Carrara bids to be Italian Capital of Contemporary Art

The city of Carrara is applying to be the Italian capital of contemporary art. The path of the city of marble has begun for the city to present its candidacy as the Italian capital of contemporary art: after nearby Pietrasanta announced its intention to apply in April (the Italian capital of contemporary art was, however, still an as-yet unrealized idea), Carrara, as far as is known, is the first city to take the first step toward the new recognition established by the 2024 budget law.

As is already the case for the “Capital of Culture” and the “Capital of the Book,” the Ministry of Culture is expected to award the title each year to an Italian city, which will thus also receive funds for interventions in the creation and redevelopment of areas and spaces for contemporary art. The Municipality of Carrara has let it be known that it has entrusted the Fitzcarraldo Foundation of Turin with the task of accompanying the entity along the path that will lead to the drafting of the dossier that will make the candidacy official.

“We believe,” emphasizes Culture Councillor Gea Dazzi, “that this candidacy can be a great opportunity to systematize the many excellences not only of Carrara, but of the whole territory in which we are located. Carrara as a Unesco creative city, Carrara with its marble, Carrara with its workshops, its artists and its artisans has always been a great diffuse hub of art and artistic experimentation. In the workshops, studios and ateliers that wind from the mountains to the sea for centuries, creativity has taken shape, and the stone of our mountains fascinates generations of artists today as it did in the past with Michelangelo, Bernini or Canova. Our will is to continue to work to systematize more and more this which is a strongly identifying trait for Carrara, but which also involves many other neighboring realities and which contributes to the fact that this whole area is recognized in every corner of the world as a land of art and artists.”

Image: Carrara, Alberica Square. Photo: Alessandro Pasquali / Danae Project

Carrara bids to be Italian Capital of Contemporary Art

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