Technical sponsor

TALK

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The Public Programme will be supported by Lucca Art Fair TALKS, which will take on a new, more dynamic form this year, featuring publishers and artists from the Editor section. All participants will have the opportunity to discuss their work in a series of meetings on Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 September, providing an opportunity for discussion amongst themselves and for direct dialogue with the public.

 

Lucca Art Fair, Talk Room of the Real Collegio, 27–28 September 2025.

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Saturday, September 27

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11:30 AM
The Place is an online marketplace offering a curated selection of rare art books and art editions by talented emerging artists. Born from the passion of a couple of collectors, THE PLACE has become a reference point for those who love contemporary art publishing. The site features publications by prestigious publishers and galleries alongside exclusive productions — THE PLACE edition and U-ART-P edition — created for those who wish to enrich their collection with unique volumes.

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3:00 PM
Fare Mente Locale is a cross-disciplinary project that works within the dynamics of contemporary art languages, moving between the production of original works, the curation of unconventional exhibitions, and collaborative projects. This artists’ collective, founded in Siena in 2015, explores spaces, contexts, and boundary situations in which to activate processes of cultural contamination through territorial analysis, artistic practices, and social collaboration.

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Spazioterra presents a new approach to sharing, designing, and learning together — an opportunity to put into practice project ideas that lead to collective experimentation. Founded in Florence in 2023, Spazioterra aims to offer a space to those who wish to participate, engage, and feel part of a living unity. Interactive movement, central to the project, is fundamental to understanding the message Spazioterra wants to convey: the importance of being aware of our ability to collaborate and to be active participants in projects of any scale.

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4:00 PM
The Italian Fiscal Turn and the New Perspectives of the Art Market
Speaker: Andrea Savino, Collezione da Tiffany
Moderator: Francesca Baboni

Collezione da Tiffany, founded by Nicola Maggi in 2012, is the first and only Italian magazine entirely dedicated to contemporary art collecting. Independent and authoritative, for 13 years it has offered collectors and enthusiasts high-quality content thanks to contributions from over 100 industry professionals. Topics include: market analysis, reports and trends, auctions, fairs and galleries, law and taxation, conservation, documentation, and archiving.

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Sunday, September 28

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12:00 PM
Andrea Benedetto is a young Swiss-Italian designer whose research focuses on experimentation at the intersection of analog and digital media. As an independent publisher, he develops self-funded projects published in limited editions or as unique pieces intended for exhibition. He collaborates closely with artists on the creation of art books and catalogues, some of which are published by local publishing houses and distributed during exhibitions and events.

Ginevra Tarabusi: Her artistic research, rooted in painting and connected to the book both as a literary source of inspiration and as a formal medium, takes shape in the production of artist’s books and works on paper. From traditional bound pages, her books expand into research aimed at exploring different possibilities of format, expression, and reproduction, including in other fields such as printmaking.

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3:30 PM
Rawmessina is an artist-run space founded in New York in 2013 by Pax Paloscia and Gabriele Stabile. Since the days at 240 Grand Street, many things have changed, and its headquarters finally moved to Rome (after a Milanese chapter). At its core, the artist’s book, the sketchbook, the fanzine, and in-house publications have always played a key role — not only as vehicles of their discourse but also as an essential, integral part of the creative process of the artists within their roster.