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76th EDITION MICHETTI AWARD
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76th EDITION MICHETTI AWARD

From 26 July to 15 September 2025

Francesco Paolo Michetti Foundation

Francesco Paolo Michetti Foundation

Piazza San Domenico, 1 , Francavilla al Mare

Closed today: open tomorrow at 10:00

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With this work, the conceptual artist Les Levine intended in the nineties to support the idea that the themes designated for collective exhibitions often force artworks to conform to the theme. In the text accompanying the work, a letter explains the disasters that would have been brought about by the persistence of these events and a certain idea of entertainment during that decade and beyond. Levine's statement today appears to be more of a prophecy than a simple statement.



In Levine's work, some cats are depicted with the motto. The work is inspired by cave paintings that empowered the community through a visual ritual. Cats, domestic animals, represent the metaphor of obsession for aggressive group exhibitions. In contemporary communication, cats - subjects more shared on social media, our new Lascaux cave - represent the cave paintings of the new digital caves. What does it mean today to organize an art prize? Probably it can be seen as an opportunity to reflect on what seem to be the most interesting trajectories of artistic thought in this historical moment, both in aesthetic and, above all, in existential terms. [...]


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Piazza San Domenico, 1 , Francavilla al Mare, Italy

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monday Closed now
tuesday 10:00 - 13:00
wednesday 10:00 - 13:00
thursday 10:00 - 13:00
10:00 - 13:00
friday 09:00 - 13:00
saturday 10:00 - 18:00
sunday 10:00 - 18:00

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