MAAAPO in Arena Po Celebrates Centenary of Alik Cavaliere with Symposium and Exhibitions

On May 2, the MAAAPO (Museo Arte Ambiente Arena Po) in Arena Po, Italy, held a major event celebrating the centenary of sculptor Alik Cavaliere's birth. The museum, founded in 2015 by Gaetano Grillo, is a cultural laboratory focusing on the intersection of art, environment, and community. The event featured interventions by Fania Cavaliere, Domenico Piraina, and Francesco Marrocco, and included the exhibition "Mario Sironi e la nascita del Novecento italiano" in the town's council chamber. New works by artists Alberto Ghinzani, Paolo Iacchetti, Che Janquan, Marco Lodola, Luigi Mainolfi, and Hidetoshi Nagasawa were unveiled. An afternoon symposium titled "Arte – Energia - Ambiente" involved Flavio Caroli, Gianfranco Maraniello, Anna Villari, Alberto Lolli, Massimo Kaufmann, and Renzogallo. The event was attended by MAAAPO President Livia Pomodoro and Mayor Alessandro Belforti. The article contextualizes the museum's mission within the broader history of environmental art, referencing the 1976 Venice Biennale curated by Germano Celant and Enrico Crispolti, and the ecological writings of Gregory Bateson.