Tuscany's Contemporary Art Scene: Prato, Pistoia, Pisa

The fourth episode of Tuscany Today podcast explores contemporary art in Prato, Pistoia, and Pisa. In Pisa, Keith Haring's 1989 mural Tuttomondo at Sant'Antonio Abate church is a key contemporary landmark. The city also hosts the Internet Festival, directed by Claudio Giua, and contemporary exhibitions at Palazzo Blu. Prato, known for its textile industry and urban forestry plan involving Stefano Mancuso and Stefano Boeri, houses the Centro Pecci for contemporary art, directed by Cristiana Perrella, designed by Italo Gamberini and expanded by Maurice Nio, reopening in 2016. Other Prato museums include Museo del Tessuto and Museo di Palazzo Pretorio. Pistoia, Italian Capital of Culture 2017, features the Museo del Novecento e del Contemporaneo at Palazzo Fabroni, birthplace of sculptor Marino Marini. Notable outdoor art parks include Fattoria di Celle, founded by Giuliano Gori, with works by Michelangelo Pistoletto, Emilio Vedova, Alberto Burri, Sol LeWitt, Richard Long, and others. Villa La Magia in Quarrata hosts works by Fabrizio Corneli, Anne and Patrick Poirier, Marco Bagnoli, Hidetoshi Nagasawa, Maurizio Nannucci, and Daniel Buren. The Parco di Pinocchio in Collodi, initiated mid-20th century, is presented by Pier Francesco Bernacchi. The region also includes the Parco Museo Quinto Martini in Seano and the Museo d'arte contemporanea all'aperto in Luicciana.