ARTE FIERA Bologna | February 1–4 2019

Lightbox 11.01.2019 ARTE FIERA February 1–4, 2019 January 31, 2019, Press e VIP preview Bologna   © Courtesy Arte Fiera The 2019 edition of Arte Fiera introduces a new criterion: the participating galleries have been invited to present a highly selected choice of artists, being particularly incentivised to present monographic stands, with the aim of encouraging ambitious and curated projects. This year, the following prizes will be awarded: Mediolanum Painting Award Jacobacci & Partners Art and Project Award Annamaria and Antonio Maccaferri Photography Award #ContemporaryYoung Award ANGAMC Award Rotary Bologna Valle del Samoggia Award THE SECTIONS The fair is organised into two sections: the Main Section and Photography and Moving Images. The first ranges from the Modern genre to post-war art, historic strengths of Arte Fiera, and includes also contemporary and research. The section of Photography, open to video and completely renewed in terms of content, is entrusted to the art direction of FANTOM, curatorial platform conceived between Milan and New York in 2009, represented by Selva Barni, Ilaria Speri, Massimo Torrigiani and Francesco Zanot. 142 galleries have been selected. 129 are in the Main Section, 18 in Photography and Moving Images.  5 galleries participate in both sections. The complete list of galleries and further information available on: www.artefiera.it PUBLIC PROGRAM In addition to the galleries selected in the two sections of the fair, the artistic direction of Simone Menegoi brings to Arte Fiera five substantial projects. The first, in pavilion 26, will be exhibiting some of the local area's artistic treasures: the exhibition Solo figura e sfondo, curated by Davide Ferri, brings together for the first time modern and contemporary art works from institutional, public and private collections in Bologna and the Emilia Romagna Region. This is the first instalment of a series that will have the overall title Courtesy Emilia Romagna, aimed to promote the cultural and artistic heritage of the region . The second, Oplà. Performing activities curated by Silvia Fanti, is a program of actions that take place at the Fair, on its fringes and in the city and includes works by Italian artists of international renown: Alex Cecchetti, Cristian Chironi, Cesare Pietroiusti and Nico Vascellari. The third project is dedicated to the formative role of art for young people: for the first time the educational workshop "micro//macro" will be set up at Arte Fiera connected to the theme of "Art and Science" by the Opificio Golinelli. The fourth project is a program of talks entrusted to the magazine Flash Art, which is set to become "content partner" of Arte Fiera in every sense. The conversations will focus on art in Italy today, on its links with the past and its potential for the future. The fifth project, finally, will be the first to welcome visitors.The entrance area, the Service Centre, will host a lounge created by the artist Flavio Favelli and dedicated to the visiting public of Arte Fiera. The space created by the artist, named Hic et Nunc, will be structured as a museum hall hosting two main artworks and will be dedicated to the entire Arte Fiera audience.   ART CITY BOLOGNA In collaboration with Bologna City Council, the seventh edition of ART CITY Bologna, the program of exhibitions and special events dedicated to contemporary art, takes place February 1-3. Directed for the second consecutive year by Lorenzo Balbi, director of MAMbo - Bologna Museum of Modern Art, the diffused initiative takes place throughout Bologna, including a special event and a series of curatorial projects. The 2019 edition introduces a new feature by extending its duration to became a fully-fledged art week, beginning on January 25 and leading up to the opening of Arte Fiera on February 1. ART CITY White Night this year falls on Saturday, February 2, one of the most eagerly anticipated annual events, with the extraordinary opening of numerous venues involved in ART CITY Bologna until midnight. The full program will be available online from mid January at: www.artcity.bologna.it. Download full press release here.  Contacts Arte Fiera – Press Office Lightbox Elena Pardini, elena@lightboxgroup.net Teresa Sartore, teresa@lightboxgroup.net Alessandra Bellomo, alessandra@lightboxgroup.net tel. +39 041 2411265 Product Communication and Event Manager Isabella Bonvicini Isabella.bonvicini@bolognafiere.it tel. +39 051 282920 BolognaFiere – Press Office Gregory Picco Gregory.picco@bolognafiere.it tel. +39 051 282862   Lightbox Srl Art Publishing and Communication Cannaregio 3527, 30121, Venice (VE), Italy (+39) 041 2411265 press@lightboxgroup.net lightboxgroup.net View this email in your browser Copyright © Lightbox, All rights reserved. Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences. Can't take this anymore? We get it. Here's your link to unsubscribe from this list.