Artissima torna con la sua ventottesima edizione, rassegna diretta ormai da cinque anni da Ilaria Bonacossa
La kermesse di arte contemporanea e ‘in programma all’Oval di Torino da venerdì 5 a domenica 7 novembre.
Esporranno 154 gallerie da 37 Paesi, il 56% saranno espositori stranieri, 9 i premi assegnati in fiera con oltre 50 curatori e direttori di giurie. All’Oval le quattro sezioni storiche: Main Section, New Entries, DialogieMonologue e Art Spaces & Editions. Online dal 4 al 9 novembre e fisicamente in tre mostre collettive nel padiglione fieristico saranno visitabili le tre sezioni di Artissima XYZ, la piattaforma digitale che propone le tre sezioni PresentFuture, Back to the future e Disegni.


In October, supermarkets and grocery stores fill up with Halloween costumes, themed treats and gadgets for tricks. Some Italians complain that this is a tradition imported from the USA and that we already have the February Carnival to dress up. What if I told you that’s not the case? Actually, this celebration of Celtic origins has many similarities with ancient traditions of Piedmont. The night between 1 and 2 November represented, in fact, the transition between the harvest season and that of the rest of the countryside as well as a moment of closeness to the dead. In the Piedmontese villages and valleys, on Halloween evening, it was customary to visit the cemetery leaving the table set, so that the souls of the dead could return to their homes and feast; the return of the living to the houses was announced by the sound of the bells, so that the dead could disappear. Another tradition was to sleep on the edge of the bed to allow the deceased to rest next to their loved ones. The tradition of the carved and illuminated pumpkin is also present in Piedmont, as well as that of the dried pumpkin filled with wine. After all, we are the region of Barolo, the King of wines.
From October 28 to December 12,
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From 5 to 7 November,