The artist Wang Yuxiang, a graduate of the RUFA School of Visual Arts, is one of the key figures celebrating the twentieth anniversary of the Fondazione Pastificio Cerere. On this occasion, the artist will exhibit in the new exhibition space designed by the architecture studio STARTT with his first solo show in Italy, titled “Anche… Find out more
Painting
Fine Arts
Talk with Alice Conconi – Partner and Senior Director of Andrew Kreps Gallery
On Friday 7 June 2024 RUFA hosted a Talk with Alice Conconi, Partner and Senior Director of Andrew Kreps Gallery in New York. The meeting, open to all RUFA students, is led by lecturer Fabrizio Pizzutos. Alice Conconi is the partner and senior director of Andrew Kreps Gallery in New York. After her studies… Find out more
Fine Arts
ITER AD SALUTEM
“ITER AD SALUTEM – Il viaggio per la salvezza”. Exhibition by painter and RUFA student Alessia Mattia. Spazio AGORART – Clivio Rutario 53, Rome. Vernissage 17 May 2024 at 18:00- Finissage 31 May 2024 at 18:00. Art excites. Because it shows that there are really no limits to dreams and creativity. Categorically opposed to… Find out more
Academy
New guest in RUFA: Da Vinci, manufacturer of high-quality brushes
On Tuesday 19 March from 10 a.m., RUFA painting students had the opportunity to attend the first presentation in Italy of Da Vinci brushes, a renowned German company specialising in the production of fine art brushes. Hermann Meyer, Director of the company, and Olimpio Rum, Da Vinci’s representative in Italy, spoke as part of… Find out more
Fine Arts
Painting Masterclass with Mauro Di Silvestre
For five days, students of the Master’s programme in Fine Arts had the opportunity to express themselves creatively under the guidance of artist Mauro Di Silvestre. The masterclass emphasised the importance of the authenticity of the artist, of the work of art, and insisted on the urgency of the creative act. The two key… Find out more
Fine Arts
Live Painting by RUFA artists at Palazzo Farnese
Four young RUFA artists – Alice Papi, Lorenzo Cappella, Alexandra Fongaro and Davide Miceli – realised a 3-hour Live Painting performance in the beautiful setting of Palazzo Farnese. On the occasion of the premiere of the documentary “Banksy e la ragazza del Bataclan” – produced by GA&A e Tinterkland, in co-production with Rai Cultura,… Find out more
Fine Arts
Vacunalia 2023
Sorry, this entry is only available in IT. Miti e Leggende di Storie Reali A cura di Niccolò Giacomazzi e Benedetta Monti. Elisa Capucci, Lorenzo Colli, Benjamin Kamps, Mozzarella Light, Progetto Fatuo (in collaborazione con Marco Aurelio Di Giorgio), Carola Spina. 29 Ottobre 2023 | 10:00 – 21:00 | Vacone, Rieti Vacunalia, a cura… Find out more
Fine Arts
Wang Yuxiang finalist for the Talent Prize 2023
RUFA student Wang Yuxiang from the School of Visual Arts is among the finalists of the 16th edition of the ‘Talent Prize 2023’ with the work ‘Vacava’. On 19 September at the Goethe-Institut in Rome, the press conference of the 2023 Talent Prize, the contest conceived by Guido Talarico, editor and director of Inside… Find out more
Fine Arts
L’Artificio
“L’Artificio” is the first project activated by LEA APS, Independent Artist-Run Project Space, born from the collaboration between visual artists and former RUFA students Elisa Selli and Ellen Wolf, under the patronage of the Primo Municipio di Roma Capitale. The L’Artificio project consists of a painting and drawing workshop featuring people with Down Syndrome… Find out more
Fine Arts
Exploring Creativity and Visualization Dimensions
A research project initiated in collaboration with NUS – National University of Singapore. It is with great pleasure that RUFA actively collaborates in the scientific project “Exploring Creativity and Visualization Dimensions“. The project is undertaken by Associate Professor Maria Kozhevnikov (Principal Investigator) and her laboratory at the National University of Singapore (NUS) jointly… Find out more
Fine Arts
Masterclass with :mentalKLINIK
From 20 to 24 March, the Fine Arts Masterclass ‘DOUBLE TROUBLES’ will be held by :mentalKLINIK , the Brussels-based artist duo from Istanbul composed of Yasemin Baydar & Birol Demir, whose collaborative practice began in 1998. The visual arts students will have the opportunity to engage in an open and direct discussion with the… Find out more
Announcement
Premio di pittura e musica 2023
The 2023 edition of the Painting and Music Prize is on the theme: ‘The Light of Life Beyond Abandonment’. The award is intended for students at the Fine Arts Academies and Music Conservatories who come together, dictated by a common inspiration, in the realisation of pictorial works and musical compositions, in a synaesthetic unicum of… Find out more
Fine Arts
Masterclass with Caterina Silva
From Nov. 21-25, Painting students had the opportunity to work closely with artist Caterina Silva as part of the Masterclass: “Painting-gestures-alphabets”. Through painting and performative techniques the masterclass aims at creating with the students an alphabet of signs to be deployed either on the surface of the canvas or in space through the bodies…. Find out more
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Enzo Cucchi and Graziano Menolascina in RUFA
Visiting RUFA artist Enzo Cucchi and Graziano Menolascina, Artistic Director of PRAC – Centre for Contemporary Art. As part of the two-year painting workshop, RUFA students will have the opportunity to meet and discuss with artist Enzo Cucchi and Graziano Menolascina, Artistic Director of PRAC – Centre for Contemporary Art in Ponzano Romano. Maestro… Find out more
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Cieco animale
Congratulations to RUFA student Lorenzo Cappella for the inauguration of the double exhibition “CIECO ANIMALE”, together with artist Guido D’Angelo, on show in the KHLAB exhibition space from 11 May to 4 June 2022 The thought of animality has many faces, a multitude of gestures. Devouring the human mask, there where the gaze rises,… Find out more
Painting
Wang Yuxiang’s solo exhibition at PRAC
Wang Yuxiang, a RUFA student in the School of Visual Arts, opens his solo exhibition at PRAC – Center for Contemporary Art – on May 8 at 10 a.m. PRAC Center for Contemporary Art inaugurates the new exhibition season with three solo shows curated by Graziano Menolascina: David Salle, a leading artist of the… Find out more
Fine Arts
Quello che il cielo non mi ha detto
From 25 April to 1 May, the new exhibition “Quello che il cielo non mi ha detto” (What the sky didn’t tell me) by Amedeo Longo and Sofia Sotto Corona, artists and RUFA Fine Arts students, is open to the public. With “Quel che il cielo non mi ha detto”, Amedeo Longo and Sofia… Find out more
Fine Arts
“Sacralità/Sacro” masterclass kicks off
After the success of the 2021 edition, the Fine Arts masterclass “Sacralità/Sacro – Collaborative site-specific installation” is back. From 4 to 12 April the Fine Arts masterclass curated by Umberto Giovannini was held again, during which students worked on the realisation of a collective “site specific” project. The aim of the masterclass was to investigate… Find out more
Fine Arts
The Corrupted Archive
The art project ‘The Corrupted Archive’ is continuously seeking contributions for the construction of a participatory visual archive. “What happens when an image deteriorates? Does a piece of reality vanish?” The art project The Corrupted Archive – by the artist Luca Spano in collaboration with Maurizio Lai – explores the implications of corrupted… Find out more
Painting
Quando il bambino era bambino
Sunday, March 20 marks the inauguration of the new project of lecturer Davide Dormino: “Quando il bambino era bambino”, with a text by Silvano Manganaro. The appointment is from 12 noon to 7 p.m. at Fondazione VOLUME! “…Quando il bambino era bambino, non sapeva di essere un bambino, per lui tutto aveva un’anima e… Find out more