Luca Molinari Curates New AMA Biennial in Maddaloni, Italy
Luca Molinari has been named the artistic director for the Biennale delle Arti AMA by the municipality of Maddaloni in the province of Caserta. This event is scheduled to take place from March 28 to April 21, 2025. Molinari, who serves as a professor and curator at the University of Campania, previously led the Italy Pavilion during the 2010 Venice Architecture Biennale. The biennial emphasizes urban and cultural regeneration, showcasing the main exhibition "Nuovi racconti (per il futuro)" featuring works from 70 international artists at the Complesso Monumentale Convitto Nazionale "Giordano Bruno." Additional locations include Museo Civico and Chiesa di San Giovanni. A permanent mural by Francisco Bosoletti has also been unveiled in Piazza Matteotti. The event pays tribute to Franco Imposimato and follows the 1988 Biennale Internazionale di Grafica.
Key facts
- Luca Molinari is artistic director of the new Biennale delle Arti AMA in Maddaloni, Italy.
- AMA runs from March 28 to April 21, 2025.
- The main exhibition 'Nuovi racconti (per il futuro)' features 70 international artists, architects, photographers, illustrators, and designers.
- The venue Complesso Monumentale Convitto Nazionale 'Giordano Bruno' has the largest frescoed hall in the world (700 sq m).
- Francesco Jodice and Adrian Paci present video installations at Chiesa di San Giovanni e Cappella Congrega Ipogea.
- A permanent mural 'Senza Riparo' by Francisco Bosoletti was completed in Piazza Matteotti.
- AMA succeeds the Biennale Internazionale di Grafica (last held in 1988).
- Exhibition materials will remain in Maddaloni for reuse.
Entities
Artists
- Luca Molinari
- Francesco Jodice
- Adrian Paci
- Francisco Bosoletti
- Matilde Cassani
- Maria Claudia Clemente
- Francesco Isidori
- Michele De Lucchi
- Annalisa Metta
- Bernard Khoury
- Francesco Librizzi
- Giancarlo Mazzanti
- Franco Purini
- Ugo La Pietra
- Angelica Sylos Labini
- Nicola Russi
- Beniamino Servino
- Franco Imposimato
Institutions
- Comune di Maddaloni
- Università degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli
- Platform. Architecture and Design
- Padiglione Italia
- Biennale di Venezia
- Biennale delle Arti AMA
- Complesso Monumentale Convitto Nazionale 'Giordano Bruno'
- Museo Civico di Maddaloni
- Biblioteca Comunale di Maddaloni
- Chiesa di San Giovanni e Cappella Congrega Ipogea
- Biennale Internazionale di Grafica
- Laboratorio Permanente
- Studio Ossidiana
- Labics
- Périphériques Architects
- Artribune
Locations
- Maddaloni
- Caserta
- Campania
- Italy
- Piazza Matteotti