Salvo | Il trionfo di San Giorgio
Born in Leonforte, in the province of Enna, in 1947, Salvo (Salvatore Mangione) spent his childhood in Sicily, before his family emigrated to Turin in 1956. Here he expressed a precocious interest in art and at just 16 he participated in the 121st Esposizione della Società Promotrice delle Belle Arti, with a drawing after Leonardo. […]
Melissa McGill – Red Regatta
Red Regatta was an independent public art project created by artist Melissa McGill that activated Venice’s lagoon and canals with four large-scale regattas of traditional vela al terzo sailboats hoisted with hand-painted red sails in 2019. Presented in collaboration with Associazione Vela al Terzo, curated by Chiara Spangaro, with project manager Marcella Ferrari, the project […]
Rebecca Moccia. Ministry of Loneliness
In 2021, Moccia won the International Research Grant promoted by the General Directorate for Contemporary Creativity of the Ministry of Culture within the Italian Council programme. Over the past 3 years, Moccia, through the Ministry of Loneliness, has explored the collective and political states of loneliness, investigating its causes and possible solutions.
Massimo Vitali – Panorama Monopoli
Panorama Monopoli, organized in 2022 by Italics, was a four-day festival, curated by Vincenzo De Bellis, inspired by the ancient Greek concept of xenia, that of hospitality to the foreigner, a ritualised friendship based on reciprocity.