-14.86, is site-specific sound installation realized, with the patronage of the Municipality of Viterbo and curated by Marco Trulli and Claudio Zecchi, by A12, a collective of architects founded in Genoa in 1993. The group focuses on urban space transformations and socio-cultural environment in artistic and architectural practice. The Urcionio is a river of Viterbo, which for centuries represented a resource for the city and was an element of identity for the inhabitants of the area. In post war years it was buried and today runs underground. The title refers to the depth of the river in the exact point where the sound system that records the sound of the water is installed. The work creates a sound intrusion in the cityscape and evokes the presence of the disappeared river.
Piazza dei Caduti, Via Guglielmo Marconi

16 Civico is an Independent space located at the ground level of a building built during the 1950s in Pescara, close to a beach facing the Adriatic Sea. 16 Civico was born out of the desire of distancing from the usual curatorial and exhibition criteria. Therefore, all the rooms are made available to the artists (from inside and outside the city), who are asked to create ad hoc works to be displayed during dedicated exhibitions. 16 Civico is an ever-evolving place, whose aim is to disseminate various and forefront artistic activities.

A cielo aperto is a public art project, curated by the artistic duo Bianco-Valente and Pasquale Campanella, and conceived by Associazione Culturale Vincenzo De Luca with the aim of realizing an open air museum for the promotion of the territory through contemporary art. Renowned artists, after a residency period, realize participatory based permanent works in response to the landscape and the urban space. The production of temporary and permanent works is also connected to a series of workshop activities, which include the citizens in the creative process, invite them to share their knowledge of the territory and of its heritage. Installation, performance and video interpret the territory and its characteristics in a virtuous exchange between traditions, genius loci and contemporary artistic expression.

The Accademia di Belle Arti d’Egitto was established in 1929, thanks to the Egyptian artist Ragheb Ayad, whose will was to represent his home country in Italy through art, as well as to offer Egyptian artists a place where to learn about European culture. The Accademia, following the bilateral agreements between Italy and Egypt, has been owner of a venue in Valle Giulia since 1965, and stands as the only North African Academy in the whole Europe. The Accademia is home to a museum dedicated to Egyptian culture, and to areas hosting ehxibitions of Egyptian artists, whether established or emerging, along with Italian artists who have a significant relationship with Egypt. The building also includes a guesthouse for scholarship holders and scholars, a rich library and a venue for film festivals, conferences, concerts and folk dance shows.

Accademia di Francia a Roma - Villa Medici
The Accademia di Francia a Roma was established in 1666 by the will of Louis XIV to host the winning artists of the Prix de Rome. Since 1803 the Academy has been housed in the Villa Medici, and has become one of the most active and vital cultural centers. The Accademia di Francia today is still house to the pensionnaires, but it also promotes study and research activities, as well as events aimed to enhance every form of art. Among its various activities, the Academy hosts exhibitions to promote modern and contemporary French art, displaying the works of its own collection, among which there are works mainly created by the winning artists and by the directors, spread throughout the villa and the gardens.

The Accademia Nazionale di San Luca was founded during the Renaissance thanks to the contribution of the Università delle Arti e della Pittura, and since 1934 has been housed in the Palazzo Carpegna in Rome. The Accademia Nazionale di San Luca, apart from many historical document collections, owns other collections of architecture designs as well, drawings in particular, dating back to the 20th century; it also promotes young artists and scholars by awarding them prizes and scholarships. The Academy is an important Italian center, where contemporary art is promoted and enhanced, especially by means of exhibitions of national and international artists.

The Accademia Tedesca Villa Massimo was born during the first half of the twentieth century from the desire of the patron Eduard Arnhold of providing the German artists with a place in Italy where to develop their art. Villa Massimo awards a scholarship to the top 10 artists from the federal Länder every year, and proposes an extensive programme of public events, such as Festa dell’Estate di Villa Massimo with its Viale degli Artisti in June, as well as the final exhibition of the scholars in November.

Acquedotto Augusteo , thanks to the work of the 'Verginisanità Association, active since 2014, has obtained the fostering of part of the Peschici-Maresca Palace, recovered in the Borgo Vergini-Sanità area, with the purpose of promoting projects aimed at the enhancement of the archaeological site Acquedotto Augusteo del Serino. These activities aim to redevelop marginal and degraded urban settings in cooperation with public entities, associations and residents. The site, managed by the Verginisanità and Acqua Augusta Associations, aims to promote contemporary art through performances, exhibitions, workshops, educational projects and site-specific installation; in particular, with the Underneath the Arches project, the aim is to relate archaeology and contemporary art, making a point of enhancing the cultural heritage of the past in dialogue with the present, and also involving international artists.

Adiacenze was founded in 2010, in Bologna, as a space dedicated to experimentation in contemporary art. This Association acts as an incubator for emerging artists, supporting and enhancing innovation in art, operating as a bridge between public and private galleries and institutions. Adiacenze proposes a dynamic and eclectic approach to art: a dialogue between experimental practices belonging to different fields of creativity, such as publishing, illustration, comics and design. This leads to workshops, events, presentations and performances, at times held outside the Venue.

The work is part of the project of modernization and refurbishment of the Cadorna Station and the surrounding square, coordinated by the architect Gae Aulenti for the Municipality of Milan in 1997. Divided into two parts, "needle with thread" and "knot", which ideally meet underground, the sculpture is installed in a central square of the city and offers different interpretations: the red, green and yellow colors of the thread evoke to the lines of the subway; the work also refers to Milan as capital of fashion – Claes Oldenburg likes to define the work as a "celebratory monument" - and finally it evokes the emblem of the city of Milan, the Sforza's snake, as Gae Aulenti declared.
Comune di Milano e dalle Ferrovie Nord (oggi Trenord)

Archivio Industriale Bitossi, located within the historic location of Montelupo Fiorentino, was founded by the Vittoriano Bitossi Foundation, whose aim is to enhance and disseminate the culture of ceramics. The Foundation has supported the collection, the sorting and the cataloguing of its set of ceramics, resulting in a collection of more than 7000 items documenting the Bitossi production from the end of the 19th century until today.  On the occasion of the centenary of the Bitossi Ceramiche factory, 1921-2021, the Bitossi Museum Archive was opened to the public, a museum exhibition of the industrial archive, aimed at preserving the historical documentation of the company and creating a repository of know-how ceramic. Archivio Industriale Bitossi organizes cultural events, helping set up exhibitions dedicated to design and to the history of ceramics of the 20th century.

Albero giardino is part of Artecittà. 11 artists for the Passante Ferroviario, a project of commissions of site spefic art works curated by Rudi Fuchs and Cristina Mundici, developed in the frame of a vast urban redevelopment plan for the new avenue viale della Spina, that followed the covering of the tracks and the reorganization of the surrounding spaces. The work is located in the small park dedicated to the Fallen of Kefalonia and Corfu and consists of a walkable green gallery, shaped as a three branched lying tree. The public, walking inside the tree as sap, and alluding to the vital circuit of the tree, is therefore part of the work and a metaphor for a renewed relationship with the city.
Corso Francesco Ferrucci, Giardino Caduti di Cefalonia e Corfù

AlbumArte is an Independent space located in Rome, dedicated to follow-ups on various contemporary languages, such as video art, painting, photography, sculpture, installations, performances, sound art, and to the promotion of concerts and residencies. The production of short video clips and documentaries on contemporary art contributes to enrich the cultural programme of the Association. AlbumArte aims to provide support to the youngest and to up-and-coming artists, also through important collaborations with public institutions and independent bodies in Italy and abroad.

All'aperto takes place in the area of the municipality of Trivero and consists of a series of permanent works, curated by Barbara Casavecchia and Andrea Zegna and commissioned from 2007 until 2015 for different districts of the village. Initiated with the intention of promoting contemporary art and its practice, All'aperto was conceived as a participatory based project to which citizenship could actively contribute: each work was in fact based on the encounter between artist and local communities and on workshop aiming at fostering reciprocal exchange between artists and citizens.
Le banderuole colorate Daniel Buren 2007-2008
Dedicato alle persone che sedendosi qui ne parleranno Alberto Garutti 2009
I telepati Stefano Arienti 2011
Horologe Roman Signer 2012
I baci più dolci del vino Marcello Maloberti 2013
29,88 KMQ Liliana Moro 2015
Le banderuole colorate Daniel Buren 2007-2008; Dedicato alle persone che sedendosi qui ne parleranno Alberto Garutti 2009; I telepati Stefano Arienti 2011; Horologe Roman Signer 2012; I baci più dolci del vino Marcello Maloberti 2013; 29,88 KMQ Liliana Moro 2015

The urban dimension, in the sense of space but also as form of living in a place as a community, is an important aspect in the work of Alfredo Pirri. All'imbrunire, curated by Paola Tognon for the Museo della Città - Luogo Pio Arte Contemporanea, is an installation composed of two elements: a bamboo garden, which will grow in the years to come releasing oxygen into the environment, and a dismissed street lamp from Piazza Mascagni, which instead of the original lantern bears on its top a sphere of frosted glass plexiglass, a material that refracts light and complicates vision, and that resembles a marble. For the artist, light is an equivalent of color in the construction of space that is always in progress, just as the green delimiting the light.
Comune di Livorno, Museo della Città - Luogo Pio Arte Contemporanea
street lamp, plexiglass sphere, bamboo plants
Comune di Livorno, Museo della città - Luogo Pio Arte Contemporanea

Almanac, based not far from the historic center of the capital of Piedmont, is a non-profit space dedicated to contemporary art. Almanac began its activities in 2013 in London, and the following year established a venue in Turin. It organizes solo exhibitions, including those of international artists, with particular attention to emerging talents, focusing on a program of educational and participatory projects. It also develops projects in collaboration with prestigious art institutions both in Italy and abroad.

The American Academy in Rome was founded in 1893, during the Chicago World's Fair, when a group of architects decided to create a centre for studying art in the heart of classical culture. The American Academy awards the Rome Prize every year to thirty contemporary artists and scholars, hosted in the Venue, on the Janiculum. This is to let them work in direct contact with Roman culture. Besides residencies, the Academy organizes conferences, concerts and open exhibitions of international importance.

Gift of the artist to the city, Amphisculpture is an open-air theater installed on the natural slope of the Parco del Sole in L'Aquila, a green area surrounding the basilica of Santa Maria di Collemaggio. The use of local white and red limestone recalls the colors of the basilica. Amphisculpture is part of the project Nine artists for reconstruction (2011), curated by Roberta Semeraro, that responded to the earthquake of 2009, aiming at redeveloping urban spaces through art interventions. The theater has a capacity of 1,800 seats, and is included in the reconstruction plan of the park supported by Eni (2012). The works were conducted by the association Ro.Sa.M. from Venice, from the Beverly Pepper Projects Foundation, and Soprintendenza Archeologia Belle Arti e Paesaggio per la città dell'Aquila e i comuni del Cratere.

AOC F58 - Associazione Operatori Culturali Flaminia 58 was founded in 1984, and housed in the spaces at the top of via Flaminia in Rome, historical base area for artists' studios since the early twentieth century. The Association, made up of a team of artists and architects who carry out their work there, manages the common area dedicated to exhibitions, installations and events. Over the years, AOC F58 has involved hundreds of artists and curators experimenting with different expressive languages, while promoting art events with a view to an exchange between cultures in an established art scene like the one in the Flaminio district.

Arazzeria Scassa started its business in Asti in 1957 on the initiative of Ugo Scassi, an experienced upholstery master. Determined to combine tapestry weaving with contemporary art, he established profitable business relationships with artists like Corrado Cagli, Felice Casorati, Giorgio de Chirico, Renato Guttuso, and others. The Arazzeria Scassa Association, still actively working at the Charterhouse of Valmanera, today promotes and enhances the largest and most important collection of modern tapestries created from paintings made by the greatest contemporary artists. Guided tours are organized, which start from the areas dedicated to the art gallery, where tapestries are displayed, and end in the artist studio nearby, where it is possible to watch the weavers at work on original 17th and 18th century looms.

Archivio Atelier Pharaildis Van den Broeck
Archivio Atelier Pharaildis Van den Broeck is located in the historical center of Milan, where since 2008 the Belgian fashion designer and artist Pharaildis Van deBroeck, active in Italy since the late 1970s also as painter, has based her work. Archivio Atelier Pharaildis Van den Broeck collects the material produced by the artist as a result of a research that blends art, fashion and applied arts; It hosts exhibitions and installations by contemporary artists, selected on the basis of affinity with the research processes and put in dialogue with the material in the archive.

ARCOS - Museo di Arte Contemporanea del Sannio
The ARCOS - Museo di Arte Contemporanea del Sannio was inaugurated in 2005 in the dungeons of the nineteenth-century Palazzo del Governo, already used as an air-raid shelter during World War II, and then as a warehouse. Through a rich programme of thematic exhibitions, ARCOS offers an overview of contemporary art in the last forty years and of the most recent productions as well, thanks to the involvement of famous international and young emerging artists, encouraged to interact with the history and culture of the city and province of Benevento.

Art Forum Würth Capena was inaugurated in 2006 in conjunction with the construction of the headquarters of the Würth Group in Capena, just outside Rome. As with all the other venues owned by the Group, this space is dedicated to temporary exhibitions aiming to give the public a rich collection of works by Reinhold Würth, with pieces dating back to the 20th and 21st centuries for the most part. Art Forum Würth Capena also organizes laboratories, meetings with the artists, concerts, contests and workshops, to enhance the exhibitions it hosts, and enrich the cultural offer of the region.

Arte all'Arte is a project initiated by Associazione Arte Continua with the aim of promoting the agro-environmental artistic district of the province of Siena and Florence. Each of its ten editions left site and context specific interventions by international artists developed for the territory and its community. In Colle Val d'Elsa a column that seems to disappear into the ground, with an open book atop, is the work of Ilya Kabakov. Red Girl of Kiki Smith ideally connects to the other two enigmatic figures kept in San Gimignano and Poggibonsi, it is a terracotta sculpture depicting a seated girl. Marisa Merz developed a work for the cisterna, underlining with a copper door the gravity of the architecture. Tadashi Kawamata has built a a domestic wooden door for the city gate that opens on Via Volterrana.
Ilya Kabakov, Marisa Merz, Tadashi Kawamata, Kiki Smith
Comune di Colle Val d'Elsa e Associazione Arte Continua
The weakeing voice Ilya Kabakov 1998
Red Girl Kiki Smith 2003 ‚EUR" 2010
Senza titolo Marisa Merz 2002
Porta Nuova Tadashi Kawamata 2004

Arte all'Arte is a project initiated by Associazione Arte Continua with the aim of promoting the agro-environmental artistic district of the province of Siena and Florence. The works were donated to the cities by the artists and the association, which mediated the project starting from the relationship with the city and its community. Anthony Gormley realized seven sculptures taken from the casts of six inhabitants of Poggibonsi and a foreigner, and disseminated them in different parts of the town. Sarkis designed a fountain for painting: a place to gather as a creative community. Fonte delle Fate is the place chosen by Mimmo Paladino to set large terracotta sculptures representing crocodiles and human forms in a fetal position. Finally, in the fortress of the Cassero, Blue Girl , of Kiki Smith a sculpture depicting a sitting enigmatic girl, ideally links the three cities involved in the project.
I dormienti - Mimmo Paladino 1998
La fontana all'acquerello - Sarkis 2003
Blue Girl - Kiki Smith 2003-2010
Making space, taking placeAntony Gormley 2004
Piazza Mazzini
Piazza Cavour
Piazza Rosselli
Scuola Elementare don Milani
Centro commerciale Val d'Elsa
Ex ospedale Burresi
Rocca del Cassero
Antony Gormley, Mimmo Paladino, Sarkis, Kiki Smith
Comune di Poggibonsi e Associazione Arte Continua
I dormienti - Mimmo Paladino 1998 La fontana all'acquerello - Sarkis 2003 Blue Girl - Kiki Smith 2003-2010 Fai spazio, prendi posto Antony Gormley 2004 Piazza Mazzini Piazza Cavour Piazza Rosselli Scuola Elementare don Milani Centro commerciale Val d'Elsa Ex ospedale Burresi Rocca del Cassero

Arte all'Arte is a project initiated by Associazione Arte Continua with the aim of promoting the agro-environmental artistic district of the province of Siena and Florence. Each of its ten editions left site and context specific interventions by international artists developed for the territory and its community .In San Gimignano, Anish Kapoor has installed a large chrysalis that occupies almost the entire space of the Sant 'Agostino tower. Inside the fortress of Montestaffoli Kiki Smith installed Yellow Girl, a sculpture of an enigmatic girl that she replicated with variations in all the three towns of San Gimignano, Poggibonsi and Colle Val d'Elsa to ideally connect them. Joseph Kosuth has engraved on stone a phrase of Walter Benjamin on San Gimignano. Here is a sample of significant artworks.
Comune di San Gimignano e Associazione Arte Continua
Underground , Anish Kapoor 2005
Yellow Girl , Kiki Smith 2003-2010
La sedia davanti alla porta , Joseph Kosuth 1999-2004
Progetto per il Teatro de' Leggeri , Mario Airò 2002

Arte Metro Roma was supported by the Municipality of Rome and the public transport company Atac; the project was conceived and curated by Piero Dorazio, with the artistic coordination of Paolo D'Orazio. The initiative was launched in 1996, and involved over 70 internationally renowned artists in realizing large-scale mosaic works for the stations of Line A and B of underground of Rome. The sketches of the works entered the collection of Galleria d'Arte Moderna di Roma Capitale. The aim of the project was to create a diffused museum of contemporary art and enhance the spaces of the underground, in occasion of the redevelopment of the stations.
Stazione Anagnina 1997 Mikhail Koulakov - Lucio Del Pezzo - Luigi Veronesi - Gottfried Honegger
Stazione Lucio Sestio Riccardo Guarnieri – Eduardo Palumbo
Stazione Arco di Travertino 1996 Patrizio Caulfield – Alfiero Mongelli
Stazione Re di Roma 1997 François Morellet – Carla Accardi
Stazione Vittorio Emanuele 1996 Giulia Napoleone – Nicola Carrin
Stazione Repubblica Federico Brook - Julio Le Parc
Stazione Barberini Heinz Mack - Graziano Marini
Stazione Spagna 2000 Giulio Turcato - Gualtiero Nativi - Jean Dewasne - Vlassis Canaris - Sebastian Matta - John Hoyland
Stazione Flaminio Paolo D'Orazio - Lee Doo Shik
Stazione Ottaviano 1996 Shu Takahashi - Joe Tilson
Stazione Numidio Quadrato 46 46 giovani artisti (Alessandro Aldovrandi, Sabina Alessi, Fiorella Antonelli, Massimo Arduini, Gesine Arps, Aldo Bandinelli, Francesca Bartolomucci, Maria Cristina Bellucci, Paolo Bertocchi, Manuela Bonetti, Chiara Cammarata, Lucilla Caporilli Ferro, Gianluca Cresciani, Francesco Deli, Giancarlo Di Grandi, Valentina Fontana, Vincenzo Franza, Alessandra Galbiati, Daniela Garofalo, Heike Kern, Eva Incocciati, Imma Indaco, Andrea Lelario, Domenica Maria Licciardello, Luisa Mazza, Massimo Mazzone, Licinia Mirabelli, Alessandra Molle, Loredana Muller, Sebastiano Palumbo, Katia Pedale, Roberto Piloni, Paolo Porelli, Alessandra Maria Porfidia, Sonia Porri, Gian Lorenzo Positano De Vincentiis, Roberto Reginaldi, Cristiana Ricci, Tommaso Ricordy, Leonardo Santolamazza, Claudia Sapora, Silvia Salvatore, Francesca Trotter, Francesca Sponzilli, Eleonora Valeri, Suncica Vitorovic)

Arte Metro Roma was supported by the Municipality of Rome and the public transport company Atac; the project was conceived and curated by Piero Dorazio, with the artistic coordination of Paolo D'Orazio . The initiative was launched in 1996, and involved over 70 internationally renowned artists in realizing large-scale mosaic works for the stations of Line A and B of underground of Rome. The sketches of the works entered the collection of Galleria d'arte moderna di Roma Capitale. The aim of the project was to create a diffused museum of contemporary art and enhance the spaces of the underground, in occasion of the redevelopment of the stations.
Stazione Colosseo 1996 Piero Dorazio - Kenneth Noland - Emil Schumacher
Stazione Piramide 1996 Enrico Castellani - Beverly Pepper
Stazione Eur Fermi 1996 Bruno Ceccobelli - Rupprecht Geiger
Stazione Magliana 1997 Antonio Passa - Tamás Lossonczy
Stazione Ponte Mammolo Giorgio Griffa ‚EUR" Jean Messagier
Stazione Pietralata Bruno Conte - Agapito Miniucchi
Stazione Monti Tiburtini Enrico Della Torre ‚EUR" Concetto Pozzati
Stazione Bologna Karl Gerstner ‚EUR" Ulrich Erben ‚EUR" Giuseppe Uncini ‚EUR" Vittorio Matino

The Associazione Arte Pollino was founded in 2008 with the aim of favouring the cultural development of the area surrouding the Parco del Pollino. Arte Pollino takes part in the Sensi contemporanei programme, promoted by the Basilicata region, the MiSE, the MiBAC and the Fondazione La Biennale di Venezia. The programme aims to promote contemporary art and the development of Southern Italy through the contribution of the most famous artists in the current artistic landscape of contemporary art, who create works of art dialoguing with the surrounding landscape. Arte Pollino acts as a social link thanks to courses and workshops purposely hosted to get the public, children and kids in particular, closer to art in nature.

Arte Sella was established in 1986 with the first installations in the garden of the Villa Strobele, in Val di Sella. In 1996, the exhibition path of ArteNatura was created: an itinerary that winds along the woods, and to which, in 1998, the exhibition area of Malga Costa was added. Arte Sella hosts the works of important international artists, made of natural materials. Some examples of these works, left to change on their own over time, are the Cattedrale Vegetale by Giuliano Mauri and La Trincea della Pace by Michelangelo Pistoletto. Arte Sella collaborates with national and international bodies, such as Grandi Giardini Italiani and ELAN – European Land Art Network.

ArtLine Milano is a public art project by the City of Milan, a collection of outdoor artworks located within the public park of Citylife, in the western quadrant of Milan. It is a freely accessible space that hosts nineteen permanent works of art, some of which were selected through a competition for young artists, while others were created by well-known international artists. The result is an open-air contemporary art gallery that follows the urban development of the surrounding neighborhood. The artworks were conceived specifically for this location, with a direct reference to the local community and in dialogue with the green spaces and the already existing architecture.
Parco CityLife (Ingresso: piazza Giulio Cesare, viale Cassiodoro, viale Berengario)

Assab One is headquartered in Milan, in the northern part of the city, housed in an industrial building which was once home to a printing company. The program of the activities demonstrates the closeness of the link that this Venue has to the environment and the surrounding neighborhood, in a constant search for a dialogue with the audience. Assab One aims to offer artists a multifunctional space, open to research enhancing freedom of expression through exhibitions, cultural events and art projects, and promoting initiatives where contemporary art could be a tool to investigate our present time.

Archivio Storico Olivetti was set up in 1986 on the initiative of Paolo Mancinelli, at that time General Secretary of Olivetti, together with the Fondazione Adriano Olivetti. In 1998, the Archive gained its independence with the establishment of Associazione per l’Archivio Storico Olivetti. This association is responsible for the recovery, the cataloguing, the conservation and the fruition of the archival heritage of Olivetti, acting as assistant and advisor for students and researchers as well. Located in Ivrea, the archive and the permanent exhibition highlight the complex history and deep transformation of the industrial and social environments of Olivetti. Archivio Olivetti deals with cultural initiatives as well, organizes exhibitions, video projections, conferences, studies, research and publications aimed at promoting and deepening the knowledge about the history and the values of Olivetti.

The Vincenzo Agnetti Archive Association, located in the Pagano district of Milan, was established at the initiative of the Agnetti family in the artist's former studio. It functions as a space open to the public by appointment and is dedicated to the preservation, acquisition, research, and cataloging of works and documentation related to the life and artistic production of the painter and writer Vincenzo Agnetti (1926–1981). The Archive regularly organizes exhibitions and curatorial projects that engage Agnetti’s work in dialogue with contemporary artists, offering new and previously unexplored interpretations of his oeuvre. The Archive also promotes publications, conferences, lectures, and seminars.

The Il Forno cultural association is based inside the old Bassini oven. Thanks to a careful philological restoration, the premises now host an exhibition hall for exhibitions, a library and other multipurpose spaces. Among its intentions is to intervene to improve the living conditions of disadvantaged categories, through artistic and cultural promotion activities with particular attention to contemporary photography and the reference territory. The Il Forno cultural association also collaborates with institutional bodies and creates, in addition to exhibitions, workshops, study, research and training activities.

Auditorium Parco della Musica - Auditorium Arte e Auditorium Expo
The Auditorium Parco della Musica, designed by Renzo Piano and inaugurated in 2002, has established itself as a prominent place in both Roman and national cultural landscape. The Parco della Musica, apart from hosting concerts of symphonic and chamber music, as well as jazz, pop and rock music, dedicates itself to other fields of culture, by introducing film premieres, theatrical performances and temporary exhibitions. Auditorium Arte is specifically dedicated to contemporary art exhibitions, while Auditorium Expo to photographic exhibitions. Contemporary art in the Auditorium can also be seen in the foyer, thanks to Polifonia, the light installation purposely created by Maurizio Nannucci.

Baco (Contemporary Art Today) is located, since 2011 in the upper city of Bergamo and since 2011 it occupies part of the first floor of a 15th century building, formerly the seat of the Misericordia and the Music conservatory, over time renovated and extended. It is a non - profit cultural association whose purpose is to create links between memorial and contemporary art, involving both italian and international artists through exhibitions, publications, conferences and projects. Baco is a research space that aims to eliminate ancient/contemporary dualism, in order to create a permeable relationship between different times and cultures, as in the structural project “Contemporary Ancient Art”.

The Bocconi Art Gallery was established in 2009 with the aim of opening the Bocconi Campus to people passionate or curious about contemporary art, and not only students. Bocconi Art Gallery is an in-Campus exhibition project, which renews itself every 12-18 months and it is now in its seventh edition. The BAG accommodates works of national and international artists, greeting the public with opening nights where art is combined with music. It also offers guided tours and meetings on contemporary art themes.

BASE - Progetti per l’arte is one of the most famous Italian artist-run spaces: a space used by and conceived by a group of artists, which currently has eleven of the most important Italian artists among its ranks. The association was founded in 1998, as a place of exchange and confrontation as far as modern art is concerned, and over the years has hosted more than sixty exhibitions on some of the most established artists at the international level. The BASE hosts exhibitions, as well as moments of confrontation and dialogue, actively involving artists, scholars and collectors, so as to investigate the world of contemporary art, always from a different point of view.

The idea to dedicate a work to Marco Pantani, winner of both Giro d'Italia and Tour de France of 1998, came to mind to Romano Cenni, President of the group Mercatone Uno, historic sponsor of the cyclist, one year after this death. The international competition, launched in the frame of the project, was won by Alessandra Andrini. The work consists of a photograph of the cyclist in pink jersey inserted in a giant transparent plastic ball. Placed next to the highway, the work evokes the marble beach game, and the asphalt strip connecting Bologna to the sea is then perceived as a track on which to play. The work retains the characteristics of the monument, but declines it in a contemporary language, capable of transmitting the memory of the great cyclist in a non-rhetorical manner
fiberglass, steel, PVC print, neon tubes

The work was conceived in the frame of Un Po d'Arte, a project of installations curated by Art At Work and commissioned to international artists along the banks of the Po river in city of Turin. Giuseppe Pietroniro made a large billboard that instead of showing an image linked to the promotion and consumption of goods, reflects the surrounding landscape. The artist invites us to look more carefully at the place where we are, and to return, through the mediation of the mirror, to reality.
Corso Moncalieri, Parco Caduti dei Lager Nazisti

Conceived in 1996 by Fabio Cavallucci and Sergio Bettini, and curated by Arabella Natalini from 2002, Tusciaelecta involved the municipalities of Greve in Chianti, Barberino Val d'Elsa, Castellina in Chianti, Gaiole in Chianti, Impruneta, Radda in Chianti, San Casciano Val di Pesa, Tavarnelle Val di Pesa and Florence. The project aimed at building a significant relationship between artwork and context, through commissions of site-specific works by international artists. Birth by Spear is an environmental installation within an olive grove. A terracotta perimeter in shape of an olive leaf contains newly planted trees, shrubs and bushes belonging to the ancient family of plants that historically accompany the growth of the olive tree.

The work was conceived in the frame of Un Po d'Arte, a project of installations curated by Art At Work and commissioned to international artists along the banks of the Po river in city of Turin. Flavio Favelli composed a structure of found iron railings, that he reassembled and painted black composing a shape that resembles a house. The use of materials related to memory, the relationship with architecture, the idea of the house as site of encounter of individual and collective imagery are some of the cornerstones of the artist's work. Here the domestic villa seems to be drawn into the landscape, becoming almost an apparition.
assembly of old wrought iron gates and railings

The BOCS – Box of Contemporary Space is the first artist-run space in Catania and stands as a place where to express art freely. The BOCS pays particular attention to the enhancement of emerging artists, with the international landscape in mind, so as to give them more visibility and encourage new cultural contaminations. This Independent space proposes to visitors unusual activities, such as the Cena Contemporanea, a project aiming to discuss themes concerning artistic experimentation through the creative use of food and wine specialties.

BoCs Art – Residenze Artistiche was created as an innovative creative centre, where urban regeneration and artistic production meet. Here there are twenty-seven spaces featuring sustainable materials, purposely built to be used by artists as residencies and places where to make art. BoCs Art – Residenze Artistiche welcomes artists who work with different contemporary languages. At the end of a residency, the works produced are put on display in the BoCs Art Museum.

The BoCs Art Museum was founded in 2017 and located inside the Complesso Monumentale di San Domenico, to accommodate the contemporary works of art made by the artists who decided to make art in the venue of BoCs Art – Residenze Artistiche. The BoCs Art Museum has become a museum organizing artists' residencies, thanks to which the museum has had the chance of hosting more than three hundred artists over the last three years. In this way, the BoCs Art Museum can offer the public a comprehensive vision on the current trends in contemporary art, standing as a point of reference for the entire region.

The British School at Rome was founded in 1901 and, since 1912 has been housed in the British Pavillion, an architectural work designed by Edwin Lutyens on the occasion of the Esposizione Internazionale di Roma in 1911, in Valle Giulia. The British School at Rome is a centre for multidisciplinary research, mainly operating in the fields of art, architecture, Mediterranean history and culture. Apart from organizing residencies for scholars and researchers from the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth countries, the Institution proposes a rich calendar of events, meetings, conferences and exhibitions, on contemporary art as well.

Broletto, Spazio Arti Contemporanee e Spazio Immagine Design
The exhibition venue of Broletto - managed by the Culture Department of the city of Pavia - is divided into two sections that can be accessed through the courtyard of a historical building overlooking the city's main square. Operating since 2007, with a cross-cutting focus on different languages of creativity, Spazio Arti Contemporanee hosts exhibitions of artists who work in the area or already active on the national and international scene. Spazio Immagine Design, inaugurated in 2017, offers events mainly focused on multimedia and experimentation on the most recent and original expressive forms.

The bronze Bufale mediterranee are placed in the lawn in front of the basilica of S. Apollinare in Classe, as if they were approaching it. Each element of this group of sculptures is represented in a precise relationship with the others and the surrounding landscape. Rivalta's research is characterized by the use of a figurative language and by the investigation of the animal world, as a pretext to analyze the relationship between object, space and spectator.

C.A.P. Centro Arti Plastiche was established in 2012 to accommodate part of the contemporary sculpture collection of Carrara, acquired during the editions of the International Biennial of Sculpture (1957-1973 and 1996-2010), through the Draw the Marble and In The Da events and through donations. C.A.P. Centro Arti Plastiche organizes exhibitions, events and meetings to dive into the themes of sculpture, and in 2018 has also launched a programme of artists' residencies.

C.A.R.S. – Cusio Artist Residency Space was established in 2010 to offer artists' residencies for young artists in the middle of the business centre of Cusiano, specialized in the processing of wood, steel, plastics, stone and ceramics. At the end of a residency, the C.A.R.S. opens to the public and to local schools an exhibition displaying the works produced. The C.A.R.S. constantly works to create a collection of its own with the works donated from the artists hosted.

C.AR.M.E. - Ethnosocial Multicultural Arts Center
C.AR.M.E. is located in the Carmine district, a crossroads in the heart of the city of Brescia which over time has been transformed from a place of decay to a lively multi-ethnic district. It carries out its activity in a church of the XII century which is now deconsecrated. C.AR.M.E. promotes activities based on contemporary culture and combines skills in the fields of art, communication and social planning. It is configured as a place that produces contents in relation to the reference territory, creating opportunities for comparison between different languages and cultures, through experiences of interaction between visual, theatrical, performative and social disciplines.

Ca' Pesaro - Galleria Internazionale d'Arte Moderna di Venezia
Ca' Pesaro - Galleria Internazionale d'Arte Moderna di Venezia is home to the municipal modern art collection which began to take shape in 1897, on occasion of the second edition of the Venice Biennale, and was finally opened to the public in 1902. The Ca’ Pesaro now owns a notable collection, which has expanded over time, thanks to prestigious donations, such as the Sonnabend collection, and to precise acquisition policies, especially connected to the Venice Biennale and focused on national and European contemporary art. Apart from displaying its permanent collection, the Gallery can also offer the public a rich programme of exhibitions and events.

CAM – Casoria Contemporary Art Museum is a centre for research, production and exhibition of contemporary art founded in 2005, with a particular focus on promoting knowledge and understanding of today's creativity. The CAM owns a rich collection of works ranging from painting to photography, and multimedia art. It also hosts an important section on Neapolitan art from the second Post-War period to today, as well as a section on contemporary African art. The CAM organizes exhibitions which also involve works belonging to the collection, displayed in rotation, and offers spaces where the artists can directly manage their own exhibitions.

CAMeC – Centro Arte Moderna e Contemporanea della Spezia
CAMeC - Centro Arte Moderna e Contemporanea della Spezia, housed in an ancient building dating back to the late 19th century, was founded in 2004 with the aim of making the artistic funds deriving from the various editions of the Premio del Golfo and the donations of the Cozzani and Battolini collections available to the public. Since its opening, apart from being home to permanent collections, it has also been a venue for exhibitions documenting the diverse areas of the current artistic production and of the historicized contemporary scene. Apart from hosting debates and days of study, the CAMeC owns a didactic department which proposes educational activities about art, dedicated to scholastic institutions and to the general public. It also organizes art-therapy courses.

CAMERA - Centro italiano per la fotografia
CAMERA - Centro italiano per la fotografia is an exhibition space dedicated to Italian and international photography. The Foundation is housed in a building that once hosted the first public school in the Kingdom of Italy and has been purposely transformed very recently to become an art venue. The CAMERA is working really hard on enhancing photography, through exhibitions and international level meetings; it is also collaborating with public institutions to promote this form of art and documentation.

CAMUSAC – Cassino Museo Arte Contemporanea
CAMUSAC – Cassino Museo Arte Contemporanea was founded in 2013, and located in the restored industrial building of Longo S.p.A., as a place where to collect, exhibit and study contemporary art. This Museum displays the permanent collection of the Fondazione CAMUSAC, created by the Longo family, to enhance the works of art acquired in the last twenty-five years and to encourage a cultural growth in the territory. The CAMUSAC periodically proposes exhibitions of artists of the 20th and 21st centuries, organizes conferences and seminars, collaborating with public and private cultural institutions, in Italy and abroad.

CAOS – Centro per le Arti Opificio Siri is a cultural space dedicated to arts, creative production, experimentation and innovation, housed in the 5,600 sq m of the former building of a chemical factory, SIRI, owned by the City of Terni. The CAOS is an eclectic place, where there are not only permanent exhibition areas, as in the Museo d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea Aurelio De Felice, but also a large area used for contemporary art exhibitions, the Teatro Sergio Secci, as well as areas dedicated to educational laboratories and artists' residencies.

Carboniera was conceived in occasion of Jannis Kounellis' exhibition at Teatro Margherita in Bari in 2010, curated by Annamaria Maggi and Vito Labarile, in collaboration with the association Di Segno in Segno. The work was presented outside the theatre that was damaged by the fire of 1911 and in dialogue with the stage and with the cavea, The sculpture is a remake of the series of the Carboniere, realised by the Arte Povera master in different versions since 1967. The structure consists of a rectangular iron case containing coal. Donated by the artist to the city to be exhibited in a public area, it was initially installed in Piazza del Ferrarese, and moved to its current location, at Cittadella Cultura, seat State Archive and Library in 2015.
Cittadella della Cultura, Via Sant'Agostino 2

CARTEC – Cava Arte Contemporanea is a space dedicated to contemporary art, located in the man-made caves, dating back to the Middle Ages, in the dungeons of the Galleria Comunale d’Arte, in Cagliari. Thanks to its work, the CARTEC was able to reopen one of the landmarks for the Sardinian community. Indeed, these caves were used as an air-raid shelter, and a place where to safely store the works included in the Civic art collection, during World War II. Thanks to its programme of exhibitions, this Space has now allowed artists and visual operators to create works based on the specific features of the place.
Giardini Pubblici - Largo Giuseppe DessÃ¬

Casa Argentina, housed in a historical building from the 1920s, in the heart of Rome, started to carry out its activities in 1965. This Foreign institution, which is part of the Ufficio Culturale dell’Ambasciata di Argentina a Roma, is dedicated to promote and disseminate the culture of Argentina, standing as a centre where all the people who moved from Argentina and came to live in Italy have the chance to meet and share ideas. Apart from organizing meetings and events, Casa Argentina also sets up contemporary art exhibitions open to public and dedicated to famous international artists, often collaborating with other foreign embassies.

Casa Capra is located in the Magrè district of Schio in a former commercial venue. The multifunctional space is characterised by having a shop window facing the street, which is used as a screen for video-art works, which can also be enjoyed by just passing through. Tending to be outside the ordinary art circuits of large cities, Casa Capra proposes to narrate new experiences through exhibitions and performances of contemporary art, also with the involvement of the inhabitants of the area of reference.

Conceived in 2009 for piazza Verdi by ZimmerFrei, on the occasion of ON. Luci di pubblica piazza, a public art project curated by Martina Angelotti, the sculpture became part of the MAMbo collection which, in collaboration with the Municipality of Bologna, the Cineteca di Bologna and the Association of Friends of the GAM, reinstalled the work in the courtyard of the Cineteca, in the immediate surroundings of the museum. The work, inspired by the great chandeliers of the Blue Mosque in Istanbul, works like a lamp for the square and transforms it into a domestic interior, inviting the passers-by to rethink urban space as a common home, a place where individual stories are shared and become collective heritage.
iron ribs, electrical system, sixty energy-saving light bulbs

Casa Masaccio - Centro per l'arte contemporanea
Casa Masaccio – Centro per l’arte contemporanea is located inside the house once inhabited by the great Renaissance artist. Over the years, it has been converted from municipal gallery to contemporary art centre, thanks to an intense activity of enhancement, dissemination and promotion of knowledge on contemporary arts. The Casa Masaccio displays a collection of works acquired from the various editions of the Premio Masaccio, from the donations received particularly in the 1980s and 1990s and, more recently, from the artists' residencies promoted by the centre itself.

Casa Morra - Archivio d’Arte Contemporanea
Casa Morra - Archivio d’Arte Contemporanea, in the historical Palazzo Cassano Ayerbo D’Aragona, is a museum operating since 2016. This Museum hosts the Collezione Morra, consisting of more than two thousand works by famous international artists. The Casa Morra organizes exhibitions dedicated to the artists included in its collection, as well as to young artists in general. Furthermore, it collaborates with other national and international institutions on joint projects. This Museum is also home to the Living Theatre Archive, which includes the writings of Judith Malina, along with video recordings, costumes and scene objects dating back to the period 1969-2015.

Casa Museo Mario Praz, acquired by Italy in 1986, is a cultural point of reference and a testimony of the history of collecting and of the art trends in the 19th century, thanks to the collection of neoclassical and Biedermeier art objects that furnish the house of the anglicist and critic Mario Praz. The Casa Museo has been related to the Polo Museale del Lazio since 2015. It has also launched a cycle of exhibitions of contemporary art, such as La casa della vita dedicated to design and organized in collaboration with the IED in Rome.

The collection of Casa Musumeci Greco, initially located in Palazzo Bernini and then in Palazzo Bennicelli in Rome, is a private collection of contemporary art created by the collector Ines Musumeci Greco. The collection of Casa Musumeci Greco, boasting artworks by national and international artists, has opened to the public to later become a venue for exhibitions, performances and several cultural activities (presentations, meetings with artists, curators, etc.). Casa Musumeci Greco promotes projects in the exhibition spaces of the collection and in both institutional and private spaces.

Casa Sponge, established in 2008 in the house of the founder, Giovanni Gaggia, aims to promote and enhance contemporary art beyond its traditional scope. This Independent space stands out for its choice of operating in the province, and for the synergic approach between the curator and the artist. Casa Sponge organizes exhibitions dedicated to Italian and international artists and has been accommodating almost 300 artists over the years. This space regularly takes part to international events dedicated to contemporary art and collaborates with Italian and foreign Independent spaces.
Frazione Mezzanotte - Strada Provinciale Sterleto, 84

Casa Testori is located, in the outskirts of Milan, in the early 20th-century Giovanni Testori’s house, a versatile intellectual of the last century who died in 1993. Casa Testori is a cultural centre that focuses on contemporary art: a free exhibition space devoted to experimentation with particular attention to emerging artists. It operates in collaboration with associations and local institutions and represents a point of reference for learning from Testori's past and experience, so as to encourage the development of new skills and languages through constant active research. In this hub, which houses a permanent collection and a large library testifying to Testori's diverse cultural interests, an intense programme of exhibitions and projects involving both schools and the local area is realised.

CasermArcheologica has been based since 2013 in the historical centre of Arezzo, in the Muglioni palace, ex carabinieri station of Sansepolcro, later a school branch, now undergoing redevelopment and regeneration. The center has produced numerous exhibitions, projects and training courses also between collaborations of artists and performers. CasermArcheologica is thus delineated as an exhibition space for contemporary art open to anyone conducting research and as a multifuncional laboratory in which to develop and promote one’s own creative activity.

Castel Sant'Elmo - Museo del Novecento a Napoli
The Museo del Novecento a Napoli, founded in 2010, is located in the building that once housed the Carcere Alto, in Castel Sant’Elmo. The Museum aims to document the production of Neapolitan artists (or artists who used to work in Naples) between 1910 and 1980, from Secessions to Transavantgarde. Castel Sant'Elmo and the Polo museale della Campania, which manages it, are active within the framework of enhancing contemporary creativity, also thanks to the promotion, in 2011, of the contest Un’opera per il Castello, a prize which has allowed to expand the collection with works by young contemporary artists.

Castello di Rivara is a monumental complex consisting of two buildings dating back to the 12th century and restored by Alfredo D'Andrade during the second half of the 19th century. In 1860, the castle was the old seat of the School of Rivara, the main center where Piedmontese landscaping artists of the late 1800s used to meet. Since 1985, Castello di Rivara has been providing Italian and international artists with numerous exhibition areas, ateliers and residential rooms. Castello di Rivara became a full-time Museum in 2008, when the space dedicated to the permanent collection Progetto Museo d'Arte Italiana 1985-2008 was inaugurated.

Castello di Rivoli. Museo d'arte contemporanea
Castello di Rivoli. Museo d’arte contemporanea was founded in 1984 inside the eighteenth century building designed by Filippo Juvarra. It hosts site specific installations strictly connected to the ancient halls of the place. This Museum presents itself as a place where to encourage understanding of contemporary world through art, creating a link between the development of the society and the territory. The Castello di Rivoli is home to one of the most important and ever-growing collections of contemporary art in Italy and it is committed to researching and promoting creativity, as well as educational initiatives.

The work is located in front of Aligi Sassu's house, and is not far from Accademia di Brera where he studied since 1929. The sculpture, donated by the artist to the city of Milan, represents a rearing horse: recurring theme his work, and pretext for a research on form. Two of the five versions of this work are installed in the garden of the offices of Confcommercio in Milan and in Piazza della Repubblica in San Marino.
donated by the artist to the municipality of Milan

Mario Ceroli's Cavallo con gualdrappa was made in 1985 on a commission from the Banca Popolare di Bari. In 2003, on the occasion of the major exhibition dedicated to the artist in Bari, the bank decided to donate the work and to move it from its original discrete position in via Sparanti to the current, central one. Influenced by Pop Art, the artist approached Arte Povera, preferring the use of traditional and common materials, such as poplar wood for his sculptures. In this work the material is bronze, typically used for equestrian statues, which celebrate figures of captains or sovereigns. In this case, however, the knight does not exist and the monument is therefore ironically dedicated only to the horse.

Centrale Fies is located in a hydroelectric power station of the early twentieth century, important evidence of industrial archeology and still partly active. Centrale Fies, whose project started in 1999, is configured today as a research center for contemporary performance practices, dedicated to experimenting interdisciplinary activities in which contemporary art represents a research tool, as well as design, architecture and the reinterpretation of the landscape, intertwining political and social issues. It is therefore a propulsive center in which new forms and processes of artistic and cultural communication are experimented through exhibitions, events, training courses, live performances and artistic residencies with international participants.

The Alik Cavaliere Artistic Center is located in the historic center of Milan and was founded in 1998, just a few months after the death of the artist from whom it takes its name, with the aim of continuing the legacy of the place that served as his studio. The space features a permanent collection and rotating exhibitions of the artist's works and installations. Additionally, it collaborates with numerous public and private institutions, promoting cultural events and initiatives primarily related to visual arts in Milan during the second half of the 20th century. It also hosts various events and artistic projects.

Centro di attività espressive di Villa Pacchiani
The Center for Expressive Activities of Villa Pacchiani, inaugurated in 1991, together with the Exhibition Centre, is configured as the place that the municipal administration has dedicated to contemporary art. Also supported by a group of artists active in the area, it is based in the residence of the same name dating back to the 18th century. The exhibition activity focuses on the production of specific exhibitions and on artists of different generations, both linked to the reference territory and international. At the Center for Expressive Activities of Villa Pacchiani there is also the Cabinet of Drawings and Prints with a collection of graphic works of national importance.

Centro Luigi Di Sarro, a documentation centre for contemporary art research, was founded in 1981 by the will of the family of the artist Luigi di Sarro. The Centre is focused on the new frontiers of artistic experimentation, with a particular eye for new generation artists. To this end, it has launched the ARP - Art Residency Project, aiming to promote artistic exchanges and residencies abroad. This Association offers the public the archive of works and documents of the artist Luigi Di Sarro as well as the collection of over 300 works, including sculptures, drawings and paintings, donated by artists who have collaborated with the Centre over the years. The Association periodically organizes meetings, debates and exhibitions, so as to investigate the artistic landscape of the last few decades.

Centro per l'Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci
Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci has been active since 1988, promoting a rich programme of exhibitions and documentation activities concerning contemporary art. This Museum strives to develop its own permanent collection every single day, with the aim of mapping the international art trends from the 1960s to today. In 2016, the Centro Luigi Pecci was reopened, after the extension designed by the Dutch architect Maurice Nio, and began to offer a rich calendar of temporary exhibitions, shows, multimedia events and educational programmes once again.

Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea Il Conventino
Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea Il Conventino is housed in the former Convento dei Servi di Maria, a building of great historical importance, dating back to 16th century. This Museum, in the restored rooms of the Conventino, and partly also in the outside area, hosts the civic collection of contemporary art, consisting mainly of large sculptures and installations documenting research on art, from the 1960s to today. The collection was created thanks to the donations made by artists who, over the years, have taken part to exhibitions, the first being the collective exhibition Borderline in 1988. During Summer, apart from its permanent collection, Il Conventino also proposes temporary exhibitions and cultural activities of various kinds.
Convento dei Servi di Maria - Via Conventino

Centro per l'arte contemporanea Trebisonda was created in 1989 in Perugia by three artists and proposes exhibitions, events and international cultural exchanges, focusing mainly on visual art productions. With its program, the Centro Trebisonda aims to create a network of artists, curators and cultural operators, promoting research on the interdisciplinary forms of the contemporary world. Apart from exhibitions, this Independent space hosts performing art festivals and workshop cycles as well.

Centro Saint Bénin, is an exhibition venue in the Region of Valle d’Aosta, which was opened in 1986, and founded around the year 1000 by Benedictine monks. Centro Saint Bénin, located inside the cappella del Collegio, proposes periodical exhibitions dedicated to photography, to modern and contemporary art, and hosts monographic exhibitions on international artists.

The 14th-century Certosa di San Lorenzo in Padula, founded by the will of Tommaso Sanseverino, count of Marsico, is the largest monastic complex in Southern Italy. It has been included on UNESCO’s world heritage list since 1998. In some of its evocative monastic cells, the Certosa di San Lorenzo accommodates its collection of contemporary art, expanded during the three-year period from 2002 to 2004, thanks to the three editions of the international event Le Opere e i Giorni, created and curated by Achille Bonito Oliva. This event saw the participation of famous international artists and included works inspired by the following themes: the Verb, the Rule and the Vanitas.

CIAC - Centro Italiano d'Arte Contemporanea
CIAC – Centro Italiano d’Arte Contemporanea was established in 2009 in the old town of Foligno, in an area previously occupied by the Centrale del Latte and later by a Post office. This Exhibition venue appears today as an architectural complex which has the form of a parallelepiped covered in Corten steel. The CIAC has become a centre of cultural promotion for creativeness, as well as national and international contemporary art over the years, proposing a rich annual programme of temporary exhibitions, conventions, conferences and projections.

CIAC - Centro Italiano d'Arte Contemporanea - Chiesa dell'Annunziata
Apart from owning its historical building in the old town of Foligno, since 2011 CIAC – Centro Italiano d’Arte Contemporanea has been using the former Chiesa dell’Annunziata as well, where the history of the neoclassic building perfecly blends with contemporary culture. The CIAC is home to the great work, on permanent exhibition, Calamita Cosmica by Gino De Dominicis, a work that travelled around Europe, and finally found a place in this charming setting.

Circolo Scandinavo was established in 1860 to favour the knowledge and diffusion of the Nordic countries' culture at an international level. Circolo Scandinavo organizes a programme of artists' residencies in the fields of literature, visual and scenic art, cinematography and dance, for artists from Denmark, Sweden, Iceland, Norway, Finland, Faroe Islands, Greenland and Aland Islands. In order to encourage dialogues and interactions between Nordic and Italian cultures, this Association organizes events to promote the works made by the artists during their residencies.

Starting from the second post-war period, the Municipality of Prato built a collection of contemporary works of art for the public space that make the city an open-air museum. This interest is common to various Italian industrial centers, such as the city of Terni. The collection is distributed across the city and it is therefore possible to see works both in the historic center and in peripheral areas. The acquisitions have continued over the last decade in collaboration with Centro per l'arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci which created a strong relationship with the city and contributed to its collection of outdoor sculptures, even by conceiving the external space as an extension of the museum. Among the most significant works of art: Forma squadrata con taglio by Henry Moore, Exegi Monumentum Aere Perennius by Anne and Patrick Poirier, Waterbones by Loris Cecchini.
Comune di Prato; Associazione Centro per l'arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci
Comune di Prato
Prometheus Strangling the Vulture Jacques Lipchitz 1944 -1953
Forma squadrata con taglio Henry Moore 1969 (coll. 1974)
Ruota Dani Karavan 2010
Comune di Prato e Centro per l'Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci
Count Up Alessandra Andrini 2009
Waterbones. Climbing in transition state Loris Cecchini 2018
L'anello mancante alla catena che non c'è Marco Bagnoli 1989 / 2018
Centro per l'Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci
Longitudine ‚EUR" Latitudine: 43¬∞ 51' 678" N 11¬∞ 6' 570" W Diego Esposito 2001
Exegi Monumentum Aere Perennius Anne e Patrick Poirier 1988
Riflesso dell'ordine cosmico Eliseo Mattiacci 1995-1996

The municipal administration of the industrial town of Terni, has conducted a campaign of acquisition of sculptures by contemporary artists for the city center since 1980, with the aim to requalify the territory. The city is interpreted as an open-air museum where trajectories are characterized by the presence of the most recent artistic research. The collection includes local artists, and renowned masters such as Arnaldo Pomodoro, Giulio Turcato, Carlo Lorenzetti, Eliseo Mattiacci, Beverly Pepper, Agapito Miniucchi, Aurelio De Felice, Bruno Ceccobelli, Federico Brook, Attilio Pierelli, Umberto Mastroianni, Vincenzo Gaetaniello, Giuseppe Maraniello. The city of Terni is among the first to publish a catalogue of the public collection. Only a significant selection is proposed here.
Umberto Mastroianni, Carlo Lorenzetti, Arnaldo Pomodoro, Bruno Ceccobelli
Composizione di forme Umberto Mastroianni 1980
Sinergica Carlo Lorenzetti 1988
Lancia di Luce Arnaldo Pomodoro 1984/91, coll. 1991
11_AGOSTO_1943 Bruno Ceccobelli 2004

Cittadellarte - Fondazione Pistoletto, opened in 1998, is located in the former Trombetta Wool Mill, part of an industrial archeology complex in Biella. This Foundation is a successful attempt to implement the Art Project Manifesto with which Michelangelo Pistoletto aimed to retrace the figure of the contemporary artist, as an individual interacting with all aspects of our social fabric and boosting a potential change in society. Cittadellarte - Fondazione Pistoletto is divided into several departments, the so-called Uffizi, each dedicated to a specific activity: art, education, ecology, economy, politics, spirituality, production, work, communications, architecture, fashion and nourishment.

Civica Galleria d'Arte Contemporanea Filippo Scroppo
Civica Galleria d'Arte Contemporanea Filippo Scroppo is home to an important collection of about four hundred and fifty works by Italian and foreign artists from the second Post-War period to today. The Civica Galleria was established in 1975, but its originating core dates back to 1959, when Filippo Scroppo selected a group of local artists for the Primo Autunno Pittorico di Torre Pellice, during which the artists were encouraged to donate the works created for the occasion to the city. This Museum is now very active as far as exhibitions, meetings and educational activities are concerned.

Civico Museo d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea
Civico Museo d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea in Anticoli Corrado hosts sketches, paintings, sculptures and prints from within the period between the end of the nineteenth century and the 1970s. This Museum, housed in the Palazzetto Brancaccio, was founded in 1935, after several works of art (purposely created) were donated by some of the most important artists of the Novecento italiano. The aim of this musem was to celebrate the town in which it was established, which has been recognised as the town of artists since the nineteenth century, thanks to many intellectuals and painters who lived there during the Grand Tour.

The Civico Museo Parisi Valle, located near Lake Maggiore, is housed in a "bridge" building, a modern structure designed by Maurizio Sacripanti. The rooms host a collection of works by the sculptor Giuseppe Parisi (1915-2009), a native of the area, as well as a core of works he gathered starting from the post-World War II period. The collection includes prominent pieces by Giorgio De Chirico and Pablo Picasso, among others. Additionally, the museum periodically hosts exhibitions of modern and contemporary art.

Clarisse Arte, located in the seventeenth-century building of the former convent of Santa Chiara now restored, is the institution within the Le Clarisse cultural center (Grosseto Cultura Foundation) that deals with contemporary art; was born in 2016, from the Visual Arts Documentation Center of the municipality of Grosseto. On the first floor there is an exhibition space for temporary exhibitions and a documentation centre. The collection, which also includes works subject to private donations, is representative of Italian artists of the twentieth century.

Collezione Farnesina is the contemporary art collection owned by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. In 2000, the then Secretary General Umberto Vattani decided to create this collection. The nucleus of the collection is represented by a group of works acquired by the Ministry in the 1950s and 60s; over the next decades it grew to become a high-profile selection of the milestones of 20th-century Italian art as of today. The Collezione accounts for all the main national artistic events during the entire 20th century, with a particular focus on the movements of the post World War II period (Abstract art, Realism, Informalism, Transavantgarde, etc.), but also to the most recent visual research. Collezione Farnesina can be visited by appointment every last Friday of the month; the collection is also open to public during the Open House Rome, in May, and for the Day of Contemporary Art, in October.

Since 1970, Collezione Gori - Fattoria di Celle has been property of the collector Giuliano Gori, who created the first private collection of environmental art in Italy. The halls of the 18th-century Fattoria and its great park, opened in 1982, are home to eighty works purposely created for the collection by great contemporary artists, such as Robert Morris, Anselm Kiefer, Giuseppe Penone and many others. Apart from allowing access to the permanent collection, the Fattoria di Celle organizes exhibitions and performances every year, in the area of the teatro-scultura.

This Collection was founded by the lawyer Giuseppe Iannaccone, whose passion for Italian art between the two World Wars led to the creation of a collection, which has grown to accommodate even the most recent forms of contemporary international art. When he displayed some works of art made by young artists in his law firm, Giuseppe Iannaccone decided that he would have periodically hosted some small contemporary art exhibitions, dedicated to the works already included in his collection, and to other works by emerging artists. Over the years, this Collection has expanded, involving different expressive languages, such as painting, sculpture, drawing and photography.

Collezione Maramotti is housed in the historical building of the fashion house Max Mara, an innovative place built in 1957 under the sign of sustainability. Max Mara moved out of Reggio Emilia in 2003, and the building was converted into an exhibition area, to accommodate the contemporary art collection of Achille Maramotti, founder of the same fashion house. Since 1945, Collezione Maramotti has been home to hundreds of works, paintings for the most part, but also sculptures and installations representing the Italian and international art trends of the second half of the 20th century.

The Peruzzi Collection is based in the Piane del Fiume Marta area, near Tarquinia, in a house museum whose furnishings consist of a representative collection of the history of modern furniture. This is the collection that Vittorio Peruzzi has collected since 1980 and has, to date, more than two hundred works of modern and contemporary Italian art, including serial works by famous artists of the twentieth century. The collection, due to its characteristics and its rigor of choices, is one of the points of reference for collecting serial works.

Collezione Roberto Casamonti is housed in the Piano Nobile of the Palazzo Bartolini Salimbeni, a 16th-century architectural work designed by Baccio d’Agnolo. Collezione Roberto Casamonti stands as one of the greatest modern and contemporary art collections in Italy. This private collection is divided into two main groups of paintings and sculptures: works created from the early 1900s to the 1960s belong to the first group, while the second includes works of the last few decades. Inside the piano nobile of the building, exhibitions and multidisciplinar events are regularly hosted, to enhance the dialogue between arts and encourage cultural debates on modern and contemporary art.

Complesso Museale Santa Maria della Scala
Complesso Monumentale Santa Maria della Scala was founded during the 12th century as a hospital, and over the centuries served as a welcoming place. During the 1990s, the complex was converted to a Museum/Exhibition venue, including civic and national collections, and hosting exhibitions. Since 2008, Santa Maria della Scala has expanded its cultural programme to incorporate contemporary art promotion as well, through collective and personal exhibitions by international artists.

Condotto48 is a self-managed space founded in 2021 by five Roman artists: Maria Verdiana Bove, Francesca Romana Cicia, Luca di Terlizzi, Emanuele Fasciani, and Caterina Sammartino. The space, located in the Torre Angela district of Rome, was created out of the need to share the creative process, generating a fruitful exchange of experiences and mutual support among the founding members, with the aim of creating a context that is both professional and informal. Following significant renovation work that altered its layout, Condotto48 has established a project room dedicated to hosting independent exhibition proposals from young Italian and international artists.

Contatto Arte/Città was conceived in the frame of the XV Triennale di Milano by Giulio Macchi, with the patronage and support of Paolo Marzotto. Twelve works were commissioned for the Sempione Park, with the aim of facilitating the access to contemporary art through interventions that would reformulate the public space in a participatory way. The works were realized through the collaboration between artist, city and companies. The works that are still located in their original positions are the concrete and painted steel theater conceived by Alberto Burri (destroyed in 1989 and rebuilt in 2015); the stone fountain by Giorgio de Chirico (last restoration 2011; original pieces at the Museo del Novecento, MI); the stage for orchestra and cavea in concrete and metal of Arman; the white cement reading kiosk by Giorgio Amelio Roccamonte. The other works have been withdrawn by the authors or destroyed.
Giorgio de Chirico, Alberto Burri, Arman, Giorgio Amelio Roccamonte
Carlo Mo, Feroce Equilibrio, XV Triennale di Milano
Comune di Milano, Ripartizione Cultura Turismo e Spettacolo ‚EUR
Accumulazione musicale e seduta Arman 1973
Implicor Umberto Bignardi 1973 (rimosso)
Teatro continuo Alberto Burri 1973
Variante Cinematografica Corrado Cagli 1973 (rimosso)
Libro all'aperto Corneille 1973 (rimosso)
Fontana Bagni Misteriosi Giorgio de Chirico 1973
Inquilino albero Friedensreich Hundertwasser 1973 (rimosso)
Eden artificiale Gino Marotta 1973 (rimosso)
Autoapocalipse Sebastian Matta 1973 (rimosso)
Storia della terra Antonio Paradiso 1973 (rimosso)
Labirinto musicale Pizzo Greco 1973 (rimosso)
Chiosco scultura Giorgio Amelio Roccamonte 1973

Corniolo Art Platform is a network of national and international art forms, aiming to promote moments of encounter and interactions between different fields. In the Villa Corniolo, in the Mugello, Corniolo Art Platform offers residencies to associations and independent spaces active within the field of contemporary art.

CRAC Puglia - Centro Ricerca Arte Contemporanea
CRAC Puglia – Centro Ricerca Arte Contemporanea is housed in the Convento dei Padri Olivetani and was founded as a Museum of Design, from the Fondazione Rocco Spani ETS, with the contribution of Apulia Region. In 1992, the Crac founded the Collezione PIANO EFFE - Archivio Storico Nazionale del Progetto d’Artista e dello Studio Preparatorio, promoted by Bruno Munari, and has maintained it ever since. The Archive represents the permanent collection of the Centre and stands as the basis of the collection and preservation of drawings, photographic evidence, artists' trials, preparatory studies and sketches by national and international artists. The CRAC regularly organizes exhibitions dedicated to drawing, photography, painting, engraving and installations, inside and outside its Venue, in collaboration with other institutions.
Ex Convento dei Padri Olivetani - Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, 17

Cripta747 was founded in 2008, in Turin, with the aim of researching the contemporary art field and reporting about the dynamics of the current artistic scene. To this end, it offers an annual programme with exhibitions, residencies for artists, conferences and performances, both inside and outside the place. Over the years, Cripta747 has presented exhibitions featuring emerging artists showcasing their talents for the first time, as well as solo exhibitions of well-known artists and major collective exhibitions, actively contributing to the contemporary debate. Artists in residency, then, are offered a workspace which aims at encouraging the dialogue and the exchange of ideas between the various expressive languages.

CSAC - Centro Studi e Archivio della Comunicazione
CSAC – Centro Studi e Archivio della Comunicazione was founded in 1968 as a research centre for the University of Parma, and since 2007 has been housed in the Abbazia cistercense di Valserena. The CSAC was created to preserve, catalogue and promote original items belonging to the Italian visual and design culture, with a particular focus on art, photography, new media, entertainment, architecture, fashion and design, including a collection of about 12 million pieces. The Museum of CSAC, opened in 2015, allows the public to see (displayed on rotation) the materials stored in the archive, and to deepen the knowledge and the interpretation about the collections. The Venue offers exhibition tours and themed events, as well as educational activities and multisensory guided tours.
Abbazia di Valserena - Via Viazza di Paradigna, 1

CUBO - Centro Unipol Bologna was born in 2013, from the desire of the Unipol Group to create a Museum. CUBO holds a permanent collection of contemporary art, including works made by great artists, such as Mario Schifano, Lucio Fontana, Alberto Burri and Mimmo Paladino. The collection is the result of a process of acquisitions in the four cities where the main events occurred, which led to the creation of the Group (Bologna, Milan, Florence and Turin). This Museum organizes an exhibition dedicated to the artists included in the collection every year, enhancing the different expressive languages representing the Unipol collection. Furthermore, CUBO regularly organizes thematic exhibitions dedicated to contemporary emerging artists.

Cuneo con frecce stems of two complementary facts: the SMAT Group needed to renew the company headquarters and the Municipality of Turin wanted to redevelop the area adjacent to the historic center. The work was commissioned in 2006 as part of the reorganization of a green area in front of the building. It is a massive triangular-shaped bronze wedge, propped up by a myriad of small arrows and installed at the center of a round water basin. The shape evokes that of a drill, symbolizing strength and energy, evoked in the moment of the excavation to reach the spring, and in the jet of water that erupts outside. The basin is called Fonte dinamica due to the particular hydraulic game that moves the water. Water reflections on the bronze give rhythm and dynamism to the work.
A. Pomodoro, Sfera Grande, Roma; Sfera Grande, Pesaro; Disco, Milano

Cuore di pietra is a public art project initiated in 2004 by the artist Mili Romano in the frame of the urban redevelopment of the center of Pianoro. The cultural association Cuore di Pietra responded to the traumatic transformation of the cityscape, which included the demolition of many buildings, with a series of contemporary art interventions based on a site-specific and participatory approach. Artists have been invited to interpret public space as a "catalyst of stories and narratives", creating installations, murals, performances and videos in dialogue with the city and in an interdisciplinary perspective, for fourteen editions of the project.
Mappa Tessile Francesca Acerbi 2015
Una celata resistenza ontologica (icone dal lavoro resistente) Andreco 2015
Wall painting Andreco 2010
Segnali di vita Anna Ferraro 2007/2008
City_look_at_City MP5 2010
In che senso gira il pianeta (e io con lui) Sandrine Nicoletta 2007
Manifesto Cuore di pietra Mili Romano 2005
Passaggio di luce Mili Romano con Studio Ciorra - Sabrina Torelli 2010
Servabo Mili Romano - Mona Lisa Tina 2011
Made in Pianoro. Frammenti e apparizioni Anna Rossi 2014

CURRENT is an artist-run space in Milan. Since 2016, it has been housed in a place created by artists and curators, opened to share visions and research with other Italian and international venues of contemporary art. CURRENT curates and hosts collective and personal exhibitions of international artists, as well as talks and meetings, aiming to promote and encourage contaminations between different artistic disciplines. This Independent space is particularly dedicated to modern visual culture and digital media, investigating the cultural and social impact of new discoveries in the fields of Technology and Science on contemporary world.

DAS headquarter is an abandoned warehouse located in the historic center of Bologna. DAS's aim is to collect the diversity of the contemporary artistic panorama and has a strong interdisciplinary vocation. Open to the public in 2019, it is characterized by his multifunctionality. It is mainly a place of meeting and cultural promotion but also an artist’s brainstorming point. Multidisciplinarity and the mixture of different creative languages are the basis of the artistic proposals of his activity which is carried out through events, training activities, and also through the broadcasts of the DAS radio, whose programming is aimed in particular at young people in the area.

The monumental fountain of Dea Roma was created by the Polish sculptor on behalf of Finmeccanica, that donated it to the city of Rome. The sculpture is located in the public garden of Piazza Monte Grappa, in front of the group's headquarters. It features the fragment of a female melancholic and hieratic face, with direct references to classic sculpture. Like an ancient ruin, it stands on travertine rocks, a material that artist used as a tribute to the monuments of Rome. The sculpture is placed at the center of a low triangular basin, surrounded by holm oaks, cypresses, pines and olive trees evoking ‚EUR" in the intention of the artist - the sacred wood of the Romulean legend.

Dedicato al manifesto degli intellettuali antifascisti
Giustino Fortunato, to whom the square is dedicated, was an Italian politician and historian and one of the most important representatives of Meridionalism. He was among the first signatories of the of the Manifesto degli intellettuali antifascisti . In 1925 some Italian intellectuals, published such a document in defense of democracy. The artist replaced, at regular intervals, some elements of the floor of the square of with crystal plates engraved with the name of the signatories of the manifesto. At the base of each element a mirror multiplies the names and seems to project it beyond time and space. Mirror, light and color are typically employed by artist to allude to another dimension and to activate in the viewer a different perception of reality. The project was curated by Efisio Pizzalis.

Dietrofront was presented in occasion of Michelangelo Pistoletto's solo exhibition at Forte Belvedere in Florence 1984, and later moved to Porta Romana, which marks the limits of the old walled city. Donated by the artist to the city in 2000, the sculpture consists of two female figures arranged perpendicularly. One is larger in size and is standing erect, appearing to be walking south and looking ahead. The second, placed horizontally on its head, extends towards the city in the opposite direction: it symbolizes the double movement carried out by Florence over the centuries, the opening of the city towards the world, which was instrumental to its cultural and scientific progress, and the glance at the past, which Pistoletto described as "A return of modernity to Florence, from the journey into the world".

Dimora OZ is a laboratory of visual, performing and media arts, a transdisciplinary space animated by numerous artists living in Palermo. It is housed in Palazzo Sambuca, located in the ancient neighbourhood of Kalsa, a place where exhibitions, events, and workshops are organized with a particular attention to relational dynamics of participation. Dimora OZ offers activities aimed at stimulating the cultural and artistic development of the territory by promoting a constant exchange between existing initiatives and international experiences.

Dolomiti Contemporanee, located between the Belluno Prealps and the Friulian Dolomites, was founded in 2011, shortly after the renowned mountain ranges became a UNESCO World Heritage site. Dolomiti Contemporanee is a project aimed at regenerating heritage sites by reactivating and enhancing uninhabited or underused places, such as abandoned factories and decommissioned industrial archaeology complexes, through contemporary art and culture. The Vajont area and the former Eni Village in Corte di Cadore are two examples of transformative production that go beyond the concept of classic mountain tourism, creating a workshop that initiates experimental and impactful projects in the region.

Dryphoto arte contemporanea is located in Prato's Macrolotto Zero and works to become an engine for regenerating degraded spaces and building community. It is a non-profit association founded in 1977, when a small group of artists began to question the role and activities of the language of photography. Since 2021, with the Urban Story project, in synergy with the Melampo Garden, an outdoor space that has been transformed into a garden open to all by a site-specific intervention by Andrea Abati, new artistic interventions have been realised, such as the installations by Valentina Lapolla, Robert Pettena, and the Ukrainian group R.E.P. Revolutionary Experimental, thus developing a visual research aimed at interpreting the present and imagining a possible future.

Alberto Garutti's first permanent work in Milan is located on the ground floor of the Italian tallest building, in the area of Porta Nuova Garibaldi. Brass pipes run for the four underground levels of the building, and emerge in the courtyard, circling an atrium. Putting the ear on the opening of each pipe, we can hear sounds, noises and words coming from the bottom of the building. The work was developed in dialogue with the hosting architecture, and addresses the people who use that space: it is a metaphor of the importance of listening and, at the same time, evokes the shape of the city itself. A short dedication to passers-by is engraved on the floor: "These pipes connect various places and spaces of the building, this work is dedicated to those walking here, who will think about the voices and sounds of the city".
twenty-three extruded aluminum tubes, bent and oxidized brass

EXMA - Exhibiting and Moving Arts, is a community center located in the former slaughterhouse of Cagliari. This center is both an exhibition space and a place of production, with a particular focus on research and teaching. The exhibitions here have the dual purpose of investigating the international context and enhancing the most important art performances in Sardinia; its program includes performances, stage performances, festivals and concerts.

This public sculpture invites us to rethink the role of the monument today: it is dedicated to a common family from Trento, selected through a public competition organized by Gillian Wearing in the context of her solo show curated by Fabio Cavallucci and Cristina Natalicchio at Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea di Trento in 2007. The selection involved families that, for the number of members, age, work and lifestyle, could be recognized as representative of the entire Trentino population. The work represents the Giuliani family, and it is indeed a monument to the ordinary in which the passers-by the square can recognize themselves.

Farm Cultural Park was founded in 2014 as a restoration project for the old town of Favara, carried out through three different languages: contemporary art, architecture and public design. Farm Cultural Park is not only and exhibition venue, but also a centre of cultural production and experimentation, aiming to encourage a sense of community. Apart from exhibitions, this Association also organizes artists' residencies, directs a School of Architecture for children and, in 2016, launched a course dedicated to video-dance.

The sculpture, titled ‚EUR~feral balance' after a poem by Roberto Sanesi written 1957, was placed outside the Palazzo dell'Arte on the occasion of the XV Triennale di Milano, as part of the section Italian sculpture. The structure is composed of two elements: a large ring and a disc placed at its center, which respectively represent the Universe and the Earth. The two structures stand in reciprocal balance and are blocked by three wedges, thus appearing to translate into form the words of the poet. The sculpture is in stainless steel, a material that the artist often used because its absorbs light and has dynamic qualities.

FigureUmane is a three-year project , curated by Arnold Mario Dall'O and Herta Wolf Torggler (Kunst Merano Arte),that reinterpreted in a contemporary frame commemorative sculpture. Based on a city consultation, the city council identified a number of personalities who have contributed to the artistic, social and political life of the city of Merano, to whom to dedicate a bust commissioned to international artists. The sculptures were installed on the Lungo Passirio promenade, in the frame of the redeveloping of the city. The area has been re-appropriated by public use, the gallery of open-air sculptures, foster the identification of the citizens in the community.
Le opere sono collocate presso la passeggiata Lungo Passirio
Emma. Omaggio a Emma Hellenstainer Stefan Balkenhol 2015
Eppure la fiamma del giorno resiste alta, sui monti dove le ultime nubi riaccendono cielo e speranza. Omaggio a Antonio Manfredi Aron Demetz 2015
Autoritratto nei panni di Franz Kafka, mentre scrive il racconto ‚EURoeLa Metamorfosi‚EURù Urs Lüthi - Franz Kafka 2015
Omaggio a Silvius Magnago Tony Cragg 2016
Sensibilità. Omaggio a Rina Riva Walter Moroder 2016
Cinepreso. Omaggio a Bruno Iori Sissi 2017
Senza titolo. Omaggio a Franz J. Lenhart Mimmo Paladino 2017
Space between the back of a mask and the face of the wearer. Omaggio a Natalia Pravosudoviƒç Michael Fliri 2017
Looking up. Omaggio a Gina Thusek Klaber Francis Upritchard 2017

Fiumara d'Arte sculpture park by Antonio Presti ideally traces the course of the river with the aim of enhancing the territory through the presence of contemporary art. Monumento per un poeta morto, also known as Finestra sul mare, dedicated by Tano Festa to his late brother, artist Francesco Lo Savio, represents an integral element of the landscape for the community. An enormous blue window on the town's beach opens onto the horizon framing the sea, while an intersecting black monolith suggests a trajectory for the eye and represents the tension between finite and infinite.
Piero Dorazio e Graziano Marini, Italo Lanfredini, Paolo Schiavocampo
Arethusa Piero Dorazio e Graziano Marini 1990
Una curva gettata alle spalle del tempo Paolo Schiavocampo 1990
Labirinto di Arianna Italo Lanfredini 1990

Fiumara d'Arte sculpture park by Antonio Presti ideally traces the course of the river with the aim of enhancing the territory through the presence of contemporary art. The works in Motta d'Affermo are positioned far from the in panoramic points of the hilly landscape. Energia mediterranea by Antonio Di Palma is an environmental installation in blue concrete that reproduces a wave. The shape seems a minimal sign, but as one gets closer an underwater environment reproduced beneath its surface can be discovered. 38° Parallelo - Piramide is a monumental walkable work by Mauro Staccioli. Located on a hill, it is a symbolic presence, and is visible from miles away. The geographical coordinates of the work coincide with the thirty-eighth parallel, indicating the point of contact between mathematical abstraction and the reality of nature.
Energia mediterranea Antonio Di Palma 1990
38¬∞ Parallelo. Piramide Mauro Staccioli 2010

Fiuto Art Space was inaugurated in 2023 and is located in a 12 mq little studio on Marche's hills. The Space promotes  languages of the contemporary scene in a suburban area far from the big urban areas. It also organizes exhibiots every two months throughut the year calling emerging artists to partecipate. All the activities are dedicated to site specific projects and workshops, encouraging communication with local community and territory.

FLIP Project Space, established in 2011 in Naples, is an artist-run space: a platform for discussions and creative collaborations on the themes of artistic practice and contemporary culture. This Venue carries out many activities, and proposes a rich calendar of exhibitions, publications, workshops, screenings and seminars. Since the beginning, the FLIP has always wanted to develop an international network, so as to create collaborations and creative exchanges between the artists, encouraging new dynamics and cultural contaminations.

FM Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea, founded in 2016, is a centre located in the historical industrial complex of Frigoriferi Milanesi and dedicated to the conservation and enhancement of contemporary art. The FM includes an exhibition area where private Italian and international collections, artists' estates and art gallery pieces are made accessible to the public. Furthermore, the FM organizes residency programs for artists and curators and proposes a rich program of meetings and events.

Foglie di pietra was conceived by Giuseppe Penone, master of Arte Povera, in the frame of a project for the production of a work of art to be placed in front of the headquarters of Fendi in largo Goldoni, in Rome. The work was selected by a commission composed of the Directorate-General for Contemporary Art and Architecture and Urban Peripheries - Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism (now Directorate-General for Contemporary Creativity), Roma Capitale and Fendi S.r.l. The sculpture consists of two bronze trees, whose intertwined branches hold a massive block of sculpted marble 5 meters above the ground. Bronze fragments on the taller branches recall the architectural ruins of classical and medieval Rome. The references to the cultural and artistic history of the city are also evoked in the baroque illusionistic use of materials.
2 bronze elements, 1 horizontal marble element

Fondazione 107 mission is the dissemination of contemporary art in all its forms and expressions, through specific actions involving public, private and local institutions. The headquarters of its activity is a former warehouse dating back to the 1950s, an example of industrial archeology located on the northern outskirts of Turin, the Piedmontese capital. Fondazione 107 hosts events and projects by independent art curators and through interdisciplinary and multicultural programs promotes dissemination and development of activities related to contemporary art contributing to requalification of peripheral realities.

Antonio dalle Nogare Foundation is a museum of contemporary art based in Bolzano. It offers a rich programme of activities, including exhibitions of historical conceptual artists from the Sixties and the Seventies, innovative exhibition projects by up-and-coming artists, dance and theatre performances, as well as educational activities and research supported by a rich library. Antonio dalle Nogare Foundation promotes exhibitions and artist residencies. Created on the basis of a sustainable design and located within the Alto Adige area, as a place where everyday life meets the experience of a museum space, this Venue is the source of inspiration for creative activities. The place is also house to a selection of artworks from the private collection of Antonio dalle Nogare. The museum is also enriched by two site-specific installations created by the conceptual artists Dan Graham and Robert Barry.

Fondazione Antonio Ratti was established in 1985 and located in the Villa Sucota, an historical building on Lake Como, enclosed in the natural pathway of Chilometro della Conoscenza. FAR supports and promotes researches on textiles and contemporary art, involving researchers, artists and young talents, activating connections between many different stakeholders, places and audience. The Foundation Antonio Ratti hosts a series of ancient fabrics collected by Antonio Ratti, a library which includes over 7800 volumes on textiles, fashion, visual arts and crafts, and a rich collection of reviews. Since 1995, every year FAR organises CSAV - Artists Research Laboratory which supports the experimentation of young artists from all over the world in dialogue with well-known artists.

The Foundation was founded in 1995 on the initiative of the artist Arnaldo Pomodoro whose aim was to properly preserve his own artworks while providing correct information about the latter. He also wanted to promote research and confrontation on contemporary art themes and figures through exhibitions, educational activities and events. Based on the will of its founder, the Foundation now serves as an actual inventive, experimental-like laboratory where the goal is to deeply involve artists, critics and the public. The exhibition centre of Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro has been located in via Vigevano since 2013, in a space close to the Archive and to the artist's studio.

Fondazione Baruchello was founded in 1998 after the artist Gianfranco Baruchello donated his collection of about five hundred works, including paintings, sculptures, objects and videos as wells as a library containing about forty thousand volumes. He also donated cinematographic equipment and the very same building of the foundation, that is used for residencies, artist’s studies and laboratories. The activities organized by Fondazione Baruchello, and divided between its headquarters in Santa Cornelia and Vascello, are based on the philosophy of this artist, whose opinion is that contemporary art is a language that allows men to think and imagine new forms of coexistence in the world.

Fondazione Baruchello owns a second building in the center of Rome since 2014, nearby the Janiculum hill and Trastevere. In this building the Foundation programs and hosts temporary activities open to the public. Throughout the year, this Foundation promotes meetings, seminars, round table discussions, projects and exhibitions, proposing itself not only as an exhibition space, but also as a space for planning, a place where to exchange ideas: a laboratory of experimentation and dialogue.

Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa was established in 1899 upon the bequest of Ca’ Pesaro made by Felicita Bevilacqua, widow of the general Giuseppe La Masa, with the promise of using it to favour young artists in particular, who are often denied to enter the great exhibitions. Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa now owns various exhibition venues: the main one is the two-floor Galleria di Piazza San Marco, especially dedicated to contemporary art festivals.
La Galleria di Piazza San Marco - San Marco, 71/c

Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa - Palazzetto Tito
The institutional setting of Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa is Palazzetto Tito, already inhabited by Venetian artists Ettore and Luigi Tito. The reception rooms are dedicated to exhibitions, book presentations and other activities relating to contemporary art. Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa is also home to a Library of contemporary art as well as an Archive, where the portfolios of many young artists are collected.

Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa - SS. Cosma e Damiano
Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa uses another building in the Island of the Giudecca as well, inside the former Renaissance convent of SS. Cosma e Damiano. The activity of the Foundation, from this outpost on the lagoon, is part of a broader process of cultural rediscovery of the entire Island of the Giudecca. Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa provides young artists with five studios in the cloister, while inside the Sala del Camino exhibitions of contemporary artists are periodically hosted.
Complesso SS Cosma e Damiano, Sala del Camino - Giudecca, 620

The Biscozzi-Rimbaud Foundation, inaugurated in 2021 by the collector couple Luigi Biscozzi and Dominique Rimbaud, is located in a two-level exhibition space within a restored and renovated building in the center of the city of Salento. On the first floor, there is a permanent collection featuring a selection of works by 20th-century artists, particularly from the 1950s to 1980s, including De Pisis, Burri and Schifano. The collection, which has grown over time with further acquisitions, includes numerous pieces such as paintings, sculptures, and graphic works, and often organizes exhibitions dedicated to contemporary visual arts.

Fondazione Bonotto was founded to enhance the Luigi Bonotto collection, consisting of works by Fluxus, in paper, audio and video formats, as well as various works relating to the international verbal-visual research of the Poesia Concreta, Visiva e Sonora. This collection has been entirely digitized, so as to be freely available online. Fondazione Bonotto aims to develop a new bond between art, business and contemporary culture, by promoting the work of the artists, organizing exhibitions, conventions and workshops, as well as studies on contemporary art history and criticism.

Fondazione Brodbeck was founded in 2007 and has been housed in a post-industrial complex, in the historical San Cristoforo district of Catania ever since. Fondazione Brodbeck proposes personal and collective exhibitions of contemporary art, in which much attention is given to the works included in the Collezione Paolo Brodbeck. Apart from hosting exhibitions, this Foundation has also a rich programme of artists' residencies, workshops, guided tours and laboratories.

Fondazione Castelpergine was initially created in 2018 with the aim of protecting and promoting the medieval castle of Pergine. Aside from being an important historical site encompassing a fortified complex and a big park, in a protected nature reserve, the Pergine Castle hosts several exhibitions of site-specific sculptures every year: the works on display are directly connected to the historical architecture of the castle and the surrounding nature. Moreover, the Foundation organizes theatre and music events particularly focused on the experimentation on the relationship between art and new technologies.

Fondazione Centro Studi sull’Arte Licia e Carlo Ludovico Ragghianti
Fondazione Centro Studi sull’Arte Licia e Carlo Ludovico Ragghianti was established in 1981, after the spouses Ragghianti decided to donate their own library, photo library and archive, to create a permanent laboratory where to study and to disseminate contemporary art. This Foundation aims to enhance the permanent collection of contemporary art scupltures displayed in the cloisters of the Complesso Monumentale di San Micheletto, while exhibiting works of painting, architecture, design, video art, photography and decorative arts during temporary exhibitions as well. It also offers a wide range of educational activities and conferences.
Complesso Monumentale San Micheletto - Via San Micheletto, 3

Fondazione Coppola has been located in Vicenza since 2018, in the ancient Torrione di Porta Castello, a medieval fortification that no one has entered for centuries and is now center of the exhibition activities. Fondazione Coppola aims at supporting all contemporary art languages, promoting well-known and up-and-coming artists within an exhibition space that also serves as a production center, laboratory and training place.

The D'ARC Foundation was inaugurated in October 2024, in its new location, a large former industrial space that has been redeveloped in the heart of the Tiburtina area. It was established by the will of Giovanni and Clara Floridi and consists of a permanent collection with 152 works, the result of years of research and acquisitions. The collection offers visitors an exhibition path that includes works from the post-World War II period up to the present day. In addition, the D'ARC Foundation organizes temporary exhibitions, cultural events, artist residencies, and educational workshops.

Fondazione Dino Zoli, owned by the Dino Zoli Textile Group, was founded with the aim of promoting culture in Italy and abroad, with a particular focus on social and environmental themes. An expression of this intention was the fact that the Italian artist Silvia Camporesi was asked to create a photographic project in connection with the spaces within the building, which could be able to increase the value of the textiles and of the workplaces. Fondazione Dino Zoli owns a rich collection of modern and contemporary works of art of international standing. Furthermore, it is committed to organizing exhibitions, debates, educational activities as well as evening events, but always with an interdisciplinary slant.

Fondazione Ebris - European Biomedical Research Institute of Salerno, housed in the monastery complex of San Nicola, was founded in 2013, as a scientific institution whose purpose was to conduct research on nutrition, wellness and neurosciences. Over the last few years, this Foundation has begun to adopt an approach aiming to create a connection between scientific commitment and contemporary aesthetic experimentation. Researching-art is a festival born of the interaction between science and art. Since 2016, this project has allowed this Exhibition venue to host contemporary art exhibitions, exhibitions of local important artists/ceramists, conventions and book presentations, in collaboration with the local Superintendence and the main cultural movements in the town.

Fondazione Emilio e Annabianca Vedova was founded by the spouses to enhance the artistic production of Emilio Vedova and understand his role in the artistic landscape of 20th century. In collaboration with international museums and cultural institutes, the Foundation organizes cultural events on the themes of painting – space – time – history, which are in fact the fundamental elements of Emilio Vedova's work and efforts. This Foundation owns two exhibition venues, which can be visited from spring through to autumn: Magazzino del Sale and Spazio Vedova, which is the last studio in which the artist worked during the first half of the Seventies.

Fondazione Emilio e Annabianca Vedova - Magazzino del Sale
Apart from Spazio Vedova, Fondazione Emilio e Annabianca Vedova owns a second exhibition venue in the Zattere area: Magazzino del Sale. Designed by Renzo Piano, this is one of the nine warehouses once part of the old Emporio dei Sali. Magazzino del Sale is now based on a flexible system,which allows to organize dynamic set-ups, thanks to a rail fixed to the truss of the ceiling, over which there are ten extendable arms that take the works from the archive to the exhibition area.

Fondazione Ermanno Casoli was founded in 2007 in Fabriano to celebrate Ermanno Casoli, the founder of Elica, a leading company in the production of cooker hoods. It aims at fostering the relation between art and industry, by promoting initiatives in which contemporary art turns into an educational and methodological tool capable of stimulating innovation processes. This Foundation has pioneered the investigation on the link between art and industry. The artworks in the collection of Fondazione Ermanno Casoli are the result of E-straordinario, the program that, since 2018, has been offering workshops where international artists work to create an artwork along with a company's employees, aided by a managerial trainer and a contemporary art curator. The collection of the artworks produced has been included in the book Global Corporate Collection (2015) about the 100 world's finest corporate art collections.

Fondazione Garuzzo was founded in 2005 to spread the knowledge about Italian artists and contemporary art throughout the world. This Venue encourages exchanges between different countries through projects, such as exhibitions, residencies and awards. In Fall 2009, the IGAV opened to the public a Permanent Collection, located inside the nineteenth-century Castiglia di Saluzzo. There, it is possible to see works realized by national and international-level artists as well as young emerging artists, thus offering visitors a continuously updated vision of the art trends in our country.

Fondazione Giuliani per l'Arte Contemporanea was founded in 2010 by the collectors Giovanni and Valeria Giuliani whose aim was to support and promote contemporary art. Particular attention has been given to young artists, who never displayed their works in Rome: every year the Foundation organizes three personal exhibitions, during which it commissions new works. In some of these exhibitions, the Fondazione Giuliani tries to create a dialogue between the works created and the works included in its own collection. The collection, separate from the foundation, includes works available for the artists and fundamental to organizing their own exhibition. Therefore, this also becomes an occasion in which to investigate the collection itself.

Fondazione La Raia - arte, cultura territorio
Fondazione La Raia was established with the aim of proposing, in Italy and abroad, a critical reflection on the landscape in its triple meaning: geographical, social and cultural. Fondazione La Raia invites international artists to create a dialogue with the territory by organising artistic, didactic and scientific activities, with a special focus on disciplines that privilege the relationship between man and nature, with a peculiar look at the history and traditions of the territory of reference.

The Lele Luzzati Foundation and Casa Luzzati represent two central entities for the preservation, promotion, and enhancement of the cultural, artistic, and biographical heritage of Emanuele Luzzati (Genoa, 1921-2007), a multifaceted set designer and costume designer, illustrator and writer, ceramist and decorator, as well as a creator of theater and animated films. The Lele Luzzati Foundation, established in 2017, is the organizational and strategic core for promoting Luzzati's artistic legacy; Casa Luzzati, inaugurated in 2021, is a public space that promotes exhibitions, educational activities, and interdisciplinary projects. Together, they form a hub for study, education, and enjoyment centered around Luzzati's art and life, organizing events, educational activities, exhibitions, editorial projects, and training initiatives.

Fondazione Lungarotti was founded in 1987 with the aim of promoting the study and knowledge about wine and oil culture. The Foundation organizes exhibitions, conferences and conventions, apart from managing both the MUVIT – Museo del Vino and the MOO – Museo dell’Olio. The MUVIT displays a selection of works dedicated to this theme, from ancient to contemporary works. In the contemporary art section, there is a collection of engravings, including works by Pablo Picasso and Renato Guttuso. In its contemporary art section, the MOO includes the works of artists that have been involved in the Olio e Luce exhibition since its opening. This is an event promoted by Fondazione Lungarotti, and inspired by the ancient custom of using oil as a source of light. In this section, there is a collection of works dedicated to the goddess Athena, and to the mythological origins of the plant, as well as a selection of works by Riccardo Biavati and Duilio Cambellotti.

Fondazione Malvina Menegaz per le Arti e le Culture
Fondazione Malvina Menegaz per le Arti e le Culture was born out of the desire of giving new life to the medieval village of Castelbasso, from where Ms. Malvina emigrated in her youth. This Foundation encourages a dialogue between different cultures and comparisons between the current dynamics of art and knowledge in its own territory, by pursuing its goals especially through exhibitions, hosted in the 16th-century Palazzo Clemente, focusing on Italian artists of the second post-War period, often chosen from the collection owned by the Foundation itself.

Marcello Morandini Foundation was created in 2016 and housed in the Villa Zanotti, located in the heart of Varese. This villa was purposely renovated to create an open exhibition space where to promote the works by Marcello Morandini. Marcello Morandini Foundation aims also at preserving and enhancing works of art, design and architectural projects, while promoting Concrete art and Constructivism working through a network system with other artists and cultural institutions. Together they propose exhibition programes, conferences and publications, with a view to making this Foundation a reference point in Italy for the artistic currents chosen.

Fondazione Marconi - Arte Moderna e Contemporanea
Fondazione Marconi - Arte Moderna e Contemporanea was established in 2004 by Giorgio Marconi whose aim was to pursue the work done by the historical Studio Marconi, who was able to enhance the works of Italian and international artists for thirty years. The Fondazione Marconi, apart from promoting and disseminating contemporary art culture in all its forms, organizes exhibitions, conferences and public meetings.

The Mario & Maria Pia Serpone Foundation, born from the patronage of the Neapolitan Serpone family, is based in an outdoor space in the Tevere-Farfa nature reserve and is configured as a harmonious union of contemporary art and nature. In fact, performances are held in the park and there are site-specific works and installations in perfect relationship with the environment. We highlight, among others, the interventions of Jannis Kounellis, Bruno Munari, Mimmo Paladino and the chapel of Herman Nitsch.

The Massimo and Sonia Cirulli Foundation, established in 2015, is based in a building designed by Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, dating back to 1960, and was born from the experience of the Massimo and Sonia Cirulli Archive started in New York in the 1980s. The Massimo and Sonia Cirulli Foundation aims to enhance the Italian visual culture of the 20th century, through the testimonies of its vast collection: from figurative art to design and architectural drawing, from graphics to photography. It carries out promotional activities such as conferences, seminars, exhibitions, guided tours and creative workshops for students.

Fondazione Memmo – Arte Contemporanea continues the work done by the historical Fondazione Memmo, founded to get a wider public closer to the art world, through direct knowledge of the works. Since 2012, this Foundation has been presenting a new exhibition programme entirely dedicated to contemporary art, and aims to contribute to the development of the cultural fabric of the territory, at the same time opening itself to international realities. Apart from exhibitions, the Foundation organizes performances, residencies and educational laboratories, proposing itself as a permanent observatory on the contemporary world.

Fondazione Merz was founded in 2005 by Beatrice Merz, whose aim was to promote research and learning activities about art, through exhibitions, events and educational activities. This Foundation was authorized to stay in the former thermal power plant Officine Lancia, owned by the City of Turin and which is an interesting example of industrial architecture of the 1930s. The Foundation alternates between exhibitions dedicated to Mario and Marisa Merz, site specific projects by international artists and exhibitions dedicated to young emerging artists. Particular attention is also payed to the dialogue between the different disciplines connected to contemporary culture.

Fondazione Michetti since 2006 collects more than 260 artworks that represent the history of this Venue from 1947, when the Premio Nazionale di pittura F. P. Michetti was first created, to today. The Premio F.P. Michetti, originally thought as a recognition for paintings, today explores even the most recent techniques: photography, videos, sculpture and installations. Apart from monographic exhibitions on Michetti, the Museum proposes conventions, cultural meetings and several contemporary art exhibitions.

Fondazione Mimmo Rotella - Casa della memoria
Fondazione Mimmo Rotella, established in 2000, has been housed in the Casa della Memoria, in Catanzaro, since 2005. This building was the house of the artist. Fondazione Mimmo Rotella is committed to protect, promote, enhance and record the works by Mimmo Rotella, author of the Manifesto dell’Epistaltismo. The Foundation also organizes exhibitions at a national and international level, in collaboration with other public and private collections. This Foundation is constantly committed to promote young artists, in particular those living in Southern Italy, thus following the goal that the artist had in mind when he created the Foundation.

Fondazione Modena Arti Visive is a centre of cultural production and vocational education training aimed at disseminating contemporary art and visual culture. Managing many locations and taking the heritage of the three institutes which converged into it - Galleria Civica di Modena, Fondazione Fotografia di Modena, Museo della Figurina - Fondazione Modena Arti Visive presents itself as a cultural district that proposes and organizes exhibitions, advanced training courses, workshops, performances and conferences.
MATA, Manifattura Tabacchi, housed in one of the most important industrial buildings for tobacco processing since the seventeenth century, is a cultural space born on the initiative of the municipality of Modena. Today, it is known to be one of the exhibition venues where Fondazione Modena Arti Visive operates.

Fondazione Modena Arti Visive - Palazzina dei Giardini
Fondazione Modena Arti Visive is a centre of cultural production and vocational education training aimed at disseminating contemporary art and visual culture. Managing many locations and taking the heritage of the three institutes which converged into it - Galleria Civica di Modena, Fondazione Fotografia di Modena, Museo della Figurina - Fondazione Modena Arti Visive presents itself as a cultural district that proposes and organizes exhibitions, advanced training courses, workshops, performances and conferences.
Apart from being located in the Palazzo Santa Margherita, Fondazione Modena Arti Visive also uses the premises of the Palazzina dei Giardini, a former hunting lodge inside the Giardini Ducali di Modena. Renovated in the seventies, the Palazzina has undergone another and more recent restoration work which has led to a further improvement of the quality of the spaces, eventually converting the place to an Exhibition venue offering both national and international exhibitions.

Fondazione Modena Arti Visive - Palazzo Santa Margherita
Fondazione Modena Arti Visive is a centre of cultural production and vocational education training aimed at disseminating contemporary art and visual culture. Managing many locations and taking the heritage of the three institutes which converged into it - Galleria Civica di Modena, Fondazione Fotografia di Modena, Museo della Figurina - Fondazione Modena Arti Visive presents itself as a cultural district that proposes and organizes exhibitions, advanced training courses, workshops, performances and conferences.
The Foundation, housed in the Palazzo Santa Margherita, in the old town of Modena, owns a section dedicated to contemporary art. This Venue also hosts a photography collection and the design and graphics collection of Contemporary art designs belonging to the Collezione Galleria Civica of the municipality of Modena.
Furthermore, the Foundation proposes temporary exhibitions dedicated to national and international artists as well as theme exhibitions from the same collections. Palazzo Santa Margherita is also home to the Museo della Figurina collection, put in place thanks to the donation by Giuseppe Panini.

Fondazione Morra Greco, in Naples, is housed in the halls of the Palazzo dei Principi Caracciolo di Avellino and was founded after Maurizio Morra Greco decided to donate a nucleus of contemporary artworks. This Foundation is renowned for its successful acquisition strategies, and today includes a collection of over one hundred contemporary authors. The Foundation always strives to disseminate and promote contemporary art, by organizing on-site and off-site exhibitions of emerging artists, as well as national and international well-established authors. Its cultural programme includes workshops, conferences and artists' residencies for Italian and foreign artists.
Palazzo Caracciolo di Avellino - Largo Proprio di Avellino

Fondazione Museo di arte contemporanea Milena Milani in memoria di Carlo Cardazzo
The Fondazione Milena Milani, located inside the seventeenth-century Palazzo Gavotti, was founded by the namesake artist, who wanted to pay tribute to the memory of her life partner, the art critic and gallerist Carlo Cardazzo. In her hometown, she wanted to create an institution providing a complete picture of 20th century art. The Collezione Milena Milani, boasting names such as Alexander Calder, Filippo de Pisis and Lucio Fontana, is entirely available to the public and represents a notable selection of the most important movements of contemporary art. The Museo d’Arte di Palazzo Gavotti is also home to the Pinacoteca Civica del Comune di Savona.

The Museo Pino Pascali was set up in 1998 after a huge collection of works of art and memorabilia by the artist Pino Pascali were donated by his family. In 2010, the Museum was converted into a Foundation and moved to a former slaughterhouse in Polignano a Mare. Fondazione Museo Pino Pascali is the only museum in Apulia specifically dedicated to contemporary art and, apart from its founding base, it also displays the works of the most important Apulian artists as well as the works of the artists who have won the Premio Pino Pascali. Educational activities for schools are organized as well.

Fondazione No Man’s Land is a project promoting the development of the territory through contemporary art forms that can be repeated everywhere in the world. It is named after No Man’s Land, the site specific installation made in 2016 by Yona Friedman and Jean-Baptiste Decavèle. This work covers over two hectares of land. During Summer 2017, in No Man’s Land, a second permanent artwork made by Alvin Curran was added - Pian de Pian Piano for No Man's Land Foundation – a piano playing day and night in the nut groves.

The Omiccioli Foundation, which is based in the Infernetto area of Rome, exhibits works by Giovanni and Alfonso Omiccioli and some artists of the last century, since the intent with which it was born is to celebrate the memory of the Omiccioli brothers and preserve their work , also through the creation of events and exhibitions. It also offers scholars, students and private citizens the opportunity to consult catalogues, publications, monographs, volumes and photographic archives.

Fondazione Orestiadi e Museo delle Trame Mediterranee
The Fondazione Orestiadi is committed to give an interpretation of the cultural history of the Mediterranean, by analyzing all the influences that reached North Africa and Europe from the Middle East, crossing through Sicily, and that left visible traces in the field of visual arts and material culture. Inside the Granaio, there are works included in the Collezione Corrao, which, as in the case of Forma 1, represent the language of contemporary art today. Il Museo delle Trame del Mediterraneo, founded in 1996 by the Foundation, displays objects from different periods and origins, and presents the evolution of the main decorative motifs of art and manufacture in the Mediterranean.

Fondazione Palazzo Albizzini Collezione Burri was founded in 1978, by the will of the artist Alberto Burri. The permanent collection has been opened to the public, in Palazzo Albizzini, since 1981, where there are about 130 works created by the artist between 1948 and 1989. The Fondazione Palazzo Albizzini aims to manage, conserve and display the works of Burri as well as to promote research on his art. To this end, the Foundation organizes conventions and conferences every year, dedicated to contemporary art. It also takes part in national and international exhibitions with works on loan.

Fondazione Palazzo Albizzini Collezione Burri - Ex Seccatoi del Tabacco
In 1990, Fondazione Palazzo Albizzini Collezione Burri inaugurated the Ex Seccatoi del Tabacco, an industrial complex converted into a new exhibition venue. The Ex Seccatoi host 128 works of art by Alberto Burri, created between 1970 and 1993, which include pictorial cycles and monumental sculptures, displayed in the garden as well. Such a large area has allowed space even to the oversized works donated to the city by the artist.

Palazzo Strozzi, one of the greatest examples of Renaissance private architecture, is today a dynamic cultural center in the heart of Florence. Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi, born in 2006, hosts temporary exhibitions every year, from the ancient to modern art and up to the latest trends in contemporary art. Apart from the spaces dedicated to contemporary art, the Strozzina and the courtyard, in 2016 the Piano Nobile and the façade were added as well.

Fondazione Pastificio Cerere was founded in 2004 to promote and disseminate contemporary art. Since 2005, it has been housed in the former pasta factory Cerere, which is an important example of Roman industrial archaeology of the early twentieth century. The Pastificio Cerere has already been an art centre during the 1970s, when various artists had chosen this place as an unusual and unofficial exhibition venue. Fondazione Pastificio Cerere organizes scholarships for residencies dedicated to young artists, activities for schools of all types and levels, and offers a rich programme of exhibitions and events focused on themes concerning education and experimentation.

Fondazione Pescheria Centro Arti Visive was established in 1996 and located in the 19th-century fish market in Pesaro. Among the activities it carries out, there are Summer exhibitions of contemporary art, whose goal is to support young artists and encourage relationships that could lead to the promotion of contemporary visual arts. The Fondazione Pescheria is strongly committed to disseminating contemporary art, through a rich programme of conferences and educational activities. It strives hard to bond with local companies specialized in industrial design, graphics and communication, trying to create a connection between the fields of production and art.

Fondazione Pierluigi e Natalina Remotti, established in 2008, is located in the deconsecrated church of the former Convento delle Gianelline in Camogli. The Fondazione Remotti preserves the important contemporary art collection of the two founders, whose first acquisitions date back to the mid 1970s. This Foundation organizes exhibitions, national and international events, prizes, conferences, music events and film festivals aimed to promote and disseminate contemporary culture.

Founded in 1993, Fondazione Prada is a foundation dedicated to contemporary art and culture. In 2015, a new location was opened in Milan, in an early twentieth-century old distillery, to which three new purpose-built buildings were added. With this new architectural complex, designed by OMA (Office of Metropolitan Architecture), founded by the Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas, this Foundation reiterates its passion for an experimental contemporary art, promoting it through several activities. Fondazione Prada has recently inaugurated another building to complete the headquarters: Torre, developed on nine levels, six of which are used as exhibitions spaces conceived to display the Prada Collection, as part of the project Atlas.

In 2016, Fondazione Prada extended its research field also to photography and its formal features by opening the Osservatorio, an exhibition space specifically dedicated to photography, where collective and personal exhibitions of Italian and international artists are hosted. Fondazione Prada, through the activities of the Osservatorio, poses the question of which cultural, artistical and social implications shall be found at the basis of modern photography and of the way the latter is perceived by the others. It also analyses the role of photography in digital communication, following the technical evolution of the medium.

In 2011, Fondazione Prada opened its first headquarters in an eighteenth-century palazzo, Ca’ Corner della Regina, in Venice. Notwithstanding the worksites in its building, under restoration since 2010, Fondazione Prada, organises research exhibitions with cross-cutting themes which highlight the link between contemporary art and other cultural fields, such as literature, cinema, music and science.
Ca' Corner della Regina - Santa Croce 2215

Fondazione Puglisi Cosentino, founded in 2004, is housed in Palazzo Valle: one of the most representative examples of Sicilian Baroque. The hall and the courtyard of the Palazzo are home to some works by Carla Accardi, Giovanni Anselmo and Jannis Kounellis. This Foundation organizes exhibitions mainly dedicated to the various aspects of international contemporary visual culture.

Fondazione Querini Stampalia Onlus, housed in Venice, in a building of the same name, was founded in 1869 by the will of Giovanni Querini Stampalia, who decided to donate all of his holdings to create an institution aiming to foster the cult of good study and useful subjects in the field of art. This Foundation continues to pursue this mission, by safeguarding and enhancing the heritage of this noble Venetian family, by providing the public with a Library, a historic house-museum and some other areas where temporary exhibitions are hosted (contemporary art exhibitions in particular). Since the 1950s, famous artists have been invited to propose projects in line with the history, the works of art and the spaces of the Foundation.

Fondazione Rocco Guglielmo, set up in 2010 in Catanzaro, is a cultural institution founded with the aim of creating a complex program of activities in the field of contemporary art, paying particular attention to the exchange of international experiences, all the while promoting the territorial resources. Fondazione Rocco Guglielmo has carried out projects aimed at stimulating the knowledge about contemporary languages: research, dissemination and education projects, as well as monographic exhibitions, from video art and the history of cinema to environmental art.

The Rovati Foundation, open to the public in 2022, is located in a historic building restored by Mario Cucinella, in the Porta Venezia district, in the heart of Milan. Luigi Rovati was a doctor, pharmaceutical entrepreneur and fervent collector of archaeological and artistic works. Inside the museum, the dialogue between Etruscan art and the modern and contemporary art of the great masters of the twentieth century is celebrated, including Andy Warhol, Ai Weiwei, Giulio Paolini and Luigi Ontani, the latter called to create site-specific works.

In 2002, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo opened a new exhibition venue in Turin, in the former industrial area of Fergat. The new venue hosts the Sandretto Re Rebaudengo collection, which represents the complexity of artistic research over the last decades. Furthermore, its aim is to realize exhibitions on contemporary visual arts, in particular on painting, sculpture and photography, organizing in-depth meetings with experts as well. In 2006, the Fondazione Sandretto established the Premio StellaRe, awarded to women who have somehow marked contemporary society with their job. This Foundation has also begun collaborating with institutions in Turin area and other important national and international entities, to further disseminate and promote contemporary culture.

Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo - Palazzo
Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, founded in 1995 by Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, is housed in the eighteenth-century Palazzo Re Rebaudengo, in Guarene d’Alba. The Fondazione Sandretto aims to promote the interest in contemporary art, with a particular focus on emerging artists. The internal space of the Palazzo Re Rebaudengo regularly hosts exhibitions, presentations of books and movies, as well as debates and conferences.
Palazzo Re Rebaudengo - Via Secondo Paoletti, 2

The Fondazione Somaini is based in Milan, at Corso di Porta Vigentina, in an elegant complex of courtyard houses owned by the FAI (Fondo Ambiente Italiano). Established in 2019 at the will of the artist Francesco Somaini (Como, 1926–2005), fourteen years after his passing, the Foundation was recognized by the Lombardy Region in 2023 as a Third Sector Entity. The primary objectives of the Foundation are the protection and enhancement of the work of Master Somaini, both through the organization of cultural events related to the national and international art world, and through exhibitions and conferences, as well as studies in art history and criticism.
corso di Porta Vigentina 31 (Visitor entrance from Via Cassolo, in front of building no. 3)

Sormani Prota-Giurleo Foundation is based in an 18th century building in the small village of Sormano, less than thirty kilometers from Como. In addition to works by modern and contemporary Italian and foreign artists, the building, known as the "house of paintings", also includes the works of the founders, as Antonio Sormani, an artist active since the 1960s. Created in 2019, through an activity of exhibitions, meetings with artists, readings and reviews, aims to implement the knowledge and understanding of contemporary art, in relation to different cultures and visual languages considering the reference territory and its resources.

Fondazione SoutHeritage per l’arte contemporanea was established in 2003 by the Società Agraria Bgreen, with the aim of promoting and enhancing contemporary creativity, in line with its social mission. The Fondazione SoutHeritage is conceived like an expanded foundation, because it hosts cultural projects in historic and symbolic places in Matera and in Basilicata. These places are chosen by the artists both as a source of inspiration and of historical and architectural memory of the territory. The Fondazione SoutHeritage, in collaboration with various public and private institutions, promotes several activities, such as exhibitions, seminars, publications and educational projects.
Palazzo Viceconte - Via San Potito, 7 - Rioni Sassi

Fondazione Spinola Banna per l’Arte is housed in a family estate in Banna, a hamlet of Poirino, into a complex of builings dating back to the Middle Ages and the 18th century, in the Piedmontese countryside. This Foundation was established in 2004 by Gianluca Spinola, to promote and increase awareness of contemporary art practices along with their philosophical grounds, by organising seminars, workshops, and public conferences. The Fondazione Spinola Banna encompasses an extensive programme of residential grants to promote research and artistic production activities for artists and musicians.

Fondazione Stelline was established in 1986 by the region of Lombardy and the City of Milan, in the area historically known as Orti di Leonardo, to enhance the building which houses it, as well as to promote cultural activities. Fondazione Stelline, with its Congress Centre, plays an active role in communication, fashion, technology and science. This Foundation hosts contemporary art and photography exhibitions, along with museum education workshops, publications and conferences.

Fondazione Studio Carrieri Noesi is housed in Palazzo Barnaba, in the old town of Martina Franca. Fondazione Studio Carrieri Noesi boasts a collection of some of the works created by the most representative Apulian artists of the Seventies and Eighties, also at an international level. Apart from permanently displaying its collection, this Foundation also organizes exhibitions and conferences.
Palazzo Barnaba - Via Principe Umberto, 49

Fondazione Summa - Casa Museo Franco Summa
The Summa Foundation, located in the heart of the Porta Nuova district in Pescara, is a non-profit institution dedicated to promoting collective values through art and enhancing the quality of urban spaces. Founded in memory of the Abruzzese artist and architect Franco Summa, who passed away in 2020, the Foundation places his creative journey and innovative vision at the center of its mission.Inside the artist’s former home-studio, visitors can immerse themselves in his world through a rich collection of works, including sketches, installations, archival materials, and a dedicated library. These elements narrate the artist’s creative process and his commitment to transforming urban environments into spaces of connection, beauty  and sharing

Fondazione Umberto Mastroianni, headquartered in the Castello di Ladislao in Arpino, houses the biggest and most representative collection of the sculptor Umberto Mastroianni. This Foundation owns a collection of ceramics produced by the Mastroianni family members as well as photosculptures, ironic sketches made respectively by Domenico and Alberto Mastroianni, and many documentary materials concerning the artistic activity of Umberto Mastroianni. The Foundation regularly enhances and promotes the modern and contemporary art of this artist from Frosinone, through the section Arti Moderne and by organising local artists exhibitions.
Castello di Ladislao - Piazza Caduti dell'Aria

The Valenzi Foundation, housed in the Maschio Angioino, is a place dedicated to art and culture. It preserves the Valenzi Collection, which includes works from the 20th century, and promotes and supports contemporary art through exhibitions. Established in 2009, the Foundation works to make art a tool for reflection on the contemporary world, as well as for participation and dialogue, capable of engaging diverse audiences. At the same time, it actively collaborates with local institutions and maintains relationships with universities and schools in the Campania region to develop initiatives aimed at promoting education, development, and employment. Of particular importance are the actions carried out in support of minors, especially those with disabilities, of foreign origin, or living in challenging social and urban contexts.

Fondazione VOLUME! was established with the aim of promoting a constant dialogue with art, at the same time keeping a strong relationship with different scopes of culture. This Foundation periodically invites international artists, and hosts them for as long as it takes them to finish their project, while organizing meetings with students and art enthusiasts. Fondazione VOLUME! aims to develop the relationship between the artist and the viewer, by providing a flexible organization, where there are no precise dates or deadlines, so as to respect the time required for artists to work.

Fondazione Zimei was established in 2014 in Pescara by the will of the Zimei family, to promote and enhance contemporary art. This Exhibition venue stands as a meeting place, where young artists can experiment and curators can even spend a period of residency, favouring the interaction between different operators as well as the creation of new collaborations. Fondazione Zimei opens itself to the city through exhibitions, conferences and educational activities, inside a programme purposely designed to get a larger public closer to art and contemporary art languages.

Igloo fontana is part of Artecittà. 11 artists for the Passante Ferroviario, a project of commissions of site specific art works curated by Rudi Fuchs and Cristina Mundici, developed in the frame of a vast urban redevelopment plan for the new avenue viale della Spina, that followed the covering of the tracks and the reorganization of the surrounding spaces. A recurring archetypal form in the work of Mario Merz, the igloo represents an elementary shelter, a metaphor for the relationship between man and nature and the nomadism of the human condition. The fountain is composed of a central dome covered with stone slabs punctuated by the names of the cardinal points in red neon. From the large rectangular basin, oblique water pipes emerge and sprinkle water.

The Forte di Bard, part of the network of castles in the Aosta Valley, represents one of the best examples of a barrier fortress from the early 19th century. Decommissioned in 1975 by the military authorities, the fortress was acquired by the Autonomous Region of Aosta Valley in 1990, which carried out its restoration and repurposed the spaces for innovative cultural services and high-quality hospitality. The fortress consists of three buildings located at different levels, and the spaces host, among other things, a section dedicated to workshops on the theme of climate change in glacial areas, the Museum of the Alps, and a path dedicated to the fortress's prisons. The Mortar Works and the adjacent powder magazine host temporary exhibitions, often focusing on contemporary art, visual arts, and photography.

Forte di Belvedere, a fortified villa dating back to the end of the sixteenth century, is located on top of the Boboli hill. The Forte was reopened to the public in 2013 as an Exhibition venue focused on international contemporary art, organizing exhibitions for great artists, such as Mario Merz, Giovanni Anselmo, Jannis Kounellis. During opening hours, Forte di Belvedere provides the visitors with some mediation services, along with activities and guided tours held to encourage the public's interest in the themes and languages of contemporary art.

Forum Austriaco di Cultura Roma was founded in 1881 under the name of Istituto Austriaco di Studii Storici: the most ancient cultural testimony of Austria abroad. The Venue was built between 1935 and 1937, designed by the Austrian architect Karl Holey, and today, apart from housing the Forum, is also home to the Istituto Storico Austriaco, and the most important Austrian library abroad, which includes over one hundred thousand books. The main goal of the Forum Austriaco di Cultura is to promote and enhance Austrian culture, and it strives to do so by creating projects of artistic, cultural and scientific value, with a particular focus on contemporary world, also thanks to the creation of tenders for artists' residencies and scholarships for students.

FuturDome, opened in 2016, is a project dedicated to contemporary art and curated by ISISUF (International Institute of Futurist Studies). FuturDome, hosted in a Liberty Palace already visited by futurist artists in the past, now contains artistic residencies. This Independent space hosts cultural events and site specific installations from selected Italian and international artists. One of the goals of ISISUF is to develop experimental projects to explore the flows between contemporary art and architecture, design and new technologies.

Giudecca Art District is a network of operators actively working at projects dedicated to international art on the island of Giudecca, in Venice. The project is developed on two parallel levels: on one hand, the promotion, the curatorship and the organisation of exhibitions, artists residencies and cultural events in various sites spread over the island of Giudecca; on the other hand, the creation of a district capable of offering a cultural programme as well as permanent and temporary exhibitions. Giudecca Art District is a place of research in the different expressive forms of contemporary creativity encompassing both European and international dimensions.

Galleria Civica d’Arte Contemporanea Franco Libertucci
Galleria Civica d’Arte Contemporanea Franco Libertucci, founded in 1997 and restored in 2007, is hosted in the Town Hall of Casacalenda, and was conceived as a parallel project, collateral to MAACK - Museo all'aperto di arte contemporanea KALENARTE. Indeed the Galleria Civica displays the works created by the artists who worked for the MAACK as well as all the other ones that are part of the collection, also donated by artists.

Galleria Comunale arte contemporanea di Arezzo
Galleria Comunale d’Arte Contemporanea di Arezzo was founded in 1962, thanks to the works of art acquired by the City through the Premio Arezzo. The collection consists of paintings and graphic works from the second half of the 20th century, made by Tuscan artists, as well as emerging and established Italian artists in general. The Galleria Comunale d’Arte Contemporanea has been housed in the former Chiavi d’Oro hotel since 2003, and hosts exhibitions dedicated in particular to local contemporary art.

Galleria Comunale d’Arte Contemporanea di Monfalcone
Galleria Comunale d'arte contemporanea di Monfalcone, housed in an former market hall, was inaugurated in 2002 and has been one of the most important spaces dedicated to contemporary art in Friuli Venezia Giulia ever since. The permanent collection, displayed only during exhibitions, is home to the Fondo T. Marangoni, the Fondo Stabile (comprising works of Italian artists, dating back to 1983 and created to support the construction site workers in Monfalcone), and about fifty works on paper made by young Italian and foreign artists. This Exhibition venue regularly hosts collective exhibitions of contemporary art, dedicated to the works of young artists, especially to experimental works.

Galleria d'Arte Contemporanea Vero Stoppioni e Parco delle sculture all'aperto
Galleria d'Arte Contemporanea Vero Stoppioni, inaugurated in 1990, has been housed in the early 20th-century building, and hosts about 300 works acquired during the editions of the Premio Campigna, from 1955 onwards. The Galleria Vero Stoppioni includes the most interesting artistic trends in Italy, from the second Post-War period to today. Parco di Sculture all'aperto is connected to the Galleria, and it is located in the bed of Bidente river, where installations made by internationally renowned artists can be seen.

Galleria d'Arte moderna e contemporanea Villa Franceschi
Galleria d'Arte moderna e contemporanea Villa Franceschi was founded in 2005, inside an early 20th-century Art-Nouveau Villa. This Museum hosts the municipal art collection, consisting of works of contemporary art made mainly by artists active on the territory, and the Collezione Arcangeli, owned by the Region, which includes works of artists from the second Post-War period, such as Alberto Burri, Vincenzo Satta and Ennio Morlotti, with a particualr focus on the Padana area. Furthermore, the Villa Franceschi proposes a rich programme of cultural activities, exhibitions and cycles of in-depth meetings on the contemporary world.

Galleria d’Arte Contemporanea Osvaldo Licini was founded to accommodate a collection of graphic works by the painter Ernesto Ercolani. This Museum was inaugurated in 1977, in the 16th-century Palazzo Malaspina. During the 1990s, the Galleria was moved to the former Convent of Sant’Agostino, where a substantial acquisition of paintings from internationally renowned contemporary artists, such as Lucio Fontana and Hans Hartung, as well as a fund of artworks by Osvaldo Licini, contributed to the expansion of the collection. Apart from displaying the permanent collection, Galleria d’Arte Contemporanea Osvaldo Licini regularly organizes exhibitions as well.

Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea Lucio Barbera
Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea Lucio Barbera, recently dedicated to the art critic from Messina, was inaugurated in 1998 and located in the former carpentry of the Regional Province of Messina. The Galleria Lucio Barbera displays its own collection, including works of different artistic movements, such as Arte Povera and Pop Art, as well as some examples of Abstract art and testimonies of individual art visions, selected among the greatest artists of the Italian and international 20th century. Part of the collection is dedicated to those contemporary artists from Messina who have introduced the artistic language of the place to Italian and foreign countries.

GAM - Galleria d’Arte Moderna is housed in the Palazzo Forti in Verona, inside the historical architectural complex of Palazzo della Ragione. The GAM aims to return a cultural heritage of great importance to both the city and the public, through several exhibitions, cyclically displaying a selection of pieces from the permanent collection of the museum and through temporary exhibitions dedicated to the greatest international artists. The GAM wants to present itself as a place for researching and sharing ideas about contemporary art by involving other museum institutions, private collections and above all the public.
Palazzo della Ragione - Cortile Mercato Vecchio, 6

Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea
Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea was established in 1883, in Rome. It moved to its current building in 1913. Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea is the most important Italian museum of modern and contemporary art, and owns one of the largest and most important public art collections in the nation. The current set-up aims to create a dialogue between nineteenth and early twentieth century works and contemporary works, by comparing their thematic or conceptual similarities, thereby undermining the chronological system usually used in museums. Furthermore, this Museum offers a comprehensive programme of exhibitions and events dedicated to every form of contemporary creativity.

Galleria Nazionale di Cosenza - Palazzo Arnone
Galleria Nazionale di Cosenza - Palazzo Arnone is home to an important collection of paintings portraying the most crucial moments in the history of Italian art, from the 16th to the 20th century, with a particular focus on the artists who worked in or donated some of their works to the region. Apart from its originating nucleus, the Galleria Nazionale di Cosenza also hosts the collection owned by the Banca Carime, which includes works from central-southern Italy, dating back to the period between the 17th and the 18th centuries, as well as an important nucleus of contemporary art works. This Museum also organizes exhibitions dedicated to the artists included in the collection, and to contemporary artists in general.

GALLERIA PROgetto CITTÀ founded in 2014, is located in the premises of the old railway station. It proposes avant-garde research topics, organises cultural events, and promotes and enhances cultural heritage in all its forms, with young people as its preferred target group. GALLERIA PROgetto CITTÀ supports the Epicentro di Gala Museum in Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto in the promotion, enhancement and organisation of national cultural events; it has collaborated in the re-foundation of the artistic and cultural identity of the city by promoting the concept of a territorial 'network', related to other contemporary venues.

GAM - Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Torino
GAM - Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Torino boasts over 150 years of history since the opening of the Museo Civico di Torino in 1863, which was the first Italian public modern art collection. In 1959, the GAM Torino obtained a new location containing an extraordinary collection including more than 45,000 works of art documenting Art history in Italy between the 19th and the 20th century as well as the first Italian museal collection of video art. In 2009, the chronological tour was replaced by a thematic tour allowing visitors to discover new perspectives on contemporary art.

GAM - Galleria d'Arte Moderna di Roma Capitale
GAM – Galleria d’Arte Moderna di Roma Capitale was founded in 1883, when the City of Rome started acquiring works of art by the Esposizione Internazionale di Belle Arti of that year. Officially inaugurated in 1925, today it is housed in an old Carmelite Monastery of the 16th century. Over the course of 20th century, the GAM has enlarged its collection with several works often acquired from exhibitions organized in Rome, with the purpose of creating a civic collection of contemporary art of national importance. Indeed, this Museum displays works dating from the early 20th century to Pop Art and Arte Povera, the movements of the Sixties. The works are periodically exhibited on rotation in the halls of the museum. Among its activities, the Venue offers a rich calendar of exhibitions, events and educational activities.

GAMC - Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea
GAMC - Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea Lorenzo Viani is housed in the historical Palazzo delle Muse, in Viareggio, and holds a collection of more than 3,000 works of art of the 20th century. The GAMC began to operate in 1979, when the city acquired 50 works by Lorenzo Viani, the main exponent of the Italian Expressionism. The GAMC owns a collection, which has expanded over the years, thanks to important donations. The museum has also a notable number of graphic works, which makes it one of the most important museums specialized in the field.

GAMeC - Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Bergamo
GAMeC - Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Bergamo is housed inside the 15th-century building once occupied by the Monastero delle Dimesse e delle Servite. The GAMeC, inaugurated in 1991, has become one of the most important contemporary art centres in northern Italy. It organizes temporary personal and collective exhibitions of international artists, presents new projects of emerging artists, and encompasses a rich calendar of collateral activities targeting different types of audiences: it represents an ever evolving dynamic place for confrontation, in-depth examination and cultural integration.

GAMUD - Galleria d'Arte Moderna di Udine - Casa Cavazzini
GAMUD - Galleria d’Arte Moderna di Udine, opened to public since 2012, is located in the old town of the city, into Casa Cavazzini, a historical bulding where frescoes dating back to the second half of the 14th century have been found. The GAMUD is developed over three floors: the ground floor mainly hosts exhibitions and events; the first floor contains a collection of works of the nineteenth-twentieth century; the second floor is dedicated to art collections on the second Post-War period.

Gelateria Sogni di Ghiaccio is an artist-run space created in 2016 in Bologna, and directed by two artists who have finally found a space where to work, experiment and confront themselves with other young creative minds. Gelateria Sogni di Ghiaccio hosts a new generation of artists and curators, for exhibitions and collaborations in every discipline involving contemporary art. This Exhibition venue is divided into two separate areas: one is dedicated to studio practice and artistic research, while the other one acts as space for exhibitions and art workshops, to facilitate artistic collaborations.

The work was exhibited for the first time in Milan in 1974, on the occasion of an exhibition of outdoor sculptures in Piazzetta Reale, and it was presented next to Anelito, Arco (a monumental work installed in 2012 at metro station San Siro), and Timpano, Continuità, Sviluppo (installed in 2013 at Triennale). These works marked the passage of Carlo Ramous' work from research on sign and matter to the study of geometric forms and their articulation in space, through open forms and dynamic lines. The exhibition in Milan in 1974, and the exhibition in Parma in 1973, revealed the urban dimension of Ramous' work. Gesto per la Libertà is the first of his public sculptures in Italy and abroad.

Giallo Menta is an association that, for the execution of its activities, has renovated an abandoned newsstand located on the outskirts of Siena, in the Le Terrazze district. The space features three sides with large glass windows in an urban junction characterized by a high flow of people. Since 2023, Giallo Menta has been creating cultural projects focused on contemporary art, aiming to spread and produce projects that utilize various languages in interaction with the urban fabric, including the realization of site-specific interventions.

The work was donated by the artist to the Municipality of Rome. It was part of a program of refurbishment of the squares of the city, with the aim of fostering the production and fruition of contemporary art. Four large stelae, engraved with abstract forms, are placed on a rectangular plinth. Consistent with his monumental works in Italy and abroad, this sculpture marks the return of the Sicilian artist to bifrontality, which here aptly celebrates the myth of Giano. The reference to the two-faced god, guardian of the gates of Rome, in an area characterized by the ruins of the Servian walls, is an invitation from Consagra to look at the past to enlighten the future.

This sound sculpture was created as part of Terzo Paradiso, a project by Cittadellarte-Fondazione Pistoletto, curated by Simona Mazzitelli in collaboration with the agricultural startup Mulinum in Calabria, aimed at promoting the territory and its productions – such as the cultivation of ancient grains – through the language of art and culture. Yuval Avital’s installation consists of three hundred and sixty bells of different origin and size supported by metal spikes that generate a sound when the wind blows. This participatory and collective work is realized with the contribution of those who, responding to the "call for bells", donated a rattle to represent intercultural encounter as a plurality of voices.
Terzo Paradiso Cittadellarte - Fondazione Pistoletto e startup agricola Mulinum

Giardino project is based in Salento, on the ground floor of a building in a social housing complex built in the 1980s. The space is divided into a residential garden, an "urban enclosure" where artists make site-specific interventions, including short summer residencies, and where cultural activities, including events and meetings, take place. The garden space becomes a microcosm, a hortus conclusus, in which elements of nature and contemporary creativity are combined.

Gibellina Nuova was built ex novo following the earthquake that destroyed most of the villages of the Belice valley, in the province of Trapani in 1968. The new town is located is eleven kilometers from the ruins of the old town, site of Alberto Burri's land art memorial Grande Cretto. In 1970 the local administration, led by the mayor Ludovico Corrao, launched an ambitious program that would transform Gibellina Nuova into the largest open-air museum in Italy. International artists and architects were invited to redesign the shape of the new anti-seismic town, through a series of interventions for public space that included both the urban reorganization of the central common spaces, and the production of over fifty works of art. The works welcome the visitor at the entrance of the city, with Stella d'ingresso al Belice realized by Pietro Consagra in 1981 and considered the symbol of the town.
Senza titolo Carla Accardi 1989
Macchina per ascoltare il vento Giovanni Albanese 1992
Pausa sismica Bigert & Bergstrom 1992 - 2018
Mediterraneo Cosimo Barna 2005
Ritmi spaziali Carmelo Cappello 1979
Fontana Andrea Cascella 1986
Frequenza di Onde Carlo Ciussi 1982
Pannello in ceramica Hsiao Chin 1985
Stella d'ingresso al Belice Pietro Consagra 1981
Da Oedipus Rex "Città di Tebe" Pietro Consagra 1988
Tris Pietro Consagra 1988
Porta d'ingresso all'orto botanico Pietro Consagra 1996
Porte del Cimitero (Riferimento all'unicità e Riferimento all'irripetibile) Pietro Consagra 1976 - 1977
Meridiana/Ellittica Ettore Colla 1987
Scultura sdraiata Salvatore Cuschera 1992
Animalia Grandi Naufraghi XII Giampaolo Di Cocco 1993
Grande area 85 Marcello De Filippo 1990
Tempio del Sole Mimmo Di Cesare 1989
Labirinto Nino Franchina 1983
La freccia indica l'ombra di una freccia Emilio Isgrò 1979
Monumento a Salvo D'Acquisto Carlo La Monica 2002
Pannello in ceramica Slimane Khaled 1992
Meteoriti della memoria Alfonso Let, 2002
Contrappunto Fausto Melotti 1983
Sequenze Fausto Melotti 1984
Torre Civica Alessandro Mendini 1987
Tensioni Salvatore Messina 1979
Senza titolo Mirko 1979
Aratro di Didone Arnaldo Pomodoro 1986
Cestnei Agapito Miniucchi 1987
Pannello in ceramica Ignazio Moncada 1980
Omaggio a Tommaso Campanella Mimmo Rotella 1987
Una piazza per Gibellina Paolo Schiavocampo 1987
Città del Sole Marco Nereo Rotelli 1992
Doppia spirale Paolo Schiavocampo 1987
Impronta Turi Simeti 1979
Senza Titolo Giuseppe Spagnulo 1974
Renaissance Daniel Spoerri 1992
Sacrario ai Caduti Giuseppe Uncini 1986
Per Gibellina Mauro Staccioli 1980
L'infinito della memoria Costas Varotsos 1992
Giardino Segreto 1 Francesco Venezia 1985-1988
Giardino Segreto 2 Francesco Venezia 1992

Giuseppefraugallery is a cultural Association founded by the group of the same name, which has its operational, educational and exhibition headquarters in the former Iglesias girls' schools. Giuseppefraugallery is involved in research in the field of art in all its forms and promotes education through events and master classes for artists, curators, university students to foster contacts and exchange between the local community. It produces artworks, organizes exhibitions and develops public art projects as well as artists residencies.

The work was donated in 2002 by artist Paolo Icaro to the city of Teramo on the occasion of the contemporary art exhibition EXEMPLA 2, arte italiana nella vicenda europea 1960-2000, curated by Bruno Corà. In the frame of the event, the works were installed in public places, describing an itinerary of large-scale projects in dialogue with the city scape. In 2013 the sculpture was moved from piazza San Francesco to its current location, at the exit of Lotto Zero on the Statale 80. The artist himself repositioned the three large white stones to form a door, alluding to the city gate that looks to the Gran Sasso.
donated to Comune di Teramo by the artist

This impressive installation is the first public art intervention by Emilio Isgrò. Donated by the artist to the Municipality of Milan for the new square dedicated to Gino Valle, it is part of the redevelopment plan of the former industrial area of Portello. The work features an extract taken from Il ponte della Ghisolfa, a collection of novels on the suburbs of Milan published by Giovanni Testori in 1958. Isgrò intervention on the text typically makes use of his conceptual expedient of erasure that obscures some words of the text. The remaining words say: "From the bridge that the street lamps illuminated / of tremendous tremor / elsewhere". The artist thus emphasizes the cognitive and visual power of words.

Destroyed by the earthquake that devastated Belice Valley in 1968, the town of Gibellina was rebuilt eleven kilometers away, while its ruins became the site of a land art project conceived by Alberto Burri. Grande Cretto is a memorial that contains and preserves, in both real and metaphorical terms, the trace of the past and of the life of the community that was cancelled by the earthquake. The work, formally a monumental version of the Cretti that the artist developed in the seventies, extends along the slope of the hill, on the ruins of the city. The Cretto consists of twenty-two white concrete cubes that recall the structure of the underlying houses: a labyrinth that can be performed walking between the spaces that separate the blocks and evoke the streets of the old town.

Grande Disco is one of the most significant works of Arnaldo Pomodoro. It was initially exhibited in the Piazza Ducale of Vigevano, then it was first moved in front of the Castello Sforzesco in Milan and, finally, placed in the current location as proposed by the artist. The sculpture consists of a double circle of gilded bronze, placed on a revolving structure inside a flowerbed, the contrast between the metal structure and the grassy mantle is characteristic of the piece. The sculpture refers, in an abstract form, to the proportions of Leonardo da Vinci's Vitruvian Man. Pomodoro builds a strongly dynamic sculpture, the center ideally represents the head of on imaginary anthropomorphic figure. Inserted in the vital context of the city, Grande Disco represents its dynamism and strength.

Grande Nero was conceived by Alberto Burri in 1980 as part of the cycle of works Orti (which includes nine paintings), for the Fabbrica di Orsanmichele in Florence. Donated to the city of Perugia to replace Grande Nero R.P., previously withdrawn by the artist, it was placed in the basements of the Rocca Paolina, in the Salone delle Acque, a symbolic place of the city and a transit space open to the public. The sculpture consists of a minimalist and kinetic black parallelepiped whose top is formed by a semicircular element that rotates slowly on itself, thanks to an electric mechanism. The sixteenth-century vaults of the fortress prospectively frame the monumental work, restored in 2015, accentuating its upward projection.

Guilmi Art Project, which is located in a large house, in the center of a small village in the Sinello valley, is an artistic residence by invitation, on an annual basis, which has been operating since 2007. At the same time, Guilmi Art Project also promotes workshops and educational initiatives , walks and, in 2013, inaugurated the Nuova Didattica Popolare: lessons on contemporary art and current affairs in the square. All the activities carried out in this cultural laboratory aim to promote dialogue, at various levels, with the community of the reference area

Hic terminus haeret - Il Giardino di Daniel Spoerri opened to the public in the early 1990s, when the Romanian artist (naturalized Swiss) Daniel Spoerri started to create a park-museum of sculptures in Southern Tuscany. The Latin motto Hic terminus haeret, Here is the end of all things, means to highlight the capacity of art to strictly connect to this Giardino the 55 contemporary artists, who donated one or more of their works. Born as a Foundation in 1997, Giardino di Daniel Spoerri now hosts 112 works spread throughout 16 hectares of land and dedicates itself to education in the field of History of Art.

Il Colorificio is an exhibition area founded in 2016, located in a converted paint shop in the neighborhood of Giambellino, Milan. This < strong>Association stems from the need of experimentation and open exchange of art theories and practices, working to promote Italian and international emerging contemporary artists.

Il Filatoio di Caraglio is one of the oldest silk factories in Europe, identified as the most notable example of industrial archaeology in Piedmont by the Council of Europe in 1993. Built between 1676 and 1678, Il Filatoio, after the recycling in the 1930's, has changed its intended use several times. Since 2002, after a great work of restoration, it has become a center for cultural activities. Il Filatoio di Caraglio today constitutes the centerpiece of the Piedmont Silk Factory Museum, hosting contemporary art exhibitions on silk and fabric in general.

Il Giardino dei Lauri is a space dedicated to contemporary art, founded by the collectors Angela and Massimo Lauro, inside a former industrial building immersed in the green. The Collezione Lauro began to take shape in 1990, thanks to the acquisition of works of Conceptual Art, Neo-Geo, Post Human and of the great authors of contemporary American photography. Furthermore, Il Giardino dei Lauri always commissions new works and organizes artistic projects, performances and events.
Località  San Litardo, ss Umbro Casentinese Km 79

The installation is located at the foot of the residential complex OperA, designed by the architect Mario Botta, and was commissioned by Caldora Immobiliare for the area covering the underground parking lot. Il giardino incantato is composed of a series of vertical elements, in the colors of the rainbow, arranged in rows of four to mark a square area. The installation, developed in dialogue with the architecture, is the first permanent installation of artist Franco Summa, author of numerous urban monumental temporary interventions.
Via Antonio Lo Feudo, Via Falcone e Borsellino

Located in the central Brera district, the sculpture is a gift from the Polish artist to the city of Milan. It represents a section of a male bust of unknown identity, cut at the height of the face. The work references to the idea of beauty in ancient Greece, interpreted by Igor Mitoraj with lucid distance. Inside the bust, the heart is replaced with a head that has a severe expression. Below, at the height of the ribs, there is a bust of a woman, made according to the canons of the classical tradition. After his first trip to Italy in 1979, Mitoraj developed a personal relationship with the classical world, which he treats as an archaeological find and translates in the allusive majesty of his mythical figures.
donated to Comune di Milano by the artist

Il volo dei numeri is a permanent light installation created as part of the project Luci d'Artista, promoted by the City of Turin since 1998. The on-going project takes place every year during the Christmas holidays when the city is illuminated with a series of works of art created by contemporary artists. Mario Merz's work is inspired by the Fibonacci sequence, a mathematical progression in which each number is the sum of the previous two. This typical theme of the artist's work is declined in this case as a metaphor of energy and stands in relation to the curve of the dome of the Mole Antonelliana onto which the red lights, with numbers rising upwards, are arranged along a vertical line.
Tappeto volante Daniel Buren 1999
Piccoli spiriti blu Rebecca Horn 1999
Cultura=Capitale Alfredo Jaar 2013

The work is part of the municipal architectural and artistic redevelopment project that transformed the entire complex of piazza Verdi into a pedestrian area. P.A.A.L.M.A. award was organized by La Marrana Arteambientale. The art installation consists of a succession of flat colored arches, interspersed with a series of white-black pillars that give rhythm to the space. The artist's style is recognizable in the repetition of formal elements: geometric lines, mirrors, primary and complementary colors that create a visual and spatial pattern. At sunset, the installation is lit by the colored lights set at the base of the arches. The monumental yet performative work interacts with the other elements of the square framing them in an interplay of perspectives.
Associazione P.A.A.L.M.A. e Amministrazione Comunale di La Spezia

Istituto Balassi - Accademia d'Ungheria in Roma
Istituto Balassi - Accademia d'Ungheria in Roma, founded in 1928 and housed in the 16th century Palazzo Falconieri di via Giulia, is dedicated to historical and theological research as well as to artistic promotion. This Institution has hosted the major Hungarian scholars, writers, painters and sculptors, and regularly hosts artists and scholars through a series of scholarships. The Institution has also opened an art gallery in 1992, where it organizes annual exhibitions dedicated to the recipients of the scholarship of the Academy, and to Hungarian and Italian artists.

Istituto Centrale per la Grafica was founded in 1975, from the fusion between the Calcografia Nazionale, created by the State of the Church, and the Gabinetto Nazionale delle Stampe. Istituto Centrale per la Grafica is one of the most important international centre of conservation, study and research on art multiples, which can be visited by appointment. Furthermore, this Venue hosts an heritage of drawings, printings, engravings, photographies, artist videos and multimedia works of the utmost importance as far as quality and quantity are concerned. The Istituto periodically organizes events and exibitions on contemporary graphics and photography, where works from their own collections are also included.

Istituto Giapponese di Cultura was founded after the Accordo Culturale tra Italia e Giappone in 1954, but it started its activities in 1962. Istituto Giapponese di Cultura is dedicated to the promotion and the dissemination of Japanese culture in Italy through a rich cultural programme. Apart from offering Japanese language courses, the Institution organizes contemporary exhibitions, conferences, movie screenings and concerts. The Istituto has a rich on-site art collection as well as a Japanese design collection, and is responsible for the curatorship of the Japanese Pavilion through the various editions of the Biennale di Venezia.

Istituto Polacco di Cultura was founded in 1992, following an agreement between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Embassy of Poland. Its aim is to disseminate Polish culture in Italy, through an active dialogue in the fields of education, research and social life. Istituto Polacco di Cultura proposes a rich programme of exhibitions, movies, conferences, shows and concerts of the most important contemporary Polish authors and artists every year. It also offers the public a large library, containing works of Polish literature from all eras.

Since 1947, Istituto Svizzero di Roma has been housed in the Villa Maraini, thanks to the donation made by the countess Maraini-Sommaruga to Swiss Confederation, with the purpose of always being at the service of culture, in the spirit of the partnership between Switzerland and Italy. The Istituto Svizzero is a centre for multidisciplinary research, where scientific and artistic research are intertwined. This Institution organizes artists' residencies. The Institution offers a rich programme of exhibitions aiming to promote contemporary art in Switzerland - especially the works of young talents - in the interior and exterior spaces of the Villa Maraini.

Museo Kartell was established in 1999 on the occasion of the company’s fiftieth anniversary with the aim of preserving and enhancing the company’s material and intangible cultural heritage. It is housed in the Kartell factory in Noviglio, at the gates of Milan, and designed by architects Anna Castelli Ferrieri and Ignazio Gardella. Its collections consist of more than 8,000 objects, 5,000 designs and 15,000 photographs that together recreate a precise picture of Kartell’s history and production. The permanent display of Museo Kartell covers more than 2,000 square metres, including the most iconic Italian design objects for everyday use. In 2000, the museum obtained the Guggenheim Business and Culture Award for the best Company Museum.

Kora-contemporary arts center, which is located inside the Palazzo Baronale de Gualtieriis in Castrignano de' Greci, is the exhibition space managed by the Random association which takes care of the artistic and cultural programming. A multifunctional place, born on the ashes of the Lastation experience, inside which there are a library, a bookshop, a bar, an area dedicated to children and spaces for conferences, events, performances and live shows. It also creates artistic residencies and temporary exhibitions by relating contemporary languages to the local area.

Kunst Merano Arte was established in 1996 and since 2001 has been housed in the Sparkasse building, in the heart of Merano. Kunst Merano Arte dedicates its exhibition spaces, developed on three floors, to the most recent research on visual art, architecture, literature, music, photography and new media. Apart from dedicating itself to contemporary art exhibitions, Kunst Merano Arte also wishes to become a meeting and cultural exchange point, to promote, motivate and support the debate on current artistic production.
Edificio Cassa di Risparmio - Portici 163

KunstRaum Goethe is the Exhibition venue created in February 2018 in the Auditorium of the Goethe Institut in Rome foyer, the German Culture Institute. KunstRaum Goethe is a space with an open debate on current artistic issues, addressed through a reflection involving all contemporary art expressions. Interdisciplinarity and contamination between different art forms are the elements which characterize the exhibitions and the events hosted here and contribute to the engagement of artists, students, researchers and visitors.

Kunstschau Contemporary Place was founded in 2018, in Lecce by a group of Italian artists native of Salento, and who work in that same area. This Exhibition Venue is located in a car garage purposely rearranged to host exhibitions, and promotes activities aimed to requalify and reevaluate non-conventional spaces through Contemporary Art. The Kunstschau proposes activities and installations in other places throughout the urban territory as well, such as squares, warehouses and shop windows: locations that can host site specific artistic productions, and support a public, informal way to enjoy artworks.

The work, installed in front of Milan Stock Exchange, appears to refer to the word love, but is in fact the acronym for Freedom, Hate, Vendetta, Eternity. The sculpture - a large hand of marble whose fingers, except the middle one, have been severed - is an irreverent gesture aimed at the financial power that the surrounding building represent and at the fascist period in which they were built. Installed in front of Palazzo Mezzanotte, on the occasion of the personal exhibition by Maurizio Cattelan at Palazzo Reale, curated by Francesco Bonomi, L.O.V.E. was later donated by the artist to the Municipality of Milan.

L'Ascensore is a showcase-room dedicated to contemporary art, created in 2015 in Palermo. It is a Project Room, an asymmetrical 8 sq m room accessible only from the outside and on display in a showcase 24 hours a day. L'Ascensore was born from a desire to revolutionize the standard concept of Exhibition venue and to actively contribute to promote culture throughout the city, by giving the young local artists the possibility of displaying their works and involving other national and international contemporary artists.

The work is a tribute to the city by the Province of Milan and La Triennale, in memory of the victims of terrorism and massacres. Inaugurated on July 27, 2008, in occasion of the anniversary of the attack in via Palestro, in 2009 the statue was installed in front of the headquarters of the Provincia. A strong white human figure, casted from a real model, walks on an inclined iron bar, carrying on his shoulders a bundle of fluorescent light tubes, which illuminates the road at his back, but not its path. His painful expression and tight eyes indicate the anguish and physical suffering of the man, when unaware of what surrounds him.
Provincia di Milano (Città metropolitana) con La Triennale di Milano

La Biennale di Venezia was established in the Giardini in 1895, on occasion of the first International Art Exhibition, in its 57th edition as of 2017. From 1907 onwards, foreign pavilions were added to the Central Pavilion. Today, the foreign pavilions are 29, some of which are designed by famous contemporary architects. La Biennale di Venezia has always been actively engaged in the promotion of the avant-gardes and of the new trends in contemporary art and, since 1980, of architecture as well. The International Art Exhibition and the International Architecture Exhibition are held every other year. Over the years the multidisciplinarity of the Biennale has increased to include also cinema, music, theater and dance.

In 1980, on occasion of the first International Architecture Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia expanded its exhibition area by opening the Arsenale, the historical pre-industrial construction site where the Serenissima fleets were built. The exhibition spaces have been further expanded since 1999, to accommodate new national pavilions, the Artiglierie, the Sale d’Armi and the Tese delle Vergini, where the new Italian Pavilion is located.
Spazi espositivi Arsenale - Castello, 2169/f

The legal seat of La Biennale di Venezia is housed in the 15th-century building of Ca’ Giustinian. This Foundation uses this space as a multipurpose centre, for other activities related to those proposed in its own venue. In particular: the Sala delle Colonne is used for meetings and conferences; the Portego is used for historical and retrospective exhibitions displaying the materials stored in the Historical archives of contemporary arts of the Biennale; the Laboratorio delle Arti hosts workshops and educational laboratories. The Ca’ Giustinian has also a kids corner, where they can approach art and culture by playing and having fun.

La Casa degli Artisti is a cultural association founded in 2011 inside the Riserva Naturale della Gola del Furlo, in the Marche region. It has two main lines of work: the protection of biodiversity and of sustainable art. La Casa degli Artisti invites contemporary artists every year, who create works about a specific theme of Land Art. These works are then integrated into the Passeggiata dell’Arte: they can be admired throughout the landscape of Furlo Reserve. Inside the building, courses about various artistic languages are held, as well as courses in theatre, book presentations and workshops.

The work was commissioned and financed by Giulio and Giovanna Sacchetti Foundation. It is located at the corner of Palazzo Sforza Cesarini, between Corso Vittorio Emanuele II and Piazza Sforza Cesarini, and looks like one of the many votive wall shrines that typically punctuate the walls of ancient Roman buildings. The work resumes and revives the vernacular tradition to dedicate shrines to the Virgin Mary that is typical of Rome. This of Madonna dell'Accoglienza, symbol of hospitality, has a dark complexion with reference to the black Madonnas that are common object of devotion of both Western and Eastern Christian Churches.
Fondazione Giulio e Giovanna Sacchetti Onlus

La Marrana is based in the Montemarcello and Magra Natural Park. Over time, the Association has collected a number of works of environmental art, also acquired as a result of temporary exhibitions, whose protagonists include Italian and foreign artists, such as Ettore Spalletti, Hossain Golba, Jannis Kuonnelis and Gabriella Benedini, as well as younger and less -known artists. La Marrana , was founded in 1996 in Milan with the aim of promoting contemporary art and creating food for thought in dialogue with the public, in an unusual location, consisting of a private house and the surrounding park. The works are created for the natural environment in which they are placed, so that they become a harmonious and fluid unicum with the landscape and the territory, in continuous evolution.

Conceived on the occasion of the international project Artisti per Sarajevo, an initiative in support of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sarajevo, the work is installed on the main façade of the Fondazione Querini Stampalia. Joseph Kosuth, father of conceptual art, extracted a series of descriptions of the ornaments and decorations from John Ruskin's catalogue of the architecture of Venice and placed them tautologically as friezes on the wall of the building. When we read in these neons: Forms of the earth (crystals), Forms of water (shells) we see a text and at the same time we have to imagine a column capital, a string-course, a decorated entablature. This work is based on the research on forms of representation that characterizes the artist' work since his beginnings.

Fiumara d'Arte sculpture park by Antonio Presti ideally traces the course of the river with the aim of enhancing the territory through the presence of contemporary art. La materia poteva non esserci is the first installation of the project, and it was realized by Pietro Consagra in 1986. It is a commemorative monument dedicated to the father of the commissioner, a large sculpture resting on the river bed, between the mountains and the sea. The work is composed of two leaning elements, a white one and a black one, between which it is possible to walk and that symbolize the contrast between good and evil.

The work was produced by the FAI Fondo Ambiente Italiano in collaboration with the Municipality of Milan for the inauguration of EXPO 2015 and it was originally installed in Piazza Duomo. For that occasion the surface of the work was entirely covered by a mantle of natural grass and the sculpture was accompanied by the symbol of the Terzo Paradiso built with straw bales, that were arranged during a performance of 300 people. Donated to the city, the work was later relocated on the square in front of the Central Station, acting as a symbol of the possible integration between nature and technology.

La Portineria – progetti arte contemporanea
La Portineria is headquartered in the Florentine residential district of Campo di Marte in a former porter's lodge of a prestigious modern building, one of the most interesting in the city, an early 1970s architecture designed by architect Oreste Poli. La Portineria aims to be a centre of activity and cultural stimulation, through projects and exhibition methods that vary every year, involving artists, including international ones and from different generations, as Satoshi Hirose, David Casini and Thelonious Stokes . A research space, independent, which aims, among others, to create a dialogue with the neighbourhood and the city.

La Reggia di Caserta - Collezione Terrae Motus
La Reggia di Caserta – Collezione Terrae Motus  represents an important case of integration between a historical venue and contemporary art languages. Inside the  Grande Galleria  of the Royal Palace, which was built in 1752 by order of Carlo di Borbone, the works belonging to the Terrae Motus collection are displayed in rotation. This collection was created by the gallerist Lucio Amelio after the earthquake in Irpinia, and dedicated to the art of the 1980s. On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the disastrous earthquake, some works from Terrae Motus collection have found a natural location within the traditional path of the Royal Apartments. With this action of contamination between old and new, a different setting is experienced, to ensure a direct and stimulating dialogue with the extraordinary collection of contemporary art. The Reggia di Caserta also proposes a rich programme of exhibitions and a series of encounters, I Maestri di Terrae Motus, about the artists included in the collection.

La Serpara. Giardino di Sculture di Paul Wiedmer
La Serpara. Giardino di Sculture di Paul Wiedmer is located in Tuscia, north of Viterbo, and covers about four hectares. Open to the public and in continuous transformation since 1997, it is the sculpture garden of Swiss artist Paul Wiedmer, who wanted to recreate a microcosm in which he combines his passion for botany with that for contemporary art, understood as a form of creativity that respects and integrates with the territory. La Serpara is part of the rich tradition of garden art that characterises Umbria, Lazio and Tuscany to which the Sacred Wood of Bomarzo belongs. Every year, the park is enriched with new artistic interventions and currently hosts more than thirty artists from the international contemporary scene and more than eighty sculptures and installations, a varied collection made of different techniques and materials, in which art and nature dialogue in perfect balance.

Lanterna Termale is an intervention that transforms an abandoned building, formerly the guardhouse of the INPS Thermal Baths, into a luminous sculpture: a lantern that enlightens the landscape. The old rationalist building has been delimited by a thin plinth that gives the architecture a sculptural value while making it readable again. Original windows and doors have been replaced by plexiglass panels on which white feathers seem to float. The work is part of Arte sui Cammini, a project of Regione Lazio in support of new art productions that interact and become part of the natural and urban landscape of the region.
marble base, electrical wiring, plexiglass panels and feathers
Regione Lazio e CoopCulture e Cantieri d'Arte

Lavorare, lavorare, lavorare, preferisco il rumore del mare
The egg-shaped sculpture, located at the beginning of the northern promenade of San Benedetto del Tronto, is composed of eight words that adapt and recontextualize two verses of poet Dino Campana's Canti Orfici (1913). The words, that appear in capital letters and are painted in different shades of blue, are arranged in six lines on a red structure. According to the explanation offered by the artist himself and engraved on a plate placed on the monument, the work criticizes the negative aspects of work, such as greed, envy and desire, which prevent us from enjoying the mostsimple aspects of life. Together with Bambini della Guerra (piazza Bambini del Mondo, 1993) and Allegro (viale Secondo Moretti, 1999), this work is one of the three permanent works of the Piedmontese artist in town.

Le Vie dell'Arte nel Parco delle Madonie
Le Vie dell'Arte nel Parco delle Madonie is a project relating to the main roads of the protected area of the Parco delle Madonie. Le Vie dell'Arte allowed seven international artists to create installations in strategic points of the Park, and which were intended to blend with the surrounding landscape. Le Vie dell'Arte is the result of Sensi Contemporanei, a project aiming to promote contemporary art, with a particular focus on architecture and urban planning in Southern Italy.

linea is based in the historic center of Lecce and is configured as a center for study, research and valorisation of contemporary art. It carries out activities, such as exhibitions and performances, which represent opportunities for dialogue between artists and the public. Furthermore, on an annual basis, it hosts exhibitions of emerging artists, with particular attention to southern Italy and organizes workshops and lessons with artists and gallery owners. Since 2020 he has created Contemporary Photography and Image, a two-year study cycle aimed at developing creative thinking and critical observation towards contemporary culture.

Localedue is a project space born in 2013 and housed in the heart of Bologna, in an area overlooking the street through a window that allows viewers a direct view of the artworks. This Exhibition venue promotes contemporary art mainly targeting Italian and international young artists and emerging curators, who are involved in the various activities through tendering or upon direct invitation by the organizers. The exhibitions are self-produced, and the artists can propose diversified projects, based on different linguistic and expressive codes. In addition to the exhibitions, Localedue also organizes meetings and in-depth workshops focused on contemporary art themes.

Lottozero is based in a renovated department store in the Macrolottozero area. Inside the space there is a gallery, a shared studio and a laboratory for experimentation and creative textile research. Lottozero is configured as a research center for art, design and textile culture, also within an international network and intends to encourage the development of emerging talents through creative residencies and collaborations with established entities, enhancing the textile district of reference territory.

The wall painting was realized as part of the artistic residency program of BoCs Art. At his arrival in Cosenza, the artist was reached by the news of the death of former football player Luigi Marulla, symbol of the city team. Flavio Favelli decided to dedicate him a work: a wall painting representing the enlarged reproduction of a Panini sticker, but eliminating the portrait, the name and the number of the player, thus composing a sort of abstract monument to the fallen. The personal homage of the artist to a minor football team and its heroes, which brings together personal and collective memories, became a dispute between the artist, the ultras and the Municipality, which led in the first instance to the citizens to complete the work adding the name of the player, and finally to commissioning the street artist Lucamaleonte another mural, now placed side by side to Favelli's work.

LUMEN – Museum of Mountain Photography is located in Plan de Corones in the Dolomites and housed inside the former cableway station, at a height of 2,275 meters. This Museum is strongly connected with the theme of the mountain, subject to analysis and dissemination, through an interdisciplinary approach: mountaineering, history and nature are some of the filters through which the collection is presented to visitors, who are therefore allowed to get closer to these topics. The exhibition itinerary includes a historical section about mountain photography, from the beginning to contemporary times and there is also a permanent exhibition dedicated to Reinhold Messner, along with temporary exhibitions in the form of multimedia installations. Furthermore, LUMEN – Museum of Mountain Photography every year invites Italian and international photographers to represent the natural context of the Dolomites through their works.

The work was conceived in the frame of Dojo, a project curated by Luca Cerizza for the redevelopment of disused spaces in the suburbs of Milan. The light installation consists of two words, Luna / Park, respectively located on two separate yet close buildings in the district of Lambrate via Ventura, a former industrial area now transformed into a hub for the contemporary art scene. The luminous sign was originally the one at entrance of Varesine amusement park in Milan, long since demolished. Patrick Tuttofuoco appropriated it by inserting it symbolically in a neighborhood at risk of the same fate of abandonment. The operation thus creates a link between sign and location, one is the visual translation of the other: the retrieved and functioning sign celebrates the renewal of the city that is committed to giving new life to its neighborhoods.

Lungomare was inaugurated in 2003, in Bolzano, as a place where design, architecture, city planning and art could meet, through political and social perspectives. The activities of Lungomare are mainly focused on art and design projects, for the most part created by means of long residencies, combining interdisciplinarity, everyday life and a special attention on South Tyrolean territory and society.

The exhibition Sculture in città curated by Enrico Crispolti in Volterra in July 1972, as well as representing one of the key episodes in the history of public art in Italy, marked a very important stage in the artistic career of Mauro Staccioli. In occasion of the anthological exhibition Mauro Staccioli. Volterra 1972-2009. Places of experience in 2009, some of the installations made for that occasion were restored and an itinerary of sculptures of the artist along the roads that lead to Volterra was inaugurated. Most of the installations mark points of view on the surrounding landscape, emphasizing the relationship between man, work and environment, personal memory and collective history. The works have been donated by the artist to the city.
Mauro Staccioli with the collaboration of Andrea Alibrandi, Sergio Borghesi
L'indicatore 2009
Corbano 2009
Cemento rosso e ferro 1985-2009
Primi passi 2009
Portale 2009
Tondo pieno 2009
Cerchio 2009
Al bimbo che non vide crescere il bosco 2009

M.A.C.A.M. - Museo d'Arte Contemporanea all'aperto di Maglione
M.A.C.A.M. - Museo d'Arte Contemporanea all'aperto di Maglione was founded in 1985 by Maurizio Corgnati, a local intellectual whose desire was to place contemporary artworks throughout the landscape. The M.A.C.A.M. today is spread throughout the whole village: along the alleyways, on the house walls and in the public spaces. It consists of 166 pieces: paintings, sculptures and installations of Italian and international artists.
M.A.C.A.M. Museo d'Arte Contemporanea all'Aperto di Maglione
Artisti:
Sergio Alice; Luca Alinari; Gianni Asdrubali; Salvatore Astore; Gian Franco Asveri; Giancarlo Bargoni; Luciano Bartolini; Alessandro Bazan; Enzo Bellini; Giuliana Bellini; Maurizio Benatello; Simonv; Rosetta Berardi; Livia Bertalotti; Mauro Biffaro; Giovanni Blanco; Giampiero Bodino; Hilmar Boehle; Renata Boero; Daniele Bordoni; Claudio Borghi; Domenico Borrelli; Clara Brasca; Lucio Bulgarelli; Vincenzo Cabiati; David Cajthaml; Ricardo Campos Mota; Roberto Caracciolo; Luigi Carboni; Antonio Carena; Giorgio Cattani; Maurizio Cattelan; Alik Cavaliere; Giancarlo Cazzaniga; Gastone Cecconello; Mauro Chessa; Eugenio Comencini; Alberto Cropelli; Dadamaino; Sergio Dangelo; Flavio De Marco; Lucio Del Pezzo; Roberto Di Pasquale; Piero Dorazio; Gianni Dorigo; Gareth Fisher; Sergio Floriani; Rebecca Forster; Tiziana Fusari; Aldo Galgano; Daniele Galliano; Salvatore Garau; Francesco Garbelli; Marco Gastini; Mario Gatto; Ferdi Giardini; Piero Gilardi; Silvano Gilardi; Federico Gismondi; Paul Goodwin; Ezio Gribaudo; Giorgio Griffa; Franco Guerzoni; Edward Habicher; Chin Hsiao; Miguel Iwadare; Ronald Victor Kastelic; Morishita Keizo; Brian Kennedy; Silvia Levenson; Pino Lia; Carlo Lorenzetti; Teodosio Magnoni; Luigi Mainolfi; Pietro Manzo; Paolo Marazzi; Umberto Mariani; Graziano Marini; Livio Marino; Vincenzo Marsiglia; Andrea Massaioli; Giovanni Matano; Maurizio Matrone; Mauro Mazzali; Igor Molin; Ignazio Moncada; Aldo Mondino; Daniele Morini; Mulas Maria; Klaus Munch; Ugo Nespolo; Gianfranco Notargiacomo; Rinaldo Novali; Gianfranco Pardi; Adriano Parisot; Lucia Pescador; Giulio Picelli; Mariano Pieroni; Fabio Piscopo; Giò Pomodoro; Marco Porta; Concetto Pozzati; Epifanio Pozzato; Mauro Raffini; Sergio Ragalzi; Paola Ragni; Albino Reggiori; Martina Riedlbauchovà; Claudio Rotta Loria; Piero Ruggeri; Antonio Saliola; Vanni Saltarelli; Paola Salvi; Salvo; Nicola Samorì; Sansotta Antony; Ricardo Santerini; Sergio Sarra; Germano Sartelli; Luigi Serafini; Sergio Sermidi; Jorg Siegele; Giacomo Soffiantino; Mauro Soggiu; Giuseppe Spagnulo; Valdi Spagnulo; Aldo Spoldi; Mauro Staccioli; Tino Stefanoni; Luigi Stoisa; Mario Surbone; Nikolaj Aleksandrovic Sysoev; Francesco Tabusso; Emilio Tadini; Antonello Tagliafierro; Armando Testa; Santo Tomaino; Elio Torriero; Benito Trolese; Antonio Trotta; Nils Udo; Walter Valentini; Bert Van Zelm; Grazia Varisco; Silvio Wolf; Antonio Zaccone; Nazario Zambaldi.

M9-Museo del '900, inaugurated in 2018 and part of an urban regeneration project, is located in the historic center of Mestre. It is a cutting-edge multimedia museum dedicated to the history of the 20th century, offering visitors an interactive experience. The first two floors tell the story of everyday life in Italy, exploring its anthropological and social aspects, while the third floor hosts installations and temporary exhibitions, including contemporary art. Additionally,  M9-Museo del '900 promotes the cultural heritage of the past century, such as photographs, newspapers, magazines, advertising materials, radio broadcasts, films, documentaries, amateur footage, and television programs, through specific and targeted projects.

MA*GA – Museo Arte Gallarate was established in 1966 with the name of Civica Galleria d’Arte Moderna. In 2009, it came under the management of the Fondazione Silvio Zanella and was moved to an industrial building of the 1930s, connected to another building that was purposely built. The MA*GA owns over 5,000 works dating back from the second half of the twentieth century to today. The collection has expanded thanks to the Premio Nazionale Arti Visive Città di Gallarate which has set itself the objective of helping this visual art museum expand its collections since 1950. MA*GA – Museo Arte Gallarate aims to enhance its collections through exhibitions and the strong commitment of its Education Department.

MAACK – Museo all’Aperto d’Arte Contemporanea Kalenarte
MAACK, an acronym for Kalenarte Open-air Museum of Contemporary Art, was founded in 1992 by architect Massimo Palumbo with the aim of supporting the promotion and dissemination of contemporary art in the area. The project Kalenarte was initiated in 1990 by the municipal administration of the small village of Casacalenda in Molise, that was then supported and promoted by the association Kalenarte. The works of the museum are distributed throughout the city with the aim of re-reading neglected or anonymous places through the lens of contemporary art. The twenty-one permanent installations made to date are disseminated in the streets, views, woods, and squares of the territory. In addition to the museum, the town hosts Galleria Civica d'Arte Contemporanea Franco Libertucci, which holds a collection of about 114 works, among paintings on canvas, sculptures and installations.
Il Museo sospeso Paolo Borrelli 2010
Il Guardiano del bosco Andrea Colajanni 1994
Cromoscale Tonino D'Erme 1990
Meridiana Fabrizio Fabbri 1992
Aurora Antonio Fiacco 1998
Ai Caduti Franco Libertucci 1983
La fontana del Duca Ilaria Loquenzi 2009
Meridiana 99 Carlo Lorenzetti 1999
Arcobaleno Carlo Lorenzetti 1999
Efesto Hidetoshi Nagasawa 1992
Germinazione Claudio Palmieri 1996
La Scacchiera Massimo Palumbo 1992
Selciato Michele Peri 2001
Crepuscolare (Feritoie) Alfredo Romano 1992
Senza Nome Adrian Tranquilli 1996
Il Poeta di Casacalenda Costas Varotsos 1997
La Piramide 2011 Susanne Kessler 2012
Il gioco del Sole Stefania Fabrizi 2011
Straculatore/sc_trecuelètòre Nelinda Mendoza 2014
Poker di stelle Baldo Diodato 2014
L'albero della Cuccagna Baldo Diodato 2015

Museo all'Aperto Bilotti was realized in the context of the renovation of Corso Mazzini, a main road transformed into a pedestrian area in 2002. The open air museum extends to the surrounding streets, thus creating an itinerary of sculptures. Inaugurated in 2006, the museum includes works from the collection that Carlo and Enzo Bilotti donated to the city. The collection features masterpieces of XX century art and new acquisitions. Works by Salvador Dalì, Giorgio De Chirico, Mimmo Rotella, Pietro Consagra, Amedeo Modigliani, Giacomo Manzù, as well as several works by the French sculptor Sasha Sosno, among others, are on permanent display.
Giorgio De Chirico, Pietro Consagra, Giacomo Manzù
Testa di Cariatide Amedeo Modigliani 2006
San Giorgio e il drago Salvador Dalì 1977-1984
La Grande bagnante n.2 Emilio Greco 1957
Paracarri Pietro Consagra 1991
Paracarro Bifrontale Pietro Consagra 1991
Cardinale in piedi Giacomo Manzù 2004
Testa di Medusa Giacomo Manzù 1999
Bronzi di Riace Sasha Sosno 2005
Tre Colonne doriche Sasha Sosno 2008
Sette di Cuori Sasha Sosno 2010
La Rinascita della Cultura Mimmo Rotella 2002
Lupo della Sila Mimmo Rotella 2005
Ettore e Andromaca Giorgio De Chirico 2005
I due archeologi Giorgio De Chirico 2008
Grande Metafisico Giorgio De Chirico 2009
Grande scultura monumentale bifrontale Pietro Consagra
Ferro Rosso Pietro Consagra 1995
Spirale '82 Giò Pomodoro 1982
Sedile nero marquina Pietro Consagra
Sedile botticino N. 7 Pietro Consagra

MABOS - Museo d'Arte del Bosco della Sila
MABOS - Museo d'Arte del Bosco della Sila  is located in a vast area of the Sila region in Catanzaro and is conceived as an environmental art project that hosts forty site-specific works created by national and international artists, acquired through artist residency programs. The museum also includes an exhibition space and organizes educational workshops for artists, events, and artist residencies; in a place where art and nature blend together in perfect harmony.

MAC – Museo Arte Contemporanea Cavalese was founded in 2001, and located in the Palazzo Rizzoli, to accommodate a contemporary art collection provided free on loan from its owner. Following the withdrawal of the collection, since 2008, the MAC has been offering its spaces to contemporary art exhibitions and cultural events, aiming to investigate the way art is perceived in the Alpine region, characherized by the constant reaserch of balance between traditions and socio-cultural innovation. The MAC museum is regularly committed to art education in its Studio, always in the name of creating art.

Mac,n - Museo d'Arte Contemporanea e del Novecento
Mac,n - Museo d'Arte Contemporanea e del Novecento is housed in the Villa Renatico Martini, in Monsummano Terme. The Mac,n hosts the Collezione Civica - Il Renatico, a permanent group of paintings, graphics and sculptures made by local artists. The Museo d’Arte contemporanea e del Novecento presents contemporary art exhibitions over the whole year, together with studies, catalogs and multimedia materials. Among the activities it promotes, since 1999 the international award Biennale d’incisione Città di Monsummano Terme has been engaging students of the Italian and foreign Schools of Fine Art.
Villa Renatico Martini - Via Gragnano, 349

MACA – Museo Arte Contemporanea Acri was founded in 2006 in the seventeenth-century Palazzo Sanseverino Falcone, after the artist and master of glass art Silvio Vigliaturo donated more than two hundred of his works. The collection is enriched by graphic works made by the great artists of the Novecento Italiano, as well as paintings donated to the city of Acri by the artists themselves. In all its halls, the MACA displays its rich collection and periodically organizes exhibitions, meetings, workshops and educational activities on contemporary art.
Palazzo Sanseverino Falcone - Piazza Facone, 1

MACC - Museo Arte Contemporanea Calasetta
MACC - Museo Arte Contemporanea Calasetta was founded in 2000, when the city was given the collection of the painter Ermanno Leinardi, which includes more than 100 works created between the Seventies and the Eighties. Through its collection, displayed on rotation, in thematic exhibitions, the MACC documents the trends in abstract art in the 20th century.

MACC - Museo d’Arte Contemporanea - Ospedale delle Donne
MACC – Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, housed in the 18th-century building of the Ospedale delle Donne, was founded in 1996, after the wife of Gianni Ballarò, an artist from Calatino, decided to donate the works of her husband. A contemporary art collection was later added to this first nucleus of artworks, after the acquisition made by the City of Caltagirone on the occasion of the Rassegne Nazionali della Ceramica from 1980 onwards. The MACC now displays the works of national artists of the last sixty years, as well as a large group of works by local artists, with a particular focus on Art Brut.

MACHO - Museo d'Arte Contemporanea Horcynus Orca
MACHO - Museo d'Arte Contemporanea Horcynus Orca is part of the Parco Horcynus Orca in Messina, that overlooks the Strait of Messina. The Park, managed by the Fondazione Horcynus Orca, consists of creative and multimedia spaces, as well as interactive and multidisciplinary tours. The MACHO is housed in a 19th-century fort, inside the Park, and displays a collection of paintings, installations and video artworks purposely made for the foundation and partly acquired by donations. These works are all made by artists from the Mediterranean area.
Parco Horcynus Orca, Complesso Monumentale di Capo Peloro, via Fortino - Località  Torre Faro

MACIST Museum is based in the large building inside the Gold Factory, a characteristic example of industrial archaeology. MACIST Museum was born from an idea and the sensitivity of some artists who decided to support a foundation that deals with cancer patients and, for this reason, calls itself an ethical museum. The aim is to enhance and make known contemporary world art, outside rigid categorisations and in its most successful qualitative expressions. In addition to temporary exhibitions, the museum houses a permanent collection of works and installations from the 1960s to the present day by more than one hundred Italian and foreign artists from more than twenty countries. The Museum also defines itself as a 'democratic' reality, both for its free access and for the lack of a dominant artistic tendency among the works in the permanent collection.

MACRO is one of the most important public spaces dedicated to contemporary art in Rome. It is located in the former complex of Società Birra Peroni, an example of industrial archaeology in the Salario-Nomentano district, expanded in 2000 and redesigned by Odile Decq. The MACRO holds the municipal contemporary art collection of Rome, which displays on rotation, and aims to become a polyvalent and multidisciplinary center of contemporary arts. Currently is in progress the project MACRO ASILO that proposes the museum as a hospitable institution, open to the exchange and encounter of languages and people, aspiring to a stronger engagement of the visitors.

MACS - Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Sicilia
MACS - Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Sicilia is located in the 18th-century Badia Piccola del Monastero di San Benedetto, a Unesco World Heritage Site. Thanks to this prestigious venue, the Museum stands out for creating a deep dialogue between art from the past and contemporary art. The MACS aims to convey the idea of a dynamic art, always open to the public. Through exhibitions and conferences, it promotes Italian and international artists, whether up-and-coming or established.

MACTE Museo di Arte Contemporanea di Termoli
MACTE is based not far from the center of Termoli; the permanent collection was created from works acquired through the Premio Termoli, which, born in 1955 as a contemporary art prize, has gained increasing notoriety over time, both among artists and critics and, in 2020, was enriched with a new section dedicated to architecture and design. MACTE represents a unique case in Italy for the documentation of research ranging from post-informal to abstractionism, new figuration, kinetic and programmed art. It ensures the enhancement, research and expansion of the collection and presents works, both pictorial and sculptural, made with plurality of techniques and materials, carrying out many activities such as exhibitions, meetings, screenings, installations and workshops.

MACULA Centro Internazionale di Cultura Fotografica
MACULA Centro Internazionale di Cultura Fotografica is managed by the Associazione culturale Macula, in collaboration with the City of Pesaro and the Marche region. The MACULA is committed to promote events aiming to encourage the conservation, the study, the enhancing and the dissemination of historical and contemporary photography in the Marche's area, as a historic, documentary, artistic and cultural heritage. Therefore, apart from consulting services on photography, it aims to organize photography projects directed towards its territory, such as courses and workshops held by experts in the field.

MAD Murate Art District was created as part of the project for the restoration of the monumental 15th-century complex of the Murate, once home to a convent, then a prison and now a contemporary art venue. In the areas once occupied by the detention cells, Le Murate now hosts the site specific installation of Nuclei (vitali), made by the artist Valeria Muledda. In this Exhibition venue, in addition to many contemporary artists’ exhibitions, are organized guided tours and activities to better learn the story of the place are held.

Made in Cloister was founded in 2011 after the renovation of the sixteenth-century cloister of the Church of Santa Caterina a Formiello, in the old town of Naples. After being first converted into a woolen mill during the 19th century, then into a soap factory, this cloister was completely abandoned until this Foundation decided to convert it again. Made in Cloister is a contemporary art exhibition area, a place where Neapolitan artists, designers and master craftsmen can experiment new ideas. Thus, the ultimate aim of this Venue is to re-launch craftsmanship traditions, recast in a contemporary light.

MADRE - Museo d’arte contemporanea Donnaregina
MADRE - Museo dâ€™arte contemporanea Donnaregina, founded in 2005, is located in the building of the same name, close to the Monastero di Santa Maria Donnaregina, and it is the main contemporary art museum in Southern Italy. The MADRE is home to a site specific collection, on the first floor of the building, as well as a permanent collection, on the second floor. This permanent collection includes the works of the greatest national and international contemporary artists. The third floor is intended to be used for temporary exhibitions, events and performances. The MADRE promotes contemporary art by proposing a rich programme of activities where the interaction with the visitors is a crucial factor.

MAG – Museo Alto Garda is located into the Rocca, an ancient medieval castle overlooking the Lake Garda. The MAG calls for reflections ranging from archaeology to contemporary art, with a particular focus on the landscape, and owns collections representing various scopes of art and culture, with exhibitions and educational events aiming to enhance them. The MAG also manages the Galleria Civica Giovanni Segantini, located in the city of Arco (TN), and dedicated to this divisionist painter.

MAGI '900 - Museo delle eccellenze artistiche e storiche
MAGI '900 - Museo delle eccellenze artistiche e storiche was founded in 2000, inside an old grain silo from 1933. It is a private museum, originally dedicated to 20th-century Italian art. From 2005 on, it has been increasingly interested in taking an international approach to art, always willing to know the latest news in the field. The MAGI '900 displays its important collection of 20th and 21st-century works, and organizes temporary exhibitions and events to better involve artists, collectors, student and the general public.

MAMbo – Museo d’Arte Moderna di Bologna has been housed in the building of the old Forno del pane (Bread bakery) since 2012, in the heart of the distretto culturale della Manifattura della Arti. This museum tells the history of Italian art from the second post-War period to the most recent, innovative and experimental art practices. The old Forno del Pane also hosts the collection of the Museo Morandi, closely tied to the collections of the MAMbo and to the scheduled temporary exhibitions. Great importance is given to education as well as to exhibitions and events, to get the public closer to contemporary art. The Parco del Cavaticcio, not far from the MAMbo, is an open-air exhibition venue, where some of the sculptures included in the collections of the museum are displayed, and several events are hosted.

MAN – Museo d'Arte Provincia di Nuoro was founded in 1999, upon the unification of some public collections, and it is housed in a building dating back to the 1920s, in the old town of Nuoro. Thanks to an accurate process of acquisitions, the collection has been expanded, and today displays works representing contemporary art from the 19th to the 21st century. The MAN carries out several activities inside the venue and on the local territory, organizing exhibitions, educational programmes and educational mediation.

MAON- Museo d'Arte Otto e Novecento has been housed in the 19th-century Palazzo Vitari, in the old town of Rende, since 2004. The MAON was founded by the Centro per l’arte e la cultura A. Capizzano, which, after several exhibitions hosted in the past, decided to create a collection of its own, particularly focused on Calabrian artists and on artists who have worked in the territory over the last two centuries. This Museum owns an important documentary archive as well.

MAP – Museo Arte Plastica was established in 2004 inside the 14th-century Palazzo dei Castiglioni di Monteruzzo. This Museum, created out of the passion that Lodovico Castiglioni and Franco Mazzucchelli shared for plastic materials and their aesthetical potential, displays a collection of over fifty works from the Sixties. Between 1969 and 1973, a centre for artistic experimentation, Polimero Arte, was opened, and led to a collaboration between famous artists, such as Filippo Avalle and Hilda Reich, as well as the technical staff of Mazzucchelli Celluloide, the most important factory in Italy as far as plastics processing is concerned. The MAP allows the public to observe firsthand the results of this special collaboration through an exhibition route combining contemporary art and historical architecture.

MAPP - Museo d'arte Paolo Pini is a contemporary art museum located in the former Paolo Pini psychiatric hospital in Milan, a place of incommunicability and separation which has later become a meeting place, where to exchange ideas. At the end of 1993, indeed, on the basis of a project born by the collaboration, among others, with the Department of Mental Health at Niguarda Hospital and the Brera Academy, the MAPP asked about forty artists to create a mural work with the involvement of the patients in the Hospital, still running at that time. MAPP - Museo d'arte Paolo Pini today counts one hundred and forty works, and new pieces of art are added every year.

MAR – Museo d’Arte della Città di Ravenna
MAR – Museo d'Arte della Città di Ravenna is housed in the cloister of the Abbazia di Santa Maria in Porto, the so-called Loggetta Lombardesca, built during the 16th century under the guidance of Tullio Lombardo. This Museum displays works of art from the late Middle Ages to modern era, studying both the ancient tecniques and the emerging issues of today's visual languages. The MAR contains a specific section on the 20th century, with a particular focus on Informal Art, Pop Art and Analytic Art. The collection of contemporary mosaics is very important as well.

MARCA – Museo della Arti Catanzaro, founded in 2008, is home to a collection of works ranging from ancient to contemporary art, whose core includes the permanent collection of the Province of Catanzaro. The MARCA organizes art exhibitions dedicated to important international contemporary artists. Furthermore, the Museo partners with the contemporary sculpture project Intersezioni, on which the Parco Internazionale della Scultura was based: one of the most important projects of public art at a national level.

MARS – Milan Artist Run Space was established by the will of Lorenza Boisi, whose purpose was to create a space dedicated to contemporary art, run together with other artists. The Milan Artist Run Space proposes a rich calendar of events, such as exhibitions and art performances, that remind of the European self-managed institutes. The team of artists who runs the Venue chooses the artists to invite, and the works created are displayed to the public by appointment.

Galleria Civica di Trento, annexed to the MART in 2013, proposes contemporary art exhibitions and activities for territorial valorization, a goal pursued by the ADAC - Archivio degli artisti contemporanei trentini.

MART – Casa d’Arte Futurista Depero is the only museum founded by a futurist, Depero, in 1957. This house and all that it contains (paintings, mosaics, drawings, patchworks, graphics and toys) were donated by Fortunato Depero to the city of Rovereto and are now available to the public, along with a rich exhibition programme. Today, the Casa d’Arte Futurista Depero aims to propose the original vocation of the place once again, but with a contemporary slant, so as to create a connection between artists and local community, and establish a comparison between the Futurism and the most recent artistic movements, such as Visual poetry and Conceptual art..

MART – Museo di Arte Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto
MART – Museo di Arte Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, founded in 1987, is perceived as a cultural pole rather than a traditional museum. It owns and displays a rich collection of works from the 1800s to today, where international artists are included. The MART collaborates with Italian and foreign institutions, with loans and exchanges, which facilitate the organization of exhibitions of European importance as well. The MART also organizes projects and laboratories, and hosts artists and curators, always striving to encourage comparisons between the leading exponents of contemporary art.

MAST - Manifattura di Arti, Sperimentazione e Tecnologia
MAST - Manifattura di Arti, Sperimentazione e Tecnologia is a cultural institution connected to the Foundation of the same name, owned by Coesia Group. The main goal of this venue is to develop creativity and entrepreneurship, so as to support social and economic growth, by creating a bridge between business and society. The MAST strives to promote the highest forms of contemporary creativity, connected to the relationship between art and technology. To this end, it organizes exhibitions and events dedicated to art, innovation, technology and manufacture, inside and outside the building, anywhere in Italy.

Mattatoio is a place that Roma Capitale decided to use for contemporary art and it is located in the Testaccio district, inside the pavilions of the 19th-century architectural complex of the same name: an important example of industrial archaeology. Mattatoio dedicates the spaces inside Pavilions 9A and 9B, as well as the Pelanda, to exhibitions, creative activities (especially targeting young people), events organized in collaboration with artists and scholars, contemporary culture festivals and promotion of contemporary art.

MAW - Men Art Work - Laboratorio d’arte is an Independent space created in 2014 by a group of artists and cultural operators, with the aim of promoting and disseminating contemporary art languages, as well as supporting creative production. The name of this Independent space refers to the purpose of the venue: discussing both theoretical and practical aspects of contemporary languages. The MAW organizes exhibitions, festivals and contests, also aimed to promote local talents. This Independent space also proposes educational activities, such as courses, seminars and workshops curated by artists and art experts. It also organizes cultural and research activities: meetings and collaborations with schools and universities.

MAXXI Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo
MAXXI Museo nazionale delle Arti del XXI secolo is an Italian museum dedicated to contemporary art and architecture, housed in the fluid building designed by the Anglo-Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid. The MAXXI owns a collection consisting of: works from contemporary Italian and international artists, a section dedicated to photography and documents relating to modern architecture. Apart from organizing thematic exhibitions of the collection, where the works are displayed on rotation, the MAXXI also produces and hosts important exhibitions of art, architecture, design and photography, thus increasing the collection itself. Exhibitions, workshops, conventions, laboratories, shows, screenings, and educational projects are part of the programme of the MAXXI, and characterize the latter not only as a place where such a heritage is stored and displayed, but also as a laboratory of experimentation, cultural innovation, study and research.

Museo Carlo Zauli was founded in 2002 in Faenza, inside the space where this local sculptor had been working from 1949 onwards. This place was redesigned so that it could tell about his work and the artworks he realized. Museo Carlo Zauli is a point of reference in the production and dissemination of contemporary art, thanks to various initiatives, such as artists' residencies, projects in support of the territory, exhibitions, and educational activities.

MEF - Museo Ettore Fico is housed in the former industrial complex of SICME, in an area connecting the centre of Turin to the district of Barriera di Milano. The MEF is developing a collection whose aim is to recognize the testimonies of the contemporary artistic research, paying particular attention to the works created by young authors. The collection continues to grow due to the Premio Ettore e Ines Fico as well, which has been awarded to emerging artists every year since 2009, based on the innovativeness of their works. The cultural activity of the MEF is carried out through an annual programme rotating around monographic or collective exhibitions on modern and contemporary artists, site specific interventions directly connected to the halls of the Museum, and meetings with experts.

Melancolia is an iron sculpture realized by ANDRECO in the frame of ALTROVE Festival 2017 in Catanzaro. The work brings together different aspects of the artist's research, such as the use of two-dimensional geometric shapes representing projections of complex solids, and a site-specific approach, attentive to the landscape and the context. The sculpture is composed of a plinth and a frame that lets the plants grow inside it, making visible the ability of plants to adapt to the transformations of the territory. The artist's interest to environmental issues and his training in engineering are reflected in the production of complex and symbolic forms that make us think to the structure of matter and to the ecosystem.

This impressive sculpture was donated by Joan Mirò to the city of Milan and installed in front of the State Archive. A mysterious zoomorphic figure, with a triumphant face, a big concave belly like a cave, stands on two mighty legs covered of the typical signs of the artist's surrealist phase. The subject of the work is the female protagonist of the play by Alfred Jarry ,Ubu Roi, which anticipated the surrealist movement and the theater of the absurd.
donated to Comune di Milano by the artist

Metro Art - Le Stazioni dell'Arte - Linea 1
Inaugurated in 2001, Metro Art Napoli – Le Stazioni dell’Arte, is a project of redevelopment of large areas of the city, promoted by the municipal administration, that interpreted underground stations as potential sites for contemporary art. Under the artistic direction of Achille Bonito Oliva, the stations of Line 1 and Line 6 of the Naples underground have been renewed by Italian and international architects and designers such as Àlvaro Siza, Oscar Tusquets and Alessandro Mendini and enriched by more than two hundred works by internationally renowned artists. Metro Art Napoli is a real widespread museum open to the public as large as the urban area; it was conceived to improve the aspect of both the stations and the surrounding spaces, and to interact with different contexts and neighborhoods. The site-specific interventions dialogue with the specificities of each space, alternating different languages such as sculpture, wall painting, installation, mosaic, and photography.
Stazione Garibaldi 2013
Stazione 1, Michelangelo Pistoletto
Stazione 2, Michelangelo Pistoletto
Stazione Università 2011
Accessi, Karim Rashid
Ikon lenticular, Karim Rashid
Synapsi, Karim Rashid
Conversational profile, Karim Rashid
Light box, Karim Rashid
Fusion, Karim Rashid
Dante, Karim Rashid
Beatrice, Karim Rashid
Transpose pink, Karim Rashid
Transpose blue, Karim Rashid
Mutablobs, Karim Rashid
Stazione Municipio 2015
Passaggi, Michal Rovner
Demetra, Mimmo Jodice
Alba Fucens, Mimmo Jodice
Amazzone ferita, Mimmo Jodice
Venere da Mondragone, Mimmo Jodicer
Senatore, Mimmo Jodice
Atena, Mimmo Jodice
Stazione Toledo 2012 ‚EUR" 2013
Ferrovia Centrale per la città di Napoli, 1906 (Naples Procession), William Kentridge
Bonifica dei quartieri bassi di Napoli in relazione alla ferrovia metropolitana, 1884 (Naples Procession), William Kentridge
Crater de luz, Oscar Tusquets Blanca
Olas, Oscar Tusquets Blanca
Relative light, Robert Wilson
Men at work, Achille Cevoli
By the sea... you and me, Robert Wilson
Razza Umana, Oliviero Toscani
Rame fuso colato sulle rive del golfo di Napoli, Lawrence Weiner, 2013
Il teatro è vita. La vita è teatro ‚EUR" Non chiedere dove è andato l'amore, Shirin Neshat
Il Volo ‚EUR" Le tre finestre, Ilya ed Emilia Kabakov
Engiadina, Francesco Clemente
Stazione Dante 2002
Frammenti di un autoritratto anonimo, Carlo Alfano
Luce-grigio , Carlo Alfano
Queste cose visibili (Napoli, a Ferruccio Incutti), Joseph Kosuth
Senza titolo, Jannis Kounellis
Intermediterraneo, Michelangelo Pistoletto
Universo senza bombe, regno dei fiori, 7 angeli rossi (in memoriam Francesco De Maria), Nicola De Maria
Stazione Museo 2001 - 2005
Calco dell'Ercole Farnese, Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli
Calco della Testa Carafa
Atleti dalla Villa dei Papiri, Mimmo Jodice
Danzatrici dalla Villa dei Papiri, Mimmo Jodice
Anamnesi, Mimmo Jodice
Cuma, Mimmo Jodice
Calco del Laocoonte
Laocoonte, Mimmo Jodice
Il disoccupato, Caprile di Gragnano (Na), Luciano D'Alessandro
Manifestazione per il lavoro, Napoli, Luciano D'Alessandro
Pesce azzurro, Porto Garibaldi (Fe), Luciano D'Alessandro
Banco dei pegni, Napoli, Luciano D'Alessandro
Vico Arriviello, Capri, Luciano D'Alessandro,
Palermo, Luciano D'Alessandro
Cimitero dello sbarco in Normandia, Saint Laurent, Saint Laurent, Luciano D'Alessandro
Venditore di Uccellini di carta, Luciano D'Alessandro
Via Cristallini, Napoli, Luciano D'Alessandro
India '70, Fabio Donato
Fate presto (Lucio Amelio), Fabio Donato
Eduardo, Fabio Donato
Masaniello, Fabio Donato
Natura morta ‚EURoeGiostra dismessa‚EURù - Napoli 2002, Raffaela Mariniello
Natura morta ‚EURoeSulla spiaggia‚EURù - Napoli 2002, Raffaela Mariniello
Natura morta ‚EURoeCassettiera‚EURù, Raffaela Mariniello
Natura morta ‚EURoeInfissi‚EURù, Raffaela Mariniello
Italsider vista da Nisida, Napoli, Raffaela Mariniello
Polittici, Antonio Biasiucci
Stazione Materdei 2003
Stagioni, Lucio Del Pezzo
Paradiso pedestre, Luigi Serafini
Carpe diem, Luigi Serafini
Colonna persa, Ettore Spalletti
Bagnanti, Sandro Chia
Spulcinellando, Sguazzando, Scugnizzando, Luigi Ontani
Senza titolo, Domenico Bianchi
Wall drawings #1092- Broken bands, Sol Lewitt
Splotch, Non geometric form #8, Sol Lewitt
Something drink, Anna Gili
Jam session, Stefano Giovannoni
La leggenda di Bobe, Robert Gligorov
Dodici ritratti fondamentali, Innocente (Dino Scardoni)
Senza titolo, Denis Santachiara
Senza titolo, George Sowden
Mine in fiore, dalla serie Della guerra, della pace, Mathelda Balatresi
Stazione Salvator Rosa 2001
Origine, Renato Barisani
Il volo di Icaro, Mimmo Rotella
Senza titolo, Mimmo Paladino, esterno
Il treno che parte dall'isola, Gianni Pisani
Diderot Filosofia, Ernesto Tatafiore
Atomo, Alex Mocika
LEM, Alex Mocika
Ritmo nello spazio, Renato Barisani
Sculture ludiche, Salvatore Paladino
Senza titolo, Mimmo Paladino
Monumento al poeta, Nino Longobardi
Architettura, Lucio Del Pezzo
Narciso, Ugo Marano
Tebe (Edipo e la Sfinge), Augusto Perez
Sette angeli di Paul Klee, Riccardo Dalisi
Senza titolo, Enzo Cucchi
Napoli città madre, Ugo Marano
Eccomi qui, Lello Esposito
Senza titolo, Raffaella Nappo
Scrittura spazio virtuale, LUCA (Luigi Castellano)
Napoli, Enzo Cucchi
La liquidazione, Santolo De Luca
Ermafrodito che si autofeconda, Natalino Zullo
Strabico, Quintino Scolavino
A subway è chiù sicura, Perino & Vele
C'est la crapule / It's the rabble, Anna Sargenti
Senza titolo, Fulvia Mendini
Stazione Quattro Giornate 2001
Volumi concatenati, Renato Barisani
Senza titolo, Nino Longobardi
Le quattro giornate di Napoli, Nino Longobardi
Combattenti, Marisa Albanese
Amore contronatura, Maurizio Cannavacciuolo
Senza titolo, Betty Bee
Senza titolo, Umberto Manzo
Guerrieri, Sergio Fermariello
Caccia primitiva, Sergio Fermariello
Anime migranti, Sergio Fermariello
Zazen, Sergio Fermariello
Exit, Baldo Diodato
Sabe que la lucha es cruel, Anna Sargenti
Stazione Vanvitelli 2004/2005
Oriente e Occidente, Vettor Pisani
Napoli 2005, Olivo Barbieri
Napoli 2005, Gabriele Basilico
Off limits, Giulio Paolini
Senza titolo, Mario Merz
I pozzi, Gregorio Botta
(Le stelle) che siano di buon auspicio per un felice viaggio, Gilberto Zorio
Cuma, Isabella Ducrot
Capo Miseno, Isabella Ducrot
Stazione Rione Alto 2002
Wall drawings, David Tremlett
Il principe, Giuseppe Zevola
Piuma, Giuseppe Zevola
Mani, Giuseppe Zevola
Figura mentis, Giuseppe Zevola
Il vecchio marinaio, Giuseppe Zevola
Nomade in un mare di nebbia, Giuseppe Zevola
Donna, Giuseppe Zevola
Jsr, Bianco-Valente
Rem, Bianco-Valente
Die Sonne um Mitternacht schauen, (Guardando il sole a mezzanotte), Katharina Sieverding
Il Calcio, Marco Anelli
Duemilaeuno, Donatella Di Cicco
It's so quiet inside there, Ivan Malerba
Senza titolo, Danilo Donzelli
Giardino chiuso, Marco Zezza
Airplanes and gulls, Pina Gigi
UB1 (Umore blu), Pennacchio Argentato
Volo, Achille Cevoli

Metro Art - Le Stazioni dell'Arte - Linea 6
Inaugurated in 2001, Metro Art Napoli ‚EUR" Le Stazioni dell'Arte, is a project of redevelopment of large areas of the city, promoted by the municipal administration, that interpreted underground stations as potential sites for contemporary art. Under the artistic direction of Achille Bonito Oliva, the stations of Line 1 and Line 6 of the Naples underground have been renewed by Italian and international architects and designers such as Álvaro Siza, Oscar Tusquets and Alessandro Mendini and enriched by more than two hundred works by internationally renowned artists. Metro Art Napoli is a public museum as large as the urban area; it was conceived to improve the aspect of both the stations and the surrounding spaces, and to interact with different contexts and neighborhoods. The site-specific interventions dialogue with the specificities of each space, alternating different languages such as sculpture, wall painting, installation, mosaic, and photography.
Stazione Mergellina 2007
Senza titolo / Untitled, Gerhard Merz
Stazione Lala 2007
Allucco, Nanni Balestrini
Dolore, dalla serie Aldilà, Monica Biancardi
Femme Terre, 1998 - 1999, Ousmane Ndiaye Dago
Napoli 2004, Luca Campigotto
Untitled # 12/ La Habana 2002, Salvino Campos
Capoeira, Salvador, Bahia, Salvino Campos
# 03 Napoli 2006; # 04 Napoli 2006; # 10 Napoli 2006; Napoli 2002 / # 04 Napoli 2006; # 09 Napoli 2006, Vincenzo Castella
Stazione Augusto 2007
Sonno profondo, Luisa Rabbia
Cellule del pensiero, Luisa Rabbia
Walking to empty spaces, Botto&Bruno
Vita di Galileo: la sentenza, Franco Scognamiglio
Vita di Galileo: l'abiura, Franco Scognamiglio
La via lattea, Maria Cristina Crespo
Il guardiano del fuoco, Carmine Rezzuti
Toupie - or - not - to - be, Matteo Fraterno
Stazione Mostra 2007
Napoli Oltremare 2005, Gabriele Basilico
Studio per mosaico, Mario Sironi
ScrAbrrRrraaNNGI, Pino Musi
Si dividono invano, Carla Accardi
Il monumento a G. P., Gianni Pisani
Ho visto un fiore sul balcone, Marisa Merz

MIC – Museo Internazionale delle Ceramiche in Faenza
MIC – Museo Internazionale delle Ceramiche in Faenza was founded in 1908, upon the conclusion of the great Esposizione Internazionale dedicated to the scientist Evangelista Torricelli. The MIC was damaged by a bombing in 1944, but thanks to the effort of the people of Faenza, to national and international collaborations, and to the works of art donated by great artists, it was possible to make it accessible again, so as to promote knowledge about and production of ceramic art. Since 1932, the MIC has been promoting the Concorso Internazionale della Ceramica d’Arte Contemporanea, which has become a worldwide reference for this form of art.

MLAC - Museo Laboratorio di Arte Contemporanea
MLAC - Museo Laboratorio di Arte Contemporanea is housed in the Palazzo del Rettorato, in the heart of the Città Universitaria of the Sapienza University of Rome. The MLAC was created in 1987, as a place of confrontation between artists and students, and as a space open to various forms of visual arts, in particular photography and graphics. Over the years, the museum has created a small collection of works of art (not always on display) mainly acquired through the exhibitions hosted. Its focus is on the promotion of young artists and curators through exhibitions and laboratories. This Museum also hosts days of study and conventions on the most common themes of contemporary language, and on the most critical issues of modern culture.
Palazzo del Rettorato della Sapienza Università di Roma, P.le Aldo Moro, 5

Mo.C.A. Montecatini Contemporary Art was founded in 2012 and located in the twentieth-century town hall of Montecatini, as an exhibition venue dedicated to contemporary art. The collection owned by Mo.C.A. Montecatini Contemporary Art includes over 350 works by national and international artists from the early twentieth century to today. The collection grows every year thanks to the donations and free contributions of artists and visitors. Furthermore, the place hosts educational and dissemination activities aimed at experiencing and understanding the different visual languages.

Molteni Museum was founded in 2015 in Giussano and housed inside the company of the same name. This museum displays a permanent collection of 48 pieces, such as iconic brand products and original propotypes of the products created. The collection is constantly enriched thanks to various additions of furniture, designs and projects to the company archives. The latter are essential to the activities offered by the museum. The exhibition path of Molteni Museum allows visitors to expand their knowledge about Italian design and understand the contribution of the company to production and culture. In direct connection with this museum there are QallaM and Glass Cube: two Exhibition venues used for installations and temporary exhibitions.

Momart Gallery, located in the historical centre of the Sassi of Matera, within a recently restored cave-space, aims to redevelop the historical site and create a connection with different environments by establishing extensive artistic synergies. . Momart is a creative space aimed at the exchange, research, experimentation and dissemination of contemporary visual arts. It therefore works to valorise and promote emerging Italian and international artists, to reactivate the context of reference, creating events, educational workshops and artist residencies.

The monument, donated by Giacomo Manzù to the city in 1977, is located in the garden behind the Porta Nuova in the center of the Lower City. In 1974 the artist received an award from his hometown: as sign of his gratitude he donated to the city a monument in memory of his parents and all the heroes of the Resistenza. The work consists of a large bronze parallelepiped: on the front side a young man is hanging upside down and a woman – his wife or mother – stands beside him stretching an arm in piety; the other side carries a text written by the artist ("Partisan I saw you hanging motionless. Only the hair moved slightly on your forehead. It was the evening air that subtly crept into the silence and caressed you, as I wanted to do - Giacomo Manzù, 25 April 1977").

The monument was commissioned to Lithuanian artist Arbit Blatas to commemorate the victims of the Nazi deportation of the Jewish Venetian citizens during the occupation of 1943. The artist realized different versions of this work in France, United States, Italy and Lithuania. Monumento all'Olocausto consists of seven bronze bas-reliefs, sculpted after a series of drawings from Holocaust, an American TV series. The tiles are installed on a brick wall in the Ghetto nuovo and depict seven scenes related to the Holocaust. In respect of the Jewish prohibition of depicting the human figure, the face of the people represented in the work do not have discernable features.

The project of the Monumento alla Pace dates back to 1974, when the sculptor Umberto Mastroianni donated to Cassino a work in memory of the bombing of 15 February 1944. The work was installed in the south side of Rocca Janula in 1987, year of completion of the restauration of the fortress and inauguration of the Parco della Pace. The monumental sculpture, resting on high plinth and visible from Cassino plain, evokes the dramatic energy of an explosion showing a tangle of tubular elements that strating from the center expand outwardly. A smaller version of the sculpture is installed in the central Piazza XV Febbraio in Cassino.
donated by the artist; Ministero dei Beni Culturali ed Ambientali Regione Lazio, Amministrazione Provinciale di Frosinone, Comune di Cassino

The monument is a tribute to the women who actively participated in the fight against Nazi fascism. In 1954 the work was commissioned by Istituto per la Storia della Resistenza delle Tre Venezie to Leoncillo Leonardi, but in 1961 the work was destroyed in a neo-fascist attack. Augusto Murer, artist and partisan, won the competition announced by the Municipality of Venice for the creation of a new version of this sculpture dedicated to the Resistenza. The sculpture features a dead woman lying down with her hands on her face. The plinth, designed by the architect Carlo Scarpa, is a floating structure sustaining the figure on the surface of the water, in a low position in relation to the point of view of the observer.
bronze (sculpture); cement and copper plates (base)

Fiumara d'Arte sculpture park by Antonio Presti ideally traces the course of the river with the aim of enhancing the territory through the presence of contemporary art. Monumento per un poeta morto, also known as Window on the sea, dedicated by Tano Festa to his late brother, artist Francesco Lo Savio, represents an integral element of the landscape for the community. An enormous blue window on the town's beach opens onto the horizon framing the sea, while an intersecting black monolith suggests a trajectory for the eye and represents the tension between finite and infinite.

MU 141 - La vita infinita, is an abstract sculpture, described by the artist as a "work that symbolizes rebirth" and "a positive message to a city that is opening to the world ”. The work was donated by Fonderia Artistica Battaglia to the Municipal Administration of Milan in the frame of the redevelopment plan of Cimitero Monumentale on the occasion of the 2015 Expo. Since his participation in 1962 Festival dei Due Mondi in Spoleto, all Azuma’s sculptures take the name MU followed by a number. MU 141 is the artist's first permanent sculpture in Milan, the city in which the Japanese painter and sculptor has been lived and worked for most of his life and where he studied under Marino Marino at Accademia di Brera, in 1956.

Mu 765 G is one of the versions of the drop, a form that Japanese-born artist Kenjiro Azuma explored between the 1980s and 2000s. Following his retrospective exhibition organized in 2010 by Zètema in collaboration with the Soprintendenza, the work was acquired by Regione Basilicata and donated to the city of Matera. The bronze sculpture has since been placed in the city center in front of Museo di Arte Medievale e Moderna della Basilicata, Palazzo Lanfranchi. The artist's minimalist approach, that comes from Zen philosophy, was also a consequence of the teaching of sculptor Marino Marini, Azuma's master and friend. The contrast between the heavy and static material and the reference to a fluid element like water is evocative of the relationship of the city with the surrounding landscape modelled by erosion phenomena.

Mucho Mas!, which was founded in 2018 and is based in the lively Aurora district, aims to offer a transversal and critical look at the role of contemporary images and photography. Also, Mucho Mas! is aimed at experimentation and all practices strongly aimed at the contemporary, intended for an audience of professionals and in dialogue with the reference territory. Through exhibition activities it offers emerging artists not only Italian but also international.

Mudima - Fondazione per l'Arte Contemporanea
Mudima - Fondazione per l'Arte Contemporanea is the first Italian foundation for contemporary art. Set up at the beginning of 1989, it dedicated itself to international experiences in the field of visual arts, contemporary music and literature. Over the years, the Foundation, inside its Milanese Venue, has organised several personal exhibitions of international artists. For some time now, it is pursuing a cultural project aiming to improve the relationship between Italy and the countries in the Far East. Moreover, the Fondazione Mudima organises meetings and conferences on contemporary culture and issues catalogs and specific publications proposed during the exhibitions.

MuFoCo - Museo Fotografia Contemporanea is active since 2004, housed in the 17th-century Villa Ghirlanda, in the old town of Cinisello Balsamo, just outside Milan. It also organizes exhibitions in the exhibition area of the Triennale di Milano. MuFoCo is one of its kind in Italy and covers the fields of preservation, cataloguing and research. with a particular focus on technological change and the relationship with other expressive languages. This Museum collects many photographic funds relating to landscapes, portraits, social photography and artistic research from the second Post-War period to today.

Mulino in ferro was donated by the master of Arte Povera Jannis Kounellis to the Municipality of Naples in 1998. The installation is located in a central and very busy area of the city, in a narrow pedestrian area between tall buildings. The monumental work is composed of an iron pylon and of a mill's revolving wheel. Since 1991, in the frame of Gli Annali dell'arte, a project of commissions of contemporary art works for public spaces in the city, curated by Achille Bonito Oliva, the greek artist realized several temporary and permanent works in Naples.

Sol LeWitt's relationship with the city of Spoleto is testified by a series of works realised between 1971 and 2000, when the American artist spent regularly part of the year in his house on the hills of Monteluco. The work Muro, developed on the occasion of the exhibition Incontri 1980: 20 Interventi di artisti contemporanei a Spoleto, stands on the lawn above a parking lot built near the public gardens, just outside the historic center. Like a diaphragm between city and countryside, the silhouette of the sculpture stands out against the landscape, close to the Spoletosphere, a geodesic dome by the architect Buckminster Fuller.
Festival dei Due Mondi, Sculture nella città, Spoleto, scheda 73

MuSA - Museo Virtuale dell'Architettura e Scultura
MuSA  is located in the heart of Versilia, in a building that represents a perfect example of the recovery of an abandoned industrial area. It is configured as a multimedia space equipped with eight large screens and monitors that enhance the virtual permanent collection. Through sounds and images, you can enjoy some of the most significant works of our artistic heritage such as, for example, those of Michelangelo, as well as reliving the history of the ancient crafts and sculptural activities that have made Pietrasanta famous throughout the world. MuSA also organises, throughout the year, a rich calendar of events such as theatrical and musical events, conferences and artistic video installations.

MuSaBa - Parco Museo Laboratorio Santa Barbara
MuSaBa - Parco Museo Laboratorio Santa Barbara was founded in 1969 by the will of the artists Nik Spatari and Hiske Maas, at first as an association named Museo Santa Barbara. Then, in 2014, it acquired its actual name, MuSaBa Fondazione Spatari/Maas, and has always been taking its original goal of creating cultural events to promote the architectural and environmental heritage of Calabria very seriously. The MuSaBa currently displays about forty works by international contemporary artists, immersed in the green of the Park and also near the ruins of the Carthusian monastery, located inside the Park itself.

MUSEION – Museo d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Bolzano
MUSEION – Museo d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Bolzano, founded in 1985, has become a Foundation in 2006. The MUSEION is fully committed to promote and enhance contemporary art, South Tyrol art in particular, and its aim is to reach different kinds of audiences with a collection of more than 4,000 works. Since May 2018, the MUSEION has moved to the new building in Piazza Siena, which contains spaces particularly flexible due to the mobility of the walls: an architecture, which is functional to the issues of contemporary art and expresses the whole spirit with which the MUSEION means to front said issues.

In 2005, the Borgo medievale di Etroubles became an open-air museum and the exhibition À Étroubles, avant toi sont passés… became permanent, thanks to the collaboration of the Fondation Pierre Gianadda di Martigny and the support of the European Social Fund. The exhibition, inaugurated on the occasion of the 125th anniversary of Napoleon's arrival in the city, includes 22 works, such as sculptures, installations and paintings by contemporary artists, inspired by the stories of the people who visited this village, not far from the Great St Bernard Pass, over time. Furthermore, since 2007, the village of Etroubles has been hosting exhibitions on modern and contemporary artists during the summer months.
Sur EÃÅtroubles avant tous Marie est passeÃÅe Evelyne Otis Bacchi 2005
Numero civico Franco Balan 2005
Esaltazione dell'Io Carlo Brenna 2005
Stele III Yves Dana 1996
Pegaso Hans Enri 2005
L'amicizia alpina Michel Favre 2007
Senza titolo Albert Fèraud 2000
Il viaggio Alberto Gambale 2005
Viaggiatore sedentario di fronte al Grande Andrea Granchi 2005
Mon CourtiÃEUR Chicco Margaroli 2005
Viandante di speranze Assaf Mekhtiev 2005
Fura di Termeno Roberto Priod 2009
Il Postiglione Giulio Schiavon 2005
Guerra e Pace Salvatore Sebaste 2005
Masques Norberto Verzotti 2001
Landzetta Siro Vièrin 2005
Il Viandante Sergio Zanni 2005

Museo Archeologico Luigi Bernabò Brea Lipari – Sezione Arte contemporanea
Museo Archeologico Luigi Bernabò Brea in Lipari has been featuring a Contemporary Art section since 2015, the year in which the Mare Motus exhibition was presented and later became a permanent exhibition. The Contemporary Art section is housed in the old prisons of the castle, where the visitors can admire works and site-specific installations by Italian and international artists, who took inspiration from the peculiar environment of the island and the great bond between the local history and the exhibition area itself. Among its treasures, this Museum also includes artworks by Gonzalo Borondo, Fabrizio Plessi, and Piero Pizzi Cannella.

Museo Archivio Laboratorio per le arti contemporanee Hermann Nitsch
Museo Archivio Laboratorio per le arti contemporanee Hermann Nitsch is a centre for documentation and research dedicated to the philosophy, the poetry and the visual art of the Austrian artist Hermann Nitsch. Housed in a former electric power plant of the 19th century, the Museo Nitsch was based on a project realised by the Fondazione Morra with the purpose of preserving and promoting the different aspects of contemporary visual art, ranging from experimental cinema to contemporary music and performances. The Museo Nitsch hosts a collection of works made by Nitsch in collaboration with Giuseppe Morra. The museum also treasures a collection of videos documenting the Azioni of the Viennese artist from the 1970s onwards.

The Museo, housed in the Villa Borghese’s Orangery, was founded in 2006, thanks to the collector Carlo Bilotti, who decided to donate the works he had collected because of his friendship with many great artists of the 20th century, such as Andy Wharol, Larry Rivers and Mimmo Rotella. To the works made by these artists, another significant nucleus of paintings created by Giorgio de Chirico between the 1920s and the 1970s was added, which included some of his most famous subjects: some examples are Interni Metafisici, Mobili nella Stanza and Cavalieri. This Museum displays a permanent exhibition of the works included in its collection, and leaves some of the spaces available to temporary exhibitions dedicated to some of the most important artists of our time.

Museo Casa di Goethe is housed in the building, in Rome, where Johann Wolfgang Goethe and his friend, the painter Johann H. W. Tischbein, lived between 1786 and 1788. The Casa di Goethe is the only German museum based abroad, and preserves letters, books and drawings relating to the poet's trip to Italy, to which the permanent collection is dedicated. This Museum also organizes contemporary art exhibitions on the tradition related to travels to Italy, and to cultural exchange between Italy and Germany. Among its cultural activities, this Institution also includes a rich calendar of events and scholarship programs for writers, scholars and publicists.

Museo Castromediano - Sezione Arte Contemporanea
The Castromediano Museum, which has started the creation of a contemporary art section, is located in the historic center of the capital of Salento and is primarily an archaeological museum, featuring prehistoric artifacts from the Salento region as well as a gallery of medieval and modern art. Additionally, the museum has recently embraced new contemporary art forms with a section dedicated to contemporary art, showcasing, among others, works by Michelangelo Pistoletto, Nico Angiuli, and Paolo Gioli. The museum regularly hosts contemporary art exhibitions by Italian and international artists and is particularly committed to projects that blend different languages and genres, with a special focus on the relationship between the ancient and the contemporary.

Since 2002, Museo Civico di Palazzo della Penna has been located in the sixteenth-century building of the same name, built on the ruins of a Roman amphitheatre. The Palazzo della Penna displays a rich series of collections, such as the Collezione Gerardo Dottori, including a selection of the works by the Umbrian futurist, and the Collezione Joseph Beuys a Perugia, a group of six large boards created live by the artist during a public event in 1980. This Museum offers the public a comprehensive programme of events, temporary exhibitions and literary meetings.

Museo Crocetti is located in a building in northern Rome, which houses not only the museum proper, but also Venanzo Crocetti's flat, which has now become a museum house and is open to the public together with some multi-purpose rooms and a library. The Abruzzese sculptor Venanzo Crocetti, who died in 2003, can be considered a master of 20th century sculpture; although little known, he played a leading role internationally and the Hermitage has dedicated a permanent exhibition room to him. The Crocetti Museum, which houses more than one hundred large works including sculptures in bronze, marble and plaster, paintings, works on paper and documents dating from 1930 to 1998, also hosts contemporary art exhibitions.

Museo d’Arte Contemporanea di Lissone, inaugurated in 2000, is housed in the renovated area close to the Lissone-Muggiò railway station, built during the first decades of the 20th century. The collection of the Museum originated from the collection of works acquired through the well-established Premio Lissone (1946-1967), which represented an important worldwide reference for artistic experimentation during the 1950s and 1960s; this prize has been reintroduced since 2002. The Premio Lissone Design, also organized by Museo d’Arte Contemporanea di Lissone, exists since 2006. In line with the handicraft production of Brianza and the current trends in art, this prize alternates with the Premio Lissone and supports specific research on the design also understood as Visual and Graphic Design.

Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Villa Croce is located inside a neoclassic Villa overlooking the sea, which was donated to the City of Genoa by the Croce family in 1951. This Exhibition venue, opened in 1985, has a rich programme of exhibitions and activities aiming to provide a precise picture of the contemporary art scene, through various disciplines, supporting young emerging artists as well. The Villa Croce has more than one floor: the ground floor serves not only as a welcoming area, but also as a place where to ask about library and archive services; the first floor is dedicated to temporary exhibitions. On that same floor, there is the collection owned by Maria Cernuschi Ghiringhelli, currently not accessible to the public.

Museo dei Bozzetti Pierluigi Gherardi was founded in 1984 with the aim of documenting the activities of artists who come and visit Pietrasanta from all around the world, and decide to realize their own works in the local artisan’s workshops. The Museo dei Bozzetti, housed in the former 16th-century Convent of Sant’Agostino, displays more than 700 maquettes, templates and drawings, realized by Italian and foreign artists. These works serve as a basis for other works stored in other museums and collections around the world, thus providing the visitor with a complete view on the artistic currents of contemporary sculpture.
Chiostro di Sant'Agostino - Via Sant'Agostino, 1

Museo dei Bozzetti Pierluigi Gherardi - Bozzetti in vetrina
Museo dei Bozzetti Pierluigi Gherardi - Bozzetti in vetrina is a branch of the Museum, in the Palazzo Panichi, overlooking Piazza Duomo. The Bozzetti in Vetrina allows to further exploring the activities involved in the creation and production of marble and bronze sculptures, by showcasing, in rotation, a selection of maquettes in line with the themes discussed in the city exhibition schedule.

Museo del Novecento, inaugurated in 2010, is housed in the Palazzo dell’Arengario in Piazza Duomo in Milan. Museo del Novecento includes approximately 400 works dating back to 20th century, organized chronologically to tell the story of the artistic path of our nation from the beginning of the 20th century to the artistic currents of the sixties and seventies. It also organizes exhibitions of contemporary art forms, such as art, photography, graphics, as well as modern and contemporary design. Apart from hosting exhibitions, Museo del Novecento also actively stimulates conservation, study and promotial initiatives aimed to enhance the cultural heritage of the Novecento italiano and engage an ever-growing and cross-cultural audience.

Museo del Novecento e del Contemporaneo di Palazzo Fabroni
The Museo del Novecento e del Contemporaneo di Palazzo Fabroni has been home to the permanent collection of modern and contemporary art of the City of Pistoia since 1997. Located inside the 18th-century palace of the noble Fabroni family, the museum exhibits works outlining an itinerary on art from the 1920s to the present, with exponents of Arte Povera, Conceptual Art, Minimal Art and Visual Poetry. Palazzo Fabroni dedicates the rooms on the second floor to temporary exhibitions. Many artists, who have participated in solo or thematic exhibitions over the years, have subsequently donated works to the municipality, thus enriching the collection, which also consists of acquisitions and the original civic funds.

Il Museo del Presente is located in the modern part of the town of Rende and spreads over a vast area that hosts exhibitions and art projects by artists of the Italian 20th and 21st centuries and exhibitions by young artists from all over Italy. While the permanent section is dedicated to the Calabrian Futurists, with works donated by the Bilotti family and acquired by the municipality of Rende, other exhibition spaces are dedicated to international contemporary artists, book presentations, readings, debates, children's initiatives, cineforums, events and festivals.
Via Caduti di Nassirya 252 /Piazza Kennedy

Museo dell’Olio della Sabina, inaugurated in 2001, is housed in the 16th-century Palazzo Perelli, a historical building recently restored, in Castelnuovo di Farfa. This Museum aims to celebrate the ancient tradition of olive growing and olive oil production through contemporary art and the centuries-old tradition of olive growing in the area. The story of this production is expressed here through exhibitions of works of art made by artists like Maria Lai, Alik Cavaliere and Hidetoshi Nagasawa. The Museo dell’Olio also proposes events, educational paths and activities dedicated to contemporary art.
Palazzo Perelli - Viale Regina Margherita

Museo della Plastica Cannon-Sandretto civiltà della plastica
The Cannon-Sandretto Plastic Museum "Civiltà della Plastica" is located in the Art Nouveau style representative building of the former Sandretto factory in Pont Canavese, now owned by the Cannon group, an Italian leader in the technology sector for plastics, for energy and for industrial automation. The museum, inaugurated in 1995, was subsequently restored and hosts, on two floors, displays that tell the story, technology and transformation of plastic, starting from its origins in the first half of the nineteenth century until today.
Cav. Modesto Sandretto, 16 (ex Via G. Marconi, 30)

Museo di Arte Contemporanea di Pietrarubbia
The Pietrarubbia Museum of Contemporary Art is located in restored buildings in the Castello area. It is a two storeys building, in the exibition rooms on the ground floor a relevant number of works by Arnaldo Pomodoro (sculptures, graphics, art books) is displayed. The upper floor is dedicated to temporary exibitions and works made by the students of former TAM Centre (Artistic Treatment of Metals). The Pietrarubbia Museum of Contemporary Art is aimed primarly at a young audience and enthusiast of the sector and seeks to involve the locale community and a groowing number of visitors, mostly sculpture enthusiasts.

Il Museo di arte sacra contemporanea, a branch of the diocesan museum of Alba, is located in the 18th-century Church of the Immaculate Conception of Rodello, now deconsecrated, in the hills of the Langhe. The museum was founded in 2003, at the behest of Dedalo Montali, and houses, in addition to the artist's work for the John XXIII Chapel, a collection of more than two hundred works by Montali himself, divided into thematic and chronological itineraries. The museum also features the works of contemporary artists from the Accademia Albertina in Turin, who in the 1960s, in response to Pope Paul VI's invitation, created works dedicated to the sacred theme. Since 2017, it has instituted an annual call for Italian and foreign artists, pertaining to different disciplines, to realise a residential workshop with narratives, meetings and workshops in dialogue with the territory of reference.

The Lavatoio (wash house) is part of the itinerary of the diffused museum of Ulassai. The building was formerly used for washing wool and wheat, is also the main fountain of the village. Abandoned in the seventies, it was restored and transformed into a "deposit of artistic energy” in 1982, by initiative of Maria Lai with the contribution of Luigi Veronesi, Costantino Nivola, and Guido Strazza. The artists produced site specific works responding to the material and immaterial characteristics of the place, using the entire space – ceiling, walls, external areas – and reflecting on its qualities, as the sound and reflections of the water, the resonance of the women’s songs, and updated them through visual and sound installations that animate the environment and bring back common memories and imageries otherwise destined to disappear.
Maria Lai, Luigi Veronesi, Costantino Nivola, Guido Strazza
Telaio soffitto Maria Lai 1982
La fontana della sorgente Luigi Veronesi 1984
La fontana sonora Costantino Nivola 1987
La fontana del grano e pavimentazione esterna Guido Strazza 1989

Maria Lai's relationship with Ulassai, her place of origin and affection, is marked by a series of permanent works for public space that the artist initiated in 1981. After the seminal collaborative work Legarsi alla montagna, which involved the community in a performative installation, the artist has created several sculptures, installations and wall drawings that have transformed the small Sardinian town into an open-air museum. This art itinerary also includes works of other Italian authors invited by Lai and stretches from the city center to its surroundings, passing through Stazione dell'arte, a contemporary art museum founded by the artist in 2006. The works of Maria Lai are in dialogue with the territory, bringing attention to stories, rituals and knowledges rooted in local heritage and culture that constitutes part of her inspiration.
La strada del rito 1992
La scarpata 1993
La lavagna 2003
Libretti murati 2003
Il volo del gioco dell'oca 2003
La casa delle inquietudini 2005
Il muro del groviglio 2004
Fiabe intrecciate (Monumento a Gramsci) 2007
La cattura dell'ala del vento 2006
Le capre cucite 1992
Pastorello mattiniero con capretta 2005

Museo Diocesano Carlo Maria Martini in Milan, inaugurated in 2001, is housed in the cloisters of Sant’Eustorgio, inside an ancient Dominican convent, restored after the bombings of World War II. The Museo Diocesano accommodates, protects and enhances the artistic treasure of the Diocese, which includes works dating back to the 4th century B.C. Over the years, the Museum has received several donations including modern and contemporary art works, such as Collezione Sozzani and Collezione Magnaghi. It organizes ancient and contemporary art exhibitions and pays particular attention to the evolution of contemporary art.

Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte – Sezione Arte Contemporanea
In 2006, Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte decided to add a contemporary art section to its historical collection, to include works by Italian and foreign artists as well. The first part of this section dates back to the late Seventies, when the Museum decided to host its first contemporary art exhibitions. The Museo di Capodimonte also organizes educational activities on contemporary art, such as laboratories for adults and children.

Museo Emblema was created out of the artist Salvatore Emblema’s desire to create a place that was devoted to the instruction, study and dissemination of contemporary art, in his hometown of Terzigno. Museo Emblema is a rare example of an Italian House-Museum, which brings together the most significant works of the artist, with a rotating display that changes every six months. It carries out educational activities as well.

Museo Epicentro is a small museum born from the reuse of a rural house in contrada Gala, an old farmhouse not far from the centre of Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto. Founded in 1994, it houses a prestigious international collection of contemporary art on tiles that has involved a total of more than nine hundred established Italian and foreign artists invited to create their work on the ceramic support. The collection documents the presence of the main historical exponents of Art movements and trends in Italy from the post-World War II period to the present day.

Museo Giacomo Manzù, created in 1965, contains the collection of works donated in 1979 to the Italian State by the sculptor, following the wish of his wife, Inge Schnabel. This Museum mainly hosts creations from the maturity period of Manzù: bronze scupltures, engravings, jewels, drawings and draft scripts dated between 1950 and 1970. The Museo Manzù is housed in a rationalist building, purposely built in 1967 to accommodate the collection. The works of art are positioned inside the building and out in the garden, where they complete the whole structure of the Museum.

Museo Hendrik Christian Andersen, which has been part of the Polo museale del Lazio since 2015, is home to the works made by the sculptor and painter Hendrik Christian Andersen, who left his Villa and his works to Italian state in 1940. Apart from holding the plaster casts of the Norwegian sculptor, the Museo Andersen also gives room to contemporary art, expanding its collection with the acquisition of important artist books and works on paper, displayed on rotation during thematic exhibitions. The museum also dedicates personal and collective exhibitions, as well as site specific projects to several artists, whether emerging or established, in particular investigating the relationship between art and literature.

Stazione dell'Arte - Museo Arte Contemporanea Ulassai was founded when Maria Lai decided to donate a large collection of her works to her hometown. The Stazione dell'Arte is housed in the three buildings where the railway station used to be, just outside the urban centre of Ulassai. Apart from displaying its permanent collection which includes terrecotte, looms, ceramic artworks, sewn canvas and books, this Museum also organizes exhibitions, laboratories and art events.

The Marino Marini Museum, inaugurated in 1988, is located in the former church of San Pancrazio, in the historic center of Florence. It was born from the dual desire of the Florentine administration to restore the ancient church, dedicating it to cultural activities, and to find an adequate home for the rich collection of the Pistoia artist, donated to the Tuscan capital. The museum, structured on four levels, preserves one hundred and eighty-three works by Marino Marini (sculptures, paintings, drawings, engravings, etc. executed from 1916 to 1977 and arranged according to a thematic criterion). We also organize exhibition activities, projects for students and workshops for adults and children. The Marino Marini Museum is therefore configured as a place where modern and contemporary art combine perfectly, in a constructive and stimulating dialogue.

Museo Nazionale della Montagna "Duca degli Abruzzi"
The “Duca degli Abruzzi” National Mountain Museum is located next to the church and convent of Monte dei Cappuccini. It was born from an idea of the first members of the Italian Alpine Club, in the second half of the nineteenth century, and is divided into three complementary structures. National and international in-depth activities are carried out for the public, exhibitions and exhibition projects, as well as educational courses for schools, which address themes such as the history of the mountain, its activities, the landscape with the aim of relating the mountain ranges of all continents. Since 2018 he has also been interested in sustainability and the environment in an increasingly multidisciplinary and intersectoral way.

Museo Nazionale di Matera - Sezione Arte Contemporanea
Museo Nazionale di Matera has been located in the seventeenth-century Palazzo Lanfranchi. It has been created from the union of two existing museum institutions: the Domenico Ridola National Archaeological Museum and the National Museum of Medieval and Modern Art of Basilicata in Palazzo Lanfranchi. This Museum also contains a specific area dedicated to Contemporary art, with a collection of paintings and sculptures by local and international artists. The second floor of the building, a big single area, is used for exhibitions, conferences and conventions.
Palazzo Lanfranchi - Piazza Giovanni Pascoli, 1

Museo Nazionale di Ravenna | Sezione Arte Contemporanea
Il Museo Nazionale di Ravenna ha sede nell’antico monastero di S. Vitale. Il museo custodisce prestigiose testimonianze provenienti dai monumenti paleocristiani e bizantini, reperti marmorei e la più grande raccolta di arti applicate della Romagna. Nel 2020 è stata inaugurata una nuova sala dedicata all’arte contemporanea che accoglie opere donate al termine di esposizioni temporanee degli ultimi dieci anni o acquisite nel tempo tramite specifici progetti. Le opere donate testimoniano la stretta relazione instaurata con il Museo che ricopre la duplice veste di luogo della memoria ma anche di stimolo alla creatività contemporanea sia per gli artisti coinvolti che per i fruitori stessi.

Museo Nivola, inaugurated in 1995, represents the greatest collection of works made by the artist Costantino Nivola, who invented the sand-casting technique, thanks to which he had the chance to establish collaborations with international artists and architects. Museo Nivola is housed in the renovated building of the Lavatoio di Orani , specifically intended for this purpose. Among the additions made to this building there were a new pavilion in 2004, and a basement area in 2012. Apart from displaying the works made by Nivola, the museum also organizes exhibitions mainly focused on the relationship between art, architecture and landscape. Outside, the pathways of the park are surrounded by several sculptures and there is also a monumental fountain created by Nivola.

Museo Novecento was founded in 2014, in the building that once hosted the Spedale delle Leopoldine, with the purpose of accommodating the contemporary art collections owned by the City of Florence. The exhibition route, later enriched by works provided free on loan and donated by artists and institutions, illustrates 20th-century Italian art through paintings, sculptures, experimental architecture projects, visual poetry, installations and documents. Furthermore, this Museum organizes exhibitions, cycles of encounters and events dedicated to develop a critical discussion on 20th century.
Complesso dello Spedale delle Leopoldine - Piazza Santa Maria Novella, 10

Museo per la Memoria di Ustica was opened on June 27th, 2007, on the occasion of the 27th anniversary of the tragic crash of the plane Itavia 870 Bologna-Palermo. The Museo is part of the Istituzione Bologna Musei along with the MAMbo and Villa delle Rose. Museo per la Memoria di Ustica holds the wreck of the passenger aircraft, surrounded by a permanent installation by the contemporary artist Christian Boltanski, made of 81 lights and 81 mirrors, in memory of the victims. There are also nine big boxes containing some of the personal belongings of the people onboard, as well as loudspeakers emitting whispered words, to express the sense of inevitability of the tragedy.

Museo Renato Guttuso was founded in 1973 when the painter decided to donate some of his works to his hometown. This Museum is housed in the historical Villa Cattolica and is home to paintings and drawings by Guttuso. It also holds some of the works belonging to his private collection of paintings, sculptures and drawings made by the greatest artists of the 20th century. Museo Renato Guttuso has expanded its collection over the years, thanks to acquisitions and donations. Apart from hosting the permanent exhibition, the museum also offers a comprehensive annual programme of exhibitions and events.

Museo Revoltella - Galleria d’Arte Moderna
Museo Revoltella – Galleria d’Arte Moderna was founded in 1872 by the will of the baron Pasquale Revoltella, who donated his 19th-century palace, along with all the works of art, books and furniture he owned, to the city of Trieste. Over the years, this Museum has had the chance to expand its art collection, creating a true gallery, which now includes works ranging from late 19th century to late 20th century, with works made by Italian artists, from Friuli in particular. Thanks to these acquisitions, the Museum has expanded to two adjacent buildings, Palazzo Basevi, seat of the administrative offices, and Palazzo Brunner, which is home to most of the collections of the museum. Palazzo Revoltella is used as a house-museum. The Museo Revoltella also periodically organizes exhibitions and educational activities for children and adults.

Museo Riso – Museo Regionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Palermo
Museo Riso – Museo Regionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Palermo has been housed in the 18th-century Palazzo Belmonte Riso, in the old town of Palermo, since 2005.  Museo Riso  houses a permanent collection of contemporary artworks from the 1950s onwards by Italian and international artists who work or worked in the past in Sicily, in charge also for specific projects. The collection is characterized by the strong link between the artists and the artworks and the isle of Sicily. Different exhibitions spaces, in addition to the spaces of Albergo delle Povere and Incoronata Cahpel, constantly host exhibitions and performances focusing on the interdisciplinary of topics and languages.

The historical Palazzo Spini Feroni, in the old town of Florence, has been home to Museo Salvatore Ferragamo since 1938. Inaugurated in 1995, the museum was born on the initiative of the homonymous family to enhance the artistic qualities of Salvatore Ferragamo and the role he played in the history of shoes and international fashion. The current exhibition venue chooses a different research theme every year, combining the experience of Salvatore Ferragamo and the history of his life and creations with other fields of interest, such as art, architecture, design, economic and social history, as well as philosophy. As confirmation of the cultural value of the institution and of the various cultural activities that the latter has undertaken over the years, in 1999 Museo Salvatore Ferragamo received the Guggenheim Business and Culture Award.

Museo Stauròs di arte sacra contemporanea
Museo Stauròs di arte sacra contemporanea was founded in 1991, when the Associazione Stauròs moved to the Santuario di San Gabriele. This Museum is home to about a thousand works of art: paintings, sculptures, ceramic artworks, engravings, watercolours and pictures of sacred art and architecture; many of the works were donated by artists, as in the case of the Donazione Giannetto Fieschi, consisting of all the sacred production of works by the Genoese painter. Apart from the Biennale d’arte sacra, the Museo Stauròs organizes cultural, scientific and educational events, conventions, publications on contemporary sacred art, personal exhibitions, as well as an improvement course in art for liturgy, dedicated to young artists attending Academies of Fine Arts in Italy.
Santuario San Gabriele - Contrada San Gabriele, 187

Museo Tattile Statale Omero - Sezione di arte contemporanea
Museo Tattile Statale Omero has been hosted in the eighteenth century Mole Vanvitelliana since 2012. Here there is not only the collection on display, but also rooms for educational laboratories, conferences and events. The Museo Omero was established with the aim of fostering access to and use of art by the blind and visually impaired. To this end it showcases more than 200 reproductions (in plaster and resin) of sculptural masterpieces and architectural models from ancient times to Futurism. In the Contemporary Art section visitors can explore a remarkable collection of original sculptures carved and shaped by Italian and international sculptors, whose peculiarity is that they can be read by touch.
Mole Vanvitelliana - Banchina Giovanni da Chio, 28

Museolaboratorio d’arte contemporanea Ex-Manifattura Tabacchi was founded in 1998 by the town of Città Sant’Angelo and mainly conceived as a place of experimentation and research on contemporary visual languages. Since 2003, the Museolaboratorio has been home to a collection of Italian and international artists as well, whilst maintaining its original, distinctive call for exhibition set-ups. This Venue proposes a rich programme of exhibitions and educational activities throughout the whole year, promoting contemporary creativity even among young people.

MUSEUM - Osservatorio dell’Arte Contemporanea in Sicilia
MUSEUM - Osservatorio dell’Arte Contemporanea in Sicilia, inaugurated in 1997, in Bagheria, is committed to protect and promote the contemporary art of Sicilian artists, by collecting their paintings, sculptures and video art. In collaboration with the cultural association that runs the Venue and with the Universities of Siena and Palermo, the MUSEUM plans several events relating to education, dissemination and research, thanks to the presence of a historical archive, a library and a specialized video library.

Musia - Living (&) arts - Collezione Jacorossi
Musia – Living (&) arts was established out of the desire of Ovidio Jacorossi to create a space where to promote contemporary art as a means of enhancement for creativeness, and which could be accessible to as many visitors as possible. The Musia started to carry out its activities thanks to the Collezione Jacorossi, that included works from Symbolism and Divisionism of late 19th century to Transavantgarde and New Figurative movements. This Exhibition venue dedicates the galleries 7 and 9 to exhibitions focused on the Collezione Jacorossi and on new contemporary artists. Inside the Spazio Pompeo a new site specific installation by Studio Azzurro has been placed: Teatro di Pompeo, Cesare, ultimo atto, a video-art work that connects the most recent technologies with the historical representation of the ancient Rome, in particular the event of Caesar's murder.

MUSMA - Museo della Scultura Contemporanea Matera
MUSMA – Museo della Scultura Contemporanea Matera is the only cave museum in the world, located in the 16th-century Palazzo Pomarici, in the Sassi di Matera, a UNESCO Heritage site. With its exhibition tour, the MUSMA, offers an interpretation of the Italian and international story of sculpture, with material from the end of the 19th century to today. The sculptures are located in the large spaces under the Palazzo and inside its halls, so as to create an interesting integration between the geometry of the natural caves and the sculptures.
Palazzo Pomarici - Via San Giacomo - Sasso Caveoso

MUSPAC - Museo sperimentale d'arte contemporanea
MUSPAC - Museo sperimentale d'arte contemporanea was founded in 1993 and located inside the former monastery of S. Maria dei Raccomandati. This Museum owns a permanent collection consisting of artworks created by international artists as well as Italian artists from Abruzzo. The association, over the years, has given more and more space to research and experimentation, exploiting the benefits of new technologies. Thanks to public and private aid, the MUSPAC was able to inaugurate a new seat in via Ficara, after the earthquake of April 6th, 2009 had completely condemned its historical headquarters damaging many of the artworks.

NEUTRO was born in 2019 from the idea of using as exhibition space six large disused commercial storefronts in the center of Reggio Emilia, which have been converted into spaces dedicated to contemporary art and photography. The different art forms are placed in a living environment, in direct contact with a vast and heterogeneous public. The works on display, as opposed to the private dimension in which they are enjoyed within galleries and museums, take on a public dimension, thus allowing artists to confront constant visibility and establish a direct relationship with the public through an original artistic experience.

Arnold Holzknecht’s and Michele Bernardi’s intervention on Hans Piffrader’s bas-relief for the former Casa Littoria in Bolzano, which today hosts the city’s Financial Office, was selected following a competition launched by the provincial government in order to re-contextualize monuments and memorials realized during the Fascist period. The work overwrites the bas-relief dedicated to the history of Fascism and his leader Mussolini, superimposing on it the sentence "Nobody has the right to obey", freely adapted from a text by the philosopher Hannah Arendt. The sentence is an invitation to act according to one's conscience, when faced with orders when they are unjust.

Nomas Foundation was founded in 2008 with the purpose of supporting and promoting contemporary art research, by means of a multidisciplinary approach. The main points of interest for this Foundation are the global cultural, political and social processes, investigated through the promotion of exhibitions dedicated to the exponents of current Italian and international art, as well as through editorial projects. Nomas Foundation proposes residencies for artists, critics and curators, and offers the visitors an art collection ranging from Italian Pop Art to the most recent national and international research.

Research center and Independent space, Numero Cromatico was founded in 2011 in Rome and it is now located inside the Pastificio Cerere. With the help of researchers from different fields, from art to neuroscience, this Venue sees scientific research as the core of its own artistic experimentation: in nine years of activity, many exhibitions, conferences, seminars, publications and workshops have been organised and produced, along with research in the fields of art, experimental aesthetics, psychology of art and visual communication.

Developed as part of the French program Nouveaux Commmanditaires, the project Nuovi committenti has been implemented in Italy by the curatorial platform a.titolo since 2001. The program fosters the participation of the citizens in commissioning public art works with the aim of enhancing their living and working environment. In the district Mirafiori Nord in Turin, the artists have been invited to redefine the space and imagery of the area as industrial city, taking cue from the proposals of its inhabitants. The eighteenth-century chapel closed for years, has been transformed into a education space for schools, and two installations, a garden and a sculpture, have been imagined as meeting places for the community.
Massimo Bartolini, Claudia Losi, Lucy Orta
residents of Turin's northern Mirafiori neighborhood throgh the New Cantroactors program
Laboratorio di Storia e storie Massimo Bartolini 2002 ‚EUR" 2007
Totipotent Architecture Lucy Orta 2003 ‚EUR" 2007
Aiuola Transatlantico Claudia Losi 2005 ‚EUR" 2008
MultiplayerStefano Arienti 2004 ‚EUR" 2008 (oggi non più visibile)

Ocean Space - Chiesa di San Lorenzo is located in the deconsecrated basilica of the same name, dating back to the 9th century. In recent decades, it has hosted contemporary art and music installations, until 2016, when TBA21 – Academy, with Ocean Space, returned the building to the public by reopening it. Ocean Space - Chiesa di San Lorenzo functions as a research center that organizes exhibitions and public programs to promote the knowledge and protection of the waters of the Oceans and the Venetian lagoon through contemporary visual arts.

Officina Rancilio 1926 was founded in 2010 in Parabiago, in the very same area where the founder of the company, Roberto Rancilio, had opened his first mechanical workshop. The museum of coffee machines was established with the aim of preserving and enhancing the historical heritage and the photographic archive of the company. The collection encompasses sixty iconic coffee machines produced by Rancilio between 1927 and 1980, as well as twenty machines produced in collaboration with Egro. The products on display bear witness to the evolution of Italian industrial tecniques and design over the years. Apart from the collection, the museum includes a rich historical archive of pictures and paper documents highlighting the history of the company and the evolution of the style of the products. Officina Rancilio 1926 also houses exhibitions and conferences, proposes educational tours for schools and owns a thematic library.

OGR - Officine Grandi Riparazioni in Turin is a center of cultural production built in the area where once trains were repaired and maintained. This Exhibition venue was inaugurated in 2017 after a huge work of functional regeneration and reconversion of the spaces. The OGR has the dual aim of promoting contemporary art in all its different forms as well as scientific, technological and industrial research, with the ultimate goal of creating a unique district of contemporary culture. The programme of the activities consists of exhibitions, performing art shows and workshops and it is enriched with events and festivals organised in collaboration with international artists and curators.

Opera Bosco - Museo di Arte nella Natura
Opera Bosco – Museo di Arte nella Natura is an outdoor laboratory of contemporary art, where the artworks are entirely made of natural materials: activities created to interact with the territory, trying to favor the balance within the ecosystem in which they operate, but without altering their values. The works can be visited by taking a route that runs through the woods, where there are all the materials used for their creation. The Opera Bosco has created two installations of Art in Nature for the project VeneziArchiNature (on the island of Certosa), during the Biennale Architettura 2014, and the Terra.Terra (on the island of San Secondo) during the Biennale Arte 2015: projects promoted by the MiBACT.

Opera per Torino is part of the project Artecittà. 11 artists for the Passante Ferroviario, commissioned in 1995 in the frame of the vast development plan of the city of Turin and curated by Rudi Fuchs e Cristina Mundici. The covering of the tram railway tracks and the construction of the new viale della Spina provided the space for an itinerary of contemporary art works. The installation realized by the Danish artist Per Kirkeby is located in a pedestrian transit area, thus developed respond to the site and to be traversed by passers-by. The double-height porch structure appears as a perfect rectangle, referencing to Turin's orthogonal urban planning. However, from inside, the structure reveals itself as a trapezoidal form, suggesting the ambiguity of the city itself.
Artecittà. 11 artisti per il Passante Ferroviario (altre opere: Albero Giardino, Giuseppe Penone e Igloo Fontana, Mario Merz)

In the municipality of Rotondi on the street Via Varco, artists Eugenio Giliberti, Umberto Manzo, Perino & Vele, Lucio Perone and Peppe Perone have had their studio for years. This is the context in which stemmed Illumina la notte con l’arte di Via Varco, a project of urban regeneration curated by the art critic Marco Tonelli and financed by Regione Campania. The event involved the territory in a series of artistic, musical and performing activities; artists’ studios were open to the public. On the occasion of the tenth edition, the artists of Via Varco were invited to produce five permanent public works to be installed in the countryside. The sculptures and installations are inspired by the characteristics of the place: R-H2O + by Giliberti, which is connected to the path of the Isclero river; while the luight sculpture by Lucio Perone, Il sogno dell’emigrante and the wall drawing paMaronn by Perino & Vele refer to local history and traditions.
Il sogno dell'emigrante Lucio Perone 2017
rH2O+ Eugenio Giliberti 2017
Lasciatemi pensare Peppe Perone 2017
paMaronn Perino & Vele 2017
Attraversate dal vento del Sud Umberto Manzo 2017

Ordet is an Exhibition venue and a place of artistic and cultural production based in Milan. Its aim is to promote new research models in the field of contemporary creativity. Artists, curators and specialists in various fields are at the center of its work, which includes exhibitions, festivals, events, talk shows and meetings. The aim is to offer a multidisciplinary approach capable of stimulating original perspectives and new views about contemporary art. Ordet is an experimental space which benefits from a close cooperation with institutions and museums also at the international level.

Aeroporti di Puglia commissioned artist Stephen Antonakos the design of the logo of the company. Starting from this intervention, the artist realized a neon - material he prefers and uses since the Sixties - entitled Orizzonte. The elements that compose the work, scattered on the facade of the airport, indirectly refer to the profile of a city. Geometric figures and colors interact with architecture.
Aeroporto Karol Woijtila, Viale Enzo Ferrari

Ospizio Giovani Artisti is an Independent space created in 2013 in Rome. Initially born with the ironic intent of displaying works made by artists over 35 years of age (the “institutional” age limit for young Italian artists), this Venue does not possess this restraint anymore and, thus, organizes several collective exhibitions every year. The works of this collection are gradually donated to Ospizio Giovani Artisti by the artists themselves, to organise thematic exhibitions from which a continuous reflection arises on the role of contemporary art in today’s society.

Osservatorio Futura, founded in 2020, is located in the San Donato district and is structured as a non-profit space dedicated to the promotion and enhancement of contemporary artistic research. It publishes a fanzine and organizes exhibitions, with particular attention to emerging young artists, thus contributing to the development of broad visions of art-making focused on inclusivity and projects capable of embracing all calls for renewal. Osservatorio Futura is committed to a strong work ethic through the activation of virtuous and inclusive mechanisms.

PAC – Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea, designed by Ignazio Gardella, is one of the first examples of Italian exhibition venues dedicated to contemporary art. It began to operate in 1979 as a promoter of national and international artistic forms. The PAC has hosted the most established and the less known artists, by organizing personal and collective exhibitions. It still promotes knowledge of contemporary art through educational activities, events, readings and conferences dedicated to the themes included in the exhibitions. This Exhibition venue is a founding member of the AMACI – Associazione dei Musei d’Arte Contemporanea Italiani and constantly cooperates with the main public and private entities operating in the field of contemporary art in Italy and abroad.

Palazzo Collicola Arti Visive is an eighteenth-century building which has been used as a contemporary art centre since 2000, with a particular focus on international art, as far as the second half of the 20th century and the Novecento Italiano are concerned. The Palazzo Collicola is divided into four sections: the Collezione Carandente, which includes the works of internationally renowned artists; the second section consists of works acquired by the City through the Premio Spoleto and the Festival dei Due Mondi; then there is the project Nuove acquisizioni, launched in 1989; the last section encompasses donations from artists and collectors. Through the project Collicola on the wall the Museum has also the possibility of commissioniong site specific works to be included in its collection. The Collezione Carandente includes the works created for the exhibition Sculture nella Città. Spoleto 1962 and that can still be seen today throughout the city.

Palazzo delle Esposizioni was one of the first public buildings ever built in Rome, when the latter became the capital of Italy. Inaugurated in 1883, it still hosts exhibitions of various kinds. Its main focus is on the visual and scientific culture of the last century, in particular on photography. Over the last few years, Palazzo delle Esposizioni has organized festivals aiming to investigate the aspects and the protagonists of art in the Sixties and the Seventies, keeping the original promise to account for the most recent trends in contemporary art: indeed in the halls of Palazzo delle Esposizioni the Quadriennale di Roma is hosted every four years.

Palazzo delle Paure - Galleria d'arte moderna e contemporanea
Palazzo delle Paure - Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art is located in the historic center of Lecco, in the refurbished Palazzo della Dogana, which was reopened in 2012 as a museum venue with the inauguration of the Contemporary Art Gallery and the opening of exhibition spaces for temporary exhibitions. The museum, rethought and expanded in 2023, houses a permanent collection of works by contemporary artists, both from the local area and from across the nation. Since 2015, there has also been a section dedicated to contemporary photography.

Palazzo Ducale - Progetto Monochromatic Light
Palazzo Ducale – Progetto Monochromatic Light was founded in 2001 with the purpose of enhancing the 17th-century Palazzo Estense by blending ancient and contemporary art into one another. Inside the Appartamenti Ducali there are some permanent installations and paintings purposely created for the museum by European and American exponents of Minimal Art. The Monochromatic Light museum displays monochromatic works placed in the existing stucco frames which used to contain the paintings of the Ducal collections, now lost. This creates a new type of interaction between art and historical architecture: a new dialogue between light, colors and the plastic features of the stuccos.

Palazzo Lucarini - Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea
Palazzo Lucarini – Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea was established in 2007 and housed in the 15th-century building of the same name. Its main purpose is to product, promote and disseminate contemporary culture in all its forms. This Exhibition venue organizes temporary exhibitions of established and emerging artists, conventions, educational activities, as well as workshops, acting as an observer and promoter of contemporary art.

Palazzo Mazzetti is a baroque building housing the art collection of the same name, in the heart of the old town of Asti. This Museum encompasses a rich collection expanded over the years, thanks to private donations and the acquisition of artworks during the various events held there. Apart from the permanent exhibition and the temporary exhibitions dedicated to contemporary art, Palazzo Mazzetti offers its visitors in-depth courses developed with the help of touch-screen media and multimedia projections, as well as many other educational activities addressed to schools and open to the public.

Palazzo Merulana is home to Elena and Claudio Cerasi Foundation, founded in 2014 and housed in the building of the former Health Department, restored after a long phasing-out period. Apart from various activities and a rich program of cultural events, Palazzo Merulana displays an extensive twentieth-century art collection, with insights on contemporary art.

Palazzo Monti is an Artists' Residence established in 2017 inside the 13th-century omonymous palace in central Brescia. Converted into ateliers, the Palazzo's spaces are the venue where artists and creative people experiment with different artistic practices and techniques. In fact, the Association's activities offer to the artists of all nationalities the opportunity to be hosted in the Palazzo and to exhibit their works after the residency: 250 artists from 50 countries have been welcomed since today.

The sculpture was donated by Fernando Botero to the Municipality of Florence three years after its realization. Commonly referred to as The Bird, the work has monumental dimensions and is characterized by the expanded volumes typically adopted by the Colombian artist. The artist uses the deformation of bodies as a metaphor of the transformation of reality through art. Paloma is a symbol of flight, in relation to its location outside the airport Amerigo Vespucci. The work exists in smaller scale in different versions, the most representative of which is on display at the Museo Nacional de Colombia.

PAN - Palazzo delle Arti di Napoli, housed in the 18th-century Palazzo Roccella, organizes several activities to enhance contemporary art languages. The PAN manages the spaces used for exhibitions and consultation through projects involving external associations and the artists themselves. With the aim of involving the local community as well and fostering its cultural growth, the PAN organizes exhibitions, conferences, meetings, film festivals and book presentations.

The Beverly Pepper Park, inaugurated in 2019, is located on the Umbrian hills where the american sculptor Beverly Pepper lived part of her life, until the age of 97. This is the first monothematic park of contemporary sculpture in Umbria and the first by the artist in the world, in which the sixteen monumental sculptures are inserted in a naturalistic-urban context, which winds through the medieval walls of the city retracing the chapters of which it is constituted his artistic career, from 1963 until his last years.

Parco del Sojo Arte e Natura is located near a rocky spur, the so-called Sojo, in the Altopiano dei Sette Comuni in Vicenza. The Parco del Sojo has a collection of about 80 contemporary works of art created by Italian and foreign artists. Many of these works were created on site and are mainly made of natural materials durable over time. Parco del Sojo Arte e Natura is spread along the 3 kilometres of woods, pathways and mule tracks: a route of medium difficulty.

Parco di Pinocchio - Fondazione Nazionale Carlo Collodi
Parco di Pinocchio - Fondazione Nazionale Carlo Collodi, dedicated to the famous book by Carlo Collodi, was established in 1956. The Fondazione Nazionale Carlo Collodi, through the character of Pinocchio, promotes culture among children living in Italy and abroad, and this makes Collodi a true city for kids. The Parco di Pinocchio organizes exhibitions, shows, conferences, contests, and other cultural activities. It boasts a rich pathway of sculptures out in the open, among which a Monument to Pinocchio, by Emilio Greco, and the bronze sculptures by Pietro Consagra, representing the Adventures of Pinocchio, created after the competition for the expansion of the Park in 1963.

Parco di Villa Glori was founded in 1924 under the name of Parco della Rimembranza, originally dedicated to the fallen soldiers of World War I and to the victims of war events in general. In 1997, thanks to the project Varcare la Soglia proposed by the City of Rome, several works made by famous international artists, such as Maria Dompè and Jannis Kounellis, were installed in the park. The project Varcare la Soglia has been created as a way to experiment the integration between art and nature, in a public space dedicated to rest and recreation. In 2000, Parco di Villa Glori received two more installations: Porta del Sole made by Giuseppe Uncini, and Uomo-Erba by Paolo Canevari.

Park Poggio Valicaia is located in the south-west hills of Florence, in a large private agricultural estate donated to the municipality of Scandicci and transformed into a public park. Born as a place for excursions, since 2003 it has become a park-museum, thanks to environmental installations by contemporary artists. The project aims to use forms of art and landscape architecture to enhance its heritage, giving it a contemporary cultural dimension. The large park is also home to various animal species and offers opportunities for numerous activities including glamping in suspended tents, theme trails and children's activities.

The Parco Sculture del Chianti, opened in 2004, is located in the heart of The Siena area. It presents itself as an open-air museum of contemporary art. It develops in a context of seven hectares of woodland, where site-specific works, sometimes interactive, are also hosted. Created by artists from five continents and produced in a great variety of shapes and materials, the works on display are characterized by total harmony and a perfect balance between art and nature.

PAV – Parco Arte Vivente is an experimental contemporary art centre created by the artist Piero Gilardi and directed by Enrico Bonanate. The PAV, located in the former Framtek area, conducts research on art by experimenting with organic and inorganic materials; with the same aim, it also explores biotechnologies, and poses itself as a place where to discuss important issues in bioethics. Among its activities, the PAV hosts workshops and seminars held by artists, and offers a rich educational programme.

Peggy Guggenheim Collection is housed in Palazzo Venier dei Leoni, an historical building overlooking the Grand Canal in Venice. Peggy Guggenheim bought the palazzo in 1948 and, between 1951 and 1979 (the year of her death) opened it to the public to show her twentieth-century art collection. Peggy Guggenheim then decided to gift the collection, along with the palazzo, to the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation in New York, which currently runs it and opens it to the public. Peggy Guggenheim Collection has been expanding over time thanks to new private collections and long-term loans.

Pelagica is a curatorial project born in 2014, with the purpose of promoting events dedicated to contemporary art in the Mediterranean area. Over the last three years, Pelagica has been striving to support and promote artists coming from the Mediterranean area, by organizing exhibitions, editorial productions and collaborating with other cultural institutions. Furthermore, in October 2017, Pelagica inaugurated a gallery specifically connected to the project, in that in this space all the events characterizing the Venue are held, in line with the goals pursued by the association.

Performatorio, born from the renovation of a small washhouse from the early 20th century, is an independent entity that primarily engages with the local residents and the surrounding area. The Association mainly organizes activities related to contemporary performing arts, exploring the connection between body and language. Additionally, Performatorio serves as a meeting place for artists, cultural operators and the public. The space also hosts live events, workshops, and thematic meetings, with particular attention given to accessibility.

Phos is a Multipurpose Cultural Centre founded in 2011, whose aim is to promote, spread and enhance the art of photography. Phos has its own exhibition space and periodically organizes exhibitions, dedicated, in particular, to the works of young authors, as well as cultural events held in collaboration with galleries, bodies, institutions and private subjects. This Exhibition venue also hosts workshops about black-and-white photography and digital photography, advanced training workshops, meetings with artists and artist residencies. It also carries out publishing activities for artist's books.

Piccolo Museion, also known as the Cubo Garutti, was conceived on the occasion of the project Arte sul territorio curated by Museion - museo d'arte moderna e contemporanea di Bolzano. Invited to propose a work for the suburban neighborhood Don Bosco, the artist proposed to open there a branch of the museum of contemporary art: a pavilion that would host, on a regular basis, works from the collection of Museion. The small structure is not accessible, it is a showcase within a green area. At night, a sensor activates a lighting system, in order that the works are always visible. The artworks and ad hoc commissioned projects presented in the pavilion, in addition to allow an engagement with an audience that does not otherwise attend the museum, have the poetic role of guardians of the community.
Assessorato alla Cultura della Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano
Assessorato alla Cultura della Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano, Ripartizione Cultura Italiana

Stolpersteine (Stumbling stones) is an on-going project by Gunter Demnig that started in Germany in 1993 and continued in several European cities, curated by Gunter Demnig Stiftung. The work consists of the insertion of a brass plated stone element in the pavement in front of the house of victims of Nazism. The name, date of birth, place and date of deportation of the commemorated person are engraved on its surface. In their anti-monumental and diffuse form, the Stolpersteine become part of the urban landscape and are experiences by its community. In Italy the project was presented for the first time in Rome in 2010. Every citizen or institution can become a commissioner by requesting its installation. Since 2010, the project has been implemented in ninety-six Italian cities, in the regions of Abruzzo, Emilia Romagna, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Lazio, Liguria, Lombardy, Marche, Piedmont, Puglia, Sicily, Tuscany, Trentino Alto Adige, Veneto .

The Pinacoteca Agnelli is located on the roof of the historic Lingotto complex, the former FIAT factory. It is housed in the “Scrigno,” a suspended structure designed by Renzo Piano that overlooks the old test track. The museum was established to display the private collection of Giovanni and Marella Agnelli. The collection, which includes masterpieces from the eighteenth to the twentieth century, shows a strong inclination toward contemporary art, fostering dialogues between historical works and current artistic practices. Since 2022, the Pinacoteca has also become a space dedicated to the production of temporary exhibitions and site-specific projects commissioned from Italian and international artists. A central role is played by the Pista 500, an iconic circuit also devoted to contemporary art installations.

Pinacoteca civica Bruno Molajoli - Casa di Ester
Pinacoteca civica Bruno Molajoli –  Casa di Ester. Casa di Ester is located in the historic center of Fabriano.  Casa di Ester is one of the sections of the Art Gallery created by Ester Merloni, a member of the famous family of entrepreneurs from Fabriano and a passionate art collector. This collection is housed on the ground floor of the gallery and features important 20th-century Italian artists. The collection includes thirty works by major figures of contemporary Italian art, such as Manzù, Burri, Pomodoro e Castellani, among others.

Pinacoteca Comunale d'Arte Contemporanea Antonio Sapone di Gaeta
Pinacoteca Comunale d'Arte Contemporanea Antonio Sapone di Gaeta was founded in 2004 by the Associazione Culturale Novecento, in collaboration with the City of Gaeta. Two years after its foundation, the Pinacoteca was moved inside the 16th-century Palazzo San Giacomo. This Museum is home to a rich collection of artworks made by 20th-century artists and famous international artists as well, such as Hans Hartung, Ladislas Kijno and Alberto Magnelli. The Pinacoteca organizes several exhibitions of contemporary art, and since 2004, it has been promoting the prize Una Vita per l’Arte, annually awarded to people who stand out for their work in the fields of production, research or artistic dissemination.

Palazzo Grassi is the first building in Venice that hosts Pinault Collection, inaugurated in 2006 after the restoration work carried out by Tadao Ando. The purpose here is to share the collection with the public. This collection includes more than three thousand works from the 20th and 21st century. Pinault Collection - Palazzo Grassi proposes collective and monographic exhibitions, aiming to deepen the relationship between the artists and the Collection. The latter has indeed enriched its collection also through works purposely developed for its spaces. Apart from organizing exhibitions in Venice, Pinault Collection offers an off-site exhibition programme, events in support of the artists as well as activities aiming to promote history of art.
Palazzo Grassi - Campo San Samuele, 3231

The Punta della Dogana is the second exhibition area of Pinault Collection, inaugurated in 2009. After the restoration of the commercial property of the Serenissima, dating back to the seventeenth century, it has been opened a new place dedicated to contemporary art. Pinault Collection - Punta della Dogana, directly connected to the activities carried out in Palazzo Grassi, hosts a rich programme of exhibitions, involving the artists and asking them to create on-site works or specific projects.

Pinault Collection - Teatrino di Palazzo Grassi
The Teatrino di Palazzo Grassi was opened in 2013, and represents the third place where Pinault Collection carries out the activities within its rich artistic and cultural Venetian programme. Pinault Collection - Teatrino di Palazzo Grassi has an auditorium with 225 seats, where it proposes an annual programme of cultural events, such as conferences, concerts and projections. The main purpose of the activities offered is inviting the public to discuss about the themes of contemporary culture, also in collaboration with Italian and international institutions and universities.
Teatrino di Palazzo Grassi - Campo San Samuele, 3260

Pirelli HangarBicocca is a non-profit foundation born in 2004, in Milan after an early twentieth-century industrial plant was reconverted into a space for contemporary art production and promotion. The unique and imposing space of Pirelli HangarBicocca (15.000 sq.m.) is one of the widest horizontal installations in Europe and presents personal exhibitions of Italian and internationally acclaimed artists every year. Permanent installations are presented as well, first and foremost I Sette Palazzi Celesti 2004-2015 by Anselm Kiefer and La Sequenza by Fausto Melotti (1981).

Sol LeWitt's relationship with the city of Spoleto is testified by a series of works realized between 1971 and 2000, when the American artist spent regularly part of the year in his house on the hills of Monteluco. As part of Festival dei Due Mondi, LeWitt designed the decoration of the dancefloor in front of the Casina dell'Ippocastano. The design presented curvilinear and abstract shapes in different shades, which are still visible today despite the deterioration of the color.
Festival dei Due Mondi, Sculture nella città, Spoleto, scheda 73

PLART - Plastiche e Arte, hosted in an ancient noble palace in the heart of Naples, tells the history of plastics from the origins up to the most recent forms through a wide series of items. The collection is made up of more than 1,500 items, built up since the 1930s thanks to the research carried out by Maria Pia Incutti. The PLART displays anonymously designed objects and works by contemporary designers and artists. In its own premises, it has a space dedicated to scientific reasearch, another one where events are organised and another dedicated to education, more specifically to the restoration of works of art.

Poltrona Frau Museum is an exhibition venue designed by Michele De Lucchi and located in a section of the industrial building of Poltrona Frau in Tolentino, where the company, founded in 1912 in Turin, moved in the early sixties. Inaugurated in 2012, this 1,400 square meter exhibition venue encompasses a collection of original materials and documents that bear witness to the history and the evolution of the company. Poltrona Frau Museum offers creative workshops to families, with the purpose of making visitors more aware about the value of craftsmanship and the use of high-quality raw materials.

Porto Simpatica is located in a former garage in the Portuense district of the capital and was founded in 2021 by a group of young artists. For several years, this space served as a studio for the TV show of the fortune teller Maga Simpatica, which is why it acquired this name. Today, it functions as a place primarily dedicated to emerging contemporary artists, where different expressive languages are blended, sometimes leaning towards artistic experimentation and cultural contamination. It hosts exhibitions of contemporary art, including photography, video art, performances, and artist residencies.

Prato d'Arte Marzona is a contemporary art park created by the collector Egidio Marzona in his own property in the hamlet of Villa di Verzegnis. Prato d'Arte Marzona accommodates works of Land Art, Arte Povera and Minimalism created by international artists aiming to develop a dialogue between Art and Nature. These works, realised using local materials, are spread throughout a pathway, which encourages to reflect on the very same environment they are placed in. Prato d'Arte Marzona is part of the Sistema Museale della Carnia.

Progetto Diogene was founded in 2007, in Turin, by a group of artists. Progetto Diogene carries out its work on several fronts: it organizes artists' residencies with national and international guests and creates projects inside the Diogene tram. This Association coordinates studio visits, promotes exhibitions of Piedmontese artists, organizes conferences and debates, manages an educational laboratory with the schools in the city’s Aurora district, and launched its own publishing house in 2012.

Progetto Paterno is located in the Serre Cosentine area; it was founded in 2014 and is an open-air museum that houses environmental works, land art, bio-architecture, bioinstallations and permanent and temporary installations. The museum also organizes cultural events, art residencies and children's activities, turning its attention to the target territory and to all types of audiences.

Quartz Studio is a contemporary art space founded in Turin in 2014. Located in the Vanchiglia district, it features an essential setting—a single street-facing room—that fosters an immediate dialogue between the artworks and the public. Quartz is an independent non-profit association dedicated to research, experimentation, and the creation of site-specific projects. Over the years, Quartz Studio has collaborated with numerous Italian and international institutions and organizations, consolidating a network of relationships that supports its cultural mission. The studio works primarily with mid-career artists, particularly those born in the 1970s, following a curatorial approach focused on experimentation and the quality of the artistic proposals.

Raccolta Lercaro is a collection created in 1971, after a donation made by some artists from Bologna to the cardinal of Bologna, Giacomo Lercaro. Over the years it has been enriched by a series of acquisitions. Since 2003, the Raccolta has been housed in a historical building in the heart of Bologna and is characterized by a set-up especially thought as an expression of an inventive dialogue between ancient and contemporary art. This Collection exhibits works by artists who worked during the twentieth century, with a particular focus on the second post-war period. The exhibition path aims to create a relationship between different forms of contemporary art language.

Raum, is the space owned by Xing, a cultural, non-profit institution founded in 2003 in Bologna, in a former 17th century convent, as it is a space that supports the contemporary cultural production of the city, welcoming the most innovative outcomes of expressive research, taking the form of live events performances, screenings, meetings and residencies. Raum aims to offer a place of contamination and presentation of projects, as means of confrontation well beyond traditional contexts and circuits. Raum is a multidisciplinary space where to experience presence, sounds and visuals.

Real Academia de España en Roma, founded in 1873 with the purpose of educating the Spanish artists of the time, today pursues the same goals as it did back then, so as to enhance cultural exchange between Spain and Italy. The Real Academia offers a scholarship to Spanish, Latin American and EU students every year, to help them grow their skills in different creative fields: photography, video art, gastronomy, art and new technologies, fashion design, graphics, comics and artistic mediation have recently been added to the existing fields of painting, sculpture, engraving and architecture. This Foreign institution also organizes concerts, exhibitions and conferences dedicated to art, architecture, cinema and dance.

Residency 80121 is a residency project for artists, operating between Naples and Sorrento and housed in an Exhibition venue of its own, inside an independent library in the district of Chiaia (the number 80121 comes from it). The program of Residency 80121 includes exhibitions, conferences, site-specific interventions and workshops that aim to encourage experimentation and comparison about contemporary art issues, paying particular attention to the identity of the territory. This Association promotes the involvement and the interactions between local and international artists, encompassing a programme of activities where interdisciplinarity is essential.

Rocca di Umbertide - Centro per l'Arte Contemporanea
Rocca di Umbertide – Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea is housed in a 14th-century medieval fortress, restored in the 1980s. It has been used to host cultural activities since then. Today the Rocca is home to a permanent contemporary collection, the main part of which was donated by the painter and gallerist Giovanni Ciangottini. Apart from hosting temporary exhibitions on the greatest national and international artists, the Rocca di Umbertide also dedicates its programming to the rediscovery of the artistic and cultural history of the city, with exhibitions of ceramic art and on artists who have worked in Umbertide in the past.

Rossini Art Site is a 10-hectares Park located in the Lambro Valley. The founder, Alberto Rossini, chose to place here his collection of sculptures dating back to the second half of the 20th century. Rossini Art Site, supported by the Fondazione Pietro Rossini, continues to acquire works thanks to an important collaboration with international artists and a well-structured activity of educational courses.

Sala 1 is a space dedicated to experimental research on contemporary art, architecture, performances and music founded in 1970 by the sculptor Tito Amodei. It is housed in the evocative exhibition venue inside the Pontifical Sanctuary of the Holy Stairs in Rome, next to the Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran. Since the beginning of its activity, this Venue has shown interest in up-and-coming artists who later became famous, for instance Rodney Graham, El Anatsui, Steve McQueen, William Kentridge, Tatsumi Orimoto, and Tadashi Kawamata. Sala 1 is particularly focused on the creation of art projects and exhibitions involving young art historians and guest curators, with a view to promoting the spread of the most innovative trends of the international art scene.

The project, curated by Barbara Reggio, consists of two parts that interpret the pedestrian passageway of via Guglielmo Marconi as metaphor of a spiritual journey. The first element creates a dialogue between two distant places and temporalities, it is a video projection of people walking in the passageway, superimposed on a wall painting depicting the Scala Santa of the Basilica of San Giovanni in Laterano in Rome. The second element, titled Le mura e le porte, consists of four prints, installed on the side walls of the passageway and represents the medieval walls of Viterbo. The project was realized in the frame of Arte sui Cammini.
live video projection and acrylic on wall
Regione Lazio e Accademia Nazionale di San Luca

School of Verticality, Capitolo 1: La tessitura delle biografie di un orto
La tessitura delle biografie di un orto is part of a larger project that involved the artist Sophie Krier for a year. Krier was invited by Lungomare, a curatorial collective that annually promotes long-lasting participated projects reflecting the specificities of Bolzano, a border city where different cultures meet. A vertical loom, created in dialogue with the Associazione Donne Nissà , Giardino Semirurali Garten and Akrat, was used to collectively weave a carpet dedicated to the stories and memories of the common vegetable garden. The loom remained in situ as a permanent installation available to the community garden for meetings and initiatives. The weather and the vegetation will transform it in the years to come.

Sculture in campo. Parco internazionale di Scultura Contemporanea
Sculture in campo. Parco internazionale di scultura contemporanea finds space in five locations spread across the municipality of Bassano in Teverina, in the Viterbo area. It was created in 2017, at the behest of Lucilla Catania, and was expanded four years later to include a homage exhibition to the career of Cloti Ricciardi, who created marble and stone sculptures, which form its founding core, originally conceived to be exhibited indoors. Over the years, other artists have been involved, with the aim of restoring centrality to sculpture. The intention is to create an integrated model between art and nature, intended for not only a local but also an international audience. The works, also by emerging artists, are set in relation to the context, immersed between nature and archaeology and inspired by the creative links between man and the ecosystem.

Organized by Giovanni Carandente in the frame of Festival dei Due Mondi, Sculture nella città was the first European event to integrate contemporary art, urban space and historical and artistic heritage, in the attempt to create an open-air museum in the center of the historic town of Spoleto. Fifty-three invited artists exhibited more than a hundred works in a diffused exhibition involving the whole city. The show focused on sculpture as non-commemorative medium, capable of interacting in a contemporary manner with spaces and places of identity. The exhibition fostered the support of Italian industry in the production of site specific sculptures. Some of the works were later acquired by international and Italian museums, as well as by the Municipal Museum, recently named after the curator Giovanni Carandente. Six works are still installed in its original location, and are offered on permanent display.
Teodelapio Alexander Calder 1962
Stranger III Lynn Chadwick 1962
Colloquio spoletino Pietro Consagra 1962
Spoleto 1962 Nino Franchina 1962
Beverly Pepper Il volo di Icaro 1962
Colonna del viaggiatore Arnaldo Pomodoro 1962

Sculture per il Consiglio Regionale della Sardegna
The eight sculptures located in front of the building of the Consiglio regionale della Sardegna were realized on the occasion of the urban reorganization of the square, they are the last work by Costantino Nivola, who died in 1988. Invited to create a work for the new building by architect Mario Fiorentino, which inaugurated in 1988, Costantino Nivola firstly defined the identity of the building by designing a gray granite floor, the so-called "salt lake", which enhances the outdoor space and integrates the works in the architectural context. The figures carved in marble represent two recurring motifs in the artist's poetics: the archetypal images of the "Constructor" and the "Mother", represent the masculine and feminine, typical of the iconography of Sardegna since the Neolithic.

The imposing Sfera is a bronze cast realized in 1998 by sculptor Arnaldo Pomodoro on the polyester model that arrived in Pesaro in 1971. The original work, made in 1967 for the Universal Exhibition in Montreal, is installed in Rome, in front of the main entrance of the Farnesina, headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The sculpture is resting on a fountain as the one in Rome.
A. Pomodoro, Sfera grande, piazzale della Farnesina, Roma

Sfera grande was created for the national competition held in 1965 by the Ministry of Public Works, as part of the refurbishing of Palazzo della Farnesina. It was exhibited for the first time in occasion of Montreal Universal Exposition in 1967. It represents the first major commission of Arnaldo Pomodoro and marks the passage from sculptural to monumental dimension. The work, existing in several versions, consists of a sphere that opens, revealing an inner mechanism and playing with smoothness of the external shape and the complexity hidden in the interior. The work rests on a 14 square metres marble basin.
Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale

Sipario is the name of the gate of the garden of Basilica of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme realised by Greek artist Jannis Kounellis. The work was supported by the association Amici di Santa Croce in Gerusalemme, which in 2004 promoted the restoration of the garden by architect Paolo Pejrone. The work is made in wrought iron wire decorated with transparent colored glass and quartz stones, alluding to the richness of the fruits present in the garden. The gate opens like a curtain towards the vegetable garden. Passers-by can glimpse, through the tangle of lines, the ordered nature of the garden, enclosed by the Aurelian walls, even when the gate is closed.
Associazione Amici di Santa Croce in Gerusalemme

Site Specific was created by a group of artists and professionals from Scicli, who decided to focus on experimentation in contemporary art. This Independent space distinguishes itself by its constant quest for urban and extraurban spaces often closed to the public. The aim is to give a new life to these spaces, unveiling them to people and regenerating them through site specific artistic events, cultural performances and events in collaboration with public and private institutions.

SmART is a foundation devoted to art and founded in December 2018 in Rome, with the aim of getting the public closer to the world of contemporary creativity. This Venue renovates and strengthens its goal through the promotion of didactic and cultural displays aimed at spreading the contemporary language, as a melting pot of artists and the public: a place where to present and introduce their work as an opportunity to deepen the knowledge about research on art. The activities of the SmART Foundation are mainly focused on research and experimentation on contemporary languages within the scope of art and culture, as well as on creating and exchanging comparisons between all the different actors of the contemporary world.

Spazio Cabinet was founded in 2010, in Milan, and has been housed in a mezzanine floor inside an old stile Milan building in Porta Venezia district since 2012. Spazio Cabinet has the peculiarity of hosting the so-called double-shows, primarily focused on a comparison between two art forms: painting and installation. These exhibitions are indeed events in which two famous international artists are asked to confront each other about a common theme, proposed by the founder and curator of this Independent space, Maria Chiara Valacchi.

Spazio Ferramenta is a subterranean Independent space in Turin, dedicated to experimentation and contamination between different contemporary art languages, thanks to the artistic direction of Raffaella Bassi, Francesca Arri and Verdiana Oberto. Spazio Ferramenta, through the project Studio Visit, allows an emerging artist to live in its venue for two weeks, inviting him/her to create a site specific exhibition project or an artistic performance of his/her own. Exhibitions here become moments of encounter and exchange with the public as well, who is invited to think about the works and the themes discussed and to confront itself with the artists.

Spazio Genesi, inaugurated in 2024, is located in the northern part of the city of L'Aquila, in the Abruzzo region. It is conceived as a collective project promoted and managed by the students of the Academy of Fine Arts of L'Aquila and hosts contemporary art exhibitions and various types of events. The initiative aims to serve not only as a formative and performative opportunity for the students but also as a space open to the local community, with the goal of fostering cultural growth through proposals in dialogue with the most significant experiences present in the reference context

Spazio in Situ is located in Tor Bella Monaca in the outskirts of Rome, outside Rome's ring road, in the neighbourhood of Torre Angela. Spazio in Situ stems from the project of the group of the same name, who thought of this space as a laboratory of ideas and interpersonal confrontation. Open since 2017 and devoted to contemporary art, the exhibition space is an open White Cube where the artworks are freely arranged: the aim is to stimulate the communication and the contamination from different expressive languages

Spazio K - Galleria Nazionale delle Marche
Spazio K – Galleria Nazionale delle Marche is a permanent Exhibition venue owned by the National Gallery of the Marche and housed in the kitchens in the basement of the Ducal Palace of Urbino. This Venue is devoted to host emerging artists from Marche region or whose production is strongly linked to the latter. Every year, Spazio K selects a theme and a curator who will invite artists to organize personal exhibitions. Set-ups include various visual languages and expressive forms.

Spazio LOC - Laboratorio Orlando Contemporaneo
Spazio LOC - Laboratorio Orlando Contemporaneo is located in the building of the municipal picture gallery, named after the Veneto artist Tono Zancanaro, which houses the official permanent collection. Spazio LOC, promoted by the municipalities of Capo d'Orlando, Ficarra and Santo Stefano di Camastra, is an urban meeting and exchange place dedicated to the research and promotion of contemporary artistic practices through exhibitions, installations, book presentations, screenings, workshops of different disciplines, projects, laboratories and artist residencies.

Spazio Murat was established in 1818 as a general food market, demolished in the middle of the 20th century, and then rebuilt during the 1990s. Today it is actively committed to enhance contemporary culture. Along with the Teatro Margherita and the Ex Mercato del Pesce, it will soon become the Polo delle Arti Contemporanee of Bari. This Venue contains a huge hall, where exhibitions of contemporary art and design are held, which are dedicated to well-established and emerging artists. Furthermore, among the activities organized here, there are workshops, conferences and educational laboratories for children.

Spazio Y was created in 2014 in Rome in the former area of the Quadraro vecchio, which has been experiencing a strong cultural and urban requalification over the last few years. Spazio Y, named after the actual position of the place, at the intersection of three streets, is dedicated to research and experimentation in the contemporary art field. Spazio Y offers a wide program of activities of various kinds, ranging from the production of site-specific artworks to the setting up of personal and collective exhibitions, thus promoting meetings and exchanges between artists, operators in the cultural field and their context.

SpazioK.Kinkaleri is based in the historic center of Prato, in one of the spaces of the city's post-industrial transformation. It is configured as an operational and planning place founded by a collective of three artists who work in the field of visual and performing arts. SpazioK.Kinkaleri hosts, in addition to the collective's performative, choreographic, artistic productions and curatorship projects, a complex program of creative residencies, workshops and meetings. The residencies, conceived as a possibility to rethink artistic practice, are a space of creativity that responds to the needs of artists, especially young ones, to find a place for artistic production with a multidisciplinary vocation, in dialogue with local and international realities.

Spaziolalepre, founded in 2021, is located in a garage, where the artist Matteo Capriotti used to have his former studio. The aim of this indipendent space of researche is to fill the void of contemporary art, in a territory permead by artistic processes that take inpispiration mostly from the traditions of the past. The purpose of Spaziolalepre's activities is to tear down institutional barriers, by creating connections with other context and promoting young emerging talents, by organizing contemporary art exhhibitions.

SpazioSERRA is based in the Lancetti underground train station, in a former octagonal newsstand with glass walls that allow the visibility and enjoyment of contemporary works. It was born from a program of redevelopment of metropolitan spaces and is configured as a nonprofit exhibition center, intended for a heterogeneous public, which aims to enhance the area of reference, thanks to the work of emerging artists working in an unconventional place for art.

Mario Ceroli realized Squilibrio in 1987 The work takes its cue from the famous drawing by Leonardo da Vinci, known as the "Vitruvian Man", that is in the collection of Gallerie dell’Accademia in Venice. It is a recurring motif in Ceroli's work: the first versions were made in 1964 and in 1967 were entitled L’uomo di Leonardo and Disequilibrium. The sculpture interprets in monumental terms the iconography of the man inscribed in the square and in the circle, translating the drawing in three dimensions by inserting the human figure inside a cube and a sphere. Donated to the city of Leonardo in 1987, the work is installed at the foot of the Rocca dei Conti Guidi, that hosts Museo Leonardiano di Vinci.
donated to Comune di Vinci by the artist

Stazione dell'Arte - Museo Arte Contemporanea Ulassai
Stazione dell'Arte - Museo Arte Contemporanea Ulassai was founded when Maria Lai decided to donate a large collection of her works to her hometown. The Stazione dell'Arte is housed in the three buildings where the railway station used to be, just outside the urban centre of Ulassai. Apart from displaying its permanent collection which includes terrecotte, looms, ceramic artworks, sewn canvas and books, this Museum also organizes exhibitions, laboratories and art events.

Studio 54 is based in a large space in the Roman neighborhood of Tor Pignattara historically characterized by the presence of associations and a cultural and ethnic melting pot. Born in 2006, on the initiative of some artists, it is today a place of work and meeting between emerging and international creatives with a multidisciplinary approach. Among other things, Studio 54 creates exhibitions and events in constant dialogue with the neighborhood, establishing itself as a point of reference for the area.

Studio Corte 17 was established in 2005 in an early twentieth-century industrial building, the former Bini woolen mill, as a space in which to investigate experimental artistic practices. As a meeting place for artists, curators, photographers and architects, it aims to stimulate new forms of sharing as far as contemporary art and industrial archaeology are concerned. Since 2015, Studio Corte 17 has been promoting TAI – Tuscan Art Industry, a laboratory dedicated to contemporary artistic forms, which involves artists and curators discussing about restoring projects and about a cultural revival for disused and abandoned spaces throughout the territory.

StudioMDT was founded in 2005, in Prato in collaboration with the artists Raffaele Di Vaia, Franco Menicagli and Stefano Tondo. This Independent space is housed in a former textile laboratory and serves both as a place of artistic production shared by the three founders, and as a meeting and exchange place, to host exhibitions as well as contemporary art and cultural events. StudioMDT has come into contact with other non-profit and self-managed realities, whether Italian or international. Since 2016, it takes part in the project .CON – Contemporaneo Condiviso, a network of Independent spaces dedicated to contemporary art in Prato. In 2017, the space was included in the project THE INDEPENDENT managed by the MAXXI in Rome.

The project is part of Arte sui Cammini, a programme of public art promoted by Regione Lazio. Leonardo Petrucci selected for his intervention, curated by Barbara Reggio, the area adjacent to the archaeological site of the Piscine Carletti thermal area. Submansio VI is a large boulder of travertine, divided in two in order to leave a passage. On the internal facades of the sculpture, the artist engraved an extract from the Itinerary of Sigerico, a manuscript describing the pilgrimage made by the Archbishop of Canterbury in 990 AD through the via Francigena. From the excavation of the area prior to the installation of the sculpture, researchers discovered many significant archaeological preexistences that testimony the presence of thermal structures in this area since Roman times.
Regione Lazio e Accademia Nazionale di San Luca

Since 2013 Apulian artist Daniela Corbascio has been installing neon arrow shaped signs indicating South in different places of the city of Bari: Castello Svevo (removed), Banca BNL Paribas (removed), Teatro Margherita / Circolo della Vela, Palazzo della Presidenza della Regione Puglia, Bari International Airport and Museo Fondazione Pino Pascali in Polignano a Mare. The work is based on the repetition, of the same sign, that in relation to the each place, selected by the artist according to the different functional and symbolic functions for the city, takes different meanings. The size and height of the work vary depending on the space in which it is located, changing in the perception by the observer. The decontextualized indication "South" is enigmatic, and rather than spatial, it suggests an emotional direction, evocative for the viewer of a personal interpretation and of a sense of belonging.
Regione Puglia, Aeroporti di Puglia, Circolo della Vela Bari, Fondazione Museo Pino Pascali
per Museo Fondazione Pino Pascali, Direzione Museo - Rosalba Branà
SUD Daniela Corbascio 2013 - Palazzo della Presidenza Regione Puglia - Bari
SUD Daniela Corbascio 2013 - Teatro Margherita/Circolo della Vela - Bari
SUD Daniela Corbascio 2014 - Torre del Falconiere. Aeroporto internazionale Karol Woijtila - Bari
SUD Daniela Corbascio 2016 - Museo Fondazione Pino Pascali - Polignano a Mare

The work was commissioned for the facade of the building of the Terme di San Luca, sited just outside the city walls. The installation consists of a sign that, instead of presenting a text or logo, shows the stylized drawing, in blue neon, of a fountain from which the water spurts intermittently, repeated three times. The appropriation of logos as a common place that triggers memory and brings back to the past is typical of the artist's research. In this case the fountain is modeled on that created by Gian Lorenzo Bernini for Piazza San Pietro in Rome. As usual, Favelli brings together distant times and spaces, combining the personal memory of a trip made to Rome in childhood, to a symbol of eternity like the Vatican.

The TAM – Tower Art Museum is a private contemporary art museum, open to the public since December 2022. It is divided into two locations: the ticket office, bookshop, and part of the exhibition route are accessible from Via Ridola 13, while the main exhibition spaces can be reached from Via Gradelle Pennino 9. The exhibition area is housed within the spaces of Torre del Capone, a medieval building in the Sasso Caveoso, the last surviving element of the city’s defensive system. TAM is a center for contemporary artistic production and organizes temporary exhibitions involving national and international artists, performers, designers, and musicians. Over time, its collection has been built through the acquisition of works presented in these exhibitions. The TAM also hosts events, conferences, artist residencies, meetings, and discussions focused on artistic and cultural experiences.

TEMPO REALE. Centro di ricerca produzione e didattica musicale
TEMPO REALE. Centro di ricerca di produzione e didattica musicale, founded in 1987 by Luciano Berio, is based at Villa Strozzi and is configured as a hybrid space which has now become one of the main points of reference for research, production and training in the field of sound and contemporary musical technologies. The centre's activities are aimed at promoting both established composers and artists and young emerging musicians, the creation of musical events, the study of the soundscape, the experiences of interaction between sound and space and the synergy between creativity and scientific expertise. He also creates performances, installations and exhibitions.

The work is part of the redevelopment of Lungarno Serristori, in the frame of the project RIVA, artistic director Valentina Gensini: a research based program on Arno river that involves artists, architects, curators, cultural operators and institutions in planning and implementig the river park. Studio ++ has created an Italian garden "in negative”. Inspired by the Third Landscape by Gilles Clément, the grass is mown tracing in the grass the lines of an italian garden, characteristic of the Medicean villas. These simple, subtractive yet significant action teaches us to look differently at the variety offered by the ecosystem of the Arno river and to admire the beauty of wild plants.
Associazione Mus.e; Le murate Progetti Arte Contemporanea; Fondazione Studio Maragoni, Radio Papesse; Tempo Reale

The Approdo is located on the seafront, in a building of the local port structure, Marina di Porto San Giorgio, in the past used as a fishermen's warehouse, now recovered and transformed into a place of contemporary art. It creates a very heterogeneous calendar of events aimed at residents and tourists. It collaborates with the Karussel cultural association and promotes various initiatives, such as exhibitions, workshops for children, cultural meetings and festivals.

The Open Box was established in 2015 as an alternative Exhibition venue, since it is a garage, viewed as a box, suited to travel, and therefore a physical place where to show and let ideas, projects, published and unpublished works wander around. The Open Box organizes exhibitions dedicated to single contemporary artists, but also to two artists at the same time, to compare and highlight the differences and the similarities between them. The Open Box, in collaboration with private institutions, organizes exhibitions dedicated to historical contemporary artists as well, such as Piero Manzoni and Luciano Fabro.

Tile Project Space was created in 2014, in Milan, from an idea by Roberta Mansueto, Caterina Molteni and Denise Solenghi, inside a laboratory where talcum powder was once produced. This Venue is a place of artistic production and display, focused on mapping and disseminating knowledge on the youngest Italian contemporary artists. Tile Project Space invites the artists to create site specific works and has hosted foreign artists every year since November 2016, to create exhibitions on the current artistic trends. Each exhibition is completed by the so-called TILE/ZINE: a publication retracing the artistic and curatorial process on which the project is based, often thanks to essential and non-profit editorial systems.

Toast Project Space is located in the former gatehouse of the large multifunctional space of the Manifattura Tabacchi. It was established in 2019 from experiences of artist residencies in Manifattura and is currently configured as an independent exhibition space that aims to support contemporary artistic research, including through the production of site-specific projects, with a particular focus on emerging artists. It also engages in editorial activities, exhibitions, and artist residencies."

Tridentum is the Roman name of the city of Trento. The work is the winner of the competition organized by Società autostradale del Brennero and represents a monument to the history and landscape of the city. Composed of three pyramids, the sculpture of Cagol, develops like a fractal, giving shape to a complex polyhedron that offers different points of view. The profile of the three geometric forms resembles that of the mountains surrounding the city and, due to its futuristic appearance and the comparison between natural and artificial, it projects it into the future.

La Triennale di Milano was founded in 1923 in Monza, as a biennial event for decorative arts. Then, in 1933, it moved to Milan, where it took its current name, in the Palazzo dell’Arte Bernocchi purposely designed by the architect Giovanni Muzio. La Triennale organizes exhibitions, conventions and events relating to different areas of contemporary culture, and promotes the interaction between industry and art, also accommodating exhibitions cured by the Museo della Fotografia Contemporanea of Cinisello Balsamo. Since 2007, La Triennale has also been home to the first Italian design museum, created to enhance the collections owned by the Foundation, through events dedicated to a different theme every year.
Palazzo della Triennale - Viale Alemagna, 6

Trieste Contemporanea is a hub founded in Trieste by a specific Committee with the aim of promoting knowledge and supporting contemporary art, especially focusing on the Central and Eastern Europe area. Thanks to several collaborations and European-level exchanges, the Venue organizes exhibitions, meetings, conferences and workshops mainly centered on visual art in the Central and Eastern Europe area, while promoting awards and competitions for young European artists. Trieste Contemporanea also partners with academic institutions for internships and possesses a library of contemporary art, which supports the activities of the Venue.

TRIPLA is an artist-run space founded in 2016 by the artists Luca Bernardello, Paolo Bufalini and Filippo Cecconi. This Independent space, housed in what used to be a shop, consists of three large windows, where lights are always on, therefore the works on display are visible in any moment and only from the street. This Venue has a programme encompassing a dozen exhibitions every year, dedicated to the founders and to international artists as well. TRIPLA has not been conceived as a simple exhibition space, but as a place of experimentation, where artists are put to test to see if they can find the right balance between the small space provided, almost impossible to access to, and their works of art.

Triumphs and Laments is a project of requalification conceived by Tevereterno association of the so called "Piazza Tevere": the bank of the river between Ponte Sisto and Ponte Mazzini. The wall drawing depicts a procession of eighty silhouettes on a dark background, realized using stencils. Through a participatory iconographic research, William Kentridge represented the most significant moments in the history of Rome from its foundation until present times. The images are obtained by subtraction, through the simple removal of the patina accumulated on the walls with hydro cleaning, but over time it will return to the surfaces: the work is therefore bound to disappear over the years.

Conceived in 1996 by Fabio Cavallucci and Sergio Bettini and curated by Arabella Natalini from 2002, Tusciaelecta involved the municipalities of the Chianti region and Florence. The project aimed at building a significant relationship between artwork and context, through commissioning site-specific works by international artists. Two examples are shown here. Mauro Staccioli's work, conceived for the 1997 edition, was permanently installed in 2009. The vertical sculpture is a symbol of the town's agricultural history and a sign that interacts with the surrounding architecture. For the 2008 edition, Mario Airò made a work for the pedestrian bridge that connects the center to the new area, activating it with colorful lights each time people use it.
Greve'97 (Stollo) Mauro Staccioli 1996
Senza titolo Mario Airò 2008

Tutti i passi che ho fatto nella mia vita mi hanno portato qui, ora
The work consists of a plate inserted in the pavement of the square, engraved with these words: "All the steps I have made in my life have brought me here, now", a phrase that each passer-by can appropriate and interpret in a personal way. Since 2004 the work has been installed in different cities, thus creating an invisible network of distant places and individual trajectories. In Florence the work, curated by Valentina Gensini, was placed in front of Museo Novecento, in relation with the plaque that commemorates the political prisoners deported in March 1944 from the Leopoldine building to the concentration camps. The work invites the passerby to remember, even when the space of the city, in its continuous change, hides memories and collective stories.

The wall painting is Keith Haring's last work and the only one that was conceived to be permanently installed. Invited in Pisa by Piergiorgio Castellani, then a young Italian student, who identified a secured a wall for the work, Keith Haring completed his mural in four days. The colors were donated by the paint factory Caparol and the artist was helped by a group of students and artisans. The mural covers the whole surface of the blind wall of the Convent of the Frati Servi di Maria, next to the church of Saint Antonio Abate. It represents a world in peace and harmony. A so called Pisan cross stands at the center, surrounded by the artist's typical characters and human and zoomophic shapes that urge for the dialogue between humankind and environment. The wall painting was restored in 2011.
Comune di Pisa e Convento dei Frati Servi di Maria

Twenty14 Contemporary is an exhibition area founded in 2014 and located in Milan. Twenty14 Contemporary works to promote visual arts and pays particular attention to contemporary photography. Apart from planning exhibitions, Twenty14 Contemporary spreads the knowledge about visual arts through meetings and seminars.

Created for the opera Agnese di Hoenstaufen, performed at the Teatro Comunale in Florence in May 1974, the work was relocated in the square in front of the new Maggio Musicale Fiorentino theater, on the occasion of its inaugurations. In his long career Corrado Cagli worked with different languages, from drawings to painting to sculpture to applied arts, and conceived scenes and costumes for the opera and ballets in Italy and abroad since 1948. Uccello in gabbia, his latest stage design for the Maggio, is presented as a light and monumental geometric figure of steel tubes, which seems to transpose his pictorial compositions into three dimensional space. At the center of the structure a figure seems to represent the bird evoked in the title.

The work was realised as part of the call for projects A square for Leonardo, launched in 2003 by the Comune di Vinci in collaboration with Associazione Arte Continua, with the aim to reinstate the relationship between the Leonardian Museum, the neighboring buildings and the cityscape. The project is part of Arte all’Arte Rinascimento Nascimento, which invited the municipalities of the technological district of the province of Firenze to rethink the relationship between art, industry and landscape. The winning project for the square of Vinci was the complex installation proposed by Mimmo Paladino, which by breaking the square in segments of different heights restores its overall unity. The new design opened up new points of view and perspectives, organizing the space through symbols that encourage both aesthetic and practical use of space.

Una Vetrina was created in 2013, in Rome as an Exhibition venue on the street. The program scheduled by Una Vetrina encompasses a specific series of temporary exhibitions, with performances and visual contributions from artists, writers, philosophers and poets. The basic idea of this project is to create a space of observation, giving some food for thought to anyone who randomly or purposely comes to visit.

Unobis is a self-managed space run by young artists, founded in 2020 and located in an industrial venue in the Arcella district of Padua. This independent space aims to create a structured organization capable of fostering exchanges and dialogues related to contemporary art and its role within the community.
Unobis organizes exhibitions, site-specific installations, and cultural events, while maintaining a strong focus on research, experimentation, and emerging artists.

The work is part of the project conceived by the American artist for the concept store 10 Corso Como. The sculpture is made of steel sheets, it indicates the entrance and became immediately its symbol. The work was created for the place where it is installed. The artist was involved in shaping this place, inviting artists, designers and architects to make unique furnishing pieces. Opened in 1990 as a gallery for photography, art and design, by initiative of Carla Sozzani, this space has now become the epicenter of a global phenomenon (Milan, Seoul, New York, Tokyo, Shanghai, Beijing, Taipei) that connects art, fashion, culture, design, music and food, in a careful selection of quality and beauty.

ViadellaFucina16 Condominium-Museum is located in a nineteenth-century building in the Porta Palazzo district of Turin. It is set up as the first international condominium-museum experiment. Born in 2016 and built by Kainchenen-Haus, it is a residence for artists in which they carry out interventions and works in common spaces, with the aim of involving the community and the neighborhood in which they operate. Today the condominium-museum is a "laboratory" of cultural production, a symbolic place where the community expresses itself and is represented through the activity of both established and emerging artists.

Viafarini was founded in 1991, in via Farini 35, with the aim of stimulating the professional growth of young artists and spreading the knowledge of contemporary art, through exhibitions, educational activities and documentation services. In 2008, Viafarini moved from its historical base to the former industrial area of the Fabbrica del Vapore. This area is home to the DOCVA - Documentation Center for Visual Arts, where it is possible to access one of the first and richest archives about contemporary art research in Italy.
DOCVA - Fabbrica del Vapore - Via Procaccini, 4

Viaraffineria is based in a former car warehouse in the centre of the city's old industrial area. Established in 2019, the space hosts visual and performing arts projects in collaboration with artists and researchers, including international ones, through a residency programme in the area. Viaraffineria realises experimental projects by encouraging the creation of networks and collaborations with the different realities of contemporary art: with this purpose, it hosts 'Sicilia orientale', which consists of a mapping of projects dedicated to contemporary art in the Sicilian territory and which also represents a platform for the presentation of research aimed at interacting with the reference context.

Collezione Panza has its roots in the 1950s, when the count Giuseppe Panza started to collect American artworks of the 20th century, inspired by themes of light and color. Among these, the site specific works of the galleria di arte ambientale are worth to be mentioned, coexisting in harmony with the Renaissance halls of the villa. The collections of African and pre-Columbian art are also notable. Villa Panza, donated to the FAI in 1996 by Giuseppe and Giovanna Panza from Biumo, is an eighteenth-century villa, located on the hill of Biumo, in Varese, where the Collection is housed. It is also home to exhibitions and educational activities.

Villa Pignatelli - Casa della Fotografia
Villa Pignatelli - Casa della Fotografia, along with the Museo delle Carrozze and the Appartamento Storico, are housed in the 19th-century Villa Pignatelli. The Casa della Fotografia stands as a museum, where periodical international exhibitions, events and meetings are held, to encourage debates on photography, by promoting historical heritages at times not known, as well as the current trends in photography.

Villa Romana was founded in 1905, when Max Klinger bought the neoclassical building of the Venue and, along with some other artists and friends, converted it to a place independent from academies or institutions. They also founded an Association dedicated to art in all its forms. Ever since it was founded, the Villa Romana has been promoting the Premio Villa Romana. Over the years, this Institution has hosted and promoted the works of several generations of artists, from Max Beckmann to Georg Baselitz. Thanks to the generous support of patrons, it was also possible to build a pavilion in the garden of Villa Romana, where events of different kinds, such as exhibitions, concerts, conventions and film festivals are hosted. It also houses Radio Papesse, webradio and audio archive dedicated to contemporary art and experimental sound production.

VIR Viafarini - In Residence located in the historic organization’s premises, in via Farini 35, is available both as a working and a networking place for research on contemporary art languages. The VIR organizes artists' residencies and allows the public to watch the young artists at work (by appointment only). It also hosts Open Studio events to display the works realised by these artists, who are also invited to take part into meetings, talks and public debates.

Vivaio Eternot is the winner of the competition conceived by the Municipality of Casale Monferrato to promote the Eternot Park, an area that was formerly occupied by a factory that produced asbestos, which was converted into a public art project in 2016. The park is dedicated to the memory of asbestos victims, and is a symbol of redemption for the community. The winning project, based an artist’s residency in Casale curated by ArtinReti platform, was selected for having achieved to express the identity and values of the community through an ecological message. The work is defined by the citizens as a "living monument", and replaces the asbestos factory with a nursery of Davidia involucrata that grows over time and is cultivated by the citizens.

VOGA art project, based in the popular Libertà neighborhood, in the center of the Apulian regional capital, is a non-profit organization dedicated to the research, production and valorization of contemporary art involving artists, creatives and local realities. Since 2021, it has organized presentations, workshops, residencies and exhibitions, including international ones, which aim to relaunch Bari as a center for contemporary art on the Mediterranean horizon, establishing a connection between the reference territory and the international panorama.
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Vuoti di memoria was conceived and sponsored by the Municipio VII of Rome, realized in the space of Metro A station Porta Furba – Quadraro with the participation of the neighborhood. The project aimed at redeveloping a common space, a place of passage, through an art work. The wall painting features twenty-five eminent inhabitants of the neighborhood, painted in monumental dimensions in the symbolic gesture of sealing bottles that, filled with the history of each one, carry out an action of "preserving" the memory. The painting is conceived as a relational intervention, and will be completed over time by those who use the subway and by students of the schools whom the artist has been meeting since February 2018 in occasion of workshops.
Metro Linea A, stazione Porta Furba - Quadraro

W started in conjunction with Wanted, Intuizioni sul mondo in attesa che diventino una costruzione compiuta, a participatory project conceived in 2007 by Kinkaleri for the underpass of Piazza Maggiore, conceived in the frame Siemens Arts Program realised in cooperation with cultural association Xing for FIS Co.07. A light signal, featuring an upside down version of the lightbox placed at the entrance of the subway, indicated the entrance to the environment where meetings and live events took place for the festival, and evoked the idea of entering another dimension. Over the years, on the occasion of the following editions of the festival four more signals have been installed, drawing an imaginary underground line in the city, that seems a plausible presence in the urbanscape.
Via Guglielmo Marconi; Via Riva di Reno/Piazza Manfredi Azzarita, via Irnerio/Piazza VIII Agosto
Cristian Chironi, W my house is a Le Courbusier, 2019
traffic signs with metal and plexiglass lightbox, light system

W (STEP STOP Pierre Jeanneret Museum Chandigarh)
In conjunction with Bologna Drive, the project by Cristian Chironi is focused on the relationship between the Emilian city and the modernist architect Le Corbusier. It has been conceived in the frame of Oplà. Performing Activities at Arte Fiera 2019. In collaboration with Xing cultural association, the artist installed a public artwork as a tribute to Kinkaleri's imaginary wetropolitan line. The luminous signal, an inverted M for underground, is further transformed by Chironi into a stylized staircase, inspired by the external motifs of the Chandigarth villa designed by Le Corbusier and located near the entrance to the fair, in front of the Esprit Nouveau pavilion, originally built by Le Corbusier in Paris in 1925, and reconstructed in Bologna in 1977 by initiative of Ente Fiera and the Municipality of Bologna.
traffic signs with metal and plexiglass lightbox, light system

David Tremlett's mural , curated by Luca Cipelletti and realized as part of the redevelopment of the Monumental Complex of Santa Chiara and San Francesco della Scarpa, is dedicated to gallerist Marilena Bonomo, an important international figure promoting contemporary art in Bari, who died in 2014. The students of the Academy of Fine Arts of Bari collaborated to the execution of the mural. Wall Surfaces (27 stops - Bari) is based on the research on the relationship between sign and architecture that characterizes Tremlett’s approach. Each of the elements of Wall Surfaces (27 stops - Bari) represents one of his twenty-seven trips to Bari, which he visited between 1971 and 2009, often on the occasion of his exhibitions at Bonomo gallery.
Soprintendenza Archeologia, Belle Arti e Paesaggio per la città metropolitana di Bari
MiBAC, Direzione Generale Arte e Architettura contemporanee e Periferie urbane - Soprintendenza Archeologica belle arti e paesaggio per la città metropolitana di Bari, Polo Museale della Puglia

Yellow is an artist-run space created in 2014 in Varese. It is housed in Zentrum, a single structure which includes three different independent spaces that play an active role in contemporary art scene. The programme of Yellow focuses on contemporary painting, here subject of research and testing, involving Italian and international artists, who are invited to take part in exhibitions and events organized by this Independent space, and have the chance to present their works, which call for debate and reflection about contemporary painting.