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SECOND CONTEMPORARY DAY
14 october 2006

Promoted by
AMACI, Association of Italian Contemporary Art Museums

With the support of
Ministry of Cultural Wealth and Activities
Department for Cultural and Landscape Wealth
DARC - General Direction for Architecture and Contemporary Arts

On October 12th, at 12.00, at the Palazzo del Collegio Romano in Rome,
the second Contemporary Day has been presented in a National Press
Conference in the presence of Danielle Mazzonis, Undersecretary of the
Ministry of Cultural Wealth and Activities, Pio Baldi, DARC Director,
Gabriella Belli, President of AMACI, Anna Mattirolo, Director of
Contemporary Art Services, DARC, the artist Michelangelo Pistoletto,
who has created and developed the guiding image of the Day, Ludovico
Pratesi, Spokesperson of AMACI, Pier Luigi Sacco, goodwill scientific
director and Pro-rector of IUAV University in Venice. Introductions by
the museum directors associated with AMACI and by the president of
UniCredit Banca, Aristide Canosani, as a representative of UniCredit
Group, Day's official partner will follow.

Saturday 14 October 2006, AMACI will promote the second edition of
Contemporary Day, with the support of DARC "Direction for Architecture
and Contemporary Art" of the Ministry of Cultural Wealth and
Activities.
20 museums associated with AMACI and ca 400 Italian organizations and
institutions operating in contemporary art sector will open -with free
entrance- their collections, as well as exhibitions and events
specifically organized for the event. This will result in a sort of map
of today's art, with the participation not only of large cities, but
also smaller centres, which are increasingly active, and where museums
have become cultural attraction poles for the presentation and
enhancement of contemporary artists.
Starting with the present edition, Contemporary Day will be promoted
every year by an image specifically created by the most renowned and
appreciated Italian artists in the international scenario. For the
second edition ''Divisione e moltiplicazione dello specchio'' by
Michelangelo Pistoletto.

Every year AMACI accompanies Contemporary Day with a ''good''
opportunity to disseminate a message of solidarity and social
responsibility. During the Second Contemporary Day, ABA (Association
Bulimia Anorexia) will communicate in AMACI museums its prevention,
information, and research project on nutritional disorders.

The Contemporary Day intends becoming the annual event for the
involvement and awareness raising of public opinion regarding the role
of contemporary art in the development cultural identity and social and
economic innovation. To this end, AMACI intends building, with goodwill
strategic support, a system for the sustainability of contemporary art
in Italy, with the participation of public and private entities (Banca
Popolare di Bergamo, Filiale n. 920, c/c 73199, CIN M, ABI 05428, CAB
11102, IBAN IT30 M054 2811 1020 0000 0073 199).

Contemporary Day is supported by UniCredit Group, the official partner,
and Epoca Insurance srl Broker d'Assicurazione and Flos, supporting
partner.

AMACI, Association of Italian Contemporary Art Museums
T. +39 035 399528
F. +39 035 236962
[email protected]
http://www.amaci.org

Press office:
Studio Pesci
T. +39 O51 269267
[email protected]
http://www.studiopesci.it


Program:

CAMeC - Centro Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, La Spezia
Consonanze di Fausto Melotti, con Castellani, Fabbro e Paolini /
Lawrence Ferlinghetti, il lume non spento
http://www.comune.sp.it/citta/camec/index.html

Castello di Rivoli - Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Rivoli (To)
Carlo Mollino, Arabeschi/ Claes Oldenburg e Coosje Van Bruggen,
Sculpture by The Way / Weekend perle famiglie
http://www.castellodirivoli.org

Castel Sant'Elmo della Soprintendenza Speciale per il Polo Museale
Napoletano
Kiefer e Paolini, Ritorno a Capodimonte / Timoty Greenfield Sanders,
Faces and Names
http://www.musis.it/santelmo.asp

Centro Arti Visive Pescheria, Pesaro
Pescheria: dieci anni per l'arte contemporanea
http://www.comune.pesaro.ps/it

Centro per l'Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato
Corrispondenze
http://www.centroartepecci.prato.it

GAM - Fondazione Torino Musei Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea,
Torino
Carlo Mollino, Arabeschi / Collezioni Permanenti: l'ottocento - il
novecento
http://www.gamtorino.it

CeSAC - Centro Sperimentale per le Arti Contemporanee, Caraglio (Cuneo)
Collectors 1
http://www.cesac-caraglio.com

Galleria Civica di Modena
Yayoi Kusama, Metamorfosi / Ugo Rondinone, Giorni felici / Giocare
l'arte / Area Progetto: Chiara Tagliazucchi
http://www.comune.modena.it/galleria

Galleria Civica d'Arte Contemporanea di Trento
The End
http://www.galleriacivica.it

Galleria Civica d'Arte Contemporanea Montevergini di Siracusa
Interim is mine - L'intervallo e mio / Performances: NN e Eupalinos
http://www.montevergini.com

Galleria Comunale d'Arte Contemporanea di Monfalcone
Videoreport Italia_2004 - '05
http://www.comune.monfalcone.go.it/galleria

GAMeC - Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Bergamo
Jesus Rafael Soto, Visione in Movimento / Eldorado: Mungo Thomson /
Voyager: Mariella Bettineschi
http://www.gamec.it

MAN_Museo d'Arte della Provincia di Nuoro
Confini
http://www.museoman.it

GNAM Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Roma
Sante Monachesi, Perspex e ewelpiuma. 1959-1969 / Shirin Neshat:
'Fervor' / Restaurare il contemporaneo
http://www.gnam.arti.beniculturali.it

MART - Museo d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto,
Rovereto
Douglas Gordon / Yona Friedman / Opere dalla Collezione Permanente
http://www.mart.trento.it

MUSEION - Museo d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Bolzano
Group Therapy
http://www.museion.it

Kunst Merano arte, Merano
Andrea Renzini, Sonic Set From Consumed Pantone / Sound Zero: Musica e
Arte dalla Pop alla Street Art
http://www.kunstmeranoarte.com

MAXXI - Museo Nazionale delle Arti del XXI secolo, Roma
Museums - Musei nel XXI secolo
http://www.maxximuseo.org

PAC - Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea, Milano
Andres Serrano, Il dito nella piaga / The Morgue
http://www.comune.milano.it/pac

Palazzo delle Papesse, Siena
D'ombra
http://www.papesse.org

The full index of 400 events is available on: http://www.amaci.org

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