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.
Saturday 07 february
from 11:00 to 18:00 Hall 26
The New Many Classroom
The New Many is a classroom dedicated to the practices, forms, and economies of artist’s editions in contemporary art and visual culture. Curated by Lorenzo Micheli Gigotti and Francesco Spampinato, in collaboration with the Second Cycle Degree in Visual Arts at the Department of the Arts, University of Bologna, the project unfolds within the Multiples section of ARTEFIERA 49 as a public-facing space for study, exchange, and production.
Conceived as a temporary platform for active observation and collective learning, the classroom investigates the notion of the multiple in its expanded, post-digital condition: from printed editions to art objects, from design and merchandise to artist records, digital practices, and NFTs. Through talks, working sessions, and on-site research activities, The New Many brings together artistic, curatorial, and production practices that critically engage with questions of reproducibility, distribution, and the circulation of cultural materials.
from 12:00 to 13:00 Centro Servizi - Area Book Talk
Giorgia Bertolino (curated by), NEWS FROM THE NEAR FUTURE. 30 years of the Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Foundation
Giorgia Bertolino (curated by), NEWS FROM THE NEAR FUTURE. 30 years of the Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Foundation (Allemandi, 2025).
Participants: the curator, Lorenzo Balbi (Director of MAMbo - Museo d'Arte Moderna di Bologna) and Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo (President of Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo).
from 12:00 to 12:50 Padiglione Esprit Nouveau
Wardrobe
Performance by Chalisée Naamani
Wardrobe (2025), a new project conceived specifically for the Padiglione de l’Esprit Nouveau, combines a site-specific architectural presentation with a performance by the artist in person. Inspired by the dual nature of the Padiglione – manifesto of modernist ideals and prototype of the machine à habiter (a house is a machine for living) – Naamani transforms the building into a sort of large wardrobe in which she stages daily life through the act of ironing. By means of a simple and repeated gesture, Naamani transforms this domestic action into a critical device, revealing the ways in which the body becomes part of, adapts to, and renegotiates the spatial and functional systems of daily life.
Admission is free and no booking is required. You do not need to purchase a ticket for Arte Fiera to attend the performance. Please note that the daily ticket (1 entry) does not allow you to leave and re-enter the fair. We therefore recommend that you visit the Padiglione before entering Arte Fiera or when you leave. Each performance lasts approximately 75 to 90 minutes.
An Arte Fiera – Bologna Fiere project in collaboration with Furla Foundation. Curated by Bruna Roccasalva.
from 13:00 to 14:00 Centro Servizi - Area Book Talk
Il Giardino delle Risonanze
Il Giardino delle Risonanze (Hopefulmonster, 2025).
Participants: Costantino D'Orazio (Acting Director, National Museums of Bologna), Luana Toniolo (Director of National Etruscan Museum of Villa Giulia and Managing Director of Archeological Park of Appia antica) and Andrea Viliani (Director, MUCIV-Museum of Civilizations, Rome).
from 14:00 to 15:00 Centro Servizi - Area Book Talk
Chiara Calgaro, Changing Room and Eleonora Agostini, A Study On Waitressing
Chiara Calgaro, Changing Room (Altana, 2025) and Eleonora Agostini, A Study On Waitressing (Witty Books, 2024).
Participants: the authors. Moderated by Saul Marcadent (Researcher at Iuav University, Venice, and curator).
from 15:00 to 16:00 Centro Servizi - Area Book Talk
Raffaella Perna (curated by), Riga 49: Gruppo 70
Raffaella Perna (curated by), Riga 49: Gruppo 70 (Quodlibet, 2026).
Participants: the curator, Marco Belpoliti (Essayist and writer, Professor at Università Vita e Salute, Milan), Elio Grazioli (Contemporary art critic, retired Professor of History of Contemporary Art at University of Bergamo) and Nicolas Martino (critic, Professor of Esthetics at Academy of Fine Arts, Sassari, and at NABA).
from 16:00 to 17:00 Centro Servizi - Area Book Talk
Alessandra Spranzi, La dimensione delle cose / The Dimension of Things
Alessandra Spranzi, La dimensione delle cose / The Dimension of Things (Viaindustriae, 2026).
Participants: the artist, Cecilia Canziani (curator of the Italian Pavilion at the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, co-founder of IUNO and author), Ilaria Gianni (curator of the volume), Simone Menegoi (critic and curator) and Filippo Nostri (graphic designer).
The book was published with the support of the Italian Council (2024).
from 16:00 to 16:50 Padiglione Esprit Nouveau
Wardrobe
Performance by Chalisée Naamani
Wardrobe (2025), a new project conceived specifically for the Padiglione de l’Esprit Nouveau, combines a site-specific architectural presentation with a performance by the artist in person. Inspired by the dual nature of the Padiglione – manifesto of modernist ideals and prototype of the machine à habiter (a house is a machine for living) – Naamani transforms the building into a sort of large wardrobe in which she stages daily life through the act of ironing. By means of a simple and repeated gesture, Naamani transforms this domestic action into a critical device, revealing the ways in which the body becomes part of, adapts to, and renegotiates the spatial and functional systems of daily life. Admission is free and no booking is required. You do not need to purchase a ticket for Arte Fiera to attend the performance. Please note that the daily ticket (1 entry) does not allow you to leave and re-enter the fair. We therefore recommend that you visit the Padiglione before entering Arte Fiera or when you leave. Each performance lasts approximately 75 to 90 minutes. An Arte Fiera – Bologna Fiere project in collaboration with Furla Foundation. Curated by Bruna Roccasalva.
from 17:00 to 18:00 Centro Servizi - Area Book Talk
Sudario #1: Ouroboros
Sudario #1: Ouroboros.
Participants: Rä di Martino (Artist), Irene Fenara (Artist) and Stefano Tripodi (Founder of Sudario).
from 18:00 to 18:50 Padiglione Esprit Nouveau
Wardrobe
Performance by Chalisée Naamani
Wardrobe (2025), a new project conceived specifically for the Padiglione de l’Esprit Nouveau, combines a site-specific architectural presentation with a performance by the artist in person. Inspired by the dual nature of the Padiglione – manifesto of modernist ideals and prototype of the machine à habiter (a house is a machine for living) – Naamani transforms the building into a sort of large wardrobe in which she stages daily life through the act of ironing. By means of a simple and repeated gesture, Naamani transforms this domestic action into a critical device, revealing the ways in which the body becomes part of, adapts to, and renegotiates the spatial and functional systems of daily life.
Admission is free and no booking is required. You do not need to purchase a ticket for Arte Fiera to attend the performance. Please note that the daily ticket (1 entry) does not allow you to leave and re-enter the fair. We therefore recommend that you visit the Padiglione before entering Arte Fiera or when you leave. Each performance lasts approximately 75 to 90 minutes.
An Arte Fiera – Bologna Fiere project in collaboration with Furla Foundation. Curated by Bruna Roccasalva.