NEXT UP
FEBRUARY 2025
Event Selection I
by Beatrice Rainone
NEXT UP is the column curated by Beatrice Rainone, dedicated to a critical selection of the most significant initiatives that address the new themes and languages with which contemporary art confronts digital culture.
ART CITY Bologna 2025
06-16.02. 2025
Bologna
This weekend in Bologna: Have you got your tickets yet?
ART CITY Bologna 2025, held alongside ARTEFIERA, is the event that transforms the city into a true laboratory for contemporary art. With 270 events, including exhibitions, performances, and installations, it explores art and digital media in many forms. The Special Programme is unmissable: the City Gates come alive with ten works that narrate Bologna’s past and present, culminating in a performance that connects them all. Galleries, independent spaces, and cultural institutions come together to offer a unique experience: a place where art is not just seen but lived.
The models – dmstfctn
07-09.02.2025
Bologna Technopole
BOOMing Contemporary Art Show 2025 offers a platform to continue the conversation about resilience and transformation through art, technology, and nature. Hosted at Palazzo Isolani, the fair merges history and contemporaneity, addressing themes such as sustainability, feminism, and technology. Digital media are featured in works by micc and Morb, which reflect on sensitive content and sculptures created through “depixelation.” Leonardo Panizza’s installation Strapianto blends screens and nature. Additionally, the fair dedicates space to female representation in art and environmental challenges. Ready for this explosion of themes?
BOOMing contemporary Art Show 2025
06-09.02.2025
Palazzo Isolani, Bologna
BOOMing Contemporary Art Show 2025 è il pretesto per continuare a parlare di resilienza e trasformazione attraverso arte, tecnologia e natura. Ospitata nel Palazzo Isolani, la fiera unisce storia e contemporaneità, affrontando temi come sostenibilità, femminismi e tecnologia. Il digitale è presente in opere come quelle di micc e Morb, che riflettono su contenuti sensibili e sculture in “depixelizzazione”. Leonardo Panizza, con l’installazione Strapianto, fonde schermi e natura. Inoltre, la fiera dedica spazio alla rappresentanza femminile nell’arte e alle sfide ambientali. Pront* per questa “esplosione” di temi?
Beatrice Rainone
Born in 1999, she is a museum educator and mediator. She graduated in Art History at the University of Florence with a thesis on the concept of reproducibility in crypto-art. She currently works in various cultural institutions in Tuscany, including Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi, Centro per l’arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Fondazione Pistoia Musei, Museo del Tessuto.
