On Tuesday 19 March from 10 a.m., RUFA painting students had the opportunity to attend the first presentation in Italy of Da Vinci brushes, a renowned German company specialising in the production of fine art brushes. Hermann Meyer, Director of the company, and Olimpio Rum, Da Vinci’s representative in Italy, spoke as part of… Find out more
Fine Arts
Fine Arts
ONE NIGHT STAND
Sorry, this entry is only available in Italian. Veronica Botticelli, Georgina Spengler, Silvia Giambrone, Edith Urban, Marta Jovanović, Lisa Ginzburg, a cura di Shara Wasserman. Domenica 15 marzo 2024 – dalle 19.00 alle 24.00 – COSMO, Piazza di Sant’Apollonia 13 (Trastevere) – Roma. La mostra One Night Stand si svolge negli spazi misteriosi e… Find out more
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Erasmus programme: Claudia Evangelista’s experience in Belgrade
Fine Arts student Claudia Evangelista has just completed a wonderful internship experience in Belgrade as part of the Erasmus+ programme, which is an integral part of education at RUFA. The six-month internship in the Serbian capital was carried out at Galerija12 HUB (G12HUB), centre for art and technology dedicated to the promotion and development… Find out more
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Painting Masterclass with Mauro Di Silvestre
For five days, students of the Master’s programme in Fine Arts had the opportunity to express themselves creatively under the guidance of artist Mauro Di Silvestre. The masterclass emphasised the importance of the authenticity of the artist, of the work of art, and insisted on the urgency of the creative act. The two key… Find out more
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RUFA is a cultural partner of Venice International Performance Art Week
RUFA is officially a cultural partner of the eighth edition of the Venice International Performance Art Week 2023, December 15-17, 2023: one palace, three days, more than thirty artists live and on exhibit. Venice International Performance Art Week 2023 presents the exhibition “DigiLabAir | Emergencies of the Contemporary”, focusing on sustainable development as a… Find out more
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Live Painting by RUFA artists at Palazzo Farnese
Four young RUFA artists – Alice Papi, Lorenzo Cappella, Alexandra Fongaro and Davide Miceli – realised a 3-hour Live Painting performance in the beautiful setting of Palazzo Farnese. On the occasion of the premiere of the documentary “Banksy e la ragazza del Bataclan” – produced by GA&A e Tinterkland, in co-production with Rai Cultura,… Find out more
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A new mural in the Serpentara district: RUFA and the Matteucci Institute join forces
On the occasion of the Centenary of the Rome PEF Unit of the Fiamme Gialle, RUFA and Istituto Matteucci students collaborated to create a beautiful Mural decorating the Guardia di Finanza Headquarters building in the Serpentara district. A work that stands out on a surface of more than 65 metres by three, inspired by… Find out more
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“Mare Nostrum” by Chantal Spapens
Over the Summer, as part of DigiLab Artist-in-Residence project, Chantal Spapens, 2nd year Master of Fine Arts student, created ‘Mare Nostrum’ a performance-based video on the subject of Social Inclusion, curated by Anja Foerschner of ECC Performance Art. DigiLabAir is a CreativeEurope-funded artist residency that promotes inclusion, participation, and reflection through performance art co-creation processes… Find out more
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Vacunalia 2023
Sorry, this entry is only available in Italian. Miti e Leggende di Storie Reali A cura di Niccolò Giacomazzi e Benedetta Monti. Elisa Capucci, Lorenzo Colli, Benjamin Kamps, Mozzarella Light, Progetto Fatuo (in collaborazione con Marco Aurelio Di Giorgio), Carola Spina. 29 Ottobre 2023 | 10:00 – 21:00 | Vacone, Rieti Vacunalia, a cura… Find out more
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Wang Yuxiang finalist for the Talent Prize 2023
RUFA student Wang Yuxiang from the School of Visual Arts is among the finalists of the 16th edition of the ‘Talent Prize 2023’ with the work ‘Vacava’. On 19 September at the Goethe-Institut in Rome, the press conference of the 2023 Talent Prize, the contest conceived by Guido Talarico, editor and director of Inside… Find out more
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RUFA students’ work unveiled at Ryder Cup 2023
The work of RUFA Fine Arts students Negin Fallah and Babək Abdullayev was selected to be reproduced on a giant ‘Tifo Flag’ and unveiled during the Ryder Cup 2023 – the most important international golf event – as a surprise and gift to the fans in the stadium and the millions of fans who followed… Find out more
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RetroGuard – Axia
On the 24th of September artist Chantal Spapens – RUFA student of the Master’s degree in Fine Arts – will be performing at the opening night of the transmedia exhibition AXIA, at the Castello Caracciolo di Sammichele in Bari. On Sunday 24 September, at 7 p.m., there will be the inauguration of the new… Find out more
Art Curating and Management
Through art curation, new paradigms emerge – A discourse on painting in the present day
A text by Fabrizio Pizzuto, critic, art historian and coordinator of the Academic Master in Art Curating and Management. When it appears, the release of a painting is increasingly less a proof of insecurity and more an enquiry and a necessity. Younger generations are especially fascinated by the search for form, and by the… Find out more
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A new work of street art at Palazzo Farnese
20 Italian and French artists – including five RUFA students – were commissioned to create a street art work at Palazzo Farnese, under the direction of artists Aristide Barraud and Guido D’Angelo. RUFA Visual Arts students Alice Papi, Alexandra Fongaro, Giulia Di Pasquale, Giulia Vitello and Nathalia Koux are among the 20 artists selected… Find out more
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La sostanza agitata
Sorry, this entry is only available in Italian. Mostra collettiva con la partecipazione di Francesco Bendini, Paolo Bufalini, Lucia Cantò, Giovanni de Cataldo, Binta Diaw, Bekhbaatar Enkhtur, Roberta Folliero, Jacopo Martinotti, Lulù Nuti, Giulia Poppi, Davide Sgambaro. A cura di Saverio Verini. Inaugurazione: sabato 24 giugno ore 11.00 Apertura al pubblico: 24 giugno –… Find out more
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Paolo William Tamburella in RUFA
Special guest in RUFA: We look forward to seeing you on Thursday 8 June at 11:00 a.m. in room A04 for the talk by artist Paolo William Tamburella, guest speaker in the lecture by lecturer Fabrizio Dell’Arno. Tamburella will present his artistic career and work to the students, with a focus on his latest… Find out more
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Masterclass with Marina Marković: CORPOREALITY
From 24 to 27 May 2023, Visual and Fine Arts students will take part in the Masterclass ‘Corporeality’, held by Serbian visual artist Marina Marković. The masterclass CORPOREALITY questions power positions within the art world and analyzes the concept of control in society. Pleasure and pain are the primary properties of the body, its… Find out more
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L’Artificio
“L’Artificio” is the first project activated by LEA APS, Independent Artist-Run Project Space, born from the collaboration between visual artists and former RUFA students Elisa Selli and Ellen Wolf, under the patronage of the Primo Municipio di Roma Capitale. The L’Artificio project consists of a painting and drawing workshop featuring people with Down Syndrome… Find out more
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Presentation of “Printmaking Tales” in Rome
“Printmaking Tales” is the new FABRIANO project entirely dedicated to art printing published by Opificio della Rosa, edited by Umberto Giovannini. The volume will be presented in Rome, Friday 26 May 2023 at 5.30 p.m., at the Istituto Centrale per la Grafica, via Poli 54, Sala Dante. Admission free subject to availability. A… Find out more
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INFLUMINE – Accademie in Abbazia
The PRAC Centre for Contemporary Art announces the new exhibition project ‘INFLUMINE – Academies in the Abbey’, involving RUFA – Rome University of Fine Arts together with two other Italian Fine Arts Academies: the Academy of Fine Arts of L’Aquila and the Academy of Fine Arts of Bari. The vernissage is scheduled for Saturday,… Find out more