Roman travertine creates more of a scandal than reality itself. At a time when we have stuffed horses and sharks immersed in formaldehyde in museums and major collections, we certainly did not expect a classical sculpture to make a noise, rendered in the manner of the great Roman animal sculpture tradition. A work in which… Find out more
The Piazze Romane project is an experiment that should be encouraged and strengthened over time. For the first time in many years Rome, and in particular Municipio I Roma Centro, has decided to open itself up to young contemporary art not by turning its attention to established and acclaimed artists who, precisely for this reason… Find out more
The Ancient Fabriano paper mills will host a polychrome woodcut workshop with 12 RUFA students, supervised by Maria Pina Bentivenga and Umberto Giovannini. The xylography is a graphic technique invented over a thousand years ago to reproduce texts and drawings in many copies. Since then, the graphic language has evolved, but the privileged relationship with… Find out more
Approaching art not only from the point of view of ideas and creation, but also from the perspective of sales. The Project Piazze Romane, in which the Municipio I Roma Centro and the training talents of RUFA – Rome University of Fine Arts interact, is not only an opportunity to foster visions of contemporary art… Find out more
A convinced and concrete support for art, but above all for those who are called upon, in the coming years, to ensure that Made in Italy can further increase its relevance at global level. The Bel Paese’s propensity for artistic production is now one of the three best known brands in the world. This is… Find out more
The press conference for the presentation of “Piazze Romane” project, scheduled for Friday 4 June from 11 a.m., via streaming from the RUFA Pastificio Cerere headquarters on Via degli Ausoni 7 in the heart of the San Lorenzo district, is a moment of fundamental importance not only for expressing the artistic content of the project,… Find out more
In order to ensure the widest possible participation of the “next generation” of artists in training, the deadline for participation in the National Arts Award has been extended to 15 June. The contest, launched by the Ministry of University and Research, is aimed at students regularly enrolled in institutions and accredited courses of the Afam… Find out more
NemO’S, besides being a very famous street artist and an excellent illustrator, has focused his work on the story of the human, generating an intense and special relationship with the outside world, thanks to an innate capacity for narration. His approach to art, his research, his experimentation are the themes at the centre of the… Find out more
Thanks to the invaluable support of the company “Trillium Pumps Italy – Gabbioneta Pumps”, which handled the organization, the sixth edition of the “Gabbioneta” sculpture prize has been launched. The competition has been organized in collaboration with the Brera Academy of Fine Arts and the Carrara Academy of Fine Arts and is sponsored by the… Find out more
The Rome Center I Municipality, led by Sabrina Alfonsi, between 2014 and 2020, has worked to counteract, in various ways, the degradation of the capital’s historic center. Born, for this reason, the project “Rome is mine” that has allowed to make more attractive, among others, piazza Poli, piazza Giuseppe Gioacchino Belli, piazza Cardelli, San Giovanni… Find out more
Following the success of past editions, Carapelli is once again promoting the “Carapelli for Art” project: a visual arts competition created with the intention of premiering and supporting the value and quality of the work of contemporary artists. The theme of this year’s competition is the development of the concept “Sustainability”. There are values that… Find out more
“620 seconds” is the name of the art project that the student Miriana D’Alessandro will hold between 14 and 15 April at RUFA Space at 5 p.m., in Via degli Ausoni 7, in the historical and cultural setting of the Pastificio Cerere. The experience, according to Simone Cametti, is part of the “Ausoni occupato” programme…. Find out more
In memory of Professor Ilaria Ciardi and in order to promote the enhancement of the language of chalcographic techniques, the Ravenna Academy of Fine Arts announces the Ilaria Ciardi Engraving Prize for the year 2021. The competition has a single prize of 500 euros financed by Banca di credito cooperativo ravennate forlivese e imolese. You… Find out more
The Piedmontese Foundation Institute “A. Gramsci”, after the success of the previous editions, proposes again the competition addressed to the students of the Academies of Fine Arts with the aim of rereading the works of the Sardinian intellectual as a stimulus and point of contact between the multiple artistic expressions. This third edition, called “reloaded”,… Find out more
From March 15 to 19, the exhibition by Lorenzo Cappella and Debora Barile will be held, with the curatorship entrusted to Beatrice Levorato. A “double” that sees as protagonists two students of the third year of the Bachelor of Arts in Visual Arts RUFA: the first of Painting and the second of Sculpture, ideally united… Find out more
A project generated to support the new generation of artists growing and training in the Academies of Fine Arts. This is the focus, but not only, of the RECOMMENDED project, conceived and coordinated by Francesca Longo and Raffaele Gavarro, for the non-profit exhibition space Chiaroscuro Arte Contemporanea, located in Via Sant’Antonio all’Esquilino 3/E in Rome…. Find out more
The fourth edition of “Lydia”, the call for artists entitled to the memory of the sculptor Lydia Silvestri, organized by the Fondazione Il Lazzaretto, expires on 22nd February. Lydia” is open to artists under 35 years of age residing in Italy with proposals of ideas for an original work of art, without limits to techniques, formats… Find out more
The cultural association TWM Factory promotes a contest for the reuse of discarded objects, aimed at artists and designers aged between 16 and 34 years, living in the Lazio region, for the creation of a work of art to be exhibited in the permanent exhibition of Roma Smistamento. The theme of reuse stands in contrast… Find out more
The curator, Beatrice Levorato, and artists Stefano Tenti and Federica Griesi told about the exhibition in a live talk streamed from RUFA Space on Friday, February 12 at 11:00 am. Testimony of a thought that returns to the primitive, an essential consequence of the current historical moment. Stefano Tenti and Federica Griesi come together… Find out more
“Domani Qui Oggi” is the exhibition curated by Ilaria Gianni as part of the 2020 Quadrennial, which brings together the work of 10 young artists selected in the Italian Fine Arts Academies by the AccadeMibact prize, an initiative promoted by the General Directorate for Contemporary Creativity of the Ministry for Cultural Heritage and Activities. What… Find out more