Prato's Contemporary Art Network Expands Beyond Centro Pecci
On September 30, 2016, various non-profit art venues in Prato, Italy, introduced an initiative titled .con | Contemporaneo Condiviso, aimed at promoting contemporary art. Attendees were directed to an array of locations, including Artforms and Lottozero. Significant highlights included the TU35 exhibition, featuring ten artists from Tuscany at Officina Giovani, and La Torre di Babele at Ex Lucchesi, showcasing works by Arcangelo Sassolino among others. Additionally, ICASTIC – Anything to declare? was presented at the Camera di Commercio, with curation by Fabio Migliorati. On October 15, Lottozero unveiled Inside Lottozero, featuring thirteen international artists, predominantly women, under the curation of Alessandra Tempesti.
Key facts
- .con | Contemporaneo Condiviso launched in Prato on September 30, 2016
- Network includes Artforms, [chi-na], C.U.T., Dryphoto, Lato – MOO, Lottozero, Sedici, Studio MDT, Studio Corte 17, Kinkaleri_spazioK
- Chi-na winter garden opened at Via Pistoiese 138 in the Chinese quarter
- La Torre di Babele at Ex Lucchesi showed works by Sassolino, Icaro, Nitsch, Demetz, Basilè
- Galleries Continua, Farsetti, Tornabuoni, Eduardo Secci, Flora Bigai participated in La Torre di Babele
- TU35 at Officina Giovani exhibited ten Tuscan artists under 35
- ICASTIC – Anything to declare? at Camera di Commercio featured Komatsu, Nasr, Plensa
- Lottozero inaugurated on October 15 with Inside Lottozero curated by Alessandra Tempesti
Entities
Artists
- Arcangelo Sassolino
- Paolo Icaro
- Hermann Nitsch
- Aaron Demetz
- Matteo Basilè
- Paolo Ciregia
- Arber Elezi
- Roberto Fassone
- Irene Lupi
- Gabriele Mauro
- Mona Mohagheghi
- Maria Montesi
- Theo Pini
- Namsal Siedlecki
- Virginia Zanetti
- André Komatsu
- Moataz Nasr
- Jaume Plensa
- Paolo Parisi
- Virginie Rebetez
- Mariana Sales
- Tessa Moroder
- Arianna Moroder
- Fabio Migliorati
- Alessandra Tempesti
- Ginevra Bria
Institutions
- Centro Pecci
- Artforms
- [chi-na]
- C.U.T. Circuito Urbano Temporaneo
- Dryphoto Arte Contemporanea
- Lato – MOO
- Lottozero
- Sedici
- Studio MDT
- Studio Corte 17
- Kinkaleri_spazioK
- Officina Giovani
- Ex fabbrica Lucchesi
- Camera di Commercio
- Continua
- Farsetti
- Tornabuoni
- Eduardo Secci
- Flora Bigai
- Isisuf – Istituto Internazionale di Studi sul Futurismo
- Artribune
Locations
- Prato
- Italy
- Tuscany
- Via Pistoiese 138
- Macrolotto Zero
- Piazza Macelli
- Piazza San Marco 13
- Via Arno 10
- Milan