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• Magazzino Italian Art Uses Wearable Tech for Social Distancing institutional

  Magazzino Italian Art in New York is reopening and introducing EGOpro Active Tags, innovative wearable devices that use UWB radio technology to help maintain social distancing.…

• Bank Gallery Shanghai director on reopening after COVID-19 lockdown institutional

  Mathieu Borysevicz, founder and director of Bank Gallery in Shanghai, discusses the gallery's reopening after China's COVID-19 lockdown. The gallery, founded in July 2013 and…

• Daniele Pitteri Appointed CEO of Fondazione Musica per Roma institutional

  Daniele Pitteri has been appointed as the new CEO of Fondazione Musica per Roma, the organization that manages Rome's Auditorium Parco della Musica. He succeeds José Ramon Dosal,…

• Museums and Exhibitions Reopen Across Trentino and Friuli Venezia Giulia institutional

  As Italy progresses to Phase 2 of its COVID-19 reopening, museums in Trentino Alto Adige and Friuli Venezia Giulia are implementing safety protocols as they welcome visitors back.…

• FAI reopens 64 sites with new safety measures after COVID-19 closure institutional

  On May 22, 2020, the FAI – Fondo Ambiente Italiano reopened its 64 cultural sites following a two-month shutdown due to COVID-19. Marco Magnifico, the executive vice president,…

• Teatro di Roma scandal: executives raise salaries amid crisis institutional

  The Teatro di Roma is embroiled in a controversy over executive appointments and salary increases during a period of severe hardship for cultural workers. Lega councilors Maurizio…

• Gianfranco Maraniello concludes MART directorship with video farewell institutional

  Gianfranco Maraniello has concluded his five-year leadership at Trento and Rovereto's MART – Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea. During a video conference announcement, he…

• MAC USP to Elect New Leadership on June 9 Amid Pandemic Challenges institutional

  On June 9, the University of São Paulo (USP) will hold elections for a new director of its Museum of Contemporary Art (MAC USP), succeeding Carlos Roberto Ferreira Brandão and Ana…

• IULM University Launches Art Management Degree Programs for Future Professionals institutional

  IULM University in Milan offers a Bachelor's in Arts, Performance, and Cultural Events and a Master's in Art, Enhancement and Market, designed to train professionals for the art…

• Mibact launches online survey to understand museum visitors' needs post-lockdown institutional

  As Italy gradually emerges from lockdown and enters Phase 2 of the Coronavirus emergency management, cultural venues are reopening. After the first week of reopening, about 80…

• Hara Museum of Contemporary Art to Close Historic Tokyo Building institutional

  The Hara Museum of Contemporary Art in Tokyo will close its historic building in Gotenyama, Kita-Shinagawa, due to prohibitive maintenance and structural upgrade costs. The…

• Madre Museum Naples Reopens with New Programs and Commissions institutional

  The Madre Museum in Naples has reopened under Phase 2 of Italy's COVID-19 lockdown easing. President Laura Valente announced a full new program, including the extension of the…

• V&A Museum Launches Call for Coronavirus Collection institutional

  The Victoria and Albert Museum in London is building a collection documenting the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing on handmade signs, drawings, and messages created during lockdown.…

• Museo Marino Marini Firenze riapre il 15 giugno: intervista alla presidente Patrizia Asproni institutional

  Il Museo Marino Marini di Firenze riaprirà le sue porte dopo il 15 giugno, come comunicato dalla presidente Patrizia Asproni. Saranno adottate misure per garantire il…

• OCAT Shenzhen curator Chen Baiqi on museum reopening amid pandemic institutional

  Chen Baiqi, curator of OCAT Shenzhen, discusses the museum's pandemic response. OCAT, founded in 2005 and sponsored by state-owned OCT Group, operates multiple contemporary art…

• Vicente Todolí on HangarBicocca's reopening and citrus passion institutional

  Vicente Todolí, artistic director of Pirelli HangarBicocca in Milan, discusses the museum's planned reopening in late May 2020 and his dual life as a citrus collector. The Centro…

• Castello di Rivoli Reopens with 'Slow Museum' Concept and New Safety Measures institutional

  On May 19, 2020, the Castello di Rivoli Museo d'Arte Contemporanea in Rivoli, Turin, resumed operations after being closed due to the pandemic, unveiling a 'slow museum'…

• Milan's Spazio22 closes due to pandemic, gallerists cite uncertainty institutional

  Spazio22, a shared exhibition space in Milan near Porta Romana operated by Federico Luger (FL GALLERY) and Giampaolo Abbondio (Galleria Giampaolo Abbondio) since 2015, has closed.…

• Fondazione Brescia Musei launches three-year 'Alleanza per la Cultura' public-private partnership institutional

  'Alleanza per la Cultura' has been initiated by Fondazione Brescia Musei, representing a three-year collaboration between the public and private sectors that was established from…

• ICOM Brazil Issues Open Letter on International Museum Day Amid Pandemic institutional

  On May 18, International Museum Day, ICOM Brazil published an open letter to the Brazilian museological community. The letter, from the International Council of Museums in Brazil,…

• Bologna's Cultural Reopening: MAMbo Becomes Artist Hub, Morandi Museum Planned institutional

  Bologna's culture councillor Matteo Lepore outlines the city's post-lockdown cultural strategy in a May 2020 interview. Museums reopen May 19 with limited access and safety…

• Gianfranco Maraniello resigns as AMACI president, calls for museum model rethink institutional

  Gianfranco Maraniello, outgoing director of Mart in Rovereto, has resigned as president of AMACI, the association of Italian contemporary art museums, ahead of his mandate's end…

• Margherita Guccione appointed director of Italy's DGCC institutional

  Italian Minister of Culture Dario Franceschini has appointed architect Margherita Guccione as director of the Direzione Generale Creatività Contemporanea (DGCC), the branch of the…

• MAM Rio Launches Solidarity Collector's Club with Half Proceeds Supporting Community Projects institutional

  The Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio (MAM Rio) has launched a solidarity edition of its Collector's Club program, directing half of the proceeds from artwork sales to support…

• FAMA Launches Online Catalogs and Expands Digital Presence During Quarantine institutional

  In Itu, São Paulo, the Fábrica de Arte Marcos Amaro (FAMA) has expanded its digital presence during the quarantine by introducing online catalogs. Established in 2018 within a…

• MACTE Termoli President on Museum Reopening Plans Post-Lockdown institutional

  Paolo Larivera De Matteis, president of MACTE in Termoli, discusses the museum's preparations for reopening on May 18, 2020, after the Italian government announced museums could…

• Mart di Rovereto remains closed despite government green light institutional

  Despite the Italian government's authorization to reopen museums, the Mart di Rovereto has not yet set a reopening date. In a newsletter to visitors, the museum explained that…

• Sergio Risaliti on Florence Civic Museums' Phase 2 Closure institutional

  Sergio Risaliti, director of Museo Novecento in Florence, explains why the city's civic museums will not reopen on May 18, 2020, despite national enthusiasm for museum reopenings.…

• Francesco Cellini on Accademia di San Luca's Post-Lockdown Plans institutional

  Francesco Cellini, President of the Accademia Nazionale di San Luca in Rome, discusses the institution's phased reopening strategy following Italy's COVID-19 lockdown. The…

• Napoli apre il primo centro studi italiano sulla Street Art institutional

  A Napoli è stato aperto Inopinatum, il primo centro di studi in Italia dedicato a graffiti, Street Art, muralismo e urban design, che rappresenta l'evoluzione dell'associazione…

• Marcella Pralormo: Pinacoteca Agnelli riapertura non prima dell'autunno institutional

  Marcella Pralormo, direttrice della Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli di Torino, ritiene prematura una riapertura a maggio. In un'intervista ad Artribune, spiega che il museo…

• Casa dei Tre Oci in Venice not for sale, says president institutional

  Emanuela Bassetti, president of Civita Tre Venezie and member of the general council of Fondazione di Venezia, has firmly denied rumors that the Casa dei Tre Oci on Giudecca…

• Italian Cultural Institute in Paris Seeks New Director institutional

  The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has published a call for applications for the position of director of the Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) in…

• M9 Museum in Mestre Faces Financial Collapse, Threatening Sale of Casa dei Tre Oci institutional

  The M9 museum in Mestre, a hyper-technological cultural hub inaugurated on December 1, 2018, with a total investment of €110 million, is on the verge of financial collapse. The…

• SPIN: New union for live performance cultural enterprises launched in Italy institutional

  SPIN (Associazione Nazionale d'innovazione per le realtà medio piccole polivalenti dello spettacolo dal vivo) was founded amidst Italy's health, economic, and social turmoil to…

• Abbonamento Musei strategizes for Italian museum reopening post-lockdown institutional

  As Italian museums prepare for a potential reopening on May 18, the association Abbonamento Musei, celebrating its 25th anniversary, is implementing strategies to support cultural…

• Giovanna Borasi on Leading the CCA: Architecture, Archives, and Activism institutional

  Since January 2020, Giovanna Borasi has served as the director of the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA), an institution established in 1979 by Phyllis Lambert. Joining the…

• MEIS director Simonetta della Seta on museum reopening plans in Ferrara institutional

  Simonetta della Seta, director of the Museo Nazionale dell'Ebraismo Italiano e della Shoah (MEIS) in Ferrara, discussed the museum's Phase 2 reopening strategy in an interview…

• Maxxi President Giovanna Melandri on Post-Pandemic Reopening and Youth Focus institutional

  Giovanna Melandri, president of the MAXXI museum in Rome, outlines the institution's plans for reopening on May 19, 2020, after the COVID-19 lockdown. The museum will implement…

• Art Workers Italia: A New Union for Italy's Art Workers institutional

  In March 2020, a Facebook group catalyzed the creation of ART WORKERS ITALIA (AWI), which focuses on the challenges faced by Italy's art professionals during the COVID-19 crisis.…