Officially, the 12th edition of the Bolognese ART CITY took place from 1st to 4th February 2024 and had its absolute climax on Saturday 3rd February with the White Night. However, many venues opened earlier, and some remain longer. So, the people had and have the possibility to appreciate comfortably more events than only in… (read more)
On Saturday 7th October was the 19th Day of the Contemporary (Giornata del Contemporaneo) in Italy. Promoted by the AMACI (Association of Italian Museums of Contemporary Art), this countrywide yearly event invites not only museums, but also foundations, public institutions, private galleries, artist spaces and studios to show the vitality of contemporary art. We visited… (read more)
Like every year, the accompanying program to the Arte Fiera (the Bolognese art fair) was very rich. Even though, taking place during ten days (from 27th January to 5th February) it was impossible to visit all venues. Besides the main program, once more many galleries and cultural institutions participated. Additionally, numerous studios, shops and temporary… (read more)
The Pillars of the Earth Virginia Zanetti 2021 print on Canson Baryta 100 cm x 150 cm Edition of 5 + 1 print in 180 cm x 270 cm Virginia Zanetti’s photo “The Pillars of the Earth” is part of an ongoing series with the same name, started in 2016 in India. As in other… (read more)
For the second part of our Art City tour throughout Bologna, we concentrate on the western area of the city centre. Some exhibitions glance at our present, others are going back in history, partly back into archaic times. There are excursions into dream worlds, human or android; forms or colours are featured and our perception… (read more)
In a second tour, we visited six more exhibitions of the autumn season in Bologna. Most of them are still ongoing. Although the variety of artists and techniques is comparable to the exhibitions of the first round, the presented shows are more minimalistic in the second part, self-evidently with exceptions. Galleria de’ Foscherari: Mario… (read more)
The new exhibition space DAS opened at the right time for the Arte City. Its first exhibition showed contemporary local and international artists, some with a glance to what might be upcoming in this place. Guido Segni at Adiacenze considered how artworks could be conceived in the era of automation of work. Rob Chavasse focussed… (read more)
The current exhibitions for the season start are naturally various: by age and origin of the artists, techniques and intensions and depending on the type of gallery. Nevertheless, there are some formal or thematic links between some shows. At the end of this article, you’ll find a list of several Bolognese exhibitions, a lot with… (read more)
During the weekend of the ARTE FIERA in Bologna, there are many artistic initiatives to welcome visitors and local residents. The range is huge from classical panel painting to installation, film projection and performance. Every art lover might find something interesting. In the following, we present our impressions of 28 events. They are sorted by… (read more)
Untitled Maria Savoldi 2016 360 cm x 360 cm x 23 cm Wire, cement, wood, polystyrene For the exhibition “Simmetria di Riflessione” (Symmetry of Reflection) in June 2016 at Meccaniche Ceruti in Brescia, Maria Savoldi created a site-specific work. It is a wall, made out of cement, polystyrene, wood and wire. The title of… (read more)
28 April – 17 May 2016 Adiacenze Vicolo Spirito Santo 1/B 40123 – Bologna www.adiacenze.it Last week the association Adiacenze opened its new exhibition space with the site specific installation “Se il cielo fugge” (If the sky flees) by Irene Fenara. On view are two videos and a wall painting by the artist. Francesco Privato… (read more)
Due to our moving to Italy, we only restarted our activities in January 2015. With this the focus is not only on art in public space, but changed more to report on exhibitions and presentation of international artists via the artwork of the month. First we published only on our Facebook website. However, since… (read more)
Giulia Carpentieri, Irene Fenara, Giulio Maulini and Andrea Parenti Curated by Teresa Serra and Pietro Cortona 10 – 25 June 2015 ADIACENZE Piazza San Martino 4D Bologna Andrea Parenti: [Show slideshow]
FEMINA. Life of the clothes of Sveva Zamboni (Bologna, 1925 – 2014) Fratelli Broche Exhibition at Adiacenze, Bologna, curated by Silvia Mei 20 March – 3 April 2015 The first impression entering the space of Adiacenze is to come into a vintage shop. It’s not a bad guess, because the artists of Fratelli Broche maintain… (read more)
“PUBLIC COLLECTION – Bologna” Alexandra Pirici & Manuel Pelmus Performance project Artist in Residence – ON 2014 Do elephants ever forget? Oratorio San Filippo Neri, l’ex Oratorio dei Filippini, Bologna 23 – 25 January 2015 Adiacenze, Bologna Elsa Salonen, Solo-Exhibition: “La natura (mai) morta” Adiacenze Werkstattgalerie, Berlin at Adiacenze, Bologna Rainer Splitt, Paperpools „Exhibition: CHECK POINT“ Spazio… (read more)
