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The Salone Internazionale del Libro di Torino 1o – 14 May, 2012 www.salonelibro.it/   Lingotto fiere  

MAXXI: THE MUSEUM PRESIDENT PIO BALDI RESIGNS www.fondazionemaxxi.it Rome 9 May 2012. The president of the Fondazione MAXXI, Pio Baldi, has presented his resignation to the Ministry for Cultural Heritage and Activities due to the interruption of the necessary condition of trust between MiBAC, the founding and promoting partner, and

GALLERIA CONTINUA Via del Castello 11, San Gimignano (SI), Italia tel. +390577943134 fax +390577940484 info@galleriacontinua.com www.galleriacontinua.com NIKHIL CHOPRA inside out Site-specific performance from Wednesday 25 April 11 am until Sunday 29 April 2 pm Via Arco dei Becci 1, San Gimignano Opening Saturday 28 April 2012 from 6 pm to

N O T A F R A I D O F B E A U T Y DIEGO IAIA – LUANA PERILLI – MARCO STRAPPATO a project by DROME magazine and The Gallery Apart Rome DROME project space Rue Notre-Dame du Sommeil, 2 – 1000 Brussels – Belgium 21-22.04.2012 20.04.2012

Salone del Mobile 2012 Title of show: Religious Contemporary Design Place: Edizioni Galleria Colombari  – Via Maroncelli 10, 20154 Milano Show dates: from 18 April to 30 April 2012 –  Hours: 11:00 am to 8:00 pm Vernissage with cocktail:  April 18 from 8 pm – 10 pm Press Office: info@edizionigalleriacolombari.com

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