Spoleto Art Festival: tenth edition of art, music and literature event arrives

From September 28 to October 1, 2018 comes the 10th edition of Spoleto Art Festival, an event of contemporary art, music and literature. During the four-day event, Spoleto will be enriched by 84 exhibition spaces, 150 events and performances and more than 30 free music concerts. The event is inspired by the Festival of Two Worlds that Giancarlo Menotti conceived in 1958, as event president Luca Filipponi explains, “Spoleto confirms itself as a citadel of art as in Giancarlo Menotti’s ideal project.”

“Ten editions, plus a preview,” Filipponi stresses, drawing a balance. “Spoleto Art Festival continues its growth so much so that today it is one of the international appointments in the world of contemporary art and not only the most followed and appreciated by academies, foundations, art institutions especially American and Chinese. The peculiarity of the festival is experimentation. Novelty and experimentation. This differentiates our kermesse from a review.”

Essentially, this year’s edition, titled "Art in the city 2018,“ aims to be a ”meeting art," or an opportunity for all players in contemporary art, from artists to gallerists to collectors, to meet.

“This year’s event,” Filipponi continues, “will also be an opportunity to reflect on the relationship between artist and market, a complex and sometimes controversial relationship. One of the secrets of the success of the Spoleto Art festival is due to the fact that this event puts artists at the center above all and does not use them for publicity.”

Among this edition’s guests will be Billy the Artist, a prominent New York designer who signed the manifesto. Angelo Sagnelli is the artistic director of the Spoleto Art Festival award for the Literature category, which will take place on Sept. 29 at 4 p.m. at Palazzo Mauri. You can visit the official website of Spoleto Art Festival by clicking here.

Spoleto Art Festival: tenth edition of art, music and literature event arrives

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