8th Artist’s Book Triennial – Opening in Vercelli 2019

President of the Museo Leone Prof. Gianni Mentigazzi, Dr. Luca Brusotto, Mayor of Vercelli Mrs. Maura Forte, curator Prof. Kestutis Vasiliunas and Roberto Gianinetti

8th International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2018
Theme: Memento Mori

 

Time: 23 February – 10 March 2019
Location: “Museo Leone” (Museum Leone), Vercelli, Italy

8th Artist's Book Triennial in Vercelli

Opening Ceremony: 23rd February 2019, at 5.30 p.m. in “Museo Leone”

On the official opening of the “8th International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2018” in Vercelli, in Museo Leone participated Mayor of Vercelli Mrs. Maura Forte, president of the Museo Leone Prof. Gianni Mentigazzi, Dr. Luca Brusotto, official persons from the government.

Artist Roberto Gianinetti, Mayor of Vercelli Maura Forte & Prof. Kestutis Vasiliunas

Many artists, friends, journalists, citizens of Vercelli and guests from other towns participated on the opening of the Exhibition in beautiful hall of Museo Leone. Few artist special arrived from abroad – Catherine Bolle from Switzerland & Margot Fagan from Canada.

Organiser of the Triennial: Circle “Bokartas”

In Cooperation with: Città di Vercelli & “Museo Leone”, Vercelli, Italy

Project Curator: Kestutis Vasiliunas
Coordinator for the Exhibition in Vercelli: Roberto Gianinetti

In Cooperation with:
Vilnius Academy of Arts, Graphic Art Department, Vilnius, Lithuania;
IAKH: Globus Galerie + Edition Lebensretter, Leipzig, Germany;
ISIA, Urbino, Italy;
Festival “Urbino e le Città del Libro”, Italy;
The Martynas Mazvydas National Library of Lithuania, Vilnius, Lithuania
Città di Vercelli & “Museo Leone”, Vercelli, Italy;
“Scuola Internazionale di Grafica”, Venezia, Italy;
Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL, USA;
Reed Library of the State University of New York at Fredonia, USA.

Main Sponsor: Lithuanian Council for Culture

Museo Leone in Vercelli

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Photos: Kestutis Vasiliunas, Orlando Monteleone & Printmaking Vercelli

© Artist’s Book Creators 2019