil festival-fair

  From September 22 to 30, 2020, Ravenna hosted its sixth Subsidenze urban art festival, showcasing four murals along with a temporary installation by artists Zed1, Millo,…

• West Bund Art & Design 2020 Opens as Key Shanghai Art Event festival-fair

  The West Bund Art & Design fair in Shanghai, which runs until November 15, signals a resurgence in China's art market, coinciding with the Young Art Fair. This prominent event,…

• Arte Fiera Bologna Cancelled for 2021, Rescheduled to 2022 festival-fair

  Arte Fiera Bologna, originally scheduled for January 2021, has been cancelled due to Italy's COVID-19 restrictions. The decision follows the government's November 3 decree banning…

• ArtVerona 2020 goes digital with three online events festival-fair

  ArtVerona's 16th edition, originally scheduled for October 2020 and postponed to December, has been definitively moved to 2021 due to the second wave of the pandemic and the…

• BRAFA 2021 pivots to decentralized 'home edition' amid pandemic festival-fair

  The Brussels art fair BRAFA has postponed its January 2021 edition to 2022 due to the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. In its place, the fair launched BRAFA @ HOME in the…

• Artissima Unplugged: Stasi Frenetica diffusa a Torino rimandata per lockdown festival-fair

  A Torino, prima dell'entrata in vigore dell'ultimo Dpcm, si è svolta una 'non inaugurazione' per la mostra Stasi Frenetica, curata da Artissima Unplugged. La preview riservata ai…

• Flashback 2020 goes diffuse across Turin galleries amid pandemic festival-fair

  Due to health concerns, Flashback 2020 has relocated from Pala Alpitour to several galleries in Turin, which will remain open until November 8. The Galleria del Ponte is expecting…

• Legacy and Memory at the Venice Biennale Danza festival-fair

  The 2020 Venice Biennale Danza featured two distinct approaches to artistic legacy. An unreleased 1987 film by Pina Bausch, titled "AHNEN ahnen," was discovered in her archive by…

• Ro.Me Museum Exhibition 2020 goes fully digital for its third edition festival-fair

  Ro.Me Museum Exhibition 2020, originally planned as a hybrid event, will now be entirely online due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The third edition runs from November 25 to 27, 2020,…

• DAMA Fair Cancels 2020 Edition Amid Pandemic festival-fair

  The DAMA fair in Turin has canceled its 2020 edition, originally planned as a Live Programme at Palazzo Chiablese from November 5-8. Founder Giorgio Galotti announced the decision…

• Biennale Musica 2020: A 'Proximity' Edition in Pandemic Times festival-fair

  The 2020 Biennale Musica in Venice, the last curated by Ivan Fedele, proved remarkably suited to the pandemic era despite being planned before COVID-19. Titled 'Incontri'…

• The Others Fair Cancelled, Organizers Open Empty Pavilion to Public festival-fair

  The Others art fair in Turin has been cancelled due to Italy's new COVID-19 restrictions, which ban all trade fairs. Despite adhering to health measures and securing the spacious…

• Generazione Spontanea: Emotional Archive at Palermo's Festival of Migrant Literatures festival-fair

  The sixth edition of the Festival delle Letterature Migranti in Palermo (October 21–25, 2020) introduced a visual arts section titled Generazione Spontanea, curated by Agata…

• EDIT Napoli 2020: 70 espositori tra design e artigianato al Complesso di San Domenico Maggiore festival-fair

  EDIT Napoli, curated by Domitilla Dardi and Emilia Petruccelli, was organized in collaboration with the Culture and Tourism Department of the Municipality of Naples, featuring 70…

• Davide Bertuccio Wins Canon Prize at Cortona On The Move festival-fair

  The 2020 edition of Cortona On The Move, an international documentary photography festival in the Tuscan countryside, has shifted its focus to visual narrative and aims to create…

• Gabriele Mainetti presenta 8 minuti di Freaks Out alla Festa del Cinema di Roma festival-fair

  Alla Festa del Cinema di Roma, il regista Gabriele Mainetti ha tenuto un incontro ravvicinato con il pubblico, dialogando con il direttore artistico Antonio Monda e il…

• Biennale Teatro 2020 Confronts Censorship in Venice festival-fair

  The 2020 Biennale Teatro, the final edition under Antonio Latella's direction, took place in September instead of its usual summer slot. The festival centered on the theme of…

• Paratissima Art Station Kicks Off Turin Pre-Art Week with Hybrid Format festival-fair

  Paratissima has launched its 2020 edition as Paratissima Art Station, a multi-stage fair spread over two months, beating other Turin art fairs by ten days. The first stop,…

• Videocittà 2020 Goes Hybrid: Rome Festival Extends to January 2021 with YouTube Channel festival-fair

  Videocittà, a vision festival established in Rome in 2018 by Francesco Rutelli and artistic director Francesco Dobrovich, has revamped its format for its third iteration, which…