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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 […]
Spazio in Situ
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 […]
Museo diffuso di Ulassai – Lavatoio
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 […]
Museo diffuso di Ulassai – Maria Lai
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 […]
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 […]
Triumphs and Laments
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 […]
Terzo giardino
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 […]
Uccello in gabbia
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 […]
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 […]
Paloma
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 […]