With the exhibition “KATA LOGON – the poetics of (past) time” exhibited the 24th to the 28th of February, RUFA announced the birth of the collective called “Spazio Temporale” and is composed of six young artists: Aurora Augenti, Silvia Bottero, Giselle Cantonetti, Laura Capriglia, Amedeo Longo, Leopoldo Morresi. Young people who, in their artistic and… Find out more
Sculpture and Installations
Painting
“In Situ”, when the orientation turns into art – Photos and video
Getting to know the artists of In Situ was very inspiring for the RUFA students who took part in the talk at the RUFA Space headquarters on 6th February, starting at 3.30 pm. Many questions were asked to Christophe Constantin, Marco De Rosa, Francesca Cornacchini and Federica Di Pietrantonio and the answers they gave to… Find out more
Painting
Masterclass with Fabio Mauri Studio
Studio Mauri is the heritage of a great Italian artist. On February 13th the visual arts students of RUFA will have the opportunity to enjoy it, guided by the historical assistants of Fabio Mauri, Dora Aceto, Ivan Barlafante, Marcella Campitelli, Claudio Cantelmi, Sara Codutti and Sandro Mele, who have created and set up many of… Find out more
Fine Arts
RUFA, talk e workshop on monotype
Double appointment on Tuesday 21 January, starting at 11.30 am, in the art graphics room of RUFA Pastificio Cerere, in Via degli Ausoni 7 in Rome, in the heart of the San Lorenzo district. Giuseppe Prezioso, marketing director of Cartiere di Fabriano, will hold a talk on paper processing procedures, while Professor Guido D’Angelo will… Find out more
Painting
“In Situ”, when the orientation turns into art
Student to student. From those who seek their own future, gathering information and opportunities, to those who have decided to follow the path of creativity, between innovation and art. This is the scenario, in the context of RUFA Space, in Via degli Ausoni 7 in the heart of the San Lorenzo district in Rome, which… Find out more
Fine Arts
“Just in time for the cake” – A performance by Flaminia Bonciani
“Just in time for the cake” is a performance whose wish is to help people think about how the post-modern society pushes us towards contrasting directions. On one side, the contemporary man is constantly put under pressure to meet specific aesthetic standards, while on the other side, he’s the unaware victim of a command to… Find out more
Graphic design
RUFA and Cheese factory of Sorano, together for a “call for artist” with a sylvan tone
RUFA – Rome University of Fine Arts students are called on to create two artistic works to be included in the Comune di Sorano (Gr) and in particular in the spaces belonging to the Caseificio di Sorano. The origin of Sorano dates back to the Etruscans, but already in the fifteenth century the social role… Find out more
Fine Arts
China is close
China gest closer and closer to Italy, also from an artistic point of view. The relationship between the two countries is an ancient cultural relationship, marked by the famous journeys of Marco Polo and Matteo Ricci which is being strengthened further and further, as one can notice by the many Chinese students who decide to… Find out more
Didactics
RUFA students engaged at Maxxi in a cultural mediation project
What does it mean today to talk about spiritual? This question will be answered by a group of students of Visual arts and Photography who, in the next few days, will begin a training course in cultural mediation. The experience is the result of the synergy between RUFA – Rome University of Fine Arts and… Find out more
Painting
RUFA joins World Day against Violence on Women
RUFA – Rome University of Fine Arts has joined as a roman partner the World Day against Violence on Women. The voice calling for a stop to the social emergency of feminicides is getting louder. Many appointments have been renewed in various Italian cities connected to the Wall of Dolls, the artistic installation created by… Find out more
Announcement
CASTING – LEONARDO TV SERIE
For the television series Leonardo, directed by Daniel Percival, produced by Lux Vide Spa, we are looking for CHARACTERS of adult men and women of all ages (even over 80) and minors. Given the specific nature of the project we are looking for male ARTISTS, especially PAINTS, SCULPTORS, PORTRAITERS and DESIGNERS, able to reproduce the… Find out more
Photography and Audiovisual
The Italian Embassy in Mexico and RUFA, together for art
A collaboration that will get stronger in the coming years and that will allow RUFA – Rome University of Fine Arts‘ lecturers and students to stand out in the development of contemporary art, especially abroad. Ambassador Luigi De Chiara has been appointed to lead the Italian Embassy in Mexico City. Mexico is Italy’s second largest… Find out more
Announcement
Arte Laguna, the registrations start
Registration is open for the fourteenth edition of the “Arte Laguna” award, the most influential competition in the world for emerging artists and designers, which exhibits and promotes creative talent. With fourteen years of history, the contest in question offers the opportunity not only to exhibit in an exceptional location such as the Venice Arsenal,… Find out more
Announcement
Call for the realization of works aimed at protecting the environment opened
On 15 October the call for proposals opened by Istituto Oikos, HelpCode Italia, Acquario di Genova, Comune di Milano and MUSE – Museo delle Scienze di Trento to select young artists who will be commissioned to create three public art installations. The works will be exhibited to the public during 2020 at the Acquario di… Find out more
Painting
Atlante of Davide Dormino along the via Francigena
The “Three Gates of IN-Perfection” project will be inaugurated on 12 October at 11 a.m., in the Parco di Veio, a collective “land art” intervention by Angelo Cricchi involving three internationally renowned artists: Giancarlo Neri, Goldschmied & Chiari and the RUFA lecturer Davide Dormino. The result of intense documentation work, “Three Gates of IN-Perfection” was… Find out more
Sculpture and Installations
Ice-cream makers on stage: performance by Camilla Gurgone and Nicola Petruzzi
In the middle of a post-truth era, where we hardly distinguish reality from fiction, the “Zero degrees Frozen yogurt” ice cream shop is the artistic (consumer) product most suited to our times: a kind of “fake moment”, a probable daily moment where everything can be true, but at the same time it can be false…. Find out more
Announcement
Announcement for the Scuola dell’arte e della medaglia
The notice of admission to the free courses of the Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato has been published. For the school year 2019/2020, there are 12 places for students of the three-year ordinary course and 12 places for the annual preparatory course of the Scuola dell’arte della medaglia, established at the Zecca. The ordinary… Find out more
Fine Arts
Ice-cream makers on stage: performance by Camilla Gurgone and Nicola Petruzzi
In the middle of a post-truth era, where we hardly distinguish reality from fiction, the “Zero degrees Frozen yogurt” ice cream shop is the artistic (consumer) product most suited to our times: a kind of “fake moment”, a probable daily moment where everything can be true, but at the same time it can be false…. Find out more
Announcement
RUFA patronizes the 2019/2010 edition of the “Premio Internazionale Arte Laguna”
RUFA and the association MoCA, promoter and organizer of the “Premio Internazionale Arte Laguna”, now in its fourteenth edition, are renewing their collaboration. Specifically, it is an international competition that embraces multiple expressions of the arts: painting, sculpture and installation, photographic art, video art, performance, virtual art, land art, urban art, design. An event that… Find out more
Painting
RUFA, new appointment with the “Solo Exhibition”.
The “Solo Exhibition” were born as a challenge for the students of Rufa’s three years of visual arts, specifically Painting and Sculpture, to allow them to make a first constructive and real exercise of what it means to exhibit one or more works in a specific space. It is in this particular context that Giulia… Find out more