press conference January 26th

miart – international fair of modern and contemporary art
7 – 10 april 2016
preview 7 april 2016
fieramilanocity, pavillion 3, gate 5
Milan
www.miart.it
miart 2016
CONTENTS
> press release
> list of galleries and sections
> miartalks
> prizes and acquisitions
> carnet de miart
> contemporary art week in Milan
> colophon
> partners:
. Artsy
. Fondazione Fiera Milano
. Herno
. Menabrea
. Moroso
. Open Care
. Rotary
. Ruinart
. Sky Arte HD
miart 2016
8 – 10 april 2016
preview 7 april 2016
fieramilanocity, pavilion 3, gate 5
Milan
154 INTERNATIONAL GALLERIES FROM 16 COUNTRIES, 60 CURATORS
INVOLVED IN THE SECTIONS OF THE FAIR AND THE JURIES, OVER 40
PERSONALITIES FROM AROUND THE WORLD FOR THE TALKS, A WEEK OF
ENCOUNTERS, OPENINGS, EXHIBITIONS AND EVENTS ALL OVER THE CITY,
INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE PAVILIONS OF THE MILAN FAIR.
ALL ON THEIR WAY FOR A MIARTWEEK THAT’S LIVELIER THAN EVERY
BEFORE.
Milan, 26 January 2016 – miart 2016 is on its way, with the 21st edition of the international fair
of modern and contemporary art of Milan, organized by Fiera Milano and directed by
Vincenzo de Bellis, with vice-director Alessandro Rabottini. This year the event offers many
new developments and increasingly prestigious collaborations.
THE GALLERIES
From 7 to 10 April the pavilions of fieramilanocity will welcome 154 international galleries,
once again representing the best of modern and contemporary art and limited-edition
design, from 16 countries (Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland,
Italy, Japan, Korea, Norway, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, United States, Uruguay). The
galleries have been chosen for the high quality of their exhibition projects, by a selection
committee, from over 350 applications.
Many important international galleries are returning after participating in previous years,
including Alfonso Artiaco (Naples), Gavin Brown's Enterprise (New York), C L E A R I N G (New
York - Brussels), Cardi (London - Milan), Sadie Coles HQ (London), Continua (San Gimignano Beijing - Les Moulins - Havana), Massimo De Carlo (Milan - London), Dépendance (Brussels),
kaufmann repetto (Milan - New York), Johann König (Berlin), Andrew Kreps (New York), Giò
Marconi (Milan), Massimo Minini (Brescia), Office Baroque (Brussels), Robilant+Voena (London
- Milan), Lia Rumma (Milan - Naples), Christian Stein (Milan - Pero), T293 (Naples - Rome),
Tega (Milan), Tornabuoni Arte (Florence – London - Milan - Paris), Michael Werner (New York London), Zero… (Milan). Among the many galleries participating for the first time, prestigious
international names stand out like Blain Southern (London), Campoli Presti (London - Paris),
Marc Foxx (Los Angeles), Greene Naftali (New York), Rodolphe Janssen (Brussels), Lelong
(Paris - New York), Mai 36 (Zürich), Anthony Reynolds (London), Esther Schipper (Berlin),
Galleria dello Scudo (Verona), Sperone Westwater (New York), Wilkinson (London).
The Object section on design this year features the participation of influential galleries, including
Luisa delle Piane (Milan), Erastudio Apartment-Gallery (Milan), Galleria O. Roma (Rome),
Machado-Muñoz (Madrid), Nilufar (Milan), Secondome (Rome), Antonella Villanova (Florence).
#miartgalleries
THE SECTIONS OF MIART
A new feature of this 21st edition is the Decades section, which with its nine galleries offers an
itinerary through the 20th century decade by decade. Decades outlines a narrative that
emphasizes the two spirits of miart – modern and contemporary – with particular emphasis on
high-quality historic art in a moment of great interest on the international market in the art of the
period after World War II, particularly in Italy.
Decades joins the four sections that have been parts of miart since 2013: Established, with
99 exhibitors – subdivided into the subsections Master, for galleries presenting historically
acclaimed artists, and Contemporary, for galleries specializing in contemporary work;
Emergent, on 16 international galleries concentrating on the research of the younger
generations, including 11 foreign galleries; THENnow, which features 8 pairs of galleries that
join forces to trigger dialogue between one historic artist and one from a more recent
generation; and, finally, Object, with a selection of 14 galleries active in the promotion of
contemporary design objects created in limited editions and approached as works of art.
#established #master #contemporary #firststep
#emergent
#THENnow
#decades
#object
MIART: AN EVENT IN THE INTERNATIONAL FOREGROUND
“Miart is a successful project, recognized on an international level, rapidly growing on the
worldwide art fair scene – says Corrado Peraboni, CEO of Fiera Milano. – The many
prestigious galleries taking part bear witness to the central role played by miart in the art world,
together with Milan. Thanks to the renewed collaboration with the City and the Department of
Culture, once again miart will provide an important center for cultural exchange. A vision –
Peraboni adds – firmly shared by the sponsors as well, the partners of miart and Fondazione
Fiera Milano, which this year offers even more support, doubling the contribution of the
“Giampiero Cantoni” acquisition fund from 50,000 to 100,000 euros.”
#miart2016
MILAN: ITALY’S NEW CULTURAL CAPITAL
“Milan confirms its role as one of the most important international hubs for appreciation of
creative thinking, and as an ideal city for the production of contemporary art, which finds fertile
ground here to develop future successes and breakthroughs, returning to its status as a hotbed
of the avant-garde – says the Alderman of Culture Filippo Del Corno. – The city
accompanies miart, a gathering place for the world of contemporary creativity, with a program of
events that widen the perspective on the main Milanese cultural initiatives, putting the spotlight
on exhibitions currently in progress, special openings and evening events.”
#theplacetobe
MIART AND MILAN
Miart 2016 renews and increases the close collaboration launched in the latest editions with the
realities operating in the city for the promotion and knowledge of art. Working with the City of
Milan, miart leads the way during contemporary art week, which includes a program of events,
openings and special visiting hours involving public institutions, foundations and private
galleries, starting on 5 April, throughout the period of the fair. Every day there are special visits
and openings, starting with the 21st Milan Triennale – “21st Century. Design After Design”
– which will be held in many public and private institutional spaces around the city. There will
also be openings at Palazzo Reale of the retrospective on Studio Azzurro and at
HangarBicocca for the solo show by Carsten Höller, the opening of the second exhibition at
Fondazione Carriero and of the new FM Center for Contemporary Art of Frigoriferi Milanesi,
special opening times for the city at Fondazione Prada, special visits to the exhibitions in
progress at Palazzo Reale – 2050 and the shows on Umberto Boccioni and Symbolism – the
exhibition of the winning artist of the Premio Acacia at Museo del Novecento, special hours
with guided visits at PAC, GAM, Palazzo della Ragione and MUDEC, and a thousand other
appointments the city is presently preparing, clearly reviving Milan’s role as a capital of
contemporary creativity and moving forward with the energy and vitality ignited in the city by
Expo 2015.
#miartweek
MIART 2016
“For four years, miart has followed a path towards extreme quality – says Vincenzo de Bellis,
Artistic Director of miart since 2013. – The basic ideas behind its new identity, which is a
reality by now, have always been dialogue between artists of different generations,
internationalism and the internationalization of Italian art, both modern and contemporary.
With the 2016 edition the positioning of miart as an event at the highest level among the cultural
offerings of Italy and Europe has been fully achieved. We are proud of the work we are doing,
and its quality is proven by the great cooperation with all the cultural partners of the city, public
and private, which in these years are making Milan great, and for which the week of miart
permits amplification of their impact, not only in the city but also with respect to an international
audience that arrives in ever greater numbers."
#miart2016
MIARTALKS
In continuity with the three previous editions, a new cycle of miartalks will accompany the three
days when the fair is open to the public. Produced in collaboration with In Between Art Film
– the production house for artists’ films and experimental video founded by Beatrice Bulgari –
and with coordination by Ben Borthwick, artistic director of the Plymouth Arts Centre (Plymouth,
UK), the new cycle of miartalks will be a platform of lectures, conversations and interviews
involving over 40 outstanding international personalities including curators, artists, directors
of museums and film festivals, collectors, filmmakers, choreographers and producers invited to
explore the ongoing dialogue between the world of the visual arts and those of
experimental cinema, music, video, theater and dance.
#miartalks
PRIZES AND ACQUISITIONS
The range of prizes and acquisition funds connected with miart continues to expand.
Alongside the Giampiero Cantoni Acquisition Fund of Fondazione Fiera Milano – which
doubles this year, from 50,000 to 100,000 euro for the acquisition of works of modern and
contemporary art that will contribute to form the collection of Fondazione Fiera Milano – there is
also the return of the Emergent Prize – for the best emerging gallery – the Premio Rotary
Club Milano Brera for contemporary art and young artists, and the Premio Herno, in
collaboration with Herno SpA, which for the second year will be assigned to the booth with the
best exhibition project.
#miartprizes
#fondocantoni
#premioemergent
#premiorotarybrera
#premioherno
VIP PROGRAM
The VIP program is more intense than ever, welcoming 200 international guests, including
collectors, sector professionals and museum directors, who can take part in a program of
special openings during the days of the fair, and take advantage of a series of visits to the most
interesting private collections in Milan and vicinity.
PARTNERS
The partnerships that have accompanied miart since 2013 continue, with the 3 Michelin-star
restaurant “Da Vittorio” and Ruinart Champagne for the VIP Lounge, the Westin Palace Milan
hotel for hospitality, and Moroso for the furnishings of the spaces of the fair. Miart 2016 will also
be the showcase for the new edition of the Menabrea Art Prize. This year also features
continuation of the partnership with Sky Arte HD, with which miart will create an original format
to be broadcast immediately prior to the fair.
MIART 2016: A NEW WEEK OF ART LIGHTS UP MILAN
miart 2016
preview and opening: 7 April 2016 (by invitation)
8 – 10 April 2016, 12.00 – 19.00
fieramilanocity
ingresso viale Scarampo, Milan
gate 5, pavilion 3
www.miart.it
www.carnetdemiart.it
Press office miart 2016:
Lara Facco: T +39 02 36565133 / M. +39 349 2529989 / press@larafacco.com
Press office Fiera Milano:
Rosy Mazzanti: T +39 0249977324 / rosy.mazzanti@fieramilano.it
Elena Brambilla: T +39 0249977939 / elena.brambilla@fieramilano.it
miart 2016
LIST OF GALLERIES
313 Art Project, Seoul | Acapella, Napoli | Amt_project, Bratislava | Apalazzogallery, Brescia | Alfonso
Artiaco, Napoli | Piero Atchugarry, Pueblo Garzón | Galerie Bernhard, Zürich | Maria Bernheim, Zürich |
Blain Southern, London | Blu, Milano | Boccanera, Trento | Thomas Brambilla, Bergamo | Brand New
Gallery, Milano | Gavin Brown's Enterprise, New York | C L E A R I N G, New York - Brussels | C+N
CANEPANERI, Milano - Genova - Courmayeur | Ca' di Fra', Milano | Camp Design Gallery, Milano | Campoli
Presti, London - Paris | Car Drde, Bologna | Cardelli & Fontana, Sarzana | Cardi, London - Milano | Marta
Cervera, Madrid | China Art Object, Los Angeles | Luciano Colantonio, Brescia | Sadie Coles HQ, London |
Contini, Venezia - Cortina d'Ampezzo | Continua, San Gimignano - Beijing - Les Moulins - Habana |
Cøpperfield, London | Raffaella Cortese, Milano | Cortesi Gallery, Lugano - London | Guido Costa Projects,
Torino | Riccardo Crespi, Milano | Studio Dabbeni, Lugano | Bianca D'Alessandro, Copenhagen | Monica De
Cardenas, Milano - Zuoz | Massimo De Carlo, Milano - London | de' Foscherari, Bologna | Luisa delle Piane,
Milano | Dep Art, Milano | Dépendance, Brussels | Tiziana Di Caro, Napoli | Dimore Studio, Milano |
Doppelganger, Bari | Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles | Ellis King, Dublin | Emalin, London | Erastudio ApartmentGallery, Milano | Ermes-Ermes, Roma | Exile, Berlin | Frediano Farsetti, Firenze | Erica Fiorentini, Roma |
Marie-Laure Fleisch, Roma | Marc Foxx, Los Angeles | Frittelli Arte Contemporanea, Firenze | Frutta, Roma
| Fumagalli, Milano | FuoriCampo, Siena | Galleria O. Roma, Roma | Giorgio Galotti, Torino | garcía galería,
Madrid | Gariboldi, Milano | Gillmeier Rech, Berlin | Armanda Gori, Prato | Greene Naftali, New York | Grieder
Contemporary, Zürich | Studio Guenzani, Milano | Hagiwara Projects, Tokyo | Honor Fraser Gallery, Los
Angeles | Il Ponte, Firenze | A Arte Invernizzi, Milano | Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels | kaufmann repetto,
Milano - New York | Kayne Griffin Corcoran, Los Angeles | Kinman, London | Johann König, Berlin | Andrew
Kreps, New York | Matteo Lampertico, Milano | Laveronica, Modica | Emanuel Layr, Wien | Lelong, Paris New York | Josh Lilley, London | Limoncello, London | Lorenzelli Arte, Milano | Massimo Lunardon, San
Giorgio di Perlena | Machado-Muñoz, Madrid | Magazzino, Roma | Galleria d'Arte Maggiore G.A.M., Bologna |
Mai 36, Zürich | Norma Mangione, Torino | Giò Marconi, Milano | Primo Marella, Milano | Martini & Ronchetti,
Genova | Mathew, Berlin - New York | Centro Matteucci, Viareggio | Mazzoleni, Torino - London | Massimo
Minini, Brescia | Francesca Minini, Milano | Montrasio Arte / Km0, Milano - Monza / Innsbuck | Nero, Arezzo |
Nicodim Gallery, Los Angeles - Bucharest | Nilufar, Milano | Noguerasblanchard, Madrid - Barcelona | Noire
Gallery, Torino | Office Baroque, Brussels | P420, Bologna | Francesco Pantaleone, Palermo | Poggiali e
Forconi, Firenze | Claudio Poleschi, Lucca | Prometeogallery, Milano | Raucci/Santamaria, Napoli - Milano |
Repetto Gallery, London | Anthony Reynolds, London | Michela Rizzo, Venezia | Robilant+Voena, London Milano | Room East, New York | Lia Rumma, Milano - Napoli | Richard Saltoun, London | Federica Schiavo
Gallery, Roma | Esther Schipper, Berlin | Galleria dello Scudo, Verona | Secondome, Roma | Spazia,
Bologna | SpazioA, Pistoia | Sperone Westwater, New York | Christian Stein, Milano - Pero | Subalterno 1,
Milano | T293, Napoli - Roma | Tega, Milano | The Gallery Apart, Roma | The Gallery, Brussels | The Goma,
Madrid | Tonelli, Milano | Tornabuoni Arte, Firenze – London – Milano - Paris | Steve Turner, Los Angeles |
Rita Urso, Milano | Veneklasen/Werner (VW), Berlin | VI, VII, Oslo | Antonella Villanova, Firenze | Studio
Giangaleazzo Visconti, Milano | Vistamare, Pescara | Michael Werner, New York - London | Wilkinson,
London | Z2O Sara Zanin Gallery, Roma | Zero…, Milano | Zieher Smith & Horton, New York
miart 2016
SECTIONS
established
99 galleries of modern and contemporary art, divided into two subsections: Contemporary and
Masters.
313 Art Project, Seoul | Amt_project, Bratislava | Apalazzogallery, Brescia | Alfonso Artiaco, Napoli |
Piero Atchugarry, Pueblo Garzón | Blu, Milano | Boccanera, Trento | Thomas Brambilla, Bergamo |
Brand New Gallery, Milano | C L E A R I N G, New York - Brussels | Ca' di Fra', Milano | Campoli Presti,
London - Paris | Cardelli & Fontana, Sarzana | Cardi Gallery, London - Milano | Marta Cervera, Madrid |
China Art Object, Los Angeles | Sadie Coles HQ, London | Contini, Venezia - Cortina d'Ampezzo Mestre | Continua, San Gimignano - Beijing - Les Moulins - Habana | Raffaella Cortese, Milano | Cortesi
Gallery, Lugano - London | Guido Costa Projects, Torino | Riccardo Crespi, Milano | Studio Dabbeni,
Lugano | Monica De Cardenas, Milano - Zuoz | Massimo De Carlo, Milano - London | de' Foscherari,
Bologna | Dep Art, Milano | Dépendance, Brussels | Tiziana Di Caro, Napoli | Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles |
Exile, Berlin | Frediano Farsetti, Firenze | Erica Fiorentini, Roma | Marie-Laure Fleisch, Roma | Frittelli
Arte Contemporanea, Firenze | Frutta, Roma | Fumagalli, Milano | Giorgio Galotti, Torino | Gariboldi,
Milano | Greene Naftali Gallery, New York | Grieder Contemporary, Zürich | Honor Fraser, Los Angeles
| Il Ponte, Firenze | A Arte Invernizzi, Milano | Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels | kaufmann repetto, Milano
- New York | Kayne Griffin Corcoran, Los Angeles | Johann König, Berlin | Andrew Kreps, New York |
Matteo Lampertico, Milano | Emanuel Layr, Wien | Josh Lilley, London | Limoncello, London |
Lorenzelli Arte, Milano | Magazzino, Roma | Galleria d'Arte Maggiore G.A.M., Bologna | Mai 36, Zürich
| Norma Mangione, Torino | Giò Marconi, Milano | Primo Marella, Milano | Mathew, Berlin - New York |
Mazzoleni, Torino - London | Massimo Minini, Brescia | Francesca Minini, Milano | Montrasio Arte /
Km0, Milano - Monza / Innsbuck | Nicodim Gallery, Los Angeles - Bucharest | Noguerasblanchard,
Madrid - Barcelona | Noire Gallery, Torino | Office Baroque, Brussels | P420, Bologna | Francesco
Pantaleone, Palermo | Poggiali e Forconi, Firenze | Claudio Poleschi, Lucca | Prometeogallery,
Milano | Raucci/Santamaria, Napoli - Milano | Repetto Gallery, London | Anthony Reynolds, London |
Michela Rizzo, Venezia | Robilant+Voena, London - Milano | Lia Rumma, Milano - Napoli | Federica
Schiavo Gallery, Roma | Spazia, Bologna | SpazioA, Pistoia | T293, Napoli - Roma | Tega, Milano | The
Gallery Apart, Roma | The Goma, Madrid | Tonelli, Milano | Tornabuoni Arte, Firenze – London –
Milano - Paris | Steve Turner, Los Angeles | Rita Urso, Milano | Veneklasen/Werner (VW), Berlin | VI,
VII, Oslo | Studio Giangaleazzo Visconti, Milano | Vistamare, Pescara | Z2o Sara Zanin Gallery, Roma
| Zero…, Milano | Zieher Smith & Horton, New York
decades
Nine galleries for an itinerary crossing the 20th century, decade by decade.
Curated by Alberto Salvadori, Director of Museo Marino Marini, Firenze.
> Blain Southern, London
> Studio Guenzani, Milano
> Centro Matteucci, Viareggio
> Richard Saltoun, London
> Galleria dello Scudo, Verona
> Sperone Westwater, New York
> Christian Stein, Milano - Pero
> Michael Werner, New York - London
> Wilkinson, London
THENnow
Eight pairs of artists from different generations, face to face.
Curated by Jarrett Gregory, Associate Curator of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles County Museum
of Art and Pavel Pyś, Exhibitions and Displays Curator, Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
> GIOVANNI ANSELMO, Vistamare, Pescara – DANIEL STEEGMANN MANGRANÈ, Esther
Schipper, Berlin
> IRMA BLANK, P420, Bologna – MAAIKE SCHOOREL, Marc Foxx, Los Angeles
> GIUSEPPE CHIARI, Armanda Gori, Prato – LAWRENCE ABU HADMAN, Laveronica, Modica
> PIETRO CONSAGRA, Tega, Milano – LUCA MONTERASTELLI, Lia Rumma, Milano - Napoli
> FLORENCE HENRI, Martini & Ronchetti, Genova – HARIS EPAMINONDA, Massimo Minini,
Brescia
> JIŘĺ KOLÁŘ, Lelong, Paris - New York – IBRAHIM MAHAMA, Apalazzogallery, Brescia
> GASTONE NOVELLI, Galleria dello Scudo, Verona – NICK MAUSS, Campoli Presti, London Paris
> RIRKRIT TIRAVANIJA, Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, New York – KORAKRIT ARUNANONDCHAI,
C L E A R I N G, New York - Brussels
emergent
Sixteen young galleries selected by Nikola Dietrich, Independent Curator, Berlin
Acapella, Napoli | Galerie Bernhard, Zürich | Maria Bernheim, Zürich | Car Drde, Bologna |
Cøpperfield, London | Bianca D'Alessandro, Copenhagen | Doppelganger, Bari | Ellis King,
Dublin | Emalin, London | Ermes-Ermes, Roma | FuoriCampo, Siena | garcía galería, Madrid |
Gillmeier Rech, Berlin | Hagiwara Projects, Tokyo | Kinman, London | Room East, New York
object
Fourteen galleries specializing in limited-edition modern and contemporary design.
Curated by Domitilla Dardi, Curator for Design, MAXXI Architecture – National Museum of the Arts
of the XXI century, Roma
Camp Design Gallery, Milano | Luciano Colantonio, Brescia | Luisa delle Piane, Milano | Dimore
Studio, Milano | Erastudio Apartment-Gallery, Milano | Massimo Lunardon, San Giorgio di
Perlena | Machado-Muñoz, Madrid | Nero, Arezzo | Nilufar, Milano | O. Roma, Roma |
Secondome, Roma | Subalterno 1, Milano | The Gallery, Brussels | Antonella Villanova, Firenze
miart 2016
MIARTALKS
8 – 10 April 2016
In collaboration with the production house In Between Art Film, the miartalks 2016 bring together
over 40 international artists, curators, filmmakers, directors of institutions, writers and
professionals active in the field of the visual and performing arts, to discuss how time-based
artistic practices are redefining the boundaries of contemporary art. The miartalks 2016 are a crossdisciplinary forum to explore the constantly moving dialogue between the worlds of art, film,
music, theater and performance.
“The collaboration of miart with In Between Art Film – says Vincenzo de Bellis, Director of miart
2016 – enriches the miartalks program with new content of very high quality, after the last three
editions involving over 150 international personalities during the fair, which have helped to make
miart a leading worldwide event. This year the idea of transforming the miartalks into a thematic
platform that approaches the disciplinary interactions between the various languages of the arts is
the result of intense dialogue between Beatrice Bulgari and Alessandro Rabottini, Vice-Director of
the fair, demonstrating that the interest and importance of an appointment like miart lie in its ability to
work with outstanding counterparts on original, ambitious projects with a high potential for cultural
innovation.”
“I have approached this new collaboration with miart for the fourth edition of the miartalks with great
enthusiasm – says Beatrice Bulgari, founder of In Between Art Film – as an increasingly innovativ
event that makes dialogue and artistic research its strong points, sharing with In Between Art Film
the mission of exploring the intriguing and increasingly blurred boundaries between the arts. For
some time now artists have been challenging disciplinary barriers, rejecting categories, influencing
each other and giving rise to new hybrids. This is why it is urgent to reflect on these themes today: it
is in this perspective, in this intersection between performance, installation, photography, cinema,
theater, dance, music, design and technology, that I see the future lines of contemporary art
emerging. The miartalks, thanks to the participation of outstanding personalities of the worldwide art
scene – curators, artists, collectors and producers – offer a unique opportunity to trigger constructive
dialogue on the new horizons and new forms of the contemporary.”
Coordinated by:
> Ben Borthwick, artistic director of Plymouth Arts Centre (Plymouth, UK)
Participants:
Yuri Ancarani, artist and filmmaker, Milano | Umberto Angelini, Artistic Director Uovo performing
arts festival, Milano and CEO and Artistic Director Fondazione Teatro Grande, Brescia | Knut
Åsdam, artist, Oslo | Andrea Bellini, Director Centre d’Art Contemporaine, Geneva | Frédérique
Bergholtz, Director If I Can’t Dance, I Don’t Want To Be Part Of Your Revolution, Amsterdam |
Martin Bethenod, CEO and Director Palazzo Grassi - Punta della Dogana, Venezia | Leonardo
Bigazzi, Curator Museo Marino Marini and Special Projects Curator for Lo Schermo dell’Arte Film
Festival, Firenze | Philip Bither, William & Nadine McGuire Director and Senior Performing Arts
Curator at Walker Art Center, Minneapolis | Francesco Bonami, curator, Milano | Maria Bonsanti,
Artistic Director Cinéma du Réel, Paris | Ben Borthwick, coordinator of miartalks 2016 | Beatrice
Bulgari, founder of In Between Art Film | Barbara Casavecchia, writer, independent curator and
contributing editor for frieze, Milano | Laura Cherubini, Professor of Contemporary Art History,
Accademia di Brera, Milano and Vice-President Museo MADRE, Napoli | Stuart Comer, Chief
Curator Media and Performance Art, MoMA Museum of Modern Art, New York | Benjamin Cook,
Director LUX, London | Jacqui Davis, producer, London | Vincenzo de Bellis, Artistic Director miart
2016 | Gianluca and Massimiliano De Serio, artists and filmmakers, Torino | Chris Dercon,
Director Tate Modern, London | Florence Derieux, Curator of American Art, Centre Pompidou
Foundation and Curator-at-Large Musée national d’art moderne – Centre Pompidou, Paris | Tim
Etchells, artist and performer, London and Sheffield | Eva Fabbris, independent curator, Milano |
Helena Fernandino, collector, Madrid | Franck Gautherot, Co-Director and Curator of Le
Consortium, Dijon | Natasha Ginwala, Curator Contour Biennale 8, Mechelen and Curatorial Advisor
documenta 14, Kassel / Athens | Hendrik Folkerts, Curator documenta 14, Kassel/ Athens |
Yervant Gianikian and Angela Ricci Lucchi, artists and filmmakers, Milano | Vincent Honoré,
Chief Curator at DRAF (David Roberts Art Foundation), London | Omar Kholeif, Manilow Senior
Curator Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago | Christian Marinotti, Publisher and Professor of
Contemporary Art History at the School of Architecture of Politecnico di Milano, creator of the Premio
Rotary | Masbedo (Nicolò Massazza and Iacopo Bedogni), artists, Milano | Philippe-Alain
Michaud, Curator Department of Film and Cinema, Musée national d’art moderne – Centre
Pompidou, Paris | Aram Moshayedi, Curator Hammer Museum, Los Angeles | Emilio Pi, collector,
Madrid | Hans Ulrich Obrist, Co-Director for Exhibitions and Programs and Director of International
Projects at Serpentine Gallery, London | Cristiana Perrella, curator and Professore of
Phenomenology of Contemporary Art at IED, Roma | Alessandro Rabottini, Vice-Director miart
2016 | Anri Sala, artist, Berlin | Nicola Sani, composer and CEO Teatro Comunale, Bologna |
Virgilio Sieni, dancer, choreographer, Director for Dance at Biennale di Venezia | Fatoş Üstek,
independent curator and writer, London | Monique Veaute, President Romaeuropa Fondazione Arte
e Cultura and member of the Board of Directors of MAXXI – National Museum of the Arts of the XXI
Century, Roma | Elena Volpato, Curator GAM – Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea,
Torino
miart 2016
PRIZES AND ACQUISITIONS
“Giampiero Cantoni” Acquisition Fund of Fondazione Fiera Milano
Acquisition fund for works of modern and contemporary art to form the collection of Fondazione Fiera
Milano. This year the fund doubles in size: from 50,000 € set aside in the past, Fondazione Fiera
Milano has increased the annual fund to 100,000 € with which to acquire works exhibited at miart.
Jury:
> Benito Benedini, President, Fondazione Fiera Milano
> Bettina Della Casa, Curator Museo della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano
> Douglas Fogle, independent curator and critic, Los Angeles, co-founder of the curatorial office
STUDIO LBV
> Martin Germann, Senior Curator at S.M.A.K., Ghent
Emergent Prize
The Emergent Prize, with a value of 4000 €, is assigned to the gallery in the Emergent section that is
most effective in the promotion of young artists.
Jury:
> Luis Silva, Co-Director Kunsthalle, Lisbon
> Polly Staple, Director Chisenhale Gallery, London
> Mirjam Varadinis, Curator at Kunsthaus, Zurich
Premio Rotary Club Milano Brera per l’Arte
The 8th edition of the prize involves the acquisition of a work by a young artist that will then be
donated to the upcoming MAC, Museum of Contemporary Art of Milan.
Jury:
> Laura Cherubini, Professor of Contemporary Art History, Accademia di Brera, Milano and VicePresident MADRE, Naples
> Christian Marinotti, publisher, collector, Former President Rotary Club Milano Brera, Milano and
founder of the prize
> Cristiana Perrella, curator and Professor of Phenomenology of Contemporary Art, IED, Roma
Premio Herno
Now at its second edition, Premio Herno – with a value of 10,000 € - will be assigned to the booth
with the best exhibition project, conceived, installed and curated in all its details like an exhibition and
capable of combining high levels of research, quality and efficacy of exhibit design.
Jury:
> Lionel Bovier, Director starting in 2016 of MAMCO, Musée d’art moderne et contemporain, Geneva
> Anna Colin, Associate Curator at Fondation Galeries Lafayette in Paris, and Co-Director of Open
School East, London
> Annie Fletcher, Curator of Exhibitions at Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
> Jens Hoffmann, Vice-Director and Head of Exhibitions and Public Programs at the Jewish
Museum, New York
miart 2016
CARNET DE MIART
Edited by Nicola Ricciardi
After the positive experience of the last edition, miart again presents, for 2016, Carnet de miart, the
official online magazine of the fair that previews the themes of the event during the months prior to
the opening.
The object of Carnet de miart is to offer a space for debate and discussion around themes like
production, conservation and circulation of art, with a particular focus on the context of the fair and its
main protagonists.
This year the magazine has an updated design and has been organized to more directly address
what will happen inside fieramilanocity from 7 to 10 April 2016. The content of the digital publication
is closely linked to that of the fair, and each issue will take a specific section of miart as its starting
point.
There will also be more coverage of the city of Milan and its cultural offerings, and the new video
channel “Windows of miart” will offer a glimpse behind the scenes of the advertising campaign
(created by Mousse), while at the same time providing video interviews with artists, curators,
collectors and cultural critics.
All the contents are divided into five sections:
> “editors' desk”, a column produced by the editorial staff of Carnet de miart, presenting a different
section of the fair in each issue;
> “in conversation”, a contribution (editorial, critical text, visual essay) conceived and prepared by
the curator of the section covered in that issue;
> “about town”, a column on Milan with in-depth coverage, reviews and previews of the exhibitions
and the most remarkable art spaces and cultural centers of the city;
> “windows of miart”, a new video channel for teasers, backstage footage and interviews with the
protagonists inside and outside the fair;
> “miart wallpapers”, a series of images based on the 2016 campaign of miart, specially redesigned
by Mousse for the readers of Carnet de miart. All the images can be downloaded and used as
desktop wallpaper.
Carnet de miart has been produced thanks to Studiolabo, a Milanese company with over ten years of
experience in the development of solutions for consulting, design and graphic implementation in the
fields of design and communication.
miart 2016
CONTEMPORARY ART WEEK IN MILAN
A program of events, openings and special hours, more varied than ever before, in museums and
public and private institutions around Milan, to accompany the 21st edition of miart, gathering the
leading players in the city under the coordination of the municipality. A true contemporary art week,
which from Tuesday the 5th to Sunday the 10th of April will offer a succession of not-to-bemissed appointments for sector professionals and the entire audience that will gather in Milan for the
fair.
> TUESDAY 5 APRIL
Palazzo Reale | Piazza Duomo, 12
opening h.19:00
Studio Azzurro
Immagini sensibili
curated by Studio Azzurro Produzioni
An exhibition of 35 years of work of Studio Azzurro, renowned on a national and international level for its
focus on the dialogue between the viewer and the space, in a long path of artistic research stimulated by
new technologies. New renditions of the most famous installations that put the viewer at the center, and a
new installation dedicated to the city of Milan.
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> WEDNESDAY 6 APRIL
Pirelli HangarBicocca | via Privata Chiese, 2
opening h. 19:00
Carsten Höller
Doubt
curated by Vicente Todolí
Doubt presents a fine selection of historic works and new creations that alter the physical and
psychological sensations of viewers and challenge their certainties about the world around them.
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> THURSDAY 7 APRIL
miart 2016
fieramilanocity | viale Scarampo, gate 5 - pad. 3
VIP preview h. 12:00
opening by invitation h. 18:00
miart 2016 presents over 150 international galleries of modern and contemporary art and limited-edition
design.
MUDEC, Museo delle Culture | via Tortona, 56
Special discount and guided tours from 19:30 to 22:30 for the exhibition
JOAN MIRÓ
La forza della materia
curated by Teresa Montaner
After Gauguin, MUDEC continues its program on artists who have investigated the primitivism of extraEuropean Cultures, with an exhibition on Miró. With over 100 works, the exhibition itinerary focuses on the
importance of the use of materials in the artist’s work.
Free opening and free guided visits to the permanent collection and the exhibition “Italians on the
Ocean. Stories of artists in modern and native Brazil in the mid-1900s” curated by Paolo Rusconi with
Elisa Camesasca, Ana Magalhães, Viviana Pozzoli, Marco Rinaldi in collaboration with the staff of
MUDEC.
Through the works and documents of Pietro Maria Bardi, Lina Bo Bardi, Margherita Sarfatti, Gastone
Novelli and Roberto Sambonet, the exhibition explores knowledge of the relations between Italian and
Brazilian artistic culture across the 20th century, in dialogue with the Amazon collection of MUDEC
donated by the physician and traveler Aldo Lo Curto.
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FRIDAY 8 APRIL
Fondazione Prada | Largo Isarco, 2
Special free opening hours 19:00 to 24:00
Goshka Macuga
To the Son of Man who Ate the Scroll.
curated by Goshka Macuga
The exhibition is the culmination of a long research project aimed at formulating a method of categorization
of materials and information around fundamental questions like time, origin, the end, collapse and rebirth.
L’image volée
curated by Thomas Demand
Fondazione Prada
Largo Isarco, 2
L’image volée is a group show presenting over 80 works from 1820 to the present by 45 artists, developed
around the idea that everything is based on what has been done in the past: the show investigates the
ways with which artists have always created their own work starting with existing imagery.
Special opening of galleries from 18:00 to 21:00
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SATURDAY 9 APRIL
Palazzo Reale | Piazza Duomo, 12
Special discount and free guided visits to the exhibitions from 19:30 to 22:30
Umberto Boccioni (1882-1916)
Genio e memoria
curated by Francesca Rossi and Agostino Contò
For the centennial of the death of Umberto Boccioni (1882-1916), Milan pays homage to the artist with an
exhibition based on collaboration between Castello Sforzesco, Museo del Novecento and Palazzo Reale.
Over 250 works, including drawings, paintings, sculptures, etchings, period photographs, books,
magazines and documents, with an exceptional body of 60 drawings by Boccioni of Castello Sforzesco,
together with recently rediscovered writings and documents. /
Symbolism. Art in Europe from the Belle Époque to the Great War
curated by Michel Draguet, Fernando Mazzocca, Claudia Zevi
The exhibition gathers about 150 works, including paintings, sculptures and exceptional decorative art
objects from important Italian and European museums and private collections, illustrating the ideal
aspiration of Symbolism to achieve a unified effect to create a total art.
Studio Azzurro. Immagini sensibili
curated by Studio Azzurro Produzioni
An exhibition of 35 years of work of Studio Azzurro, renowned on a national and international level for its
focus on the dialogue between the viewer and the space, in a long path of artistic research stimulated by
new technologies. New renditions of the most famous installations that put the viewer at the center, and a
new installation dedicated to the city of Milan.
2050. A Brief History of the Future
curated by Pierre-Yves Desaive and Jennifer Beauloye
The exhibition takes its name from the book by Jacques Attali, published in 2006, in which the author
hypothesizes the future of the world and our society. Previously presented at the Musées Royaux des
Beaux-Arts de Belgique in Brussels, the group show retraces the themes illustrated in Attali’s essay in
eight sections, through about 50 works by international contemporary artists.
Museo del Novecento | via Marconi, 1
Special free opening hours and free guided visits to the exhibitions and the collections, from 19:30
to
22:30
Premio ACACIA 2016
curated by Gemma De Angelis Testa
The Association ACACIA, which recently donated its collection to the Museo del Novecento, assigns this
prestigious prize on an annual basis, and is now at the 13th edition. The work of the winning artist, usually
shown in the context of the Invito exhibition, will be displayed this year in the space of the Museum.
Yuri Ancarani
Bora
curated by Ludovico Pratesi and Angela Tecce
Museo del Novecento presents Bora by Yuri Ancarani, the work produced by AMACI and Mibact for the
third edition of the “Museo chiama artista” project, focusing on new works by contemporary artists.
Ancarani has made a video-sculpture, in progress since
2011, based on dialogue and interaction between sculpture, moving images and sound.
Palazzo della Ragione | Piazza dei Mercanti
Special discount and free guided visits to the exhibition from 19:30 to 22:30
Herb Ritts
In equilibrio: Fotografie 1980-2002
curated by Alessandra Mauro
The first large retrospective in Milan of the work of Herb Ritts, creator of the most incisive, dreamy and
perfect images of the Hollywood star system, whose portraits have fueled the myths of personalities like
Madonna, Michael Jackson or Richard Gere. His black and white shots reference the statues of classical
Greece, Renaissance art and the formal composition of the photography of the early 20th century.
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SUNDAY 10 APRIL
GAM, Galleria d’Arte Moderna | Villa Reale, via Palestro, 16
Special discount and free guided visits to the exhibition and the collections from 19:30 to 22:30
[detailed program to be announced]
PAC Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea | via Palestro, 14
Special discount and free guided visits to the exhibition and the collections from 19:30 to 22:30
[detailed program to be announced]
miart 2016
TEAM
President Fiera Milano
Roberto Rettani
CEO Fiera Milano
Corrado Peraboni
Exhibition Manager
Emanuela Forlin
Artistic Director miart
Vincenzo de Bellis
Vice-Director
Alessandro Rabottini,
Curator of Decades
Alberto Salvadori, Direttore, Museo Marino Marini, Firenze
Curators of THENnow
Jarrett Gregory, Curatrice sezione Arte Contemporanea, LACMA, Los Angeles
Pavel Pyś, Curatore sezione Arti Visive, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
Curator of Emergent
Nikola Dietrich, Curatrice Indipendente, Berlin
Curator of Object
Domitilla Dardi, Design Curator, MAXXI Architettura, Roma
Coordinator of miartalks
Ben Borthwick, Direttore Artistico, Plymouth Arts Centre, Plymouth
Selection Committee
Olivier Babin, CLEARING, New York - Brussels
Michele Casamonti, Tornabuoni Art, Paris
Mario Cristiani, Galleria Continua, San Gimignano - Beijing - Les Moulins – Habana
Francesca Kaufmann, kaufmannrepetto, Milano
Laura Lord, Sadie Coles HQ, London
Giò Marconi, Galleria Giò Marconi, Milano
Paolo Zani, ZERO…, Milano
VIP Relations manager
Damiana Leoni
VIP Relations consultant Italiy
Lorena Cremonesi
Press Office of miart
Lara Facco
Press Office of Fiera Milano
Rosy Mazzanti
Editor Carnet de miart
Nicola Ricciardi, Curatore indipendente, Milano
Visual Communication and Design
Mousse
Exhibit Design
Martino Berghinz Studio
Organizational Secretary
Elisa Panico Cristofoli
miart 2016
PARTNER E SPONSOR
With the support of
City of Milan
Lombardy Region
Sponsor
Herno
Ruinart
Birra Menabrea
Moroso
The Westin Palace
In partnership with
SKY ARTE HD
Media Partners
La Repubblica
AD
Vogue
L’Uomo Vogue
Online Exclusively at Artsy.net
Artsy
“Giampiero Cantoni” Acquisition Fund supported by
Fondazione Fiera Milano
Premio Rotary
Rotary Club Milano Brera per l’arte