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Plenty of new features in this year of celebrating the 20th anniversary of Salone del Gusto and the 30th year of Slow Food’s activities in Italy. This year’s event, from 22 to 26 September, will be moving for the first time to the heart of Torino to get closer to the public and involve the entire city. The event will also be headlining the name Terra Madre to emphasise the prime importance of food communities and the leading role increasingly attributed to all those who farm and produce our food in the world, highlighting values such as social responsibility and sustainability.
The 12th Torino Spirituality, from 28 September to 2 October, is changing its observation perspective: during the five days of talks, lectures, performances and meditation, the animal eye becomes the key for reflecting on Man and for revealing something new about our way of living in the world. The title chosen is D’istinti Animali.
At the Reggia di Venaria, Sale delle Arti, from 21 September to 19 February 2017, an exhibition celebrating the most important assemblage of Flemish artists between the 16th and 17th centuries. The exhibited works reveal the genius of five generations of artists who jointly embodied the style and trends in Flemish painting and whose dynasty has become a byword for excellence in pictorial art.
A major retrospective dedicated to Ed Atkins, the first exhibition in Italy of the works of this artist, one of the most interesting and active on the international scene. The exhibition, at Rivoli Castle from 27 September to 29 January 2017, is organised in collaboration with the Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo where a section is being installed.
From 27 September to 10 October, the 23rd Incanti, focuses on the relationship between Cinema and Puppetry. The theatre companies from Denmark, Belgium, Spain, the UK and Italy deal with the themes and techniques of cinema and images in general, including video and photography.
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Artissima focuses on young artists and the avant-garde, on carefully made stands and high level presentations, and this year – the fifth consecutive under the artistic direction of Sarah Cosulich – it is offering the public many new features. The 2016 Artissima, at the Oval Lingotto Fiere from 4 to 6 November, develops along two fundamental axes: a determination to boost artistic and curatorial experimentation, and the exploration of the concept of performance.
Starting out back in 1982 to promote the films of “new authors”, TFF has now become one of the top cinema events in Italy, back this year from 18 to 26 November to the delight of movie fans who come in droves to the theatres. By presenting a wide-ranging programme involving not just the works of first-time directors but also the works of the great directors of the past, the festival’s fame has grown year by year.