May 12 – Adele Ceraudo, Calabrian artist known for her pictorial experiments on the female body, kicked off her Australian residence with a bang. After the success at the Venice Biennale, Ceraudo inaugurated in Melbourne a show sponsored by the Consulate General of Italy. The event was attended by many fans, who came to admire the reinterpretations of Italian art masterpieces that have as subject the artist herself. The Consul General Marco Maria Cerbo and actress Lidia Vitale, in Melbourne for “Solo Anna”, a monologue dedicated to Anna Magnani, were also present at the inauguration. The initiative is the first organized by the Gaia Foundation, which last year won the ProArte Prize of the National Youth Forum: the eecognition was awarded to enhance a project idea, and launch a series of exchange programs aimed at enabling young Italian artists to appear on the Australian landscape.
