“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

USPA NEWS - On the occasion of the Family Car Trouble exhibition, Gus Powell (New York, 1974) was in conversation with another renowned American photographer, Joel Meyerowitz (New York, 1938), to discuss how photography can represent and celebrate life in front of and around us.

Is there a proper distance to things, and where does our control go?
How do we narrate life and death?

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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

USPA NEWS - Tuesday 19th July, Lucca, Italy: This year, the biggest pop-culture festival in Europe, Lucca Comics & Games will run from 28th October to 1st November.
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.

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LUCCA COMICS & GAMES 2021

Exhibits open at Palazzo Ducale

Responsible Author: Filippo Ripa | Bologna, 10/08/2021, 20:46 Time

USPA NEWS - Lucca, October 8th 2021. Lucca Comics & Games 2021 edition ... A riveder le stelle: light - festival organized by Lucca Crea together with the Municipality of Lucca (fair from 29 October to 1 November) - starts with the inauguration of the exhibitions hosted in the rooms of Palazzo Ducale, made available by the Province of Lucca. The exhibitions pay tribute to masters from all over the world and accompany us to discover new, sometimes unpredictable, trends.

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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

USPA NEWS - 52 self-portraits of some of the most talented comic book artists on the Italian scene will enter the collection
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.

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