EXHIBITIONS IN ITALY

On Monday June 22 Frankie Morello will present a site-specific project by the French artist Sophie Usunier, entitled Les Empaillés, in the spaces of the brand's first flagship store, recently opened in Milan.
The exhibition, organized by Rossella Moratto and Marco Tagliafierro, is the first event in a more far-reaching program called Knot - Frankie Morello Meets Art, stemming from the great passion for contemporary art nursed by the designers Maurizio Modica and Pierfrancesco Gigliotti, the brand's moving spirits, who are already collectors and aspire to become patrons.
Mixture, variety and interaction characterize the research and style of Frankie Morello and are at the root of Knot, whose aim is to create an open dialogue with art and its expressions.

Flagship store Frankie Morello
C.so Matteotti 3, Milano
22 june 2009 - 4 july 2009
opening: 22 july 2009 at 18.30
Info: +39 02 54 05391

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The German artist Wolfgang Laib dedicates an amazing exhibition to Italian artist Mario Merz at Fondazione Merz from April 8 to June 7, 2009.

Fondazione Merz
Tel. +39 011 19719437
http://www.fondazionemerz.org

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The Mart of Rovereto presents from March 28 to July 26, 2009 the exhibition of art, design, architecture and cinema Guerra Fredda-Cold War. Arte e Design in un mondo diviso 1945-1970. Closed on Monday.

Mart di Rovereto Museo di arte contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto
Corso Bettini, 43 -38068 Rovereto (Trento)
Tel. +39 0464 438887
www.mart.trento.it

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Villa Manin hosts the exhibition Zigaina. Opere 1942-2009 for the 85th anniversary of Italian painter Giuseppe Zigaina. On view from March 21 to August 30, 2009.

Villa Manin
Passariano di Codroipo (Udine)
Tel. +39 0422 429999
www.lineadombra.it

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The Galleria Civica of Modena presents the exhibition Mark Dion. Concerning hunting through April 26, 2009.

Galleria Civica di Modena
Tel. +39 059 2032911
www.galleriacivicadimodena.it

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The Centro Arti Visive Pescheria of Pesaro presents the solo exhibition Luigi Carboni. In assenza di prove. On view from March 28 to May 3, 2009.

Centro Arti Visive Pescheria - Pesaro
Tel. +39 0721 387651
www.centroartivisivepescheria.it

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The exhibition Memorie dell'antico nell'arte del '900 offers a dialogue between ancient art and modern art. On view through July 12, 2009 at Palazzo Pitti in Florence.

Palazzo Pitti - Piazza Pitti - Firenze
Tel. +39 055 2654321

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The Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna in Rome dedicates a large scale retrospective to American artist Cy Twombly with 70 works.
On view through May 24, 2009.

Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna
Viale delle Belle Arti, 131 - Roma
Tel. +39 06 32298221
www.gnam.beniculturali.it

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The Museo dell'Ara Pacis of Rome celebrates Alessandro Mendini designer, sculptor, architect. On view from April 5 to July 5, 2009.

Museo dell'Ara Pacis
Tel. +39 06 0608
www.arapacis.it

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The Palazzo Incontro in Rome presents the exhibition Exactitudes. Uguali, differenti through April 26, 2009. Closed on Monday.

Palazzo Incontro
Via dei Prefetti, 22

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The Galleria d'Arte Contemporanea of Ascoli Piceno presents a series of amazing landscapes in the exhibition Sedendo e mirando. Paesaggi 1966-2009 by Italian painter Tullio Pericoli. On view from March 21 to September 13, 2009.

Galleria d'Arte Contemporanea - Ascoli Piceno
Tel. +39 0736 248663
www.saggipaesaggi.it

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The Museo Madre in Neaples hosts the large retrospective Alighiero & Boetti. Mettere all'arte il mondo. On view through May 11, 2009 carpets, maps, tapestries, mail art.

Madre Museo d'Arte Contemporanea Donna Regina Napoli
www.museomadre.it

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Only black and white for the exhibition Cromofobie. Percorsi del bianco e del nero nell'arte contemporanea italiana with 130 works of the best Italian artists. On view through May 31, 2009 at Ex Aurum in Pescara.

Ex Aurum - Pescara
Tel. +39 085 4549508

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The Marca of Catanzaro presents the exhibition Alex Kats. Reflections from April 5 to September 27, 2009.

Marca di Catanzaro
www.provincia.catanzaro.it

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Scenario, Gianni Caravaggio's project, is composed of six pieces, four of which have never been exhibited before, and made specifically for the Maramotti Collection.
The exhibition is composed around the fascination surrounding the imagination of the beginning, taken as a constant possibility. On view through February 22, 2009 (Thu-Sun).

Collezione Maramotti
Via Fratelli Cervi 66 - Reggio Emilia - Italy
Tel. +39 0522 382484
info@collezionemaramotti.org
www.collezionemaramotti.org

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GAMeC presents through February 8, 2009 three solo shows dedicated to: Giacomo Manzù, Pio Manzù, Sterling Ruby.
Giacomo Manzu'. 1938 - 1965 The Years Of Research. GAMeC will focus on the central period of his activity to highlight the intensity of the sculptor's research.
Pio Manzù. When The World Was Modern. The exhibition will follow the career of Pio Manzù, the internationally renowned designer.
Sterling Ruby: Grid Ripper is the first solo exhibition dedicated to Sterling Ruby by a European museum.

GAMeC - Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Bergamo
Via S. Tomaso, 53 - 24121 Bergamo (Italy)
Tel. +39 035 270272 fax +39 035 236962
www.gamec.it

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Until January 6, 2009 is open at the Galleria Civica di Modena the exhibition The sublime is now - title taken from that of a short essay written by the American painter Barnett Newman in 1948 the show is held in the venue of Palazzo Santa Margherita. Closed Mondays.

Galleria Civica di Modena Palazzo Santa Margherita
Corso Canalgrande 103 - 41100 Modena, Italy
Tel. +39 059 2032911/2032940 - fax +39 059 2032932
www.galleriacivicadimodena.it

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Presented for the museum's 20th anniversary, the new exhibition 1988: vent'anni prima, vent'anni dopo is a journey through contemporary Italian art seeking to pick up some of the threads that link 1968 to today. on view through February 15, 2009. Twenty years after Scultura Prato, which in the meantime has become one of the distinctive icons of the city, the Luigi Pecci Centre for Contemporary Art presents an exhibition of original works by Mauro Staccioli, an internationally renowned Tuscan artist, which will also be the first to feature his combined planning work.
Mauro Staccioli: Pensare la Scultura runs through Januuary 11, 2009.

Centro per l'arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato

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The exhibition William Kentridge (REPEAT) from the beginning / Da Capo Il Ritorno di Ulisse features works created especially for the occasion: the installation of three videos entitled: Breathe, Return, Dissolve, and seven sculptures, several drawings, litography, all related to the creation of the film.
On view through January 16, 2009 at Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venezia.

Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Palazzetto Tito
Dorsoduro, 2826 - 30123 Venezia
Tel. +39.041.5207797
www.bevilacqualamasa.it

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The exhibition Manuele Cerutti Italian Contemporary Painting(s) - Act curated by Alberto Zanchetta runs at Deanesi Gallery, Rovereto through January 31, 2009. Opening hours: Thur/Fri/Sat, 4-8pm or by appointment.

Deanesi Gallery
Rovereto, Italy
www.paolomariadeanesi.it
gallery@paolomariadeanesi.it

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There are enigmatic ambivalences in the relationships between mind and world, architecture and nature.
The exhibition Michele Dantini. Cythère reflects on the complex relationships between museum and myth, modernist architecture and travel narration, encounter and discovery.
On display through February 28, 2009 in the premises of Villa Bardini, one of the most striking exhibition venues in Florence, are 12 large-size photos, drawings and an audio work by Michele Dantini.
Closed on Monday, 25th December, 1st January.

Villa Bardini BardiniContemporanea
Costa San Giorgio, 2 and 6° - Florence
Tel. +39 055 2613289
www.bardinipeyron.it

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The Triennale di Milano dedicates a retrospective to Alberto Burri with works from last twenty years of his career. On view from November 11, 2008 to February 8, 2009.

Triennale di Milano / Palazzo dell'Arte
Via Alemagna, 6 - 20121 Milano
Tel. +39/02 724341
www.triennale.it
info@triennale.it

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From November 6, 2008 to January 18, 2009 will be on view for Torino-Triennale the exhibition T2. Cinquanta Lune di Saturno that indagates the relation between art and melancholy.
The exhibition is displayed in three venues: Museo d'Arte Contemporanea Castello di Rivoli, Palazzina della Società della Promotrice Belle Arti and Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo.

Museo d'Arte Contemporanea Castello di Rivoli
Piazza Mafalda di Savoia - 10098 Rivoli (Torino)
Tel. +39/011 9581547? 9565222/9565280
www.castellodirivoli.torino.it
castello.rivoli@csi.it
www.torinotriennale.it

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The Fondazione Pomodoro in Milan features the retrospective Arnaldo Pomodoro. Grandi Opere 1972-2008, with 15 monumental sculptures.
On view through March 22, 2009.

Fondazione Pomodoro - Milano
Tel. +39 02 89075394
www.fondazionearnaldopomodoro.it

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The Credito Valtellinese di Milano hosts the retrospective Schifano 1946-1998. Selected Works through February 1st, 2009.

Credito Valtellinese di Milano
Tel. +39 02 43353522
www.stelline.it

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The Palazzo Grassi in Venice presents the exhibition Italics. Arte Italiana tra Tradizione e Rivoluzione 1968-2008 with 250 works by 107 Italian artists.
On view through March 22, 2009. Closed Tuesday, and December 24, 25, 31 and January 1st .

Palazzo Grassi
San Samuele 3231 - Venezia
Tel. +39/041 5231680/1/2/3 oppure 199139139
www.palazzograssi.it

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The Collezione Peggy Guggenheim in Venice presents the exhibition Carlo Cardazzo. Una nuova visione dell'arte from November 1st, 2008 to February 28, 2009.

Collezione Peggy Guggenheim
Palazzo Venier dei Leoni
San Gregorio 701 Dorsoduro - Venezia
Tel. +39/041 2405411
www.guggenheim-venice.it

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The Galleria Enrico Fornello, while continuing to offer an artistic programme with an international perspective and a vocation for contemporary experimental work, is also running a major, long-term cultural project entitled PROGETTOSETTANTA - Art and photography from the 70s in Italy. The project got underway in October 2007.
Curated by Elena Re, the aim of the project is to piece together and present the complex spectrum of Italian artists who used photography in the cultural season of the 70s.
The analysis focuses on core issues in the experimental work of these artists, in what was a very intense and important historical period. In some cases, however, emphasis is also placed on the artists' more recent work in order to highlight the pertinence and non-fossilized nature of their expressive approach.
Between the second half of the 60s and the early 80s, in fact, many artists investigated the potential of the photographic medium, in the light of a line of thinking that did not just pervade the field of art. The result of these experiences was the flourishing of absolutely novel forms of expression, the multiplicity and the articulation of which proved such as to create a scenario as broad as it is fascinating. All the facets of this clearly need exploring.
The results of the analysis conducted by Elena Re are being presented in a series of exhibitions held at regular intervals at the Galleria Enrico Fornello. Each show is accompanied by a book, thereby creating a series of works - edited by Elena Re and published by Edizioni Gli Ori - dealing with and exploring this theme.
Three solo exhibitions were programmed for the initial phase of the project, devoted to Giorgio Ciam (October 2007), Luigi Ghirri (May 2008) and Paesaggio magico by Michele Zaza, which is due to open from 22 November 2008 to 31 January 2009.
PROGETTOSETTANTA - Art and photography from the 70s in Italy is also accorded considerable space and an identity of its own in the context of art fairs. For Artefiera 2008 Elena Re curated a section of the gallery's stand, presenting photographic work by Giovanni Anselmo, Giorgio Ciam, Claudio Costa, Mario Cresci, Giuseppe Desiato, Luigi Ghirri, Plinio Martelli, Luigi Ontani, Giuseppe Penone, Mario Schifano, Aldo Tagliaferro, Franco Vaccari, Michele Zaza and Gilberto Zorio.
The extensive programme of exhibitions, the systematic presence at art fairs and the series of publications clearly reflect the strong cultural commitment that an emerging gallery feels bound to make. This is especially in view of the current situation, which at an international level involves the rediscovery and valorization of artists who, with many different and multiple lines of enquiry, have marked a fundamental historic period for Italian contemporary art.
Una prima programmazione ha previsto tre mostre personali: Giorgio Ciam realizzata ad ottobre 2007, Luigi Ghirri, realizzata a maggio 2008, e Paesaggio magico di Michele Zaza in programma dal 22 novembre 2008 al 31 gennaio 2009 sempre a cura di Elena Re.
PROGETTOSETTANTA - Arte e fotografia dalla ricerca anni '70 in Italia ha trovato ampio spazio e identità propria anche in ambito fieristico. Per Artefiera 2008 Elena Re ha curato, infatti, una sezione dello stand della Galleria presentando lavori fotografici di Giovanni Anselmo, Giorgio Ciam, Claudio Costa, Mario Cresci, Giuseppe Desiato, Luigi Ghirri, Plinio Martelli, Luigi Ontani, Giuseppe Penone, Mario Schifano, Aldo Tagliaferro, Franco Vaccari, Michele Zaza, Gilberto Zorio.
Un ampio ciclo di mostre, una presenza sistematica in fiera e una collana editoriale rappresentano in maniera evidente il forte impegno culturale che una galleria emergente si sente in dovere di abbracciare, soprattutto considerando l'attualità che, sul piano internazionale, riveste il recupero e la valorizzazione di artisti che, con molteplici e differenti ricerche, hanno segnato un periodo storico fondamentale per l'arte contemporanea italiana.

Galleria Enrico Fornello
via Paolini 27, 59100 Prato
phone 0574 462719
dal 22 novembre 2008 al 31 gennaio 2009
info@enricofornello.it
www.enricofornello.it

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The Fondazione Pietro Accorsi Museo di Arti Decorative in Turin, until January 11, presents the exhibition Gioiello Italiano Contemporaneo: tecniche e materiali tra arte e design on the Italian contemporary jewellery.
Curated by Alba Cappellieri, the exhibition part of Torino 2008 World Design Capital describes the extraordinary Italian goldsmith tradition between art and industry.
Luxury objects and decoration, the jewels combines the choice of materials with the design value. The exhibition aims to showcase the interpretation of different techniques and materials suggested by artists, designers, goldsmiths and companies, showing that the tradition can have a contemporary aesthetic, and therefore be accessed by a wider audience.

Fondazione Pietro Accorsi Museo di Arti Decorative in Turin
Via Po, 55 - 10124 Torino
until January 11 2009
tel. 011.837.688 interno 3
info@fondazioneaccorsi.it
www.fondazioneaccorsi.it

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The exhibition Lucio Fontana. Luce e Colore is a tribute to the artist that cut the canvas and an investigation on his concept of light. On view at Appartamento del Doge and Cappella of the Palazzo Ducale in Genoa through February 15, 2009.

Genova Palazzo Ducale Fondazione per la Cultura
Piazza Matteotti 9 - 16123 Genova
Tel. 010-5574047 -5574065
www.palazzoducale.genova.it

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The Museo dell'Ara Pacis in Rome dedicates a great retrospective to Bruno Munari one of the most significant Italian designer and artist.
On view through February 1st, 2009. Closed Monday.

Museo dell'Ara Pacis
Lungotevere in Augusta - Roma
Tel +39/06 0608
www.arapacis.it

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The Palazzo delle Esposizioni in Rome celbrates with a large-scale retrospective the artist of video Bill Viola.
On view through January 6, 2009.

Palazzo delle Esposizioni
Via Nazionale, 194 - Roma
Tel +39/06 39967500
www.palazzoesposizioni.it

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The exhibition Picasso. L'Arlecchino dell'arte 1917-1937 is displayed at Complesso del Vittoriano in Rome through February 8, 2009.

Complesso del Vittoriano - Roma
Info Tel. +39 06 6780664

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The Fondazione Memmo in Rome hosts the exhibition Jean-Michel Basquiat. Fantasmi da scacciare with 40 works through February 1st, 2009.

Fondazione Memmo - Roma
Tel +39/066874704
www.fondazionememmo.com

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The Museo Capodimonte in Neaples dedicates a retrospective to French-American artist Louise Bourgeois with 60 sculptures and installation. On view through January 11, 2009.

Museo Capodimonte di Napoli
Tel. +39 848800288
www.museo-capodimonte.it

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The Museo MAN in Nuoro presents the exhibition Man Ray. Unconcerned but not indifferent / Incurante ma non indifferente through January 8, 2009.

MAN - Museo d'Arte della Provincia di Nuoro
Via Satta 27 - 08100 Nuoro
T&F +390784252110
info@museoman.it

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The Museo Madre in Neaples presents the retrospective Robert Rauschenberg. Travelling '70-'76, with works created during his travels in Paris, Venice, India.
On view through January 19, 2009.

Museo Madre di Napoli
Tel +39 081 19313016
www.museomadre.it

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In the ancient frame of the monastery of Certosa di San Lorenzo, Padula (Salerno) containing the largest cloister of the world is displayed the exhibition Ortus Artis e Fresco Bosco.
On view through January 8, 2009.

Certosa di San Lorenzo
Padula (Salerno)
Tel. +39 331-7254413
www.comune.padula.sa.it

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On 29th August 2008 Hermann Nitsch will celebrate his 70th birthday. In this anniversary year Nitsch will be honoured with a second museum devoted to his work: on Saturday, 13th September 2008 at 7 p.m., the Museo Archivio Laboratorio per le Arti Contemporanee Hermann Nitsch, located in the centre of Naples, will open its doors.
Internationally one of the most important contemporary artists, Nitsch has performed his Theatre of Orgies and Mysteries performance actions throughout the world, twice taking part in the documenta in Kassel (1972 and 1983) as well as the Sydney Biennale (1988). Works by Hermann Nitsch are to be found in a host of internationally renowned museums and collections, including the Museum of Modern Art/New York, Guggenheim Collection/New York, Metropolitan Museum/New York, Gallery of Ontario/Toronto, Tate Gallery/London, Musée Centre George Pompidou/Paris, Stedelijk Museum/Amsterdam, Nationalgalerie/Berlin, Kunstmuseum/Bern, Albertina/Vienna.

Museo Archivio Laboratorio per le Arti Contemporanee Hermann Nitsch
Complesso della ex Stazione Bellini - Naples

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Galleria Credito Siciliano hosts the exhibition Dopo la Sicilia / After Sicily with 30 international photographers. On view from July 20, 2008 to February 28, 2009.

Galleria Credito Siciliano
Piazza Duomo 12 - Acireale

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The Macro in Rome presents While Nothing Happens - Ernesto Neto through February 2009.

MACRO
Via Reggio Emilia 54 - Roma
ufficiostampa.macro@comune.roma.it
Tel. +39 06 671070443

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Parco Sculture del Chianti at Pievasciata (Siena) in the heart of Chianti is the first Italian park situated in a natural wood totally devoted to international contemporary sculpture. From April to October always open from 10 a.m. to sunset except Monday. From November to March by appointment.

Parco Sculture del Chianti
La Fornace - S.P. 9, 53010 Pievasciata (Siena)
Tel. +39.0577.357151 fax +39.0577.357149
info@chiantisculpturepark.it
www.chiantisculpturepark.it

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