100 luoghi del contemporaneo in Italia

100 routes dedicated to the contemporary art of Italy to be discovered and explored.
A reasoned guidebook, an alternative to the most beaten historical routes, intended for popularization for the general public.

We often hear that Italy is the repository of much of the world’s artistic and cultural heritage, but when this happens we always refer to great works of the past. Because of this cultural stratification, Italy is also a valuable source of inspiration for more recent artists, and in recent decades museums, galleries, foundations, public artworks, parks and squares dedicated precisely to the contemporary have sprung up.

Contemporary art, often considered difficult and elitist, hides within itself the condition to make us reflect on the meaning of our existence. Therefore, this volume aims to be a sort of reasoned guide, a window on the contemporary art of Italy that is still little known, to enable the general public to approach places and artistic manifestations that are still little traveled and to experience transformative cultural experiences.

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Nicolas Ballario – Curator and television and radio host, he studied photography at the John Kaverdash School in Milan and attended the Altieri Academy in Rome. He joined Oliviero Toscani’s staff and is an expert in the marriage of art and mass media. He collaborates with Radio Radicale and Rai Radio 1, and in 2019 he co-hosted with Oliviero Toscani the program Camera Oscura, broadcast on La7 in two special episodes dedicated to the discovery of photography and its secrets. He currently edits the art section of “Rolling Stone Italia.”