Contemporaneamente Podcast: Gian Marco Montesano and Cinzia Bearzot on Art and Democracy
In the podcast Contemporaneamente, Mariantonietta Firmani engages with artist Gian Marco Montesano and historian Cinzia Bearzot. Montesano, who was born in Turin in 1949, creates art across Bologna, Paris, and Trento, with pieces displayed in institutions such as MuHKA in Antwerp and GAM in Bologna. He has showcased his work at renowned events like the Venice Biennale and the Rome Quadriennale, receiving critiques from prominent figures like Luca Beatrice and Jean Baudrillard. Bearzot serves as a full professor of Greek history at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan and holds the position of vice president at Istituto Lombardo Accademia di Scienze e Lettere. Their conversation explores themes of history, philosophy, art, and democracy, invoking Thucydides and discussing art's capacity to challenge inauthenticity.
Key facts
- Contemporaneamente podcast features thematic dialogues on art, science, literature, history, philosophy, architecture, and cinema.
- Gian Marco Montesano is an artist, writer, and theater director born in Turin in 1949.
- Montesano lives and works between Bologna, Paris, and Trento.
- His works are in MuHKA Antwerp, GAM Bologna, MACI Isernia, Trevi Flash Art Museum, and Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea San Marino.
- Montesano participated in the Venice Biennale and the Rome Quadriennale.
- Cinzia Bearzot is a full professor of Greek history at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan.
- Bearzot coordinates the doctoral school in Humanities: Tradition and Contemporaneity.
- The episode discusses history, philosophy, art, and democracy, referencing Thucydides.
Entities
Artists
- Gian Marco Montesano
- Mariantonietta Firmani
- Luca Beatrice
- Achille Bonito Oliva
- Beatrice Buscaroli
- Laura Cherubini
- Vittoria Coen
- Gérard-Georges Lemaire
- Helena Kontova
- Jean Baudrillard
- Fabio Cavallucci
- Giacinto Di Pietrantonio
- Cinzia Bearzot
Institutions
- Contemporaneamente
- Parallelo42 contemporary art
- MuHKA Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst
- GAM Galleria d'Arte Moderna di Bologna
- MACI Museo Arte Contemporanea Isernia
- Trevi Flash Art Museum
- Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea San Marino
- Venice Biennale
- Quadriennale di Roma
- Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
- Istituto Lombardo Accademia di Scienze e Lettere
- Istituto di Studi Superiori dell'Insubria Gerolamo Cardano
- Comitato Istituzionale dei Garanti per la Cultura classica
- CNRS
- Université de Strasbourg
- Université de Haute Alsace
- Ministère de la culture
- MMSH – Maison méditerranéenne des sciences de l’homme
- Université d’Aix-Marseille
- Erga/Logoi
- Quaderni di Erga/Logoi
- Ktéma
- Hormos Ricerche di Storia Antica (UniPalermo)
- Rationes rerum – rivista di filologia e storia
- Mnemata – Studi di letteratura, storia e civiltà tra ricerca e didattica
- Monografías de Filología Griega de Universidad de Zaragoza
- Artribune
Locations
- Turin
- Italy
- Bologna
- Paris
- France
- Trento
- Antwerp
- Belgium
- Isernia
- Trevi
- San Marino
- Venice
- Rome
- Milan
- Strasbourg
- Aix-Marseille
- Zaragoza
- Spain