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• Matera 2019: Fotografia, teatro e residenze per la Capitale della Cultura festival-fair

  Matera Capitale Europea della Cultura 2019 presenta tre eventi chiave. La mostra fotografica 'Terræ Motus', curata da Antonio Di Giacomo, documenta mezzo secolo di terremoti in…

• Silvia Costa's Hiérophanies at Festival d'automne festival-fair

  Silvia Costa staged Incantations at the Cité de la musique – Philharmonie de Paris on 19 September 2019 as part of the Festival d'automne. The concert featured Stèle by Gérard…

• Romaeuropa Festival 2019 Exhibit Section Features Pascale Marthine Tayou and Hans Op de Beeck festival-fair

  The Romaeuropa Festival 2019 has inaugurated its 'Exhibit' section, curated by Monique Veaute, president of the foundation that promotes the event. This section aims to highlight…

• Chicago Architecture Biennial 2019 explores architecture's myriad stories festival-fair

  The third edition of the Chicago Architecture Biennial, titled “… and other such stories”, runs until January 5, 2020, featuring over 80 national participants and more than 100…

• BYE BYE SUMMER: arte, elettronica e natura alla BAM di Milano festival-fair

  Sabato 21 settembre 2019, la BAM – Biblioteca Alberi Milano ha ospitato BYE BYE SUMMER, una giornata di festa per salutare l'estate con arte, natura e musica. Il parco…

• Milano Gallery Weekend debutta dall'11 al 13 ottobre festival-fair

  Dal 11 al 13 ottobre 2019, Milano ospiterà la prima edizione del Gallery Weekend, con aperture straordinarie e iniziative destinate sia al pubblico che ai professionisti.…

• BIENALSUR's Global Network Challenges Traditional Biennial Models with Decentralized Approach festival-fair

  Launched in 2015 through discussions at Argentina's Universidad Nacional Tres de Febrero (UNTREF), BIENALSUR is an international platform that embraces a decentralized approach,…

• Gucci's Milan Fashion Week Show as Artistic Performance festival-fair

  At Milan Fashion Week, Gucci presented a Spring/Summer 2020 collection titled 'Nuove forme di soggettivazione' (New Forms of Subjectivation), conceived by creative director…

• Lo Schermo dell’arte Film Festival 2019: Jeremy Deller Focus, VISIO Program, and New Book festival-fair

  The 12th edition of the Lo Schermo dell’arte Film Festival is set to take place in Florence from November 12 to 17, 2019. British artist Jeremy Deller, who won the Turner Prize in…

• Paris Design Week 2019: Luxury Interior Design and International Talents festival-fair

  During the 2019 Paris Design Week, which was associated with the Maison&Objet fair, the focus was on high-end luxury interior design. Laura Gonzalez received the title of Designer…

• Milan Fashion Week 2019: Sustainability Takes Center Stage Amidst Overproduction Concerns festival-fair

  Milan Fashion Week 2019 kicked off with the 'A New Awareness' initiative, spearheaded by Sara Maino Sozzani, Marina Spadafora, Matteo Ward, and Hakan Karaosman, focusing on…

• IVIPRO Days explores video games as cultural tools for tourism, history, and museums in Ferrara festival-fair

  The IVIPRO Days conference took place in Ferrara from September 14 to 15, 2019. This event was organized by IVIPRO and Game Happens, receiving co-funding from the Emilia-Romagna…

• Firenze Fotografia d’Architettura 2019 Debuts with City-Wide Exhibitions festival-fair

  Firenze Fotografia d’Architettura (FFdA) makes its debut in Florence, taking place during the final two months of Estate Fiorentina 2019. This initiative, organized by Fondazione…

• Jump! di Opera Bianco debutta al Festival Crisalide: il clown come allegoria della condizione umana festival-fair

  Il duo artistico Opera Bianco, formato da Vincenzo Schino e Marta Bichisao, ha presentato il nuovo lavoro Jump! al Festival Crisalide. L'opera, sviluppata in residenza a Rovereto…

• Digitalive 2019: Romaeuropa Festival's Digital Arts Program Returns to Mattatoio festival-fair

  The Romaeuropa Festival launches the second edition of Digitalive, a program dedicated to digital and performing arts, taking place at Mattatoio in Rome from October 4 to 6, 2019.…

• Photoville 2019 Returns to Brooklyn Bridge with Container Exhibitions festival-fair

  Photoville, New York's most scenic photography festival, returns to the Brooklyn Bridge for its 2019 edition, running through September 22. The festival's signature format uses…

• Matera 2019: Sculpture, Music, and Performance in European Capital of Culture festival-fair

  Matera, European Capital of Culture 2019, hosts three major events this weekend. Pietro Fortuna's site-specific sculpture 'Novitas' is installed in the Parco della Murgia…

• Invideo Festival Moves to Crema for 29th Edition festival-fair

  The 29th edition of Invideo, the international festival of video art and experimental cinema, titled Lunatica, will take place from September 19 to 22 in Crema, Italy, moving from…

• Festa Franca 2019: Forare il tubo a Cannara festival-fair

  La terza edizione di Festa Franca si terrà il 21 settembre 2019 a Cannara, in provincia di Perugia, presso lo studio di Adelaide Cioni e Fabio Giorgi Alberti. Questo evento,…

• ANTI Festival 2019 in Kuopio Explores Death Through Performance festival-fair

  The 18th edition of ANTI Contemporary Art Festival took place in Kuopio, Finland, from September 10 to 15, 2019, under the theme of death. Artistic directors Johanna Tuukkanen and…

• Lyon Biennale 2019: Watery Landscapes at Fagor Factories festival-fair

  The 15th Lyon Biennale, titled 'Là où les eaux se mêlent' (Where Waters Mix), commenced on September 18, 2019, at Usines Fagor and the Musée d'art contemporain de Lyon, and will…

• Lyon Biennale 2019: Collateral Shows Feature Kiefer, Mastrovito, and Emerging Artists festival-fair

  The Lyon Biennale's extensive collateral program spans emerging and established contemporary artists. The traditional Rendez-vous group show at IAC presents ten young artists from…

• ARTBO Celebrates 15th Edition with 67 Galleries from 17 Countries in Bogotá festival-fair

  The 15th edition of ARTBO, the Bogotá International Art Fair, runs from September 19 to 22, 2024, consolidating its status as a key Latin American art event. Occupying 13,000…

• Berlin Atonal 2019: Distorted Realities in a Former Power Plant festival-fair

  Berlin Atonal 2019 took place in a former thermoelectric plant in Berlin, a cathedral-sized complex that normally houses two of the city's most famous nightclubs. The five-day…

• Lyon Biennale 2019: Kolossal Installations at Usines Fagor and MAC festival-fair

  The 2019 Lyon Biennale has opened, transforming the vast former industrial space Usines Fagor and the MAC museum into a sprawling exhibition of large-scale site-specific…

• Wop Art Lugano 2019: Project Space with Photocopies and Independent Spaces festival-fair

  At the 2019 Wop Art fair in Lugano, a new section called Project Space was introduced, managed by curators Lucia Aspesi, Fiammetta Grignoli, Lorenzo Balbi, and Giulia Coletti,…

• Matera 2019: A Sound Art Journey Through the City's Acoustic Heritage festival-fair

  In September 2019, Matera, recognized as the European Capital of Culture in 2019, showcases sound art projects that delve into themes of sound, silence, and nature. The initiative…

• Matera 2019: Theatre as a Stage for Ecological and Political Reflection festival-fair

  The city of Matera, European Capital of Culture 2019, hosts a series of performances and events under the umbrella 'La città come palcoscenico' (The City as Stage). Central is…

• Romaeuropa Festival Opens with Tribute to Brazil festival-fair

  The 34th edition of the Romaeuropa Festival, titled 'Landscapes,' begins today and runs until November 24, featuring 337 artists from 27 countries. The festival opens with a…

• Matera 2019: Six citizen-proposed projects for the European Capital of Culture festival-fair

  Six citizen-proposed projects will take place in Matera and the Basilicata region as part of Matera 2019 European Capital of Culture. The projects include: an open-air performance…

• Matera 2019: Film and Migration Projects in Basilicata festival-fair

  The article, published on Artribune, covers multiple participatory film and art projects in Basilicata, Italy, tied to Matera's year as European Capital of Culture 2019. The…

• Matera 2019: itinerari tra fede e comunità per la Capitale Europea della Cultura festival-fair

  Matera 2019, Capitale Europea della Cultura, presenta due progetti di percorsi: 'Cammini' e 'PPP – People, Places, Purposes'. Il primo, co-prodotto da Matera 2019, l'Associazione…

• Matera 2019: Food and Community Projects festival-fair

  The Mammamiaaa project, co-produced with Associazione Casa Netural, launched in Matera in March 2019 with the Social Food Forum curated by John Thackara. The forum included a…

• Bill Murray to Receive Career Award at Rome Film Fest 2019 festival-fair

  The 14th edition of the Festa del Cinema di Roma will take place from October 17 to 27, 2019, at the Auditorium Parco della Musica. The official poster features Greta Garbo from…

• 39th Oriente Occidente Festival in Rovereto Features Chinese and Eastern European Dance festival-fair

  The 39th edition of the Oriente Occidente festival in Rovereto, Italy, focused on themes of contemporary global issues including China's Silk Road exchanges, Eastern European…

• FestiWall 2019 concludes in Ragusa with six new murals by international artists festival-fair

  The fifth and final edition of FestiWall, a public art festival in Ragusa, Sicily, is underway until September 15, 2019. Founded in 2015, the festival has transformed the city…

• RAID Caterpillar: Live Cinema and Public Art in L'Aquila's Historic Center festival-fair

  On September 8, 2019, RAID Caterpillar was held in the historic center of L'Aquila, which had been affected by an earthquake. This event was organized by the non-profit Off Site…

• Venice Glass Week 2019: Interviews with Lucia Massari, Laura de Santillana, Lara Lütke festival-fair

  The 2019 edition of The Venice Glass Week, held concurrently with the Nomad design fair, featured exhibitions and interviews with three designers: Lucia Massari, Laura de…

• Constellations Festival Returns to Toulon for 9th Edition festival-fair

  The Constellations festival, founded by choreographer Frank Micheletti, returns to Toulon for its 9th edition from September 18-22, 2019. The festival features dance, music, and…

• The Others Fair Moves to Former Military Hospital in Turin festival-fair

  The Others Fair, an independent art event in Turin, has moved to the historic Alessandro Riberi Military Hospital located at Corso IV Novembre, following five years at Le Nuove…