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P    R     E     S     E    N     T     S : PERSPECTIVES — TRIENNALE DI MILANO MILAN DESIGN WEEK 17-22 APRIL 2012 Press preview: 16 April – 11am-6pm Opening event (invitation): 17 April – 5pm-7pm www.triennale.it An exhibition organized by Belgium is Design and curated by Giovanna Massoni. Visual communication & exhibition layout

MADAME FISSCHER Palazzo Grassi-François Pinault Foundation will host a monograph exhibition by Urs Fischer from 15 April to 15 July 2012. This exhibition is the first of a series of monograph exhibitions which will be dedicated to major contemporary artists and held either in tandem or alternation with the thematic

JACOPO BENCI The mystery of the park curated by Anna D’Elia Opening: Friday, 13 April 2012, 6:30 PM – until 2 May 2012 Ecos Gallery, Via Giulia 81, 00196 Rome | info@ecosgallery.com Tuesday-Thursday 11AM-1PM, 4.30-7.30PM | Friday, Saturday 11AM-1PM, 5-8PM | Sunday 11AM-1PM | closed Monday Jacopo Benci’s solo exhibition,

Ai Weiwei 12 April – 25 May 2012 Lisson Gallery Milan Via Zenale 3 www.lissongallery.com Lisson Gallery Milan is proud to announce an exhibition of ceramic and marble works by Ai Weiwei, focussing on an area of his boundless practice that has produced many of his best known works. The

EMRE BAYKAL APPOINTED CURATOR OF THE PAVILION OF TURKEY IN VENICE BIENNALE The Pavilion of Turkey in the 55th International Art Exhibition, Venice Biennale in 2013 will be curated by Emre Baykal. The Pavilion of Turkey in Venice Biennial will be coordinated by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts

Progetto In Albis Scalinata di San Bernardino, L’Aquila http://www.facebook.com/ProgettoInAlbis http://www.facebook.com/events/340938549291933/ Web site: http://inalbis.weebly.com/index.html Participating project for L’Aquila among people who are linked by a feeling, in a simple action in which memory, like a seed, is an instrument for rebirth. Vittoria Biasi Progetto partecipativo per L’Aquila tra persone congiunte in

Text by Vittoria Biasi Shadowed by the White Thai Artists Amrit Chusuwan, Sakarin Krua, Sittichai Italian Artists Fabrizio Corneli, Alessandra Porfidia, Stato di Famiglia, Maria Chiara Calvani All the cultures are united by the symbology of tree and shadow. Some peoples think that the shadow of the brambles in the

Book launch: Italian Conversations – Art in the age of Berlusconi The new issue of Fucking Good Art Tuesday 27 March – h 6,30 pm MAXXI B.A.S.E. – Via Guido Reni, 4/A – Rome A project by Fucking Good Art, commissioned by Nomas Foundation, published by NERO, Rome, and post

Text by Giuliana de Antonellis The “genius” and “jokes” by Dario Fo at Palazzo Reale in Milan from March 24 to June 3, 2012 “I always say that I am an amateur actor and professional painter.” “If I not owned this natural ease in telling stories through pictures, I would

MARINA ABRAMOVIĆ The Abramović Method Curated by Diego Sileo and Eugenio Viola 21 march – 10 june 2012 PAC Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea Marina Abramović returns to Milan with a new work conceived for the PAC Contemporary Art Pavilion The PAC in Milan is the venue chosen by Marina Abramović to

An important anniversary So here we are again, on an important “birthday”… our third edition. The annual fund-raising auction for FSF-onlus, held at Sotheby’s prestigous salesrooms in Milan, has become a habitual appointment. It is an event eagerly awaited both by the increasingly numerous photographers who donate their works and

GINA PANE (1939 – 1990) “For the love of you: the other” March 17 –  July 8, 2012 MartRovereto Corso Bettini, 43 – 38068 Rovereto (TN) t. 800 397760 – info@mart.trento.it – www.mart.trento.it If I open my body so that you can see your blood in it, it is for

Federica Amichetti. Iconography of the Invisible curated by Paola Ballesi sponsored by the City of Rome-Municipio XVII and the art council of the City of Recanati Exhibition opening: Friday 16th March, 6 pm 16th March – 7th April 2012 (Tue – Sat, 4 pm to 7 pm) Catalogues available in

JOAN MIRÓ! POESIA E LUCE March 16 – August 23, 2012 Chiostro del Bramante – Rome http://chiostrodelbramante.it/info/miro_poesia_e_luce/ It has been many years since Rome hosted an exhaustive exhibition of the works of Joan Miró (1893–1983), the great Catalan artist who left his unmistakable mark on the European avant-garde art movements.

KunStart 12. Biennial Art Fair for Emerging Contemporary Art Opening: March 16, 7:00 P.M., Bolzano/Bozen Exhibition Center, Pavilion B Opening hours: March 16 to 18, 2012, 10.00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M. Complete information may be found at www.kunstart.it and www.arredo.messebozen.it High-resolution photos: http://www.fierabolzano.it/kunstart/en/photo-gallery.htm Download: PROGRAM KUNSTART 12 – PROGRAMMA KUNSTART

MAGAZZINO Via dei Prefetti, 17 I – 00186 Rome Ph. 06 6875951 Fax 06 68135635 info@magazzinoartemoderna.com www.magazzinoartemoderna.com Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde New works from Berlin David Adamo – Tim Eitel – Andy Hope 1930 – Robert Janitz – Gianluca Malgeri – Andrea Salvino – Dirk Skreber curated by Vita

THURSDAY 15TH OF MARCH 2012 H 7.15 PM in English MERCATI DI TRAIANO MUSEO DEI FORI IMPERIALI La Compagnia di Storytelling Raccontamiunastoria presents To celebrate the 2056th death anniversary of the most famous Roman citizen of all ages THE EAGLE and THE SNAKE CAESAR AND CLEOPATRA. THE DATE THAT MADE

  Text by Martino Kim published on Focus Korea ‘From the Passion, Expression and Abstract to the Contemporary Art in South Korea’ It has been more than 50 years since the real flame of contemporary art had begun to glow in Korea. However we still have confusion in writing the

A CENTURY OF ITALIAN ART AT THE CIAC UN SECOLO DI ARTE ITALIANA AL CIAC March 10 – May 6, 2012 CIAC / Centro Italiano Arte Contemporanea, via del Campanile 13, Foligno (Italy) www.centroitalianoartecontemporanea.com The project, curated by Italo Tomassoni, offers an important collection of Italian art conceived and structured

Deutsche Bank Piazza del Calendario, 3 – Milan Dialogano Ettore Spalletti e Carlo Sini Martedì, 13 marzo 2012, ore 19 I like Tuesdays The conferences will take place in the Italian DB Headquarters in Milan, from 7 pm.  At the end  the guests could discover the art collection of the

The new Museo Casa Enzo Ferrari opens to the public on 10 March 2012 The story of a legend, the life of a great man Modena, 9 March 2012. Modena’s new Museo Casa Enzo Ferrari opens to the public on 10 March. It is a museum dedicated to one of

European Art: 1949-1979 Marion R. Taylor: Paintings, 1966-2001 curated Philip Rylands February 29 – May 6, 2012 Peggy Guggenheim Collection From February 29 through May 6, 2012 the Peggy Guggenheim Collection presents European Art, 1949-1979: a selection of works from the museum’s holdings of postwar European painting and sculpture, largely

Cenacolo: Special opening hours thanks to Eni on 24 February and 30 March From 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm, free entry with a reservation San Donato (Milano), 23 February 2012 – Eni is sponsoring a special opening of the Cenacolo, on Friday 24 February and Friday 30 March, from 7:30pm

Davide Dormino – L’origine della trama¹ Music by Diego Buongiorno Exhibition from 28 January to 7 March, 2012 MuGa Multimedia Gallery – Via Giulia 108/109 Roma Davide Dormino has crafted a “sculpture” to tell the story of the evolution of a creative process: the passage from artisan to artist. This