Projects & Events
Nov. 26, 2025 - SUSTART 2025
On Wednesday, November 26, 2025, at the Chamber of Deputies (Palazzo Theodoli-Bianchelli, Giacomo Matteotti Room, Piazza del Parlamento n. 19 – 00186 Rome), the second edition of the SUSTART event (SUSTART 2025) was successfully held, under the artistic and scientific direction of Milanese art critic Marco Eugenio Di Giandomenico.
The event consists of an international forum on the sustainability of art and culture and an exhibition of a work of art by a contemporary artist. For the 2025 edition, artist Luca Battini (from the school of Pietro Annigoni, author of excellent paintings permanently exhibited in Italian and US museums and monuments) was selected to exhibit his portrait of chef Heinz Beck.
The forum is an annual discussion platform at the Chamber of Deputies, where local and national institutional representatives and leading figures from the worlds of business, the professions, academia, art, and culture discuss how the promotion of art and culture can be a driving force for regional development in terms of sustainable development, as advocated by the UN's 2030 Agenda and UNESCO's Culture 2030 (indicators).
The initiative, organized by Ethicando Association in Milan, was patronized by the Ministry of Enterprise and Made in Italy, various municipalities in Salento (Lecce, Brindisi, Galatina, Casarano, Scorrano, Melendugno, Lequile, Monteroni di Lecce), the Sigismondo Castromediano Museum in Lecce, the Maria Cristina Carlini Foundation in Milan, the Antonietta Viganone ETS Foundation in Milan, the Cento Amici del Libro Association in Milan, the Alda Merini Museum Space in Milan, and the ARCA Siracusa.
During the event, the Cinema Promotion Award dedicated to Adriano Pintaldi (honorary president: Pupi Avati; jury president: Marco Eugenio Di Giandomenico) was awarded to Laura Delli Colli, president of the Italian Film Journalists who award the Nastri d'Argento. This award is organized by the Ethicando Association and the ARCA Siracusa Association, chaired by Stefania Altavilla. The award was created by the goldsmith Stefania Midolo.
Numerous institutional authorities participated, including: Hon. Paolo Barelli (President of the FI Group in the Chamber of Deputies), Hon. Francesco Battistoni (Secretary of the Presidency Office of the Chamber of Deputies), Hon. Mauro D'Attis (Member of the V Budget Committee of the Chamber of Deputies), Sen. Antonio Saccone (President of the Cinecittà Holding).
Most of the representatives of the sponsoring municipalities also spoke: Adriana Poli Bortone (Mayor of Lecce), Fabio Vergine (Mayor of Galatina-LE), Mario Pendinelli (Mayor of Scorrano-LE), Ottavio De Nuzzo (Mayor of Casarano-LE), Oronzo Maurizio Cisternino (Mayor of Melendugno-LE), Vincenzo Carlà (Mayor of Lequile-LE), and Ramona Visconti (Councilor for Culture and Tourism of Monteroni di Lecce-LE).
The forum was enriched by the participation of personalities from the worlds of business, the professions, academia and universities, art and culture, including: Anna Lisa Tota (Vice-Rector of Roma Tre University), Marcella Caradonna (President of ODCEC Milan), Roberto Rosso (Full Professor of Photography at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in Milan), Alberto Gambino (UNISTUDIO & Gambino - Rome), Sara Landini (Professor of Economic Law - UNIFI, Member of the Board of Statutory Auditors of GENERALI Spa), Francesco Fabbiani (President of the Antonietta Viganone Foundation - Milan), Alain Salem (President of Cento Amici del Libro - Milan), Francesca Marcellini (President of the Sangregorio Giancarlo Foundation - Milan), Donatella Massimilla (Artistic Director of Spazio Alda Merini - Milan), Giovanni Musso (CEO of Irem Spa - Syracuse), Luca Battini (artist), Heinz Beck (chef), Claudia Peroni (sports journalist at Mediaset), Lucia Sardo (actress), Stefania Altavilla (President of ARCA Syracuse).
SUSTART 2025 benefited from the public relations activities of Antonella Stifani and media promotion by Bettibg On Italy and Estro Digitale.
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For information:
Ethicando Association
Email: info@ethicando.it
Website: www.ethicando.it
20.11.2025 - 22.01.2026 - Solo exhibit by Antonietta Viganone
Thursday, November 20, 2025, 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m., at the Braidense National Library in Milan (Via Brera 28 – 20121 Milan), solo exhibition by Antonietta Viganone entitled ANTONIETTA VIGANONE. AN EXHIBITION, A FILM, A BOOK, organized by the Ethicando Association of Milan (www.ethicando.it), in collaboration with the Antonietta Viganone ETS Foundation and the Braidense National Library, with artistic curation by Marco Eugenio Di Giandomenico, will be inaugurated.
Until January 22, 2026, artist's books (mostly published by Franco Sciardelli, the artist's life partner) and about 30 original engravings by Antonietta Viganone will be exhibited.
During the exhibition opening (November 20, 2025), which will take place in the Reading Room/Theology Room of the Braidense National Library, the documentary film entitled “Antonietta Viganone tra vita e arte” (Antonietta Viganone, life and art) will be presented and screened. It was written by Marco Eugenio Di Giandomenico and Alberto Osella, directed by Alberto Osella, produced by ABOUT A FILM, with cinematography by Filippo Corbetta and editing by Riccardo Banfi.
On the closing day of the exhibition (January 22, 2026), in the Aldo Bassetti Room of the Pinacoteca di Brera, a monograph entitled “Antonietta Viganone”, edited by Marco Eugenio Di Giandomenico and published by Silvana Editoriale, will be presented.
The initiative, patronized by the Municipality of Milan (p.a.), Municipality 1 of the Municipality of Milan, and the Cento Amici del Libro association, with media support from Betting On Italy and Estro Digitale, has an important impact on the Milanese and ultra-Milanese territory. In fact, the promotion of artistic production by Antonietta Viganone, which focuses on her engraving work, largely produced for the creation of artist's books together with leading figures in Italian literature (including Leonardo Sciascia), almost all published by her life partner Franco Sciardelli, provides an opportunity to explore the contemporary art scene of the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s in the Brera district of Milan. Franco Sciardelli, publisher and printer, was, in fact, a point of reference for many Milanese artists (and others) in the second half of the last century, who frequented the Brera district for various reasons, including in connection with the activities of the Academy of Fine Arts and the Brera Pinacoteca.
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For information:
Ethicando Association / Fondazione Antonietta Viganone ETS
E-mail: info@ethicando.it / info@fondazioneviganone.com
Siti web: www.ethicando.it / www.fondazioneviganone.com
11.10 - 19.10.2025 - Solo exhibit COLORS OF LIFE AND ART. CATERINA ROMANO
On Saturday, October 11, 2025, starting at 5:30 p.m., at the former Conservatory of St. Anna in Lecce (entrance at 10 Via Giuseppe Libertini), solo exhibition by Caterina Romano entitled COLORI DI VITA E ARTE. CATERINA ROMANO (COLORS OF LIFE AND ART. CATERINA ROMANO) will be inaugurated, curated by Milanese art critic Marco Eugenio Di Giandomenico.
During the inauguration, the monographic book COLORI DI VITA E ARTE. CATERINA ROMANO (M.E. Di Giandomenico, Milan, Ethicando Editore, 2025) will be presented.
The exhibition, which runs until Sunday, October 19, 2025, is patronized by the Municipality of Lecce and promoted by Betting On Italy and Estro Digitale.
Approximately 30 paintings by the Salento artist are exibited.
The opening will be attended by personalities from the world of institutions, culture and art, including Roberto Giordano Anguilla (Deputy Mayor City of Lecce), Loredana Ruffilli (lecturer and writer) and Lino Baldi (journalist).
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For information:
ETHICANDO association
E-mail: info@ethicando.it
Sito web: www.ethicando.it
25.09.2025 - Solo Exhibit REFLECTED LIGHTS. EMILIO GIOSSI VS DAN FLAVIN
On Thursday, September 25, 2025, at 6:30 p.m., on the occasion of Milan Fashion Week, at the Church of Santa Maria Annunciata in Chiesa Rossa in Milan (Via Neera 24 - 20141, Milan), the solo exhibition entitled REFLECTED LIGHTS. EMILIO GIOSSI VS DAN FLAVIN by Emilio Giossi, curated by art critic Marco Eugenio Di Giandomenico, will be inaugurated.
The exhibition is patronized by Milan Municipality 5 and promoted by Betting On Italy and Estro Digitale.
Until October 5, 2025, 14 works by the artist will be exhibited, 13 in the crypt and one inside the church, creating an evocative dialogue between Giossi's paintings and Dan Flavin's light installation.
At the inauguration, during which the monographic book REFLECTED LIGHTS. EMILIO GIOSSI VS DAN FLAVIN (M.E. Di Giandomenico, Milan, Ethicando Editore, 2025) will also be presented, various personalities from the world of institutions, culture, and art will speak, in addition to the curator and the artist. A musical performance by maestro Marcello Scandelli is also planned.
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Booking link:
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For information:
ETHICANDO Association
E-mail: info@ethicando.it
www.ethicandoeditore.com
06.07 - 31.12.2025 - Solo exhibit ART IN CRIPTA by Elvino Motti
Sunday, July 6, 2025, 4-6 p.m., the solo exhibition entitled ART IN CRIPTA by Elvino Motti at the Crypt of St. Anthony in Gravedona ed Uniti (CO), with art curatorship by Marco Eugenio Di Giandomenico, opens.
The initiative, which runs through 2025, is sponsored by the Province of Como, the Municipality of Gravedona ed Uniti, the Municipality of Dongo, the Mountain Community of Lario and Ceresio Valleys, and the Villa Vigoni Association. It enjoys the promotion of the international communication platform Betting On Italy.
No. 8 light sculptures/installations by Elvino Motti are exhibited, "which dialogue admirably with the evocative spaces of the ante fourteenth-century crypt, almost making visible the spiritual yearnings consolidated in the centuries-old liturgical environments" (Marco Eugenio Di Giandomenico).
"In the quiet of this hallowed space, Elvino Motti’s installation offers flickers of light, reaching out to the carved Romanesque capitals and the frescoes of the fourteenth century. How could they not respond? For in the language of scripture, light is the first word ever spoken: and Christ, the Lumen Gentium, the light of the people" (Don Francesco Marinoni).
Fiorenzo Bongiasca (president of the Province of Como), Cesare Soldarelli (mayor of the municipality of Gravedona ed Uniti), Mauro Robba (mayor of the municipality of Dongo and president of the Comunità Montana Valli del Lario e del Ceresio), as well as various personalities from the world of culture and art are scheduled to participate.
Ph credits: Mauro Ceresa
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For information:
E-mail: info@bettingonitaly.com