Massimiliano Tonelli and Cristina Bowerman Discuss Art, Media, and Culinary Culture in Artribune Podcast

In the podcast series 'Contemporaneamente' curated by Mariantonietta Firmani, journalist Massimiliano Tonelli and chef Cristina Bowerman explore the intersection of art, media, and culinary culture. Tonelli, founder and director of Artribune since 2011, previously directed Exibart from 1999 to 2011. He teaches at institutions including IED, Iulm, University of Rome Tor Vergata, and Luiss Master of Art. Bowerman, a Michelin-starred chef since 2010, holds a degree in Culinary Arts from Austin and runs Glass Hostaria in Rome. She is president of the Italian Association of Taste Ambassadors since 2016 and was named Chef Ambassador for Expo Milano 2015. The conversation covers the evolution of information from print to web to social media to podcasts and back to print, the multimedia ecosystem expanding art audiences, and the political commitment behind art dissemination. They discuss American society's creativity and corporate-funded art studies, Italian cuisine as a cultural and ecological aggregation form, and the importance of education. Bowerman's cookbook 'Da Cerignola a San Francisco e ritorno' (2014) chronicles her career. She is a case study at Bocconi University, received 3 Forchette Gambero Rosso in 2020, and was named 'Chef Donna dell'Anno' at Identità Golose 2013 and 'Best Female Italian Chef in Europe 2018'. She co-founded Fiorano For Kids with Tonelli for epilepsy research, and participated in the Davos Agenda of the World Economic Forum in February 2021.