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The Sala d’Arme in Palazzo Vecchio hosts the final exhibition of WONDERFUL! the award in support of Italian art under 40 organized by the Museo Novecento
Exhibition Hours
Free entry
Monday – Friday
2:00 pm
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7:00 pm
Saturday – Sunday
11:00 am
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7:00 pm
From the Renaissance onwards, Florence has always been a place of experimentation. Great artistic talents were trained in the workshops and patrons supported the development of quality arts and crafts.
The WONDERFUL! Award was born on these historical foundations and in response to the pandemic to give concrete recognition and support to the new generation of Italian artists, hard hit, together with the entire artistic system, by the health and economic crisis.
Through a public selection in which 290 artists took part, a jury composed of Pepi Marchetti Franchi, director of Gagosian Gallery Rome, Cristiana Perrella, former director of the Pecci Center in Prato, Francesca Pinzauti, collector and entrepreneur and Paola Ugolini, independent curator, selected the artists Binta Diaw, Riccardo Giacconi, Marco Giordano and Margherita Raso who were awarded with a one-year scholarship.
The exhibition represents the final moment of this project and an opportunity to present to the public the research of these four excellent artists, housed in the heart of the city, in Palazzo Vecchio, in a room that has dedicated numerous exhibitions to the contemporary over the years. , a sign of constant attention to the most recent artistic production.
The intent of WONDERFUL! is to tell the most recent developments in art in Italy through the voice of four artists born between the mid-eighties and mid-nineties. The works presented in the Sala d’Arme – including installations and videos – are the photography of a generation of new authors, their languages, their interests and their gaze on contemporaneity.
Installation Views
Artists
Binta Diaw
1995
Riccardo Giacconi
1985
Marco Giordano
1988
Margherita Raso
1991
Curated by
Sergio Risaliti
Stefania Rispoli
Scientific Coordination
Francesca Neri
Eva Francioli
Social
Giulia Spissu
Visual Identity
Dania Menafra
Ph Credits
Serge Domingie
Organization
Mus.e
Sponsor
Publiacqua