Italian Council 2025 Announces 55 Winning Projects with €2.7M Funding
The DGCC of the Italian Ministry of Culture has revealed the 55 projects awarded funding as part of the 14th Italian Council 2025, totaling €2.7 million. Established in 2016, this initiative aims to promote Italian art on a global scale. Out of 337 submissions, 13 projects were chosen for Ambito 1, featuring works like Bianca Baldi's Sicomoro Centenario at Museo delle Civiltà, Enrico David's Domani torno / I Am Back Tomorrow at Castello di Rivoli, and Jacopo Belloni's Dormancy at GAMeC Bergamo. Ambito 2 supports 21 exhibitions, including those by Petrit Halilaj and Giorgio Griffa, while Ambito 3 backs 21 research initiatives for emerging talents. This program is accessible to Italian artists, curators, critics, museums, and cultural organizations worldwide.
Key facts
- 55 winning projects selected from 337 applications
- Total funding of €2.7 million
- 14th edition of Italian Council, launched in 2016
- 13 projects in Ambito 1 (commissioning and acquisition)
- 21 projects in Ambito 2 (international promotion)
- 21 projects in Ambito 3 (talent development)
- Includes 8 solo exhibitions, 5 artist participations, 8 publications
- Program supports Italian art internationally
Entities
Artists
- Bianca Baldi
- Benni Bosetto
- Enrico David
- Giovanni Maria de Cataldo
- Domenico Mangano
- Marieke van Rooy
- Jacopo Belloni
- Luca Vitone
- Rebecca Salvadori
- Antonio Della Guardia
- Christian Fogarolli
- Ambra Pittoni
- Sergio Racanati
- Canemorto
- Petrit Halilaj
- Giorgio Griffa
- Claire Fontaine
- Carla Accardi
- Mauro Staccioli
- Monia Ben Hamouda
- Marinella Senatore
- Marco Giordano
- Giorgio Andreotta Calò
- Cally Spooner
- Genuardi/Ruta
- Eugenio Tibaldi
- Anna Scalfi Eghenter
- Fabio Mauri
- Walter Maioli
- Piero Golia
- Danilo Correale
- Felice Moramarco
- Enrico Malatesta
- Beatrice Favaretto
- Giulia Pollicita
- Nura Tafeche
- Annalisa Pellino
- Allison Diane Donahue
- Francesca Ceccherini
- Alessandra Franetovich
- Valentina Furian
- Davide Sgambaro
- Ilaria Mancia
- Francesca Boggeri (Dafne Boggeri)
- Fabiola Fiocco
- Alessandro Di Lorenzo
- Alberta Romano
- Friedrich Andreoni
- Tommaso Santambrogio
- Raziel Perin
- Ginevra De Blasio
- Giovanni Fava
Institutions
- Ministero della Cultura
- DGCC – Direzione Generale Creatività Contemporanea
- DGAAP – Direzione Generale Arte e Architettura Contemporanee e Periferie Urbane
- WIELS Centre for Contemporary Art
- Extra City
- Grenswerk
- Museo delle Civiltà
- Almanac Inn
- Institute Art Gender Nature, Basel Academy of Art and Design
- MAMbo – Museo d’Arte Moderna di Bologna
- Castello di Rivoli
- Kunsthaus Zürich
- Fondazione Pastificio Cerere
- MUNTREF – Museo de la Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero
- Museo di Palazzo Collicola del Comune di Spoleto
- Associazione Makramé
- Jatiwangi art Factory
- Keramiekmuseum Princessehof
- MACC – Museo d’Arte Contemporanea di Caltagirone
- Halle Nord
- Zënza Sëida – Biennale Gherdëina
- GAMeC – Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Bergamo
- Fondazione OELLE Mediterraneo Antico
- Sonnestube
- Artphilein Editions
- Madre – Museo d’Arte contemporanea Donnaregina
- PAF
- Museion
- Zero al cubo
- Associazione Archivio Storico Olivetti
- Fundación Foro del Sur / BIENALSUR
- Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele
- Futurium
- StandOrt Performing Arts
- 3 bis f
- Archivio Gribaudo
- Centro Itard Lombardia
- The Emily Harvey Foundation
- Regione Puglia Dipartimenti Turismo, Economia della cultura e Valorizzazione del territorio
- MAN – Museo d’Arte della Provincia di Nuoro
- Fondazione Torino Musei per Luci d’Artista
- Museum and Galleries of Ljubljana/Match Gallery
- Hamburger Bahnhof International Companions
- Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute
- Mimosa House
- Compton Verney House Charity
- Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art
- Associazione Archivio Mauro Staccioli
- Fondation CAB
- La Ferme du Buisson
- Magazzino Italian Art Museum
- Centro Cultural Recoleta
- Siddhartha Arts Foundation
- Nepal Academy of Fine Arts
- Association Biennale Son
- Association LEMME
- Creative Institute Trencin
- Artbased
- Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art / Kunst-Werke Berlin
- Settore Musei Civici Di Bologna
- Studio Fabio Mauri – Associazione per l’Arte l’esperimento del mondo
- Fondazione per le arti contemporanee in Toscana
- Fondazione Dino ed Ernesta Santarelli
- Fondazione Donnaregina per le Arti Contemporanee
- Agenzia per il Lavoro Immateriale
- Villa Arson
- Looking Forward – Art Projects
- Museet for Samtidskunst Roskilde
- Artribune
Locations
- Rome
- Italy
- Forest
- Belgium
- Antwerp
- Ghent
- Turin
- Basel
- Switzerland
- Rivoli
- Zurich
- Buenos Aires
- Argentina
- Spoleto
- Caltagirone
- Jatisura
- Indonesia
- Leeuwarden
- Netherlands
- Bergamo
- Acicastello
- Lugano
- Paradiso
- Naples
- Olomouc
- Czech Republic
- Bolzano
- Lecce
- Ivrea
- Milan
- Berlin
- Germany
- Aix en Provence
- France
- New York
- United States
- Puglia
- Nuoro
- Ljubljana
- Slovenia
- Williamstown
- London
- United Kingdom
- Compton Verney
- Volterra
- Brussels
- Saint-Paul de Vence
- Marne-la-Vallée
- Cold Spring
- Kathmandu
- Nepal
- Valais
- Sion
- Trencin
- Slovakia
- Trento
- Prato
- Nice
- Roskilde
- Denmark
- Hong Kong
- China