MiArt 2016. International Modern and Contemporary Art Fair

Miart is a fair in which modern and contemporary art communicate constant references with explicit echoes; it affords a situation to grasp links between the past and present. miart will emphasize this aspect aspiring to work on the possibility of testing institutional strategies that differ from existing models, the aim being to set out along a path in which miart plays an active role in modern and contemporary production throughout the entire year, not just during the days of the art fair. 

Sections

Established 
A selection of international galleries that promote modern and contemporary art, subdivided into Masters, Contemporary and First Step.
Masters:
A category for galleries that show artworks made before the year 2000, in a selection that ranges from the masters of modern art to artists being rediscovered today.
Contemporary:
A category for primary market galleries that focus on contemporary languages, from current classics to new and recent productions.
First Step:
A category devoted to galleries participating for the first time at miart or which participated in the past in the Emergent section and are now passing to the Established section. Participation in the First Step category is permitted for a maximum of two editions of the fair.
 
Decades
A section that pays tribute to the central role of galleries and their history in an itinerary that crosses the 20th century, divided by decades. Each booth, through a monographic or thematic exhibition, presents a key moment of the period in question.
Curated by:
Alberto Salvadori, Director, Museo Marino Marini, Firenze
 
THENnow
Invitational curated section. Each booth – shared by two different galleries – presents a dialogue between works by two artists from different generations, in an interaction between historical impact and experimentation. 
Curated by:
Jarrett Gregory, Associate Curator of Contemporary Art, LACMA, Los Angeles
Pavel Pyś, Visual Arts Curator at Walker Art Center, Minneapolis 
 
Emergent
A section for young galleries with no more than five years of experience at the moment of registration (October 2015), whose programming focuses on the latest generations.
Curated by:
Nikola Dietrich, Independent Curator, Berlin
 
Object
Section on galleries active in the promotion of experimental design, decorative arts and limited editions, whose activities are the result of close collaboration with designers.

Curated by:
Domitilla Dardi, Design Curator, MAXXI Architettura, Roma

Miartalks

Realized in collaboration with production company In Between Art Film, the miartalks 2016 function as a cross-disciplinary forum that brings together leading international artists, curators, filmmakers, directors of institutions, writers and others engaged with the visual and performing arts to consider how time based practices are re-defining the boundaries of contemporary art.

Curated by
Ben Borthwick, Artistic Director, Plymouth Arts Centre, Plymouth
 
Exhibition in Town

PALAZZO REALE
Il Simbolismo. Arte in Europa dalla Belle Époque alla Grande Guerra
February 3 – June 5 2016
Curated by Michel  Draguet, Fernando Mazzocca, Claudia Zevi
The exhibition compares around 150 works among paintings, sculptures and works of decorative art, coming from both the most important Italian and European museums and private collections. The projects aims to evoke the ideal ambition of Simbolism to create a total work of art.
 
Umberto Boccioni (1882-1916). Genio e Memoria
March 23 - July 10 2016
Curated by Francesca Rossi e Agostino Contò
On the centenary of the death of Umberto Boccioni Milan celebrates the artist with an exhibition, the outcome of an unprecedented collaboration between the Castello Sforzesco, the Museo del Novecento and Palazzo Reale. On display are over 250 works, with drawings, paintings, sculptures, engravings, period photographs, books, reviews and documents, an exceptional set of 60 drawings by Boccioni of the Castello Sforzesco, writings and unpublished documents recently rediscovered.
 
2050. Breve storia del futuro
March 23 – May 29 2016
Curated by Pierre-Yves Desaive e Jennifer Beauloye
The exhibition takes its name from the book with the same title by Jacques Attali, published in 2006, hypothesize the future of the world and our society. Previously presented at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium in Brussels, the group show relates to the issues discussed by Attali in eight stations and with about 50 works by international artists of contemporary art.
 
Studio Azzurro. Immagini sensibili
April 6 – September 4 2016
Curated by Studio Azzurro Produzioni
The first complete exhibition in Milan that showcases thirty-five years of artistic research by Studio Azzurro, through video environments, sensitive environments, and also photographic and video documentations.
 
PALAZZO DELLA RAGIONE
Herb Ritts. In equilibrio: Fotografie 1980-2002
February 20 - June 5 2016
Curated by Alessandra Mauro
The first remarkable Retrospective of Herb Ritts, creator of the most incisive, dreamlike, perfect images of the Hollywood star system. Herb Ritts brings back to life, through his black and white photographs, the ancient Greek sculptures, the Renaissance art, and the formal composition of the early 20th century photography.
 
MUDEC
JOAN MIRÓ: la forza della materia
March 25 – September 11 2016
Curated by Teresa Montaner
 
After Gauguin, an exhibition dedicated to Miró continues the MUDEC exhibition itinerary dedicated to artists influenced by the “primitivism” of extra-European cultures. With more than 100 artworks, the project focuses on the constant importance of matter in Miró’s art.
 
Italiani sull’Oceano. Storie di artisti nel Brasile moderno e indigeno alla metà del ‘900
March 25 – July 21 2016
A cura di Paolo Rusconi, Ana Magalhaes e staff scientifico del MUDEC
The exhibition takes into consideration the relationships between the Italian artistic culture and the Brazilian one along the XX century. The show analyses the presence of Italian artists and intellectuals, in dialogue with Mudec’s Amazonian collection.
+ Collezione permanente
 
PAC PADIGLIONE D’ARTE CONTEMPORANEA
mostra TBD
 
MUSEO DEL NOVECENTO
Yuri Ancarani "Bora"
April 7-10 2016
A cura di Ludovico Pratesi e Angela Tecce, nell'ambito dell'iniziativa Museo Chiama Artista di AMACI
 
Invito: Premio Acacia 2016
April 4-10 2016

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