Italian museums and foundations launch extensive online programs during COVID-19 lockdown
Amid Italy's COVID-19 lockdowns, various cultural organizations adopted digital strategies. In Florence, Palazzo Strozzi provides a 'Kit Famiglie' and hosts online discussions centered around JR's 'La Ferita'. The Fondazione Adolfo Pini features a Clubhouse dialogue with artist Flavio Favelli and curator Francesca Guerisoli. In Venice, the Peggy Guggenheim Collection offers virtual tours alongside a Zoom presentation by associate curator Gražina Subelytė. On April 11, Triennale Milano will showcase a streaming concert-film by Andrea Laszlo De Simone. MACTE in Termoli has added 327 pieces to the RAAM online archive. Roma Capitale organizes talks featuring Barbara Mazzolai and Hitnes. On April 7, Fondazione Prada and ETH Zurich will unveil 'Sturm&Drang', while Centro Pecci continues #KeyWords on April 6, and CAMERA launches a digital series on April 8.
Key facts
- Palazzo Strozzi offers a Kit Famiglie inspired by JR's La Ferita and online meetings in April.
- Fondazione Adolfo Pini hosts a Clubhouse conversation with Flavio Favelli and Francesca Guerisoli on April 8.
- Peggy Guggenheim Collection provides virtual tours by director Karole P. B. Vail and a Zoom talk on modern women.
- Triennale Milano and MI AMI Festival stream Andrea Laszlo De Simone's concert-film on April 11 via Dice.tv.
- MACTE joins AMACI and adds 327 works to RAAM online archive, plus an educational kit.
- Roma Capitale organizes talks including one with Barbara Mazzolai and Hitnes, and Nadav Kander insights.
- romaisonproject features podcasts on Litrico and Piattelli, and Instagram live with Romeo Gigli on April 8.
- Fondazione Prada and ETH Zurich launch Sturm&Drang with masterclasses from April 7 and exhibition from September 16, 2021.
- Centro Pecci continues #KeyWords with a talk on Desiderio by Roberta Giommi and Irene Dionisio on April 6.
- Menil Collection and Magazzino Italian Art host symposium on 20th-century Italian drawing from April 7-9.
- CAMERA starts digital series on Lisette Model and Horst P. Horst, with Larry Fink interview on April 8.
Entities
Artists
- JR
- Flavio Favelli
- Francesca Guerisoli
- Karole P. B. Vail
- Gražina Subelytė
- Peggy Guggenheim
- Berenice Abbott
- Djuna Barnes
- Emma Goldman
- Rita Kernn-Larsen
- Irene Rice Pereira
- Alice Rahon
- Sonja Sekula
- Andrea Laszlo De Simone
- Fabrizio Borelli
- Ettore Scola
- Andrei Tarkovskij
- Luigi Comencini
- Ermanno Olmi
- Luigi Presicce
- Angel Moya Garcia
- Nadav Kander
- Francesco Zizola
- Romeo Gigli
- Alexander McQueen
- Barnaba Fornasetti
- Luigi Alberto Cippini
- Fredi Fischli
- Niels Olsen
- Markus Gross
- Sybil Montet
- Sara Sadik
- Emanuel Rossetti
- Meriem Bennani
- Irene Dionisio
- Roberta Giommi
- Edouard Kopp
- Irina Zucca Alessandrelli
- Saskia Verlaan
- Lisette Model
- Horst P. Horst
- Monica Poggi
- Larry Fink
- Amalia Vitale
- Barbara Mazzolai
- Hitnes
- Manuela Cherubini
- Valentina Muzi
Institutions
- Palazzo Strozzi
- Fondazione Adolfo Pini
- Peggy Guggenheim Collection
- Triennale Milano
- MI AMI Festival
- MACTE
- AMACI
- RAAM
- Roma Capitale
- Associazione Culturale Angelo Mai Occupato
- Mattatoio
- romaisonproject
- Fondazione Prada
- ETH Zurich
- DisneyResearch|Studios
- The Walt Disney Studios
- Artefactory Lab
- Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci
- LabCom
- Università degli Studi di Firenze
- Menil Collection
- Menil Drawing Institute
- Magazzino Italian Art
- CAMERA
- New School of Social Research
- Artribune
- Litrico
- Piattelli
- Bottega Strozzi
- Dice.tv
- YouTube
- Clubhouse
- Zoom
Locations
- Italy
- Florence
- Firenze
- Milan
- Milano
- Venice
- Venezia
- Termoli
- Molise
- Rome
- Roma
- Prato
- Houston
- Turin
- Torino
- Paris
- New York
- Londra
- Zurich
- Switzerland
- Osservatorio Fondazione Prada
- gta exhibitions, ETH Zurich
- Disney Research Laboratory, ETH Zurich