The Arte Fiera bookshop will once again be entrusted to Corraini Edizioni. The bookshop area will be enlarged by the presence of art book publishers and industry magazines, with specific stands and a new location in the Fair.

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The Public Program duplicates the formats launched in 2019, a great success with the public and professionals.
Arte Fiera 2020 includes the second edition of Courtesy Emilia-Romagna, the series of exhibits that presents public and private collections of modern and contemporary art in the Emilia-Romagna re- gion. The format calls for a temporary show as an opportunity to know and appreciate an artistic cor- nucopia, a sort of “widespread museum”, seen from the perspective of a different curator every year. This year’s curator is Eva Brioschi, art historian and critic, who will present L’opera aperta (The Open Work – inspired by Umberto Eco’s essay of the same name) in Hall 15. On this voyage of dis- covery of collections in Emilia-Romagna, visitors will encounter 20th century masters such as Giorgio Morandi, Carla Accardi, Gerhard Richter, Gianni Colombo, and Salvo, as well as artists who de- serve to be rediscovered, such as Mattia Moreni, Alberto Sughi, and Dino Pedriali, plus young art- ists such as Yang Fudong and Yuri Ancarani.

The Oplà. Performing Activities project is also returning, curated by Silvia Fanti (Xing), internation- ally known for her focus on avant-garde research in the visual arts, theatre, and performance. Arte Fiera will present performance activities by Alessandro Bosetti (L’ombra), Luca Vitone (Devla... Devla...) and ZAPRUDER filmmakersgroup (ANUBI IS NOT A DOG). Jimmie Durham, who re- ceived the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 58th Venice Biennial, was to have presented THE BUREAU, a re-enactment of his iconic 2004 performance entitled Smashing, but unfortunately, last minute health problems have prevented him from coming to Bologna. As a homage to the artist, the space assigned to the performance will remain installed and a monitor will show images of the original performance.

Eva Marisaldi will be the featured artist of Arte Fiera 2020’s special project with a new 2-part work entitled Welcome: a large installation that greets visitors at the entrance to the Fair, and another part at various points of the Halls and in the city of Bologna. The project was made possible thanks to the support of BPER Banca and to the technical sponsorship of Italia Zuccheri and Space World Air. Eva Marisaldi will also be at Bologna’s Teatro Comunale with an installation composed of four sound works, to seal the collaboration between the Fair and this important institution. Coordinated by a spe- cial software, the works generate a constantly changing score. The works were created in collabora- tion with the musician Enrico Serotti and will be on view starting from the performance of Richard Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde”, which opens the theatre’s 2020 season.

Flash Art is once again the Fair’s content partner and will organise an extensive programme of talks, essential for stimulating thought on topics in contemporary art. Highlights include: Michelangelo Pistoletto, talking about art as social innovation and “cure”; the history of Italian painting from 1959 to 1979, traced in an original and transverse way by Laura Cherubini, Andrea Viliani, and Ni- cola De Maria; Gianni Emilio Simonetti, one of the foremost proponents of Fluxus in Italy, speaking with Luigi Bonotto and Patrizio Peterlini; Paolo Icaro, speaking about the concepts of “resistance” and “limit” with Cecilia Canziani; Raffaella Perna will discuss the painting of Franco Angeli with Maria Angeli; and artists Paola Mattioli and Silvia Giambrone will discuss links between curating and feminism.