Summer 2021 Art Exhibitions in Northern Italy's Alpine Region
A roundup of summer 2021 art exhibitions in Northern Italy's Alpine region highlights multiple shows. In Valle d'Aosta, Vanni Cuoghi's 'Fondali Oceanici' at Casa Alpina di Ollomont (until Sep 5) features seven works inspired by ocean depths, created for the venue as an off-event of the Festival Combin en Musique. At Trento's MUSE, Laura Pugno's 'Over Time' (until Sep 26) is a three-channel video installation exploring human-nature relations through snow. Fondazione Malutta's collective show 'VACCANZA. The Mountain Tropical Experience' at Spazio di Casso (until Oct 3) involves 50 artists from multiple European countries, curated by Gianluca D'Incà Levis in collaboration with Dolomiti Contemporanee. The first edition of Artocène festival in Chamonix-Mont-Blanc (until Sep 19) gathers young international artists and architects around the theme of enchanted forest. In Aosta, 'Guido Crepax. I mille volti di Valentina' (until Oct 17) at Centro Saint-Bénin presents over 100 works by the comic master, curated by Alberto Fiz. In Turin, 'Cipro. Crocevia delle civiltà' at Musei Reali (until Jan 9, 2022) curated by Luca Bombardieri and Elisa Panero showcases Cypriot collections, while Sabrina Rocca's 'Go Goals Together' at Campus ONU (until Nov 7) translates UN Sustainable Development Goals into pop art. Bolzano's Bolzanism Museum (until Oct 2) is an open-air museum on social housing and popular architecture, with an infopoint at Piazzetta del Teatro Cristallo.
Key facts
- Vanni Cuoghi's 'Fondali Oceanici' runs until Sep 5, 2021 at Casa Alpina di Ollomont, Valle d'Aosta.
- Laura Pugno's 'Over Time' at MUSE Trento until Sep 26, 2021.
- Fondazione Malutta's 'VACCANZA' collective show at Spazio di Casso until Oct 3, 2021.
- First edition of Artocène festival in Chamonix-Mont-Blanc until Sep 19, 2021.
- Guido Crepax exhibition at Centro Saint-Bénin, Aosta until Oct 17, 2021.
- Cipro. Crocevia delle civiltà at Musei Reali di Torino until Jan 9, 2022.
- Sabrina Rocca's 'Go Goals Together' at Campus ONU, Turin until Nov 7, 2021.
- Bolzanism Museum open-air museum in Bolzano until Oct 2, 2021.
Entities
Artists
- Vanni Cuoghi
- Laura Pugno
- Matteo Ramon Arevalos
- Guido Crepax
- Sabrina Rocca
- Ariele Bacchetti
Institutions
- Festival Combin en Musique
- Casa Alpina di Ollomont
- MUSE – Museo delle Scienze di Trento
- Palazzo delle Albere
- a.titolo
- Fondazione Malutta
- Dolomiti Contemporanee
- Spazio di Casso
- Artocène
- Centro Saint-Bénin
- Musei Reali di Torino
- Sale Chiablese
- Campus ONU
- Organizzazione Nazioni Unite ONU
- Bolzanism Museum
- Teatro Cristallo
- CAI
- Artribune
Locations
- Valle d'Aosta
- Italy
- Ollomont
- Trento
- Casso
- Erto e Casso
- Pn
- Chamonix-Mont-Blanc
- France
- Aosta
- Turin
- Torino
- Bolzano
- Alps
- Monte Bianco
- Venice
- Venezia
- Albania
- Serbia
- Croatia
- Slovenia
- Latvia
- Kosovo