Italian Startup Institution Launches Online Contemporary Art Course

Institution, a startup founded by Hu Huiming, Tom Cebic, and Lucilla Grossi in Santa Sofia, Romagna Apennines, launches a 12-lesson online contemporary art course on Zoom from March 4 to May 27, 2025. The course features university professors, historians, and critics, covering movements from early 20th-century avant-gardes to digital art. Renato Barilli (University of Bologna) opens with art and technology roots; subsequent lecturers include Guido Bartorelli (University of Padua) on Fauvism to Futurism, Luca Guerrini (Politecnico di Milano) on Duchamp and abstraction, Silvia Grandi (University of Bologna) on Metaphysics and Surrealism, Marco Pierini on Informel and Abstract Expressionism, Carlo Vanoni on New Dada and Pop Art, Francesca Paola on 1950s art and video art, Angela Vettese on performance, Fabiola Naldi on Postmodernism, Roberto Pinto (University of Bologna) on the 1990s, and Domenico Quaranta with Fabio Cavallucci on digital art and craft revival. Each two-hour session includes a final debate. Cost: €12 per lesson or €100 for the full course; under-26 students pay €8 per lesson or €60.