summer+ preview september 2012

WHAT’S ON IN TURIN

Organised by Direzione Cultura e Educazione della città

ZOOM• Torino Young Cityfrom 7 June to 5 August, thereviewentirelydedicatedtothenewgenerations,proposesgreatmusica liveand

dj-set,theater,artandsport • AttheReggia di VenariaandinPalazzo RealeManicaNuovathedoubleexhibitionThe King’s paintings,until 9 September• TheexhibitionatthePalazzo MadamahighfloorFairy Tales and Magic. The Guidobonos painters of the baroque period,until 2

September • Thefirstone-manexhibition in ItalyoftheChineseartistFang Lijun,at theGAM, Galleria d’Arte Moderna, from 22 June to 30

September• AttheCastello di Rivoli, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea,Thomas Shütte. Frauen,until 23 September• Marisa Merz. Disegnare disegnare ridisegnare il pensiero immagine che cammina,personalexhibition,attheFondazione Merz

until 16 September• TwoexhibitionsattheFondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo until 5 August:Under the road, the beach; Greater Torino. Rä di

Martino and Laura Pugno• AttheMuseo Nazionale del Cinema Out of set. Photographs by Chiara Samugheo for the cinema,from 7 June to 23 September• ThehistoricalexhibitionBertone. A century of car designattheMuseo Nazionale dell’Automobile,from 29 June to 14 October

WHAT’S ON IN TURIN• Exhibitionsandevents

THEATRE AND CONCERTS• Thecalendar

SPORT• Themeetings

CONGRESSES AND EXHIBITIONS• Thecalendar

PREVIEW EPTEMBER• MITO Settembre Musica from 5 to 23 September, 6theditioncontemporaneouslyinTorinoandMilano• Portraitsfromamasterofdigitalart:Robert Wilson. Videoportraits,atPalazzo Madama, from 20 September to 6 January 2013• Prix Italia,forthefourthconsecutiveyearinTorino, from 16 to 21 September

For all events, please seewww.torinoplus.it and www. torinocultura.it

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TORINO YOUNG CITYAnopportunityforyoungpeopletoexperiencegreatevents,dividedintofourmajorthemes:• LIFEfeaturinginternationalmusicfestivalEuropa Cantat• CREATIVITYwithTORINOver12andPic Turinevents• TRAININGthatproposesreviewssuchasOver the limits• SPORTfeaturinggreatevents,andinparticularTorino Street Style andmanyotheropportunities tocelebrate (Molodiciotto, Manifattura Tabacchi e

Cortile di sera)www.torinoyoungcity.it

SOME KEY EVENTS IN THE PROGRAMME (othereventscanbefoundontheWHAT’SONINTURINpages).

Europa Cantat Main stage Piazza San Carlo, from 27 July to 5 AugustItaly will for the first time welcome Europa Cantat, the leading European choral festival that brings together singers, conductors, prestigious choirsand fansofsinging todiscover traditionsandcultures fromallover theworldthrough music. 4,000 people have already confirmed their attendance at thewholeevent,inadditiontoaconsiderablenumberofpeoplewhowilltakepartforashorterperiod.Theeventisstructuredtoensurethateverydayfollowsapreciseschedule.Themorningswillbededicated to training,allowingsingers(fromnovices through toexperts) tostudy important parts of the repertoirewithinternational maestrosinover 50 music workshops.Theafternoonswillseeconcerts and events in the city centregivenbyparticipatingchoirsandguestensembles.At8pmeveryevening,underthemainstageinPiazza San Carlo, therewillbeopen singing,wheremembersof thepubliccanperforminternationalsongs,conductedbyachoralmaestro.From9pmtop artists and guest choirswillperform in thecity’ssquaresandbest-knownconcerthalls,withthefinalinstalmentofthenight-time concertsat11pm.OrganisedbytheEuropa Cantat Torino 2012 Association.

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Teatro a corteFrom 6 to 22 July InTurinandinsixsplendidSavoy residences in Piedmont(includingthePalace of Venaria, theCastle of Rivoliand theCastle of Racconigi), internationallyfamedartistswillgiveperformancesoftheatre, nouveau cirque, dance, visual and puppet theatre, video shows, physical theatreandsite specific events.Thefestivalwillhost20 companiesrepresenting12 different nationalities(ninefromEurope,onefromIsraelandtwofromtheothersideoftheAtlantic-Braziland theUnitedStates),19 Italian premieresand5 site specific works.Thisisaprogrammewhich focusesprincipallyon two themes:seduction and thelanguage of modernity.ToteachustheartofseductionwehaveTim RushtonwithhisLove songs,crossingtheboundaryofjazzanddance,Peeping TomwithFor Rentwhichembodiesobsessive love,Billy CowiewithTango de Soledad which talksabout love that isnomore,DudapaivawithMalediction, inwhichagreenpuppet tries toseduce itspuppeteer,andfinally thewonderfulBarak MarshallwithMonger,achoralshowabouttheseductionofpower.ModernityisrepresentedbyLuca SilvestriniintheItalianpremiereofLOL. Lots of Love,dedicatedtohumanrelationshipsintheFacebookera,andbytheworkbyMe and the Machineonnewtechnology.Nouveaucirquewillcomefromfourgreatartists:Bourgeois, Circoncentrique, Moglia and Thomas,whilstItaliantheatrewillberepresentedbythenationalpremiereofUncle Vanya,directedbyEmiliano Bronzino and the two winning companies of the My Dream competition, La Ribalta TheatrewithThe Minotaur andCasarsa TeatrowithGeneral!! Or the action of a rifle,bothItalianpremieres.

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Molodiciotto Corso Moncalieri 18, until 20 SeptemberAtthesummervenueMolodiciotto,theAmici del Fiume’s Terrace by the Powill begivenanew leaseof life throughout the summerperiod thanks to theprogramme of initiatives and events put on by Musica 90, Glocal Sounds and CAP 10100: concerts, DJ sets, exhibitions, dance, video art, themed meetings, publishing opportunities and cultural events.

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Manifattura TabacchiA summer of exhibitions, cinema, theatre and musicEx Manifattura Tabacchi, Corso Regio Parco 142/a Until 22 JulyThe Manifattura Tabacchi will for two months be transformed from a partiallydisused factory into a place of culture and entertainment. There will be twoexhibitions:onededicatedtoHasan Elahi called The Orwell Project,andTerre Gaste. Cinque Fotografi Sulle Rive della Città (Wasteland. Five photographers on the Banks of the City), featuring Federico Botta, Fabrizio Esposito, Rosalia Filippetti, Gianni Fioccardi and Giulio Lapone. Aswellasthetwoexhibitions,theManifatturawillalsohostafullcalendarofevents(films, concerts, shows and readings)pitchedatdifferentgroupsofpeopleandaimingtobreathelifebackintoaplacethatwasoncethedrivingforcebehindthedistrict.

Cortile di sera… Di nuovo com’eraOratorio di San Filippo Arena San Filippo, from 1 to 29 JulyThisisthethirdoutingfortheseasonoftheatre, dance and music,offeringaplatformformany emerging artists and young talented performers.NewforthisyearisCortilissima,anexhibitionofworks using different materials from young visual artists,winnersofacompetition.

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The King’s paintingsUntil 9 SeptemberThisexhibition ismadeupof two displays: Prince Eugene’s Collections in theArt RoomsofthePalace of VenariaandTurin, Europe. The great artworks of the Savoy Gallery,exhibitedintheNew WingoftheRoyal Palace of Turin.

Reggia di Venaria, Sale delle ArtiOndisplayistheluxuriouscollectionwhichPrince Eugene Francis of Carignan, Duke of Savoy (1663-1736) assembled to decorate his splendid Viennese residences, theTownPalaceandtheBelvedere.ThevaluablepaintingsandartisticmasterpiecesareinterspersedwithstoriesaboutthePrince,whowasanintriguingandcharismaticfigurein18thcenturyEuropeanpolitics-agreatleaderoftheimperialarmy,butalsoarefinedartsenthusiast,agreatcollectorandaloverofbooks.Youcanadmire130 worksbyrenownedartists(fromGuido Renitovan Dyck,fromBruegheltocelebratedFlemishandDutchpainters),whichwillbeexhibitedhereuntilthenewSavoyGalleryintheNewWingoftheRoyalPalaceofTuriniscomplete.Theremarkableselectionofpaintingsismadeevenbetterbythechancetocompare the Prince’s collectionwithotherworksfromimportant collectionsnowheldbytheLouvreandtheDresden Gemäldegalerie,whichbelongedtootherimportantpeoplefromtheCourtofSavoy.

Palazzo Reale, Manica Nuova The exhibition in the New Wing of the Royal Palace is based around 95 artworks createdbetween the 14th and the 19th century.Bothsculpturesand,predominantly,paintings areondisplay, chosen from themore than1,200works thatmakeup theSavoycollection,andsubjectedtocarefulconservationwork.ThepaintingsforwhichSavoy is known all over the world are also present, from St. Francis Receiving the StigmatabyJan van EyckandAnnunciationbyOrazio GentileschitotheEquestrian portrait of Thomas Francis of Carignan, Duke of SavoybyAntony van Dyck.

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Fairy Tales and Magic. The Guidobonos painters of the baroque periodPalazzo Madama - Piano nobile, until 2 SeptemberThisexhibition,curatedbyMary Newcome Schleier, Giovanni Romano and Gelsomina Spione, is dedicated to the career of the brothers Bartolomeo and Domenico Guidobono,paintersoriginallyfromSavona,whobetween1708and1721weregiventhetaskofcoveringthevaultsoftheroyalapartmentofMarieJeanneBaptisteofSavoy-NemoursatPalazzoMadamainfrescoes.Thisisanopportunitytodiscovertwolittle-knownfiguresfromtheartisticsceneinTurinoftheera,twopainterswholefttheirbestworkontheceilings of Palazzo Madama,butwhoalsoproducedanenormousnumberofpaintings on canvas.TheGiudobonobrothersintroducedthelight and playful characteristics of the great Genoese Baroque ornamentation to Piedmont, choosing to depict mythological tales, biblical stories and sacred subjects, still life and magical scenes. Theexhibitionincludespaintings, drawings and engravings.Theworksarepresentedinchronological order,highlightingthespecificcharacteristicsofthetwopainters,theirinfluenceoneachotherandthevariousphasesoftheircollaboration.TheGuidobonos’worksarecomplementedbyexamplesofgreatGenoesesupportingartistsandotherartistswhowereinfluentialintheirtraining,withworksbyDomenico Piola, Gregorio De Ferrari and Daniel Seyter, whilst a small selection of ceramicsrecallstheworkcarriedoutbytheGuidobonofamilyinSavona.Theexhibitionisenhancedbyanumberofengravings by Rembrandt and Castiglioneandadisplayofdesigns and sketches by Piola and De FerrarifromtheDrawingsandPrintsRoomofPalazzo Rosso in Genoa.

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Fang Lijun. The precipice above the clouds GAM Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Exhibition Area, from 22 June to 30 SeptemberThis is the first major exhibition in Italy dedicated toFang Lijun, aChineseartistgreatlyacclaimedinhisowncountry,withexhibitionsintheworld’s most important galleriesunderhisbelt,andwhofeaturesinmanyinternational museum collections(the Saatchi Gallery in London, the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam and the MoMAin New York). Fang Lijun was one of the principle exponents of Cynical Realism, amovement that developed in China during the 1990s that focused on analysing thesocial and political history of 20th century China-fromtherevolutionof1911andtheMaoistrevolutionof1949tothecurrenteconomicboom,treatedwithcutting irony and aggressive humour.Thisretrospectivedisplaysworkswhichhadastrongimpact,witharound40 large-scalerecentlyproducedworks,between 2006 and the present day.The exhibition is curated by Danilo Eccher, Director of the GAM, and organised incollaborationwith importantChinese institutions, including theNAMOC (NationalArtMuseumofChina)andtheMinsheng Art MuseuminShanghai.

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Thomas Schütte. Frauen Castello di Rivoli, Museo d’Arte ContemporaneaUntil 23 SeptemberThis first Italian exhibition dedicated to the German artist considers his series ofFrauen,theextraordinaryfemale figureswithbodiessubjectedto spatial and physical deformations.TheFrauen,madefrombronzeoraluminium,weretakendirectlyfromceramicmodelschosen from120 different modelsmadebetween 1997 and 1999.Fortheveryfirsttimetheeighteen FrauenareallpresentedtogetherintheevocativesettingoftheManica Lunga,theancient18thcenturySavoypicturegallery,sixmetreswideand146metreslong.TheFrauenareaccompaniedbythecompletecollectionoftheirpreliminary ceramic versionsandbyone hundred watercoloursfromtheartist’sprivatecollection.Two unusual bronze sculpturesbytheartist,eachfourmetreshigh,calledUnited Enemies,arealsoondisplay,facingeachotherinasuggestiveposeandwelcomingvisitorsattheentrancetotheCastle.Theexhibition,runinclosecollaborationwiththeartist,iscuratedbyAndrea Bellini,co-directoroftheCastleofRivoliandDieter Schwarz,DirectoroftheKunstmuseumWinterthur.

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Marisa Merz. Disegnare disegnare ridisegnare il pensiero immagine che cammina Fondazione Merz, until 16 SeptemberThisisalargeretrospective exhibition dedicated to Marisa Merz,thesecondpartofawide-rangingprojectincollaborationwiththeQuerini Stampalia Foundation in Venice,where in summer 2011 the exhibition Marisa Merz – non corrisponde eppur fiorisce (Marisa Merz - it doesn’t match yet it flourishes) was held. The exhibition, designedfor the Merz Foundation, displays the full range of the artist’s means of expression:drawing on various mediums, raw clay sculptures, copper wire and nylon weaving, and objects transformed by wax. There is a multitude of works, both recent andhistoric,fromasfarbackatthemid1960s,andoftenunusual,createdbythemeticuloushand of Marisa Merz herself with the aim of expressing the intimate and visionary characteristics of her poetics.Theaimistodiscoverhowtheartistworked,herwayofseeingtheartandofcreatingconstantly new and unpredictable connections and links of meaningbetweenherworks,therebybuildingacreative universewhichwelcomesandinvolvesthevisitor.

Meteorite in GiardinoThefifthseasonofart, musicanddancewilltakeplaceduringJune and July in parallel with the exhibition,basedaround the figure of Marisa Merz.

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Under the road, the beach Fondazione Sandretto Re RebaudengoUntil 5 AugustThisexhibition,organisedincollaborationwithVictoria - the Art of being Contemporary in Moscow, is the final part of the sixth Young Curators Residency programme,organised by Benoit Antille (Sierre, Switzerland, 1975), Michele Fiedler (Santurce,PuertoRico,1981)andAndrey Parshikov(Moscow,1985).The title is inspiredbyaslogan fromtheMay 1968 protests in France – “Sous les pavés, la plage”,andaimstoexploretheimportanceofmakinggesturesandtakingpositionsthatredefinetherelationofviewerstoreality.Works were chosen by contemporary artists who experiment with strategies that disrupt the status quoorwhousecounter-narrativesinordertocreatenewdynamicsand conditions for visibility within the socio-political, cultural and urban context ofmodernItaly.Theartistsdisplayedinclude:Yuri Ancarani, Francesco Arena, Tommaso De Luca, Helena Hladivola, Liliana Moro, Alessandro Quaranta, Mirko Smerdel, Valentina Vetturi.

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Greater Torino. Rä di Martino e Laura Pugno Fondazione Sandretto Re RebaudengoUntil 5 AugustThis is the third exhibition in the Greater Torino cycle,devotedtoyounger generation artistswhoweretrained in Turin or now work in the city.Thetwoartistsinthisjointexhibition,despiteusingdifferentartisticapproachesandmeansofexpression,bothfocustheirstudiesonthetheme of landscape,whethernaturalorarchitectural,viewedasaspace for physical and mental experience, as a cultural construct, and as the object of visions and representations.Rä di Martino,whohasalwaysexploredtheexpressiveandsymbolicfieldofcinema,withthehelpofphotographs, slides, installations and a video workanalysesaseriesofold, abandoned film setsinthedesertsofTunisiaandMorocco,discoveringinthemanew, unstable identity.Laura Pugno, meanwhile, focuses on natural environments, and in particular theMonviso mountain range, which is the object of a number of her works, includingdrawings, engravings and manipulated photo works.Herethelandscapeissubjectedto a process of decomposition, revealing fragmentary perspectives and unusualpointsofviewinaprocessofliberationandtransformation.

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Out of set. Photographs by Chiara Samugheo for the cinemaMuseo Nazionale del Cinema, Mole AntonellianaFrom 7 June to 23 SeptemberAhomage to theworkof Chiara Samugheo, the first Italian woman tobecomeaprofessionalphotographer,andtheportrait photographer of the great stars of the cinema.Theexhibitionistestimonytotheartist’sunique and innovative styleandtohow,throughherwork,shereinventedthephotographyoftheera,takingoff-camerashots of the most important film stars and working for publications such as Epoca, Life, Vogue, Esquire, Quick, Vu and Ciné Revue.Aswellasthesectionsdedicatedtotheactresses,directors,actors,andcoupleswhomadethecinema of the Fifties and Sixtiesgreat,theexhibitionalsoshowssequences, graphical experiments, magazine covers and booksonphotography.

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Bertone. A century of car designMuseo Nazionale dell’Automobile, from 29 June to 14 OctoberThisexhibitionoffersacompletehistoryoftheprestigiouscompanythroughitsmostimportantmodels,realbenchmarks of car designthat,inmanycases,alsobecameemblematic of Italian production, for example the Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint(1954),theLamborghini Miura(1966)andtheLancia Stratos HF(1972).Thesemass-produced cars are presented alongside the one-off productions which even todayrepresent themostadvancedexpressionof Italianstyleand technological innovation-fromtheChevrolet Corvair Testudo(1963)andtheAlfa Romeo Carabo(1968)totheZER(1994),thefirstelectriccarintheworldtobeatthetrackspeedrecord,breakingthe303km/hbarrier.

www.museoauto.it

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Making Italians with a new section called “The strength of Unity”Officine Grandi Riparazioni, until 4 NovemberWithintheindustrialstructureoftheOGR,whichhasbecomethenewhubforcultureandleisuresincethecelebrationsinhonourofthe150yearanniversaryoftheUnificationof Italy,youcannowvisitFare Gli Italiani (Making Italians),amultimediaexhibitionfullofsurprisesonthehistoryof Italy,createdbyWalter Barberis and Giovanni De Luna.ThedisplayhasbeenexpandedwithanewdisplayentitledLa Forza dell’Unità (The Force of Unity).Fare Gli Italianitells150yearsofnationalhistorythrough10,000m2ofspectacularmultimediadisplays,producedbyPaolo Rosa and Studio Azzurro.The new display, La Forza dell’Unità – designed by Carlo Pession and Riccardo Mazza–looksindepthatthetransformationofacountryfromasimple“geographicalexpression”toapoliticalandeconomicreality,withaunified identity.TheOGRwillalsohostschoolzones,temporaryexhibitions,meetingsandshows,aswellasarestaurant,loungebarandbookshop.

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Henri Cartier-Bresson PhotographePalazzo RealeUntil 9 SeptemberAretrospectivewhichpayshomagetothegeniusFrenchphotographer,aprojectbornfromthecollaborationbetweentheHenri Cartier-Bresson Foundation and Magnum Photos, the renowned photo agency which Henri Cartier-Bresson himself helped tofoundin1947.Over 130 black and white photographsareondisplay,takenbetween the early 1930s and the end of the 1970s,whichtogethertellthestoryofthephotographerwhohasbeendubbed‘the eye of the century’.HenriCartier-Bressonexploredthegreatartistic,politicalandsocialmovementsofourtimewithgreatclarity,managingtoimmortalisehistorical eventslike China at the end of the Kuomintang,thefuneral of Mahatma Gandhi in India and the Dessau transit camp in Germany in 1945. Next to theseimages,whicharealreadyimprintedinthecollectiveconsciousness,arephotographs of common people-women,children,workers,theelderly,caughtintheactofmakingagestureorinadevelopingsituation,anddemonstratingtheimmediatenatureofreality.The imagesondisplay represent thepoetics of the kairòs - theopportunemoment-perfectly,and theyshowhowCartier-Bresson leftan indelible mark on the art of photography,managingtocapturethesecret analogies between the subject and its surroundings.

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Gifts of peace. The Tiffany Silver of Palazzo MadamaPalazzo MadamaThisexhibitionmarks thestartof the initiative“Opere in primo piano” (Artworks in close-up), dedicated to works subjected to important restoration work or in-depthstudies,eventuallybeingputonPERMANENT DISPLAY.Ondisplay,more thanonehundred yearson, is thesilver given by the United States to Federico Sclopis, alawyerandsenatorfromTurin,whowasnominatedbyVictorEmmanuelIIasaDelegatefrom the Kingdom of Italy at the Arbitration Tribunal of Geneva. Sclopis’ diplomaticabilityearnedhimtwoimportantofficialawards-theTiffany service,madebyEugène Soligny, a gift from the American government, and a planter from the Garrard silversmiths in London,agiftfromQueenVictoria.Thefive magnificent piecesareproofofthefashionattheGreatFairsofthelate19thcenturyforlarge-scalesilverware,decoratedwiththreedimensionalfiguresinarevivalistand academic style. The decision to enhance them now through a new cleaning programme,aswellaspayinghomagetoanimportantfigureinthepoliticallifeofTurininthesecondhalfofthenineteenthcentury,alsounderlinesthecurrentprinciplesofthemuseum,whichisdedicatedtostudying,exhibitingandacquiringdecorativeartworksfromthe19thand20thcenturies.

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Francesco Mosso. Between Bohème and ScapigliaturaGAM, Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea Wunderkammer, until 30 SeptemberAnexhibitionofraredrawingsbyFrancesco Mosso,oneofthemostinterestingartiststocomeoutofPiedmontinthesecondhalfofthenineteenth century.Theselectionof 10 works on display slightly predate his masterpiece, La femme de Claude (The Adulteress),bearingwitnesstothequalityofhisstudiesattheTurin Academy.Alongwith the studies on male heads, the series of children’s heads stands out for itsemotive familydimensionwhichshowsan intimatebondwith truth.Theexhibition iscuratedbyMonica Vinari.TherestorationofthedrawingswaspossiblethankstoadonationfromtheLions Club Torino Regio.

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Caretto e Spagna in Vitrine ambitGAM Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea from 12 June to 31 July ThefifthVitrine con gli occhi chiusi (Windows with Closed Eyes),theGAM’sexhibitionprojectwhichprovidesanewspaceforyoung artistic research in Piedmont,createsabondbetweenthepublicandworksbyvariouscontemporaryartists,inacollectioncuratedbyAndrea Caretto and Raffaella Spagna.Everyartworkismadeavailable to the publicbytheartists,whobyspecificrequestwillremovesingle objectsfromtheexhibitionandloan them to the people who requested them.Thepublicthereforefeelsasenseofdirectresponsibilityandinvolvementwiththeartworks,andcanreflectonthesystemofartandonthewaytheecologicalrelationshipbetweenallthepartiesworkssowell.

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Oltre il muro Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, from 5 JuneOltre il Muro (Beyond the Wall) isaprojectwhichaimstoshake up the collection,offering,througheventsintertwinedwithdialogue,areappraisalnotonlyoftheartworks,butalsooftheroleoftheMuseumitselfinmoderncivilisation.Itisasortofgamewhichturnstherolesofcuratorandvisitorontheirheads,pushingvisitorstofindthekeytoestablishing discussion between the works and the concepts of limit, boundary, place and memory.PartofthisrearrangementofthecollectionisViaggio intorno alla mia camera (Journey around my room),aspecialprojectbyMarzia Migliora,whichpromotestheactive participationofvisitors.Localresidentsareinfactrequestedtoloanapersonalitem,ortobemorepreciseanarmchairfromtheirlivingroom.Roughlytenofthese,chosenbytheartist,willbetemporarily hosted by the Museum,therebydevelopinga linkwith theworks in the collection.During their visit,members of thepublicwillbeabletousethechairsforabreakorforaspotofcontemplation,creatinganinterface between the public and private domains.

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Artland. Chao KaoFondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengountil 5 AugustArtland is a new season curated by Francesco Bonami dedicated to emerging artists,whichbeginswithanexhibitiondedicatedtoChao Kao.BorninChinain1978butadoptedimmediatelybyaPolishcouple,ChaoKaolivedinPolandformanyyears,andcurrentlyresidesintheUSA.Hisbiography is marked by separation,bybeingoutofplace,andthisisreflectedinhispaintings.ChaoKao’sworksexpressdesperation,asortofminimalism lacking any theory or ideology.Hisrecurringthemesrefertoideasoflinksandunion.Astheartistexplained:“Ilikeanonymous containers...Shoelaces,cornersandpipesallservetocontainsomething,touniteonepointwithanother”.ThecuratorFrancescoBonamisaid:“ChaoKaohaschosentostayatthemargins,observingtheworld.Theforceofhisworkisnottheresultofisolation,butofstayingincontactwiththerestoftheworld,whilstkeepinghisdistance”.ChaoKaoisalsoaself-taughtpoet.Everyworkondisplayisaccompaniedbya short poem,whichtheartistcallszwykly (simple).

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Julien Creuzet. Standard & Poor’s, On The Way, The Price Of GlassFondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo until 5 AugustThe first exhibition in ItalydedicatedtotheFrenchartistJulien Creuzet(1986),thisdisplay brings together a group of works from the Standard & Poor’s project. Thetitle, inspiredbythenameofoneofthemajor internationalcreditratingagencies,onthe one hand refers to the crisis of popular sovereignty when faced with financialstrongholds,andontheotherhandactsasapowerfulpresent-day allegory,playingontheliteralmeaningofthetwowordsthatmakeupthename.Theworksondisplaycombinereferencestothepersonal historyoftheartistwiththedynamics of finance and power that control the modern world. Creuzet creates short circuits betweendifferent materials (this exhibition brings together in particular a series of works on glass),personalvisions,researchintothepastandsurveysofthepresent,givinglifetosituationswhichcanbeinterpretedinmanydifferentwaysbythevisitor.

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Papers wonders. Creative devotion from monasteriesPinacoteca AgnelliApril 5 - September 2 Theexhibitionproposesaselectionofthemostimportantpaperoles o papier roulés made between the 17th and the 19th Century and which now belong to privatecollections.Thetermpaperoleindicatesaparticulartypeofreliquary for domestic or convent use,traditionallymadeofpaperbynunsinseclusion,enrichedwithelaborateandaccuratecompositions made of paper and other material–suchaswax,ivory,glassandcrystal–placedtoadornthereliquarycontainedinside.Therichnessofthedecorationcorrespondswithastrongsymbolic value,whichreturnstothethemeoffertilityandlife,whilethe iconographyrevealsprecisetheological and hagiographic references.Around120-125of themost refinedexampleswill beunited for thefirst time, somecoming from the private collection of the American photographer Nan Goldin, whopresents new photos purposely conceived for this exhibition. Reliquaries of differenttypes and from different historical periods will be displayed, many of which comingfromFrance:fromAgnus Dei,sacramentalsmadefromblessedEasterwaxthatwasthenmelted,to altar-shaped reliquaries from the end of the 18th Century;joyfulandcolouredpapergarlands to “all-saints dough” medals,adoughmade fromcartonmixedwithsoilfromthecatacombsinwhichmartyrsarebelievedtohavebeenburied.Theroutefinisheswithsomeexamplesof19thCenturyminiature reconstructions of nuns’ cells,drawnwhile theycarriedout theirdailymanualactivities in theconvent,curated by Elena Geuna.

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DARBAR. Lights from the East MAO, Museo d’Arte Orientale, until 28 JulyAfter last year’s success, the season of concerts, meetings, conferences, film screenings and guided toursisback,organisedincollaborationwiththeContrattempo Musical Association. DARBAR is a term which indicates the place prescribed forartistic events in the ancient palaces of the Maharaja,anditsmeaningdescribestheaimoftheseasonperfectly.TheprogrammeismostlydedicatedtoIslamic tradition,movingbetween Morocco and Central Asiaandfocusingonclassicalandfolkmusictraditions.

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Royal Delights at the Reggia di VenariaFrom June to September ThissummertheVenariaisdedicatedtorelaxationandcultural activities.Therewillbeamixofconcerts, shows, exhibitions, cultural activities and fun things to doalmosteveryday,makingavisittothePalacebecomeadayfilledwithculture.Thereisalsoplentyofopportunityforrelaxation,giventhemanyservicesonoffer(acafe,abookshop,refreshmentstallsandahighqualityrestaurant).InJunevisits to excite the sensesareplanned,allowingfamiliestodiscoverthePotager Royal.YoucanattendtheDomeniche da Re (King’s Sundays)shows,cross theGreat PondbyGondola,enjoyarideontheDiana’s Arrow Trainorinacarriageand,finally,tasteaMerenda Sinoira.EveryFridayevening,inthesettingofJuvarra’sGrandParterre,thereareRoyal Evenings,offeringmusic,refinedbuffets,dancing,DJsetsandtheFountainoftheStagwatershow.FromSeptemberonwardsthemonthlyRoyal DinnerswillrecommenceintheGreat Gallery.

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Saving MuseumVia San Francesco d’Assisi 8/A ThisuniquemuseumprojectcamefromanideabyIntesa Sanpaolotopersuadethepublic to consider the topic of money saving and to acquire the basic concepts forsensible financial choicesbymakingiteasierforsaverstounderstandtheprocess.Itcovers600m2 of exhibition space,splitupintofive rooms,eachofwhichlooksatthetopicfromadifferentviewpoint:thehistory of the coinanditsroleincivilisation,anunderstandingofthemostimportantfinancialtools,andthelinks between economics, cinema and literature(inthe“Sapere”(Knowledge)room,forexample,Dante,Molière,Shakespeare and Hemingway emerge from the semi-darkness to recount how theymanagedtheirfinances).Finally,inthelastroom,the“Sala Attiva” (Activity Room),youcanputyourmanagementskillstothetestwithinteractive gamesaimedatchildren,teenagersandadults.This isawayto learnwhilsthaving fun,andtoexperience fullsensory immersion.Theexhibitsareavailablein both Italian and English.

www.museodelrisparmio.it

The jeweler of the latests ZarReggia di Venaria Reale, Sale delle Artifrom 27 July to 30 NovemberThissummerthePalacewillbelitupbythedazzlingjewels of the celebrated goldsmith Peter Carl Fabergé andother rare jewellery from the time of the Russian Empire.Gold,gemstones,diamondsandimperialeggsareassembledinavaluableexhibitionthatgivesyoutheprivilegeofadmiringoriginalexhibits, thesignsofanexoticworldwhichissurprisinglycloseathand.

www.lavenaria.it

july2012

WHAT’S ON IN TURIN

july2012

…and so be it beautiful!Modigliani, Warhol, Mapplethorpe, la Dolce Vita, OggiFondazione 107, April 12 - July 29 Theexhibitionrouteisajourneythroughthe20th Centurywhichtellsofthethemeofbeautythroughsculpting, drawing, painting, photographyandvideos.Itstartsfromopulent beauty exhibited astride the 20th Century, passing from the introspective beautyoftheworkofModigliani,tothecelebrationofstarsandpowerfulpeoplebyAndy Warhol,whoalsogavespacetotheexaltationofthecommonmanandoutcasts.TheroutecontinueswithMapplethorpewhoprivilegestheerotic-sexualelementandtransformsVitruviomanintoaniconwithacolouredmodel.Torecordthe20thCenturyare the images of film stars,ofwhichaphotoselection isproposed, fromRudolphValentino to Greta Garbo, Sofia Loren, Liz Taylor, Brigitte Bardot. After a homage toBarbie,thechildhoodidealofAmericanbeauty,theroutefollowsthepolaroidmodelsofCarlo Mollino,andJoel Peter Witkinforwhomdeathandbeautyliveonthesamelevelandwhocomestotodaywhereartists’experimentsshowamodelofbeautythatfindsattimesthepossibilityofalternativeroadsintechnologyandplastic surgery.

www.fondazione107.it

Dis-velamentiSanta Giulia Art&Vine Residence, via Santa Giulia 41, until 24 SeptemberThisjointexhibitionpresentstheworkofMaura Banfo, Paolo Leonardo, Paolo Maggis, Ada Mascolo and Francesco Sena: five ways of interpreting the complex topic of identitythroughvarioustechniques,suchasphotography, street art, watercolours, painting and sculpture. The artworks are housed in theunconventional setting oftheSantaGiuliaArt&WineResidence.Usinga locationwithaprecise identityasaresidenceforsomethingdifferentfromitsintendedpurposewasachoicemadebythecurator,thepsychiatristDaniela Ronchi della Rocca,whowillsharewiththepublicherreflectionsonhowdecontextualisationchangesourperceptionofwhatwesee,andontheimportanceofhavingaroleandanaimwhenforming one’s own identity.

CASA TEATRO RAGAZZI E GIOVANI

Summer on stageFrom 18th June until 27th July, Estate in scena (Summer on the stage)willtakeplace,atheatre workshopopentoallchildrenbetween 6 and 12 years oldwhowanttotaketheirfirststepsintoactingorwhoaresimplycurioustolearnwhatbeingonstageisallabout.Theaimistogivechildrenaccesstothemagicoftheatreinallitsdifferentforms-fromdirecting and technical management to theatre workshops,fromjugglingtoset design,andpreparingasmallshow for parentsontheFridayafternoon.

www.casateatroragazzi.it

THEATRE AND CONCERTS

WHAT’S ON IN TURIN

CONCERTSjuly2012

Colonia Sonora 2012.16th Edition of the ‘Resistant’ Music FestivalParco della Certosa Reale in Collegno, until 28th JulyTheposterproposesconcertsbyinternational and Italian artiststoayoungpublicandaudiencesofrarerormoreparticularmusicalgenres:Gogol Bordello, Giuliano Palma, Afterhours, Donavon Frankkenreiter an the exlusive concert of Chris Cornell.

www.coloniasonora.com

Elio e le Storie Tese GruVillage, Shopville Le Gru Grugliasco13 July

J-AXGruVillage, Shopville Le Gru Grugliasco19 July

Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club Feat. Omara Portuondo GruVillage, Shopville Le Gru Grugliasco24 July

Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock, Jack Dejohnette Auditorium Lingotto 25 July

Ludovico Einaudi & Paolo Fresu Auditorium Lingotto 27 July

All the info on www.hiroshimamonamour.org

september 2012

PREVIEW

MITO Settembre MusicaFrom 5 to 23 SeptemberOnceagain,theculturaltwinningofTurinandMilanwilltransformthetwocitiesintoagiantconcertvenue,withanaverageofthreeconcertsaday.Onthe150thanniversaryofClaude Debussy’sbirth,theOrchestre National de France,conductedbyDaniele Gatti,willbeentrustedwithbothoftheopeningconcerts.Alargeamountofthegreatcomposer’srepertoireforpianowillthenbeperformedthroughoutthemonth.AlotoftimewillbedevotedtoGiovanni Gabrieli,oneofthekeyMaestrosfromVenice,whofourhundredyearsagoinventedpolychoralmusic,usingcorispezzati(choirssplitintotwoseparategroups).Contemporarymusicwillberepresentedbytwoimportantlivingcomposers,theSpanishLuis De PabloandtheFinnishKaija Saariaho,aswellasmanyItaliancomposers,suchasGiacomo Manzoni, Sylvano Bussotti, Fabio Vacchi, Stefano Gervasoni, Filippo del Corno, Gilberto Bosco and Giulio Castagnoli.Finally, the programme will include evenings of music and technology, multimedia sound and jazz concerts (including Peppe Servillo with Memorie di Adriano(MemoriesofAdriano))andperformancesfrominternational pop and rock artists,withprogrammesspeciallycreatedfortheFestival.

www.mitosettembremusica.it

Robert Wilson. Videoportraits Palazzo MadamaFrom 20 September to 6 January 2013 Acollectionofvideoportraitsfromanartistwhointhepastthirtyyearshasundeniablyestablished himself in the worlds of theatre, music, architecture and design. For hisvideo art,Wilsonusescutting-edge digital techniquescombinedwitharadical use of lightwhichcreatesahypnoticandobsessiveenvironment.Thesubjectsofhisvideoportraits include Brad Pitt, Johnny Depp, Caroline of Monaco, Isabelle Huppert, Steve Bushemi and Gao Xingjian.

www.palazzomadamatorino.it

Prix ItaliaFrom 16 to 21 SeptemberTurinwilloncemorehostthe64thhistoricinternational competition for radio, television and internet,which lastyearhadover 90 radio and television broadcasters,bothpublicandprivate,from48 countries,takingpart.TheeventwillkickoffwithaGala Concert by the Rai National Symphony Orchestra,andwillendwithaproductionofCenerentola alla Corte dei Savoia (Cinderella at the Court of Savoy)attheTeatro Carignano.Theeventfeaturessixdaysoffilmscreenings(fiction,documentariesandpreviewsofRaiprogrammes)andmusic from all over the world,allwithfreeadmission.

www.prixitalia.it