Italian Council 2024: 67 Projects Win €2.7M for Italian Art Abroad
The Italian Ministry of Culture has revealed the 67 successful projects for the 13th edition of the Italian Council 2024, allocating a total budget of €2.7 million. Initiated in 2016 by DGAAP (now known as DGCC), this program aims to assist Italian artists, curators, and cultural organizations on a global scale. The 2024 iteration comprises three categories: Area 1 (International Commissioning and Acquisition) featuring 12 projects for institutions such as Madre and MAMbo; Area 2 (International Promotion) with 26 projects, including exhibitions at Portikus Frankfurt and De Appel Amsterdam; and Area 3 (Talent Development), which supports 29 research initiatives by artists like Gerolamore and Ginevra Ludovici. The selection process considered 240 submissions.
Key facts
- Italian Council 2024 awarded €2.7 million to 67 projects out of 240 applications.
- The initiative was launched in 2016 by the Italian Ministry of Culture's DGAAP (now DGCC).
- Since 2020, the program includes support for guest curators, acquisitions, and a research grant.
- Area 1 (Commissioning and Acquisition) funds 12 projects, producing works for Italian museums.
- Area 2 (International Promotion) includes 26 projects: 5 solo exhibitions, 2 artist participations, 4 guest curators, and 15 publications.
- Area 3 (Talent Development) supports 29 research projects by artists and curators.
- Winning institutions include Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogotá, Sharjah Art Foundation, and Stiftung Haus der Kunst.
- Publications feature artists such as Diego Marcon, Armin Linke, and Rossella Biscotti.
Entities
Artists
- Elisa Giardina Papa
- Adelita Husni-Bey
- Invernomuto
- Motus
- Francesco Bertocco
- Driant Zeneli
- Natália Trejbalová
- Luca Trevisani
- Stefania Galegati
- Ingrid Hora
- Silvia Mariotti
- Francesco Fonassi
- Nathalie du Pasquier
- Eleonora Agostini
- Flatform
- Anna Franceschini
- Nicola Baratto
- Pierfrancesco Celada
- Tekla Aslanishvili
- Diego Marcon
- Armin Linke
- Corrado Calvo
- Monia Ben Hamouda
- Nanda Vigo
- Alessandra Spranzi
- Rossella Biscotti
- Lucia Marcucci
- Fabrizio Bellomo
- Gerolamore
- Ginevra Ludovici
- Silvia Bottiroli
- Ana Victoria Bruno
- Valentina Vetturi
- Vasco Forconi
- Giulia Currà
- Angelo Leonardo
- Viviana Peretti
- Rachele Maistrello
- Donatella Della Ratta
- Caterina Molteni
- Carolina Cappelli
- Anna Castelli
- Manuela Nebuloni
- Simone Rossi
- Giulia Cauti
- Fabio Perletta
- Cecilia Canziani
- Giuditta Vendrame
- Andreco
- Anna Cuomo
- Niccolò Masini
- Chiara Calgaro
- Alice Martina Visentin
- Rica Cerbarano
- Alice Labor
- Massimo Ricciardo
- Louis De Belle
Institutions
- Ministero della Cultura
- DGAAP – Direzione Generale Arte e Architettura Contemporanee e Periferie Urbane
- DGCC – Direzione Generale Creatività Contemporanea
- Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogotá
- Madre – Museo d’arte contemporanea Donnaregina
- Sharjah Art Foundation
- Museo delle Civiltà
- Stiftung Haus der Kunst
- Museion – Museo di arte moderna e contemporanea di Bolzano
- Associazione culturale Motus
- Kampnagel Internationale Kulturfabrik GmbH
- MAMbo – Museo d’Arte Moderna di Bologna
- Obalne galerije Piran-Gallerie Costiere di Pirano
- Mart – Museo d’arte moderna e contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto
- Museo Castromediano
- Dipartimento Turismo, Economia della Cultura e Valorizzazione del Territorio – Regione Puglia
- Samdani Art Foundation
- Museo Civico di Castelbuono
- Le Cicale dell’Arconte
- Bratislava City Gallery
- Blu Breeding and Learning Unit
- Museo di Arte Contemporanea di Zagabria
- Mare Memoria Viva
- Gudskul Studi Kolektif Foundation
- Nafasi Art Space
- Ecomuseo Mare Memoria Viva
- BAR project
- Hangar
- Eurac Research
- MACTE – Museo di Arte Contemporanea di Termoli
- Karussell APS
- Re-Act Contemporary Art Laboratory
- Geração de Amanhã
- The Museum for Contemporary Art, Roskilde
- ESAD, École supérieure d’Art de Grenoble, EPCC
- Portikus / Staedelschule Hochschule fuer Bildende Kuenste
- Kunsthalle Portikus
- Fonderia 20.9
- ISSP
- ISSP Gallery
- Ramdom Aps
- Power Station of Art
- PSA
- Kunstverein Gartenhaus
- Joint Cultural Initiatives
- De Appel
- Viaindustriae
- Landescape
- LE 18
- Singapore International Photography Festival
- DECK Photography Art Centre Ltd.
- Onomatopee
- Labin Art Express XXI (L.A.E. XXI)
- Cultural Centre of Belgrade
- Kunst-Werke Berlin e. V.
- Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art
- Stadt Wien Kunst GmbH / Kunsthalle Wien
- Fondazione Costantino Nivola
- OHT Office for a Human Theatre
- Comune di Locarno – Museo Casa Rusca
- Marea Art Project APS
- Université de Liège
- Archivio Nanda Vigo aps
- Azienda Speciale Palaexpo // MACRO
- IUNO APS
- Castello di Rivoli – Museo d’Arte Contemporanea
- Laboratoire des Arts pour les Sciences EPFL ENAC IA LAPIS
- École nationale supérieure d’architecture de Saint-Étienne – ENSASE
- Musagetes Foundation
- Fondazione Museion – Museo di arte moderna e contemporanea
- ar/ge kunst
- Landscape Choreography
- MACAO
- Associazione Marche Arte Viva
- Shoqata MEWE
Locations
- Italy
- Bogotá
- Colombia
- Napoli
- Sharjah
- United Arab Emirates
- Roma
- Munich
- Germany
- Bolzano
- Bologna
- Piran
- Slovenia
- Trento
- Rovereto
- Lecce
- Puglia
- Bangladesh
- Castelbuono
- Palermo
- Bratislava
- Slovakia
- Zagreb
- Croatia
- Barcelona
- Spain
- Termoli
- Roskilde
- Denmark
- Grenoble
- France
- Frankfurt
- Riga
- Latvia
- Shanghai
- China
- Vienna
- Austria
- Amsterdam
- Netherlands
- Marrakech
- Morocco
- Singapore
- Eindhoven
- Labin
- Raša
- Rijeka
- Pula
- Belgrade
- Serbia
- Berlin
- Locarno
- Switzerland
- Liège
- Belgium
- Rivoli
- Lausanne
- Saint-Étienne
- Florence
- Canada
- Albania