Grand Tour d'Italie: Mid-Career Artists Meet International Residency Directors in L'Aquila
The Grand Tour d'Italie's third edition was inaugurated in Bologna and L'Aquila, where the new MAXXI headquarters will be established at Palazzo Ardinghelli. This initiative, supported by Italy's Ministry of Cultural Heritage, aims to link mid-career Italian artists with global directors and curators. The fourth gathering took place on November 15 at the Accademia di Belle Arti dell'Aquila. Artists involved include Grossi Maglioni, Sara Basta, Simone Cametti, Luca Coclite, Luana Perilli, Mariagrazia Pontorno, Angelo Bellobono, and Andreco. Notable international institutions participating are CAPC Musée d'art contemporain de Bordeaux, Frame (Helsinki), Istanbul Modern, Maumaus (Lisbon), Museo de Artes Plásticas Eduardo Sívori (Buenos Aires), Nirox Foundation (Johannesburg), NTU Center for Contemporary Art Singapore, Rotor (Graz), RUPERT (Vilnius), and Sazmanab (Tehran).
Key facts
- Third edition of Grand Tour d'Italie presented in Bologna and L'Aquila.
- New MAXXI headquarters to open in L'Aquila's Palazzo Ardinghelli.
- Program promoted by Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Directorate General for Contemporary Creativity and Urban Regeneration.
- Fourth closed-door meeting held November 15 at Accademia di Belle Arti dell'Aquila library.
- Artists include Grossi Maglioni, Sara Basta, Simone Cametti, Luca Coclite, Luana Perilli, Mariagrazia Pontorno, Angelo Bellobono, and Andreco.
- Simone Cametti's Casa Cametti built at former Eni colony in Corte di Cadore.
- Andreco's Climate 04 mural at Venice's Santa Lucia station addresses sea-level rise.
- International institutions from 10 countries invited to participate.
Entities
Artists
- Francesca Grossi
- Vera Maglioni
- Grossi Maglioni
- Sara Basta
- Simone Cametti
- Luca Coclite
- Luana Perilli
- Mariagrazia Pontorno
- Angelo Bellobono
- Andreco
- Bianco Valente
- Davide Dormino
- Cesare Pietroiusti
- Sara Enrico
- Massimo Piersanti
- Leopoldina d'Austria
- Don Pedro di Bragança
- Edoardo Gellner
- Elisa Del Prete
- Silvia Litardi
- Matteo Piccioni
- Alterazioni Video
- Riccardo Benassi
- Carola Bonfili
- Chiara Camoni
- Canecapovolto
- David Casini
- Federico Cavallini
- Giulia Cenci
- Davide D’Elia
- Maria Adele Del Vecchio
- Roberto Fassone
- Giovanni Giaretta
- GrossiMaglioni
- Valentina Medda
- Jacopo Miliani
- Giovanni Ozzola
- Mattia Paje
- Anna Raimondo
- Ivana Spinelli
- Sasha Vinci
- Giacomo Zaganelli
- Virginia Zanetti
- Flavio Favelli
Institutions
- Ministero dei Beni Culturali
- Direzione Generale Creatività contemporanea e Rigenerazione Urbana
- MAXXI
- Accademia di Belle Arti dell'Aquila
- AlbumArte
- Francesca Antonini
- Dolomiti Contemporanee
- Moleskine Foundation
- CAPC Musée d'art contemporain de Bordeaux
- Frame
- Istanbul Modern
- Maumaus
- Museo de Artes Plásticas Eduardo Sívori
- Nirox Foundation
- NTU Center for Contemporary Art Singapore
- Rotor
- RUPERT
- Sazmanab
- Artribune
- Direzione Generale Arte e Architettura contemporanee e Periferie urbane
- NOS Visual Arts Production
- Nosadella.due
- MAMbo – Museo d’Arte Moderna di Bologna
- Accademia di Belle Arti L’Aquila
- MAXXI – L’Aquila
- CAPC Musée d’art contemporain de Bordeaux
Locations
- Bologna
- Italy
- L'Aquila
- Palazzo Ardinghelli
- Casalbertone
- Corte di Cadore
- Amatrice
- Venice
- Santa Lucia
- Delhi
- India
- Berlin
- Germany
- Rio de Janeiro
- Brazil
- Bordeaux
- France
- Helsinki
- Finland
- Istanbul
- Turkey
- Lisbon
- Portugal
- Buenos Aires
- Argentina
- Johannesburg
- South Africa
- Singapore
- Graz
- Austria
- Vilnius
- Lithuania
- Tehran
- Iran
- L’Aquila