6 Cultural Itineraries for Italy's April 25 Long Weekend
During the long weekend of April 25, Italy is set to host a variety of cultural activities. The inaugural Linea Festival will take place in Ruvo di Puglia from April 25-27 at the Pinacoteca Comunale d'Arte Contemporanea "Domenico Cantatore," organized by the Apulia Center for Art and Technology and Fondazione Museo Pino Pascali. Meanwhile, Santa Margherita Ligure will celebrate the Premio Fernanda Pivano – Festival della Disobbedienza from April 26-28, honoring Fernanda Pivano's legacy with readings and performances. The Nova Eroica festival will occur in Buonconvento from April 26-28, merging cycling, music, and art. Additionally, Forlì's Ibrida Festival will return to the Fabbrica delle Candele on April 26-28, and the "Dialoghi a Sutri" exhibition will open on April 25, 2019, showcasing works by renowned artists. In Rome, "Troisi Poeta Massimo" will be available until June 30, 2019.
Key facts
- Linea Festival is the first festival dedicated to contemporary art and new technologies in Puglia, held April 25-27 at Pinacoteca Comunale d'Arte Contemporanea 'Domenico Cantatore' in Ruvo di Puglia.
- Linea Festival is produced by Apulia Center for Art and Technology with partnership from Fondazione Museo Pino Pascali.
- Premio Fernanda Pivano – Festival della Disobbedienza takes place April 26-28 in Santa Margherita Ligure, marking the tenth anniversary of Fernanda Pivano's death.
- Participants in the Fernanda Pivano festival include Vinicio Capossela, Emilio Isgrò, and Paolo Pellegrin.
- Nova Eroica festival in Buonconvento (Siena) runs April 26-28, featuring cycling, music, art, and visits to local museums.
- Ibrida Festival in Forlì runs April 26-28 at Fabbrica delle Candele, featuring Melanie Smith's Parres Trilogy and performances by Jacopo Jenna and Francesca Fini.
- Palazzo Doebbing in Sutri opens 'Dialoghi a Sutri' from April 25, 2019 to January 12, 2020, with 11 exhibitions of works by Tiziano, Henri Rousseau, Francis Bacon, and others.
- Rome's Teatro dei Dioscuri al Quirinale hosts 'Troisi Poeta Massimo' until June 30, 2019, a free exhibition on Massimo Troisi.
Entities
Artists
- Massimo Troisi
- Fernanda Pivano
- Tiziano
- Scipione Pulzone
- Henri Rousseau
- Antonio Ligabue
- Fausto Pirandello
- Ottone Rosai
- Francis Bacon
- Renato Guttuso
- Ernesto Lamagna
- Luca Crocicchi
- Carlos Solito
- Melanie Smith
- Jacopo Jenna
- Francesca Fini
- Luca Maria Baldini
- André Deed
- Bruno Munari
- Vinicio Capossela
- Luca Barcellona
- Emiliano Pepe
- Dargen D'Amico
- Emilio Isgrò
- Simone Savogin
- Diego Passoni
- Teresa Ciabatti
- Piero Dorfles
- Paolo Pellegrin
- Vittorio Sgarbi
- Pino Settanni
Institutions
- Apulia Center for Art and Technology
- Fondazione Museo Pino Pascali
- Pinacoteca Comunale d'Arte Contemporanea 'Domenico Cantatore'
- Premio Fernanda Pivano
- Festival della Disobbedienza
- Nova Eroica
- Ibrida Festival
- Fabbrica delle Candele
- MoMA
- Tate
- Museo di Arte Contemporanea di Barcellona (MACBA)
- Palazzo Doebbing
- Museo di Arte antica e di Arte sacra di Sutri
- Diocesi di Civita Castellana
- Teatro dei Dioscuri al Quirinale
- Istituto Luce – Cinecittà
- Museo d'Arte Sacra della Val d'Arbia
- Museo della Mezzadria Senese
- Artribune
Locations
- Ruvo di Puglia
- Italy
- Puglia
- Santa Margherita Ligure
- Liguria
- Buonconvento
- Siena
- Tuscany
- Forlì
- Emilia-Romagna
- Sutri
- Viterbo
- Lazio
- Rome
- New York
- London
- Barcelona
- Spain