“SAYING YES” A CONVERSATION BETWEEN GUS POWELL AND JOEL MEYEROWITZ
Contemporary photography back to Meeting
Responsible Author: Filippo Ripa | Bologna, 08/22/2022, 06:59 Time

Is there a proper distance to things, and where does our control go?
How do we narrate life and death?
LUCCA COMICS & GAMES 2022 LAUNCHES THIS YEAR’S POSTER AND THEME: HOPE
100 days until the start of Lucca Comics
Responsible Author: Filippo Ripa | Bologna, 07/19/2022, 15:07 Time

The theme for the 2022 edition is HOPE and the event poster was created by Canadian artist Ted Nasmith, master of "Imaginative Realism". He has given substance to the imagination of Tolkien fans worldwide and earned the esteem and encouragement of Tolkien himself.
He is known for his illustrations of J.R.R Tolkien's works of The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and the cover for the first edition of The Silmarillion, a posthumous work edited by Christopher Tolkien.
LUCCA COMICS & GAMES 2021
Exhibits open at Palazzo Ducale
Responsible Author: Filippo Ripa | Bologna, 10/08/2021, 20:46 Time

52 SELF-PORTRAITS BY ITALIAN COMIC BOOK ARTISTS ENTER THE UFFIZI COLLECTION
TOWARDS DEVELOPMENT OF COMICS WORLDWIDE
Responsible Author: Filippo Ripa | Bologna, 10/04/2021, 11:13 Time

of the Uffizi Galleries, Italy.
The works - created with different techniques, formats and styles - will be presented at Lucca Comics & Games 2021 from October 8 to November 1 as part of the “Fumetti nei musei | Gli autoritratti degli Uffizi” (Comics in the Museums | Self-portraits of the Uffizi) exhibition, curated by Mattia Morandi and Chiara Palmieri.
The exhibition is an inititative between the Uffizi Galleries and Lucca Crea to foster the development and promotion of comics in Italy and abroad. The initiative will also see one of the portraits, selected by the Uffizi and the Ministry of Culture, going on display in the self-portrait collection of the Florentine Museum.
The new cluster of self-portraits of contemporary Italian comics will add a new dimension to the collection of self-portraits of the Uffizi Gallery - the richest and most prestigious in the world. These works will be exhibited in the new rooms dedicated to self-portraits that will open in the coming months on the second floor of the Vasarian Museum.