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Interviews, comments and/or art reviews (edited by):

  • Tutor of PitturiAmo
  • Dr. Antonio Castellana, art critic
  • Franco Bulfarini, artist and art expert
  • Franco Bizzoccoli, art critic
  • Sara Alessandri, journalist - Interview for the Riviera Time News magazine
  • Plinio Perillo - Poet and literary critic


Texts and catalogues

  • 1st Large Online Volume 'Biography / Contemporary Art' of Contemporary Artists from 1950 to Nowadays, Edizioni La Notizia, 2022
  • Group exhibition catalogue The Top 200 chosen by Antonio Castellana, 2nd ed. 2022, Benetton Museum of Treviso, Arte Collezioni
  • Exhibition catalogue *Collective exhibition "Visioni altre - Contemporanea Expo" at Italian Art Touch, Palazzo Ricci Curbastro, Bologna. Curated by Galleria Palazzo Paveri Fontana, Cordaro Editore, 2022
  • Catalogue personal exhibition Intimate Dialogues between nature, places, traditions, faces and feelings, Pinacoteca G. Morscio - Dolceacqua (IM), 2021 - Critical text by the artist and art expert Franco Bulfarini
  • Catalogue Artist of Italy Prize, edited by www.pitturiamo.com, 2021
  • Catalogue Raffaello Sanzio International Prize, edited by www.pitturiamo.com, 2020


Exhibitions

The artist Franco Volpi has taken part in various artistic events over the years. Below is a selection of his solo and group exhibitions:


2022

  • (26 October - 4 November 2022) Collective exhibition 'The Top 200 chosen by Antonio Castellana', II ed. 2022, Benetton Museum in Treviso
  • (15 - 31 July 2022) Personal exhibition 'Places, traditions, faces and feelings', Stazzo Museum, Budoni (SS)
  • (24 - 26 June 2022) Participation in the International Contemporary Art Fair art3f Principality of Monaco, stand QueenArtStudio Gallery
  • (June 2022) Group Show 'With art we start again 2022', Proloco di Ravarino, Associazione Artisti di Bottega
  • (15 - 29 January 2022) Gabetti in Arte Collective Exhibition - Spazio Espositivo Gabetti, Cremona. Curated by Dr. Antonio Castellana, Daniela Belloni
  • (13 - 28 January 2022) Group show "Visioni altre - Contemporanea Expo" at Italian Art Touch, Palazzo Ricci Curbastro, Bologna. Curated by Galleria Palazzo Paveri Fontana, Cordaro Editore

 

2021

  • ( 9 - 22 December) Collective exhibition "Artista Leader" - PitturiAmo Gallery, Caltanissetta 
  • (1 November - 1 February 2022) New collective exhibition of contemporary art "Return to the Pleasure of Art" by AdB at the spaces of Sesamo Spa - Commercial area of NOCSAE in Baggiovara Modena
  • (11 - 19 September) Personal exhibition Intimate dialogues between nature, places, traditions, faces and feelings, Pinacoteca G. Morscio - Dolceacqua (IM)
  • (27 August - 5 November) Selected for Premio Artista d'Italia - Collective exhibition and travelling video exhibition in Barletta, Bologna, Ferrara, Florence, Milan, Monza, Naples, Padua, Palermo, Parma, Perugia, Rome, Venice. 
  • (24 July - 8 August) Personal exhibition "Sentieri di Natura Umana" (Human Nature Trails) at the Didactic Hall of the Municipality of Aprica (SO)
  • (10 July - 21 August) Biennial collective exhibition "Profondo Blu" III ed. - Art Saloon Gallery Ariccia (RM)
  • (June - October) AdB's collective exhibition "Return to the Pleasure of Art" in the spaces of Sesamo Spa - Commercial area of the NOCSAE of Baggiovara Modena

 

2020

  • Participation in the International Raffaello Sanzio Prize contested art area via Margutta
  • Participation in a television art sale on Rete Italia held by Dr. Antonio Castellana

2019

  • Collective Biennial II ed. - Art Saloon Gallery Ariccia (RM) 
  • Personal exhibition at the didactic room of the directional centre of the municipality of Aprica (SO) summer period

2018

  • Collective Biennial I ed. - Art Saloon Gallery Ariccia (RM) 
  • Personal exhibition at the didactic room of the directional centre of Aprica (SO) Christmas period

2017

  • Collective exhibition at the Art Saloon Gallery of Ariccia
  • Personal exhibition in Bergamo
  • Collective exhibition "Italian landscapes" at the Giuliani Gallery of Fiano Romano

2016

  •  Publication on "Art and contemporary artists"


Articles and reviews in newspapers and magazines

  • PitturiAmo Magazine, quoted in "International Art3F Fair Munich 2022, ed. 22 June 2022
  • Riviera Time News, ed. 17 September 2021
  • Riviera Eventi, ed. 17 September 2021
  • Sanremonews.it, ed. 13 September 2021
  • Primalariviera.it, ed. 10 September 2021