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• Siena's New Right-Wing Government Appoints No Culture Councillor institutional

  After 70 years of left-wing rule, Siena has elected a right-wing administration under Mayor Luigi De Mossi. The new council was announced after the Palio horse race, a traditional…

• Silvana Annicchiarico resigns as director of Triennale Design Museum after 11 years institutional

  Silvana Annicchiarico has resigned as director of the Triennale Design Museum, a position she held since 2007. The official statement from the press office, released by president…

• Bologna's Cultural Revolution: Arte Fiera at a Crossroads institutional

  Bologna is pursuing a radical overhaul of Arte Fiera, integrating it into a year-round contemporary art strategy for the city. Assessor Matteo Lepore revealed that Lorenzo Balbi,…

• Monitor Gallery Rome Celebrates 15 Years with Founder Interview institutional

  Monitor gallery in Rome, founded by a gallerist who remains unnamed in the source, marks its 15th anniversary. The gallerist reflects on the gallery's evolution, emphasizing a…

• Campo: il corso per curatori della Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo institutional

  Campo, il corso per aspiranti curatori promosso dalla Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo di Torino, si distingue per un approccio curatoriale ispirato a Maria Lind, che vede la…

• Angela Vettese Leaves Arte Fiera, Lorenzo Balbi Takes Over institutional

  Angela Vettese announced her resignation as the director of Arte Fiera in Bologna on Facebook, effective immediately, on July 1, 2018. She hands over her responsibilities to…

• Accademia di Brera sigla partnership con Banca MPS ed Equita institutional

  L'Accademia di Brera ha annunciato due nuove partnership a luglio 2018. La prima è un rinnovo con Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena, che per l'iniziativa Accademia Aperta (attiva…

• Luca Beatrice resigns as president of Circolo dei Lettori in Turin institutional

  Luca Beatrice has stepped down as president of Circolo dei Lettori in Turin after eight years, a move requested by the region's majority shareholder, the Piedmont Region, to…

• MiBACT launches AI-driven urban regeneration call for Italian peripheries institutional

  The Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism (MiBACT), through its Directorate General for Contemporary Art and Architecture and Urban Peripheries (DGAAP)…

• Gender inequality persists in art world as Hilma af Klint's legacy and Pinacoteca's new director Jochen Volz highlighted institutional

  Gender inequality continues to be a pervasive issue within the contemporary art landscape, with systemic disparities affecting recognition and opportunities for women artists. The…

• Sabine Lovatelli's Mozarteum Brasileiro Celebrates 35 Years with Classical Music Expansion institutional

  In 1981, Sabine Lovatelli, a cultural figure originally from Germany, established the Mozarteum Brasileiro in São Paulo alongside Claude Sanguszko. This organization has organized…

• CoopCulture opens new café concept store at Museo Salinas in Palermo institutional

  CoopCulture inaugurates the Cafè Culture Concept Store at the Museo Archeologico Antonino Salinas in Palermo on June 28, 2018. The new space combines a café with WiFi, a bookshop,…

• Italian Court Upholds Foreign Museum Directors' Appointments institutional

  On June 25, 2018, Italy's Council of State definitively ruled that non-Italian citizens can legally direct state museums, ending a two-year legal battle. The case began in 2015…

• Magic Carpets International Residency Network Completes First Year institutional

  In July 2018, Magic Carpets, a global network of artist residencies supported by the European Commission’s Creative Europe Programme, wraps up its inaugural year. Founded by…

• Chiostro del Bramante Open Call for 5 Young Curators to Work with Danilo Eccher institutional

  The Chiostro del Bramante in Rome has launched a free open call for five young people aged 23 to 35 to join the team for its upcoming contemporary art exhibition. The initiative,…

• Dia Foundation to Renovate and Expand New York Spaces institutional

  The Dia Art Foundation has announced a $78 million fundraising campaign to renovate and expand its Chelsea and Beacon locations, reactivate a Soho space, and revitalize two Walter…

• Carlo Maresca SpA Expands Young Artist Support in Pescara with New Editions and Gallery institutional

  In Pescara, the Carlo Maresca SpA, led by Silvio Maresca, has launched the second edition of I Giardini d'Arte di Via Caravaggio, a project supporting emerging artists. Curated by…

• MASP Secures 30-Year Loan of 66 Works from B3 Stock Exchange, Filling Gaps in Brazilian Modernism institutional

  The Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand (MASP) has entered into a 30-year loan agreement with the São Paulo stock exchange B3, acquiring 66 artworks for its collection.…

• Livorno opens call for museum director institutional

  The Municipality of Livorno has launched a public selection for a Scientific Director of its civic museums, including the Museo Civico Giovanni Fattori and the Museo della Città.…

• Roy Lichtenstein Foundation closes, donates works to Whitney and Smithsonian institutional

  The Roy Lichtenstein Foundation, established in 1999 by the artist and his family, has decided to close and donate its holdings to two major American museums. Over 400 works…

• Agustín Pérez Rubio Departs Malba After Transformative Directorship institutional

  Agustín Pérez Rubio concludes his tenure as artistic director of the Malba, the Latin American Art Museum of Buenos Aires, after implementing significant institutional reforms.…

• Acqua Foundation Launches in Palermo at Manifesta 12 institutional

  Aurelia Musumeci Greco has founded Acqua Foundation, a new nonprofit that merges environmental advocacy with contemporary art. The foundation will debut at Manifesta 12 in Palermo…

• José Guirao appointed Spain's new culture minister after scandal institutional

  Following the forced resignation of Máxim Huerta after just one week as Spain's Minister of Culture and Sport due to a tax fraud scandal involving approximately €250,000, Prime…

• Christian Greco on Transforming Turin's Egyptian Museum institutional

  Christian Greco, director of the Museo Egizio di Torino since 2014, was selected from 101 candidates. He arrived in Leiden on January 7, 1997, at age 21, after earning a degree in…

• Genoa's Villa Croce Museum Reduced to Party Venue for Soccer Ultras institutional

  Villa Croce, Genoa's contemporary art museum, has been transformed into a recreational center hosting pilates, yoga, and a party for Sampdoria soccer ultras on June 8-9, 2018. The…

• Museion Bolzano seeks new director after Letizia Ragaglia's term ends institutional

  Museion Bolzano has published a call for applications for its next director, as Letizia Ragaglia reaches the statutory maximum of eight years in leadership. Ragaglia served as…

• New Foundation for Textile Art Launches in Como institutional

  On January 26, 2018, a new foundation focused on industrial textile and fiber art was launched in Como by Nazzarena Bortolaso, artist-designer Mimmo Totaro, and Giancarlo Sponga,…

• Italian Tourism Ministry to Leave Culture and Join Agriculture institutional

  The Italian government is moving the tourism portfolio from the Ministry of Cultural Heritage (Mibact) to the Ministry of Agriculture (Mipaf). Minister of Agriculture Gian Marco…

• Okwui Enwezor steps down as director of Haus der Kunst Munich institutional

  Okwui Enwezor has stepped down from his role as artistic director of the Haus der Kunst in Munich due to health issues. He remarked, "There is no ideal time to leave, but I am…

• Performance Art Foundation Launches in San Francisco institutional

  Collector Carla Emil has founded the Performance Art Foundation in San Francisco, filling a perceived gap for a dedicated performance art space in the city. The foundation, also…

• Turin's cultural leadership crisis deepens as Laura Milani resigns from Museo Nazionale del Cinema institutional

  Laura Milani has resigned as president of the Museo Nazionale del Cinema in Turin, citing the need to focus on her roles at IAAD – The Italian University for Design and La scuola…

• Giuseppe Pero Gallery in Milan Closes After 23 Years institutional

  Giuseppe Pero's Milan gallery, active since 1995, is closing after 23 years. The final exhibition, titled '1000eventi. Storie di galleria,' opens May 31 and features works from…

• Alberto Bonisoli appointed Italian Minister of Cultural Heritage institutional

  After 88 days of political crisis, the M5S-Lega government was formed on the eve of Italy's Republic Day, June 2, 2018. Luigi Di Maio and Matteo Salvini announced a joint…

• CULT Network Launches in Rome to Bridge Diplomacy and Culture institutional

  On May 26, at the Silvano Toti Globe Theatre in Villa Borghese, Rome, the CULT network was launched by Cultura Italiae, an association founded in 2016. CULT (Cultura Diplomazia,…

• Grenoble's Le Magasin rebrands as Magasin Horizons under new director institutional

  Le Magasin, one of France's most prestigious contemporary art centers in Grenoble, is undergoing a radical transformation under director Béatrice Josse, appointed in 2016. The…

• Museion President Marion Piffer Damiani Reflects on a Decade of Leadership institutional

  Marion Piffer Damiani, president of the Museion Foundation since 2010, discusses the museum's evolution over ten years. Museion, founded in 2006 as a private foundation by the…

• TBA21–Academy to Open Ocean Space in Venice's Church of San Lorenzo institutional

  Francesca von Habsburg, founder of the Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary (TBA21) in Vienna, announced the opening of Ocean Space in Venice. The hub, located in the Church of San…

• Canadian Museum for Human Rights: Inclusive Design Pioneer institutional

  The Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg, opened in 2014, was designed from the outset with inclusive principles. A multidisciplinary team, including disabled activists,…

• Muzeum Susch: New Contemporary Art Museum in Swiss Alps Opens January 2019 institutional

  Muzeum Susch, a hybrid museum and laboratory founded by Polish entrepreneur and collector Grażyna Kulczyk, will open on January 2, 2019, in the remote Alpine village of Susch,…

• Washington mandates police museum visits to improve race relations institutional

  Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has made it mandatory for all 3,800 officers of the Metropolitan Police Department to visit the Smithsonian National Museum of African American…