Granpalazzo 2017 Opens in Ariccia with 27 Galleries at Palazzo Chigi

Granpalazzo 2017 inaugurated in Ariccia, in the Castelli Romani region, 18 km from Rome. The new venue is Palazzo Chigi, a Baroque building designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Twenty-seven galleries from Europe and the United States present projects by artists born mainly between the 1970s and 1980s. Notable participants include Giorgio Andreotta Calò (Galleria William Lentz, Rotterdam), fresh from the Italian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale; Giulia Cenci (Spazio A, Pistoia); Amie Dicke (Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles); and Mircea Stănescu (Eastwards Prospectus, Bucharest). Older masters include Tomaso Binga (alter ego of Bianca Pucciarelli Menna), presented by Tiziana Di Caro, and Gianfranco Baruchello, who performs 'Adozione della pecora' promoted by Fondazione Baruchello. Performances also feature Italo Zuffi and Roberto Fassone via Fondazione Volume! and smART, with a surprise performance by Alice Ronchi assisted by children.