Le Voci della Natura: Ecologies and Nature in Italian Arts 4/ Ecological Perspectives in Contemporary Italian Art

Online webinar

Who are the contemporary protagonists of the ecological scene in Italy? What are the key  topics and concerns? From street art to the gallery space, this lecture presents an overview of the avant-garde Italian artists whose work challenges preconceived notions of ecology and nature in order to sensitize audiences. Among others we look at the work of Francesco Simeti, Eugenio Tibaldi, Iena Cruz, Giorgia Lupi, and Andreco.

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Prof. Giovanni Aloi is an author, educator, and curator specializing in the representation of nature in art. He has published with Columbia University Press, Phaidon, MIT, Laurence King, and Prestel. He has contributed to BBC radio programs, worked at Whitechapel Art Gallery and Tate Galleries in London, is USA correspondent for Esse Magazine, and a regular public speaker at the Art Institute of Chicago. Aloi has curated exhibitions in the US and Europe. He currently teaches modern and contemporary art at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Sotheby’s Institute of Art New York and London.

This event is part of the series Voci della Natura: Ecologies and Nature in Italian Arts, the theme selected by the Italian Cultural Institute in Chicago for 2022. The program explores the role of Italian art and sciences in redefining the perception of nature and ecology, through new and original perspectives.