The second edition of the Days of Art – Naples Campania begins today, November 24, and kicks off four days dedicated to contemporary art, with the aim of enhancing the artistic excellence of the area, triggering a dialogue between the actors of the Campania system, offering visibility from a national and international point of view.
Museums and foundations, galleries, independent spaces and cultural associations but also private collections, an archaeological area and four wineries, hybrid spaces, accommodation facilities. More than 50 places, between Naples and the other capitals, have been selected for this second edition of Art Days, promoted and organized by the curatorial association Attiva Cultural Projects.
Martina Campese, Raffaella Ferraro, Letizia Mari And Valeria Bevilacquafounders of Attiva Cultural Projects, say: «Visitors of all nationalities will also be able to enjoy a special itinerary in each participating institution and gallery and, why not, get to know other excellences and iconic places of the Campania region as well as contemporary art, thanks to our social campaign that tells places, monuments and stories full of emotion, accompanying future visitors up to the days of the event».

«Campania already stands out, even at a non-European level – the curators continue – for the caliber of the actors of the art system who publish in the region, but it remains the only territory that does not yet have dedicated appointments that organize all the operators and artists present on it – reads the press release – for this reason we felt the need to plan the Art Days and not a fair: to give the possibility to visitors from all over the world (but also from other Italian regions and from every area of ​​the same Campania) to book a long weekend with the possibility of also benefiting from affiliated accommodation and dedicated tours that tell the story of the regional milieu by interacting directly with the actors who express it throughout the year in their structure: a museum, a private collection, a gallery, an independent space and much more».

Exhibitions, site-specific interventions, performances, talks, guided visits and tours, educational activities, workshops and, for the first time, a dedicated evening programme.
The Madre museum, which granted the Matronage to the event, will offer reduced admission to visitors and will host one of the four talks curated by the Art Days team which focuses on the very current theme of NFT and Crypto Arte. The Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte will offer special openings with discounted or free admission, based on contemporary collections. The Royal Palace of Caserta will offer special guided tours of the Terrae Motus collection.
Sixteen independent spaces, including Exit Strategy (Naples), Flip Project Space (Naples), La Casaforte SB (Naples), Labinac (Naples), Magazzini Fotografico (Naples), Opificio Puca, Sant’Arpino (Caserta), Quartiere Intelligente (Naples), Latin Quarter (Naples), SMMAVE (Naples), Sotto gli Archi (Naples).

Among the foundations of private origin or places of culture that will take part with dedicated events, also Casa Morra (Naples), the Filiberto and Bianca Menna Foundation (Salerno), the Morra Greco Foundation (Naples), the Plart Foundation (Naples) and the Italian Institute for Philosophical Studies (Naples). 15 galleries have confirmed their participation, including Aa29 (Caserta), Acappella (Naples), Galleria Lia Rumma (Naples), Galleria Paola Verrengia (Salerno), Gallerie Riunite (Naples), Galleria Umberto di Marino and Casa Marino ( Naples), Studio Trisorio (Naples), Swing Gallery (Benevento), Thomas Dane (Naples).
Four private contemporary art collections will be involved: the Agovino Collection, the Ernesto Esposito Collection, the Frasca Collection and the Rossetta Collection, which will be the protagonists of the round table dedicated to Italian collecting and new forms of patronage, and also with specific projects during the event. There are also four artist residencies that will participate in the Art Days: SuperOzio with the Grand Tour en Italie project, the Residence ExtraArtis of the Relais La Rupe (Sorrento), the residence noh-art promoted by the collector Ernesto Esposito and the residence The Garden House di Marea Artistic Project.
Finally, there are four wineries involved in a residency and production award: Cantine Astroni (NA), with the artist Giovanni ChiamentiCantine Iannella (BN) with Miriam MontaniVilla Matilde Avallone with Andrea Bolognano (CE), Villa Raiano (AV) with TRASPEZIA.
Niccolo Moronato instead it is the winner of the other prize promoted in the context of Art Days, which involved the creation of a site specific project for the Macellum – Temple of Serapis, an archaeological area set in the historic center of Pozzuoli, which will be presented on the day of the finissage of the event, on November 27th.

The full program: artdaysnapolicampania.com