Events Agenda at the Fair
Welcome to the Events Agenda at the Fair.
Discover the rich program of scheduled appointments: book talks, performances and awards. You can search for events by DAY, LOCATION and EVENT TYPE.
Thursday 06 february
Piazza Costituzione
Opus Novum #5: Alberto Garutti
Arte Fiera completes its homage to one of the most important Italian artists of the past 50 years.
from 16:00 to 16:45 Esprit Nouveau Pavillion
Adelaide Cioni, Five Geometric Songs
The performance will take place in Padiglione de l’Esprit Nouveau in Piazza della Costituzione 11, at the following times:
Thursday 6 February at 4, 5, 6 PM
Friday 7 February at 11 AM and 12 N
Saturday 8 and Sunday 9 February at 11 AM, 12 N, 1 PM
Each performance lasts about 45 minutes and entrance is free of charge and without reservation, including on 6 February. To access the performance, it is not necessary to have purchased a ticket for Arte Fiera.
Visitors may enter and leave even during the performance.
from 17:00 to 17:45 Esprit Nouveau Pavillion
Adelaide Cioni, Five Geometric Songs
At Arte Fiera 2025, Cioni presents a performance in which abstract geometric motifs become the visualization of rhythm in space by means of five costumes designed by the artist and worn by five dancers.
Curated by Bruna Roccasalva. Music by Dom Bouffard.
Entrance is free of charge and without reservation until full capacity is reached. To access the performance, it is not necessary to have purchased a ticket for Arte Fiera. Visitors may enter and leave even during the performance.
from 18:00 to 18:45 Esprit Nouveau Pavillion
Adelaide Cioni, Five Geometric Songs
At Arte Fiera 2025, Cioni presents a performance in which abstract geometric motifs become the visualization of rhythm in space by means of five costumes designed by the artist and worn by five dancers.
Curated by Bruna Roccasalva. Music by Dom Bouffard.
Entrance is free of charge and without reservation until full capacity is reached. To access the performance, it is not necessary to have purchased a ticket for Arte Fiera. Visitors may enter and leave even during the performance.
Friday 07 february
Piazza Costituzione
Opus Novum #5: Alberto Garutti
Arte Fiera completes its homage to one of the most important Italian artists of the past 50 years.
from 11:00 to 11:45 Esprit Nouveau Pavillion
Adelaide Cioni, Five Geometric Songs
At Arte Fiera 2025, Cioni presents a performance in which abstract geometric motifs become the visualization of rhythm in space by means of five costumes designed by the artist and worn by five dancers.
Curated by Bruna Roccasalva. Music by Dom Bouffard.
Entrance is free of charge and without reservation until full capacity is reached. To access the performance, it is not necessary to have purchased a ticket for Arte Fiera. Visitors may enter and leave even during the performance.
from 11:00 to 19:00 Info Point
Opus Novum #7: Maurizio Nannucci
Opus Novum 2025 is dedicated to Maurizio Nannucci. For Arte Fiera, the artist has created a work in edition.
Part of Nannucci’s multiples will be distributed for free (while supplies last) at the Arte Fiera Info Point every day of the fair, from Friday to Sunday.
from 12:00 to 12:45 Esprit Nouveau Pavillion
Adelaide Cioni, Five Geometric Songs
At Arte Fiera 2025, Cioni presents a performance in which abstract geometric motifs become the visualization of rhythm in space by means of five costumes designed by the artist and worn by five dancers.
Curated by Bruna Roccasalva. Music by Dom Bouffard.
Entrance is free of charge and without reservation until full capacity is reached. To access the performance, it is not necessary to have purchased a ticket for Arte Fiera. Visitors may enter and leave even during the performance.
from 12:00 to 13:00 Centro Servizi - Area Book Talk
Together/Insieme. Exhibition 1 (Forum editrice, 2024)
Participants: Andrea Bruciati (Director of Villa Adriana and Villa d’Este Institute), Riccardo Caldura (Professor at Venice Academy of Fine Arts), Guido Comis (ERPAC Director of Catalog, Promotion, and Regional Development Service), Lorenzo Michelli (curator and conservator at the Luigi Spazzapan Regional Contemporary Art Gallery), and Vanja Struckelj (curator and art historian). Moderator: Nicolas Ballario (journalist).
from 13:00 to 14:00 Centro Servizi - Area Book Talk
Annapaola Negri-Clementi (curated by), Economia dell’Arte. Mercato, diritto e trasformazione digitale (Egea, 2023)
Participants: the author, Sabrina Bianchi (Director of Cultural Heritage, BPER Banca), Italo Carli (Head of ARTE Generali Italia), Bruno Paneghini (Chairman of Reti S.p.A. and the Ilenia and Bruno Paneghini Collection), and Chiara Paolino (Ph. D. Associate Professor of Organization Theory and HR Management, Academic Coordinator BA and MA in Arts Management at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore). Moderator: Riccarda Mandrini (Art Fairs Galleries and Art Collectors Representative).
from 14:00 to 15:00 Centro Servizi - Area Book Talk
Emilio Bordoli. Vita da collezionista (Allemandi, 2024) and X. Anna e Giorgio Fasol. Una vita da collezionisti (Dario Cimorelli Editore, 2024)
Participants: Emilio Bordoli (collector), Giacinto Di Pietrantonio (critic, curator, author and host of RadioLibrArte for www.radioarte.it), Anna and Giorgio Fasol (collectors), Maria Rosa Sossai (Scientific Director of Participative Projects Department of Civic Museum of Castelbuono, Palermo), and Nicola Zanella (Cultural Manager).
from 15:00 to 16:00 Centro Servizi - Area Book Talk
Carla Accardi (Quodilibet, 2024)
Participants: Paola Bonani (Junior curator and editor at Azienda Speciale Palaexpo) and Daniela Lancioni (Senior curator at Azienda Speciale Palaexpo).
from 16:00 to 18:00 Centro Servizi - Area Book Talk
Awards ceremony
Awarding of BPER Prize, Marval Acquisition Award, Officina Arte Ducati Award, Osvaldo Licini by Fainplast Award, Righi Collection Award, Rotary Award and The Collectors.Chain Prize by Art Defender
from 17:00 to 18:00 Centro Servizi - Area Book Talk
Marie de Brugerolle, Post-Performance Future. Method/e (T&P Publishing, 2023)
Participants: the author and Vincenzo Estremo (PhD Course Leader, NABA).
from 18:00 to 19:00 Centro Servizi - Area Book Talk
Elena Re, MULTIPLI. Un viaggio nell’arte italiana
Participants: the author and Enrica Acuto Jacobacci (Presidente and CEO Jacobacci & Partners).
Saturday 08 february
Piazza Costituzione
Opus Novum #5: Alberto Garutti
Arte Fiera completes its homage to one of the most important Italian artists of the past 50 years.
from 11:00 to 11:45 Esprit Nouveau Pavillion
Adelaide Cioni, Five Geometric Songs
At Arte Fiera 2025, Cioni presents a performance in which abstract geometric motifs become the visualization of rhythm in space by means of five costumes designed by the artist and worn by five dancers.
Curated by Bruna Roccasalva. Music by Dom Bouffard.
Entrance is free of charge and without reservation until full capacity is reached. To access the performance, it is not necessary to have purchased a ticket for Arte Fiera. Visitors may enter and leave even during the performance.
from 11:00 to 19:00 Info Point
Opus Novum #7: Maurizio Nannucci
Opus Novum 2025 is dedicated to Maurizio Nannucci. For Arte Fiera, the artist has created a work in edition.
Part of Nannucci’s multiples will be distributed for free (while supplies last) at the Arte Fiera Info Point every day of the fair, from Friday to Sunday.
from 12:00 to 12:45 Esprit Nouveau Pavillion
Adelaide Cioni, Five Geometric Songs
At Arte Fiera 2025, Cioni presents a performance in which abstract geometric motifs become the visualization of rhythm in space by means of five costumes designed by the artist and worn by five dancers.
Curated by Bruna Roccasalva. Music by Dom Bouffard.
Entrance is free of charge and without reservation until full capacity is reached. To access the performance, it is not necessary to have purchased a ticket for Arte Fiera. Visitors may enter and leave even during the performance.
from 12:00 to 13:00 Centro Servizi - Area Book Talk
Antonella Huber, Io, mostro. Conforme / difforme: misure di realtà nella pratica espositiva (Mimesis, 2024)
Participants: the author, Mario Lupano (historian and contemporary architecture critic) and Luca Lo Pinto (Artistic Director of MACRO).
from 13:00 to 13:45 Esprit Nouveau Pavillion
Adelaide Cioni, Five Geometric Songs
At Arte Fiera 2025, Cioni presents a performance in which abstract geometric motifs become the visualization of rhythm in space by means of five costumes designed by the artist and worn by five dancers.
Curated by Bruna Roccasalva. Music by Dom Bouffard.
Entrance is free of charge and without reservation until full capacity is reached. To access the performance, it is not necessary to have purchased a ticket for Arte Fiera. Visitors may enter and leave even during the performance.
from 13:00 to 14:00 Centro Servizi - Area Book Talk
Aldo Tanchis, Bruno Munari (Corraini, 2024)
Participants: the author and Lorenzo Balbi (Director of MAMbo - Museo d'Arte Moderna di Bologna).
from 14:00 to 15:00 Centro Servizi - Area Book Talk
David Reimondo (Silvana Editoriale, 2024)
Participants: the artist, Milovan Farronato (Independent curator and co-founder of Archivio Chiara Fumai, Milano – Bari), Francesca Interlenghi (Art critic and curator) and Federico Leoni (Professor at University of Verona).
from 15:00 to 16:00 Centro Servizi - Area Book Talk
les cerises: fare libri
Participants: Cecilia Canziani (curator and co-founder les cerises), Daniele Lupo (designer and co-founder les cerises), Marta Roberti (artist) and Martina Steckholtzer (artist).
from 16:00 to 17:00 Centro Servizi - Area Book Talk
AA.VV., Re-materialization of Language 1978 - 2022 (NERO, 2024) and AA.VV., Tomaso Binga. Euforia (Lenz press, 2023)
Participants: Eva Fabbris (Director of Regina di Napoli Foundation) and Cristiana Perrella (curator and art critic).
from 17:00 to 18:00 Centro Servizi - Area Book Talk
Piero Guccione. Nato per la pittura (Allemandi, 2024)
Participants: Guido Del Turco (journalist), Paola Guccione (Chairperson of the Piero Guccione Archive), Michele Gulinucci (Author and radio host), and Elena Pontiggia (Art critic and historian of Italian art, teacher of History of Contemporary Art at Accademia di Brera and at Politecnico di Milano, Chairperson of Kuratorium of VAF-Stiftung, Frankfurt).
from 18:00 to 19:00 Centro Servizi - Area Book Talk
Flavio Favelli, NUOVA MIXAGE (bruno and Var Group)
Participants: the artist, Giacomo Covacich (bruno), Davide Sarchioni (Curator VDA by Var Group), Roberto Pinto (teacher of History of Contemporary Art, University of Bologna), and Alessandro Tiezzi (Head of VDA by Var Group).
Sunday 09 february
Piazza Costituzione
Opus Novum #5: Alberto Garutti
Arte Fiera completes its homage to one of the most important Italian artists of the past 50 years.
from 11:00 to 11:45 Esprit Nouveau Pavillion
Adelaide Cioni, Five Geometric Songs
At Arte Fiera 2025, Cioni presents a performance in which abstract geometric motifs become the visualization of rhythm in space by means of five costumes designed by the artist and worn by five dancers.
Curated by Bruna Roccasalva. Music by Dom Bouffard.
Entrance is free of charge and without reservation until full capacity is reached. To access the performance, it is not necessary to have purchased a ticket for Arte Fiera. Visitors may enter and leave even during the performance.
from 11:00 to 19:00 Info Point
Opus Novum #7: Maurizio Nannucci
Opus Novum 2025 is dedicated to Maurizio Nannucci. For Arte Fiera, the artist has created a work in edition.
Part of Nannucci’s multiples will be distributed for free (while supplies last) at the Arte Fiera Info Point every day of the fair, from Friday to Sunday.
from 12:00 to 12:45 Esprit Nouveau Pavillion
Adelaide Cioni, Five Geometric Songs
At Arte Fiera 2025, Cioni presents a performance in which abstract geometric motifs become the visualization of rhythm in space by means of five costumes designed by the artist and worn by five dancers.
Curated by Bruna Roccasalva. Music by Dom Bouffard.
Entrance is free of charge and without reservation until full capacity is reached. To access the performance, it is not necessary to have purchased a ticket for Arte Fiera. Visitors may enter and leave even during the performance.
from 12:00 to 13:00 Centro Servizi - Area Book Talk
Andrea Fogli. 7 ATLANTI (Quodilibet, 2024)
Participants: the artist, Stefano Chiodi (curator of the book and art historian and critic, teacher at Università Roma Tre), and Lorand Hegyi (art historian and critic).
from 13:00 to 13:45 Esprit Nouveau Pavillion
Adelaide Cioni, Five Geometric Songs
At Arte Fiera 2025, Cioni presents a performance in which abstract geometric motifs become the visualization of rhythm in space by means of five costumes designed by the artist and worn by five dancers.
Curated by Bruna Roccasalva. Music by Dom Bouffard.
Entrance is free of charge and without reservation until full capacity is reached. To access the performance, it is not necessary to have purchased a ticket for Arte Fiera. Visitors may enter and leave even during the performance.
from 13:00 to 14:00 Centro Servizi - Area Book Talk
Ma sedendo e mirando. L'intruso (Vanillaedizioni, 2024)
Participants: Luca Bertolo (artist), Enrico Camprini (independent curator) and Alessandro Zechini (Premio Licini by Fainplast curator).
from 14:00 to 15:00 Centro Servizi - Area Book Talk
Lorenzo Balbi and Caterina Molteni (curated by), Facile Ironia. L'ironia nell'arte italiana tra XX e XXI secolo (Allemandi, 2025)
Participants: the curators of the book and Filippo Bisagni (exhibition designer).
from 15:00 to 16:00 Centro Servizi - Area Book Talk
Michele Guido, MUDFULNESS Terre a Dimora (Carta Bianca Editore, 2024) e Francesco Ardini, Nature Hasn’t Gone Anywhere (Carta Bianca Editore, 2024)
Participants: the artists, Elena Bordignon (editor, ATPdiary) and Matteo Zauli (Director of Carlo Zauli Museum).
from 16:00 to 17:00 Centro Servizi - Area Book Talk
Anni Novanta. Arti visive, moda e design (postmedia books, 2024) and Skank Bloc Bologna: Alternative Art Spaces since 1977 (Mousse, 2024)
Participants: Alessandra Acocella (Associate Professor, University of Parma), Roberto Pinto (teacher of History of Contemporary Art, University of Bologna), Valentina Rossi (art historian, curator and lecturer), and Francesco Spampinato (Full Professor of History of Contemporary Art and Coordinator of Master’s Degree in Visual Arts, Arts Department, University of Bologna).
from 17:00 to 18:00 Centro Servizi - Area Book Talk
Performance: Adelaide Cioni
The artist talks about her book On Patterns (Mousse, 2023) with Ilaria Puri Purini (Andrew Heiskell Arts Director at American Academy, Rome).
from 18:00 to 19:00 Centro Servizi - Area Book Talk
Sebastiano Impellizzeri. Tendono alla chiarezza le cose oscure (Progetto Parallelo, 2024)
Partecipants: Vincenzo Estremo (NABA PhD Course Leader), Silvia Griglio (President of Associazione Progetto Parallelo) e Simona Squadrito (Art critic, curator and teacher).