Baku. As part of the support provided by the Italian Embassy in Baku to the agreement between Yarat and Michelangelo Pistoletto’s Cittadellarte Foundation; six experts including five Italians, will hold readings on design and contemporary art from April 20th to May 12th in Baku. Other protagonists include Matteo Luchetti, curator, art historian, writer, and fashion design professor at the IED, the Milan Polytechnic, and IUAV University of Venice, (lecture day April 20th at 19:00); Judith Wielander, independent curator based in Brussels, and founding member and co-director, with Matteo Lucchetti, of the ‘Visible project’ – a research project that won the first prize at the “European Biennial Production”, (lecture day April 20th at 19:00); Silvio Betterelli, fashion designer and finalist and sole Italian designer of Tokyo fashion grand prix. In 2011, he won the Vogue Italia prize. (Lecture day April 27th at 19:00). (9Colonne)
