Franco Bianchini

Ringrazio in particolare il team curatoriale, coordinato da Cinzia Compalati e comprendente Maura Crudeli, Pasquale Direse, Federico Giannini ed Emanuele Guidi, e il project manager, Alberto Gulli, mio collega alla Fondazione Fitzcarraldo ETS, Torino.

Sono orgoglioso del lavoro svolto sulla candidatura per il Comune di Carrara, sostenuta dalla Regione Toscana (carrara2026.it), che ci ha portato a essere tra le 5 finaliste in una competizione di alto livello, con ben 23 città candidate.

In qualità di Direttore della candidatura di Carrara per la Capitale italiana dell’arte contemporanea per il 2026, mi congratulo con la città vincitrice, Gibellina, che avrà un’opportunità preziosa di rilancio a base culturale del suo territorio e di innovazione artistica.

The presentation was based on this report on aspects of the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on European Capitals of Culture, published by the Sibelius Academy, University of the Arts Helsinki: taju.uniarts.fi/bitstream/hand…

Today I gave a talk at this international conference in Rijeka of the MESOC (Measuring the Social Dimension of Culture) research project, funded by the EU’s Horizon 2020 programme: rijeka.hr/en/internation…

An article on the potential of collaboration between arts and sports policies, which appeared in September 2020 in Italian online journal AgCult: agcult.it/a/23989/2020-0…

An interview with Professor Ben Walmsley, Director of the Centre for Cultural Value, published by Italian online journal AgCult (English and Italian versions) agcult.it/a/33250/2021-0… agcult.it/a/33069/2021-0…

A Centre for Cultural Value free webinar today from 11.15-13.00 on 'Cultural policy responses to Covid-19: an international perspective'. Here is a link to an article I have written with Ben Walmsley, introducing some of the webinar's themes: artsprofessional.co.uk/magazine/artic…

An international conference in Hull (19th-21st November 2019) discussing the evaluation of Hull UK City of Culture 2017, and issues and challenges for future Cities and Capitals of Culture (registration closes at midnight on Friday 8th November 2019)impact.hull.ac.uk:

A temporary research assistant vacancy at the Culture, Place and Policy Institute, University of Hull: jobs.hull.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?i…

THE ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF GLOBAL CULTURAL POLICY- NOW IN PAPERBACK! (& a steal at £34) routledge.com/The-Routledge-…

A public seminar organised by the Culture, Place and Policy Institute, University of Hull: CREATING THE PAST: CULTURAL PROGRAMMING INSPIRED BY HERITAGE WITHIN HULL UK CITY OF CULTURE 2017 culturenet.co.uk/events/creatin… 1.30-3.45pm on 13th March 2019

A research seminar on 20th February 2019, organised by the Culture, Place and Policy Institute, University of Hull: culturenet.co.uk/events/the-new…

You may be interested in this post-doc research fellow vacancy at the Culture, Place and Policy Institute, University of Hull: jobs.hull.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?r…

Hull University archivist Simon Wilson will talk today about the emerging City of Culture archive, at a seminar organised by the Culture, Place and Policy Institute: culturenet.co.uk/events/sharing…

On 29th November I was at the THE Awards in London with colleagues from Hull University. We were shortlisted in the "Excellence and innovation in the arts" category for our work with Hull UK City of Culture 2017. Congratulations to the winners, student-run Uclan Publishing.

Here is the link to an issue of the journal "Participations", with a section on European Capitals of Culture (edited by Leila Jancovich, Louise Ejgod-Hansen and myself, and with an introduction by Enrico Tommarchi, Louise and myself): participations.org

On 19th July I attended the Hull premiere of this moving documentary by Sean McAllister, an alternative view of Hull UK City of Culture 2017: theguardian.com/film/2018/jun/…

Seminar organised by the Culture, Place and Policy Institute at the University of Hull on 19th June: culturenet.co.uk/events/capital…