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Contemporary art and design from Italy have earned international acclaim. To celebrate the Year of Italy in China, MoCA Shanghai is co-organising a fascinating, multi-faceted and cross-disciplinary exhibition, bringing the heart of Italy into the centre of Shanghai. Curated by the world-renowned Achille Bonito Oliva, the exhibition is an exquisite sampling of expressions in different fields. These expressions are in dialogue with each other and create a complex set of relationships. The aesthetic nature and multiple meanings behind these relationships reinforce the independent nature of Italian art. Each field, by conversing with other fields, become further strengthened in their uniqueness. Artistic personalities speak the common language of art, but spiced with different accents, giving evidence to the vitality and the ever renewing identity of Italian culture.

Curators: Achille Bonito Olive Roberto Giustini Salvatore Lacagnina Emanuela Nobile Mino

Artists: Carla Accardi, Nanni Balestrini, Elisabetta Benassi, Carlo Benvenuto, Alighiero Boetti, Loris Cecchini, Paolo Chiasera, Francesco Clemente, Gianni Colombo, Enzo Cucchi, Mario Della Vedova, Lucio Fontana, Francesco Lo Savio, Piero Manzoni, Mario Merz, Maurizio Mochetti, Liliana Moro, Luigi Ontani, Mimmo Paladino, Pino Pascali, Luca Patella, Gianni Piacentino, Alfredo Pirri, Vettor Pisani, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Paola Pivi, Maria Pizzi, Daniele Puppi, Luisa Rabbia, Mario Schifano, Lorenzo Scotto di Luzio, Ettore Spalletti.

Designers: Franco Albini, Gae Aulenti, Achille Castiglioni, Antonio Citterio, Joe Colombo, Michele De Lucchi, Stefano Giovannoni, Giorgetto Giugiaro, Massimo Iosa Ghini, Nathalie Grenon, Ferruccio Laviani, Piero Lissoni, Vico Magistretti, Angelo Mangiarotti, Alberto Meda, Alessandro Mendini, Mario Milizia, Bruno Munari, Paolo Pallucco, Gaetano Pesce, Denis Santachiara, Ettore Sottsass, Studio tecnico Valextra, Marco Zanuso.

Production Companies: Alessi, Arflex, Artemide, Atelier Alessandro Mendini, Boffi, Brionvega, Domodinamica, Flos, Edizioni Corraini, iGuzzini, Kartell, Luceplan, Moroso, Naos, Olivetti, Oluce, Poltrona Frau, Poltronova, Richard-Ginori, Studio Italia Design, Valextra, Vistosi, Zanotta, Zerodisegno.

Photographers: Gabriele Basilico, Antonio Biasiucci, Paola De Pietri, Mimmo Jodice, Raffaella Mariniello, Ugo Mulas, Paola Salerno, Oliviero Toscani.

Cinema: Antonio Capuano, Pappi Corsicato, Matteo Garrone, Mario Martone, Paolo Sorrentino

Music: Giovanni Verrando, Lama Morciano, Lucia Ronchetti, Nicola Sani e Salvatore Sciarrino

Teather: Socìetas Raffaello Sanzio; Antonio Rezza e Flavia Mastrella

Dance: Marianna Troise

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Italy Made In Art: Now

mit Carla Accardi, Franco Albini, Gae Aulenti, Nanni Balestrini, Gabriele Basilico, Elisabetta Benassi, Carlo Benvenuto, Antonio Biasiucci, Alighiero e Boetti, Achille Castiglioni, Loris Cecchini, Paolo Chiasera, Antonio Citterio, Francesco Clemente, Gianni Colombo, Joe Cesare Colombo, Enzo Cucchi, Mario Dellavedova, Lucio Fontana, Stefano Giovannoni, Giorgetto Giugiaro, Nathalie Grenon, Massimo Iosa Ghini, Mimmo Jodice, Ferruccio Laviani, Piero Lissoni, Francesco Lo Savio, Michele de Lucchi, Vico Magistretti, Angelo Mangiarotti, Piero Manzoni, Raffaela Marinello, Mario Martone, Alberto Meda, Alessandro Mendini, Mario Merz, Mario Milizia, Maurizio Mochetti, Liliana Moro, Ugo Mulas, Bruno Munari, Luigi Ontani, Mimmo Paladino, Paolo Pallucco, Pino Pascali, Luca Maria Patella, Gaetano Pesce, Gianni Piacentino, Paola de Pietri, Alfredo Pirri, Vettor Pisani, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Paola Pivi, Maria Pizzi, Daniele Puppi, Luisa Rabbia, Paola Salerno, Denis Santachiara, Mario Schifano, Lorenzo Scotto di Luzio, Paolo Sorrentino, Ettore Sottsass, Ettore Spalletti, Oliviero Toscani, Marianna Troise, Marco Zanuso ...