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• Letizia Lamartire's Debut Film 'Saremo giovani e bellissimi' Premieres at Venice Film Festival festival-fair

  Letizia Lamartire's debut feature 'Saremo giovani e bellissimi' premiered at the 2018 Venice Film Festival. The film explores the complex relationship between mother Isabella…

• Chart Art Fair 2018 in Copenhagen Launches Chart Design Section festival-fair

  Chart Art Fair, the leading Nordic contemporary art fair founded in 2013 by Copenhagen galleries Susanne Ottesen, Bo Bjerggaard, V1, Andersen’s, and David Risley, runs until…

• Venice Film Festival Day 3: Cuarón's Roma, Welles' Posthumous Film, and Lady Gaga's Red Carpet festival-fair

  The 75th Venice Film Festival faced a rainy weekend, threatening the glamour of the red carpet, especially with Lady Gaga expected for 'A Star Is Born' directed by Bradley Cooper.…

• Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper Premiere 'A Star is Born' at Venice Film Festival festival-fair

  Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper arrived at the Lido di Venezia for the 75th Venice Film Festival to present 'A Star is Born', Cooper's directorial debut. The film, screened out of…

• Piet Oudolf to Transform Bergamo's Piazza Vecchia for I Maestri del Paesaggio 2018 festival-fair

  The eighth edition of I Maestri del Paesaggio, a festival dedicated to green spaces in Bergamo, Italy, is happening from September 6 to 23, 2018, under the theme 'Plant…

• 10th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art runs June-September 2018 across multiple venues festival-fair

  The 10th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art opened on June 9, 2018, presenting contemporary art across various locations throughout the German capital. Running through September…

• PLUFF-Moving Images Film Screening at Cinema Pepe, Lido di Venezia festival-fair

  The first film series, PLUFF-Moving Images, will take place on September 5 and 6 at the Cinema Pepe installation, which was developed by the collectives Parasite 2.0 and…

• Nuit Blanche 2018: Four Constellations Illuminate Paris festival-fair

  Paris's Nuit Blanche returns on October 6-7, 2018, with four curated routes called 'Constellations' by artistic director Gaël Charbau. The free all-night event, launched in 2002,…

• Venezia 75 Opens with First Man and Sulla mia pelle festival-fair

  The 75th Venice Film Festival opened on August 29, 2018, with two claustrophobic true stories: Damien Chazelle's 'First Man' about Neil Armstrong and Alessio Cremonini's 'Sulla…

• Stefano Cucchi's Story Opens Venice Film Festival's Orizzonti Section festival-fair

  The 75th Venice International Film Festival opens its Orizzonti section with 'Sulla mia pelle,' a film directed by Alessio Cremonini about the final days of Stefano Cucchi, who…

• Damien Chazelle's 'First Man' Opens Venice Film Festival festival-fair

  Damien Chazelle's 'First Man' opened the 2018 Venice Film Festival, shifting from his previous musical 'La La Land' to a biographical drama about astronaut Neil Armstrong. The…

• Drawing Room Madrid Expands to Lisbon with New Fair festival-fair

  Drawing Room Lisboa, a new fair dedicated to contemporary drawing and works on paper, will hold its inaugural edition from October 10 to 14, 2018, at the Sociedade Nacional de…

• Giphy Launches Film Festival for Animated GIFs Under 18 Seconds festival-fair

  Giphy, the online GIF platform founded in 2013, has announced The Giphy Film Fest, a film festival dedicated to micro-films lasting less than 18 seconds. The event will take place…

• Altrove Festival 2018: Post-Graffiti Stress Disorder at MARCA Museum festival-fair

  The fifth edition of Altrove Festival in Catanzaro, held August 8-9, 2018, featured the exhibition 'PGSD – Post-Graffiti Stress Disorder' at Museo MARCA, curated by Edoardo Suraci…

• Arles Photography Festival: Success or Flop? festival-fair

  The 2018 edition of Les Rencontres de la Photographie in Arles, France, ran from July 2 to September 23, attracting a record 18,500 visitors during the opening week and an…

• Lower East Side Launches Independent Art Week as Alternative to Fairs festival-fair

  The first edition of the Lower East Side Art Week (LES Art Week) will take place from October 17 to 21, 2018, in Manhattan's Lower East Side neighborhood. Approximately twenty…

• Drodesera Festival Closes with Night of Performance and Darkness festival-fair

  The 38th edition of the Drodesera festival, titled Supercontinent², concluded on July 28, 2018, at Centrale Fies in Dro, Italy. The festival, directed by artistic directors and…

• Venice Film Festival Director on VR, Genre Cinema, and Streaming's Impact festival-fair

  Alberto Barbera, the Venice Film Festival's director, highlights the 75th edition's emphasis on virtual reality (VR), auteur filmmaking, and streaming services. The VR competition…

• Blazers/Blasons Launches Embroidered Bib Collection at Multiple Art Days festival-fair

  Blazers/Blasons, an evolving project at the intersection of contemporary art, craftsmanship, and fashion, will launch a collection of embroidered bibs at the Multiple Art Days…

• Unnamed: Ritual Space on Senigallia Beach festival-fair

  On July 21, 2018, the project Unnamed, a ritual space, took place on Marzocca Beach in Senigallia during the Demanio Marittimo Km-278 event. Curated by Davide Quadrio, the work…

• Manifesta's Rhetorics Examined: A Conference on European Biennials festival-fair

  A conference titled 'Unpinning the Butterfly' at Manifesta 12 in Palermo in 2018 examined the rhetorical foundations of the nomadic European biennial. The event featured…

• Palermo's Botanical Garden and Manifesta 12's Planetary Garden Theme festival-fair

  Manifesta 12, the European Nomadic Biennial, took place in Palermo in 2018 under the theme 'Il Giardino Planetario. Coltivare la coesistenza' (The Planetary Garden. Cultivating…

• Straperetana 2018: Flavio Favelli and Summer Theory in Pereto festival-fair

  The article is a poetic reflection on time, transformation, and the Straperetana art festival in Pereto, Italy, in July 2018. It features works by artist Flavio Favelli, whose…

• Festa del Grafisme: Underground Design Festival on Costa Brava festival-fair

  Portbou, the last town in the Pyrenees on the Costa Brava, hosts the Festa del Grafisme, an annual late-summer gathering celebrating underground design. Now in its 11th edition…

• Michele Di Stefano's Bermudas_Tequila Sunrise Premieres at Bolzano Danza festival-fair

  Michele Di Stefano's new dance piece Bermudas_Tequila Sunrise, performed by his company Mk, debuted at the Bolzano Danza festival. The work evokes the Bermuda Triangle through…

• Straperetana Returns to Abruzzo Mountains for Second Edition festival-fair

  The second edition of Straperetana, a contemporary art festival in the remote Abruzzo mountain village of Pereto, features site-specific works by over a dozen artists. The…

• Jaou Tunis: Lina Lazaar on Art, Identity, and Community festival-fair

  Lina Lazaar, vice president of the Kamel Lazaar Foundation, discusses the eighth edition of Jaou, a cultural caravan she founded in 2013. The 2018 edition in Tunis focused on…

• Transart 2018: Contemporary Art in Unlikely Alto Adige Venues festival-fair

  The 18th Transart festival takes place from September 6 to 30, 2018, across various unique locations in Alto Adige, including factories, churches, and castles. It kicks off at…

• Siren Festival 2018: Public Image Ltd Headline in Vasto festival-fair

  The Siren Festival in Vasto, Abruzzo, held from July 26 to 29, 2018, featured Public Image Ltd (PiL) as the Saturday headliner. The festival, now in its fifth year, is a fixture…

• London Design Biennale 2018 Explores Emotional States at Somerset House festival-fair

  The second edition of the London Design Biennale, running from September 4 to 23, 2018, at Somerset House, features projects from over 40 countries. Curated by Joseph Grima—the…

• Lake Como Design Fair Debuts with Curatorial Focus on Collectible Design festival-fair

  The Lake Como Design Fair is set to take place from September 20 to 23, 2018, at Teatro Sociale in Como, Italy. Curated by Margherita Ratti and Lorenzo Butti, the event highlights…

• David Lynch's Festival of Disruption Returns to Los Angeles festival-fair

  David Lynch's Festival of Disruption, a two-day event blending art, music, and culture, returns to The Theatre at Ace Hotel in Los Angeles on October 13. The festival funds the…

• Mario Mieli's queer performance resurrected at Drodesera Festival festival-fair

  During the Drodesera Festival in Dro, Italy, the weekend dedicated to the Live Works performance award highlighted a previously unrecognized photographic performance by Mario…

• Florence's Estate Fiorentina festival expands with €1M budget and new urban initiatives festival-fair

  The Estate Fiorentina, Florence's interdisciplinary summer festival, has grown into a six-month cultural program with nearly 1,000 events, largely free. The 2018 edition boasts a…

• Martina Melilli's 'My Home, in Libya' Premieres at Locarno Festival festival-fair

  Italian filmmaker Martina Melilli (born 1987) premiered her debut feature 'My Home, in Libya' at the 71st Locarno Festival in the Fuori Concorso section. The film, produced by…

• Cosmesi Collective Fakes a Band at Drodesera Festival festival-fair

  At the 38th edition of Drodesera, a contemporary arts festival titled Supercontinent 2, Centrale Fies in Dro transformed into a musical club. Among the performers was Cosmesi, a…

• Santarcangelo Festival 2018: Nicola Gunn and Ingri Fiksdal on Performance and Ritual festival-fair

  The 48th edition of the Santarcangelo Festival concluded on July 15, 2018. Artistic directors Eva Neklyaeva and Lisa Gilardino invited Australian artist Nicola Gunn and Norwegian…

• Reveal International Contemporary Art Fair Launches in Saratoga Springs festival-fair

  The Reveal International Contemporary Art Fair, a boutique modern and contemporary art fair, will debut at the Saratoga Springs City Center from August 3 to 5, 2018, with a VIP…

• Demanio Marittimo Km-278: 12 ore di cultura sulla spiaggia di Marzocca festival-fair

  L'ottava edizione di Demanio Marittimo.Km-278, curata da Cristiana Colli, si tiene il 25 agosto 2018 sulla spiaggia di Marzocca a Senigallia, con il tema 'Coesistenza'. L'evento,…

• Popsophia 2018: Six Exhibitions Explore Dream vs Reality in Civitanova Alta festival-fair

  From August 2 to 5, 2018, Civitanova Alta in Italy will welcome the eighth Popsophia festival, centered around the theme 'Dreams are my reality.' Lucrezia Ercoli is the curator,…