contemporary art

November 19, 2016
Artists for Italian Pavilion at Venice Biennale Named Giorgio Andreotta Calò, Roberto Cuoghi, and Adelita Husni-Bey will represent Italy at the 2017 Biennale di Venezia , the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism announced on 14 November.

Artists for Italian Pavilion at Venice Biennale Named Giorgio Andreotta Calò, Roberto Cuoghi, and Adelita Husni-Bey will represent Italy at the 2017 Biennale di Venezia , the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism announced on 14 November.

November 6, 2016
Three Artists Interpret Three Dimensions Italian contemporary artists, designers, and architects are at the forefront of developing technologies that are being used for both imaginitive recreations of the past as well as envisioning the future and altogether alternative realities.

September 18, 2016
Arte Povera Collection Gets New York Home A new space housing the impressive Arte Povera and contemporary art collection of Nancy Olnick and Giorgio Spanu is under construction.

September 2, 2016
Last Chance to See: Valerio Adami at Palazzo Parasi , Cannobio (VB), Italy (closes Sunday, September 4, 2016) If your holidays have brought you to the North Italian lakes, don’t miss Valerio Adami’s solo show in Cannobio, a lovely lake-side town on Lake Maggiore.

July 13, 2016
TWO NEW EXHIBITIONS NOW OPEN AT FONDAZIONE PRADA IN MILAN Two new exhibitions are now open at Milan’s Fondazione Prada .

June 25, 2016
Painter, sculptor, and performance artist Michelangelo Pistoletto was born on June 25, 1933, in Biella.

March 31, 2016
The Italian contemporary artist Pippa Bacca – officially Giuseppina Pasqualino di Marineo – tragically died on this day, March 31, 2008.

February 3, 2016
The Drexel University Washington DC Center will host a reception for the exhibition La Scomparsa : The Disappearance of Italy by Blaise Tobia , Professor of Art in the College of Media Arts & Design at Drexel University.

December 18, 2015
Sculptor Berto Lardera was Born on 18 December 1911 in La Spezia.

December 16, 2015
Conceptual artist Alighiero Boetti was Born on 16 December 1940 in Turin.