The 10 stands to see at Arte Fiera 2019 in Bologna

Today opens to the public the 43rd edition of Arte Fiera, the historic modern and contemporary art fair in Bologna, directed this year by Simone Menegoi. We have visited it and propose below the ten stands on which, in our opinion, it is worth dwelling: we have selected five for the part dedicated to the twentieth century, the historical focus of the fair, and five forcontemporary art, this year under the banner of a more refined research, which especially in the photography section finds the points of greatest interest. The result is a more elegant and lighter fair: just

1. Verolino Gallery
The Modenese gallery Antonio Verolino stands out because it brought exclusively textile works to the fair: the splendid tapestry by Max Ernst, La Ville Entière, the best work of the entire fair, stands out.

Max Ernst’s tapestry

2. Galleria de’ Foscherari
A booth that is also an exhibition, because this year Arte Fiera pays tribute to the historic Bolognese gallery that has been doing high-level research on contemporary art for more than fifty years: last year Pasquale Ribuffo, founder of the gallery together with Franco Bartoli, passed away, and at the fair the contribution that Galleria de’ Foscherari made to contemporary Italian art is remembered.

The tribute to Galleria de’ Foscherari

3. Galleria dello Scudo
Verona’s Galleria dello Scudo comes up with one of the most valuable stands of the entire forty-third edition of Arte Fiera, both in terms of content (this year’s focus on informal art: interesting works by artists such as Emilio Vedova, Afro, and Toti Scialoja) and form, since the Veneto gallery’s stand set-up is certainly one of the most carefully designed of the entire kermesse.

The booth of the Galleria dello Scudo

4. de’ Bonis Gallery
The Reggio Emilia-based gallery de’ Bonis, which presents itself as a Renato Guttuso specialist, offers the Arte Fiera audience an interesting in-depth look at just two artists, Guttuso (of course) and Mario Tozzi, in an elegant understated setting.

The booth of the de’ Bonis Gallery

5. La Spirale
The booth of Milan’s La Spirale gallery devotes an in-depth look at Giosetta Fioroni, tracing her career through the decades.

La Spirale Gallery’s booth

6. Mazzoleni
Mazzoleni also launches into photography this year and brings to Bologna the project La città radiosa, by photographer Massimo Vitali, who has portrayed the hectic life of Marseille in his shots.

Mazzoleni’s booth

7. Umberto Di Marino
Interesting is the research of the Neapolitan gallery Umberto Di Marino, which offers, among other works, Jota Castro’s Breaking Icons project and Vedovamazzei’s landscapes: the booth, by the way, is the one that welcomes visitors to the fair (it is at the beginning of the contemporary section).

Jota Castro’s Breaking Icons.

8. Prometeogallery
There are two artists worth a visit to the booth of the Milanese gallery Prometeogallery, two artists who propose research linked to tradition, two very young artists: Fabrizio Cotognini (thirty-six years old) and Iva Lulashi (thirty-one years old).

Prometeogallery’s booth with the works of Iva Lulashi

9. C+N Canepaneri
At the stand of the Milanese gallery, the Arte Fiera audience will find one of the most interesting contemporary proposals, the very young Danica Lundy, a Canadian artist working in New York, who has already made her debut in Italy as well. C+N Canepaneri brings to Bologna one of her impactful solo shows.

The stand of C+N Canepaneri

10. mc2gallery
The mc2gallery gallery brings three photographers, Vittoria Gerardi, Justine Tjallinks and Liu Xiaofang, to Bologna. Very special are the works of the young Dutch photographer who reinterprets the great Dutch art of the 17th century in a contemporary way.

One of Justine Tjallinks’ photographs.

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