The talk program of the Cremona Art Fair 2026

A calendar of talks will accompany the Public Programme of the Cremona Art Fair, featuring in-depth sessions dedicated to artists, publishers, and industry professionals. The section will include presentations, dialogues, and open discussions with the public, with a special focus on the Editor section.

Among the scheduled events, on Saturday, May 9 at 3:30 PM, the talk Art, Companies, and Foundations: Strategic Alliances in Contemporary Cultural Production will take place.

Saturday, May 9

h. 3.30 PM “Art, Companies, and Foundations: Strategic Alliances in Contemporary Cultural Production”

Speakers: Andrea Savino (Collezione da Tiffany), Vera Canevazzi (Vera Canevazzi Art Consulting)

Moderator: Francesca Baboni

A discussion dedicated to the increasingly central role of companies and foundations in the production and support of contemporary culture. The talk examines models of collaboration between the art system, the business world, and institutions, exploring strategies related to collecting, patronage, and innovation. Through direct experiences and significant case studies, the session investigates the dynamics of cooperation among the art system, companies, and foundations, highlighting the cultural and social value that emerges from the intersection of art, economy, and society.

Andrea Savino is a chartered accountant and statutory auditor based in Turin, specializing in international law and taxation. He is a member of the Culture Economics Commission of the National Council of Chartered Accountants, former president of the Culture Commission of the National Union of Young Chartered Accountants, and a member of the Internationalization and International Taxation Commission of the same organization. He is also a researcher at the Institute for European Studies (IUSE).

Vera Canevazzi is the director of Vera Canevazzi Art Consulting, a Milan-based art advisory and art wealth management firm that supports private clients, companies, artists, galleries, and institutions through tailored projects. The firm operates as a single point of contact, coordinating artistic, managerial, legal, and communication expertise—from cataloguing and artwork appraisal to expert reports, curatorship, exhibition production, and artist positioning. She is also a professor and coordinator of the Schools of Painting, Sculpture, and Visual Arts at the SantaGiulia Academy of Fine Arts in Brescia.

h 4.30 PM Ticonzero​

Ticonzero presents a talk in the form of a conversation dedicated to the project “QUIRKY – Wear Art, Support Difference,” featuring Siria Bertorelli, art therapist, and Chiara Caccialanza from laboratorio_huntspear.

The meeting brings together two perspectives that may seem distant at first glance: that of the artisan jeweler and designer, and that of an association that has developed a piece of jewelry with a strong social value. It is precisely from this distance that a fertile dialogue emerges, capable of rethinking the concept of “value” in new ways.

Starting from a simple yet incisive question—what makes a piece of jewelry precious?—the talk explores themes such as the relationship between economic and social value, jewelry as a form of expressive language, and the connection between beauty and meaning. At its core is a reflection on uniqueness: on one hand, the uniqueness of the handcrafted piece; on the other, the uniqueness of the people and stories that the jewelry can represent.

“Wearing difference” thus becomes a powerful meeting point where artistic creation, sustainability, and inclusion intertwine, opening up a vision of jewelry not merely as an object, but as a cultural and relational device.

Ticonzero is a social promotion association that fosters the development of artistic and cultural projects conceived within the framework of neurodiversity, with the aim of creating new interpretative possibilities and supporting human well-being. Through collaboration with the editorial project Matti Da Rilegare by Legatoria Venturini, the idea emerged to create a series of visual monographs using paper offcuts destined for recycling, dedicated to the atelier’s participants. This year at the fair, Ticonzero presents the project Wearable Art.

Sunday, May 10

h 11.00 AM Tricromia Illustrator's Artgallery

Tricromia Art Gallery presents A Tribute to Eyes for Cremona Art Fair, a selection of works from the Italian illustration scene. Active for over thirty years, the gallery combines exhibition and publishing activities, focusing its research on drawing, comics, and illustration. Over time, it has collaborated with artists such as Mattotti, Muñoz, Toppi, Pericoli, Altan, Mannelli, Ricci, and Jacovitti, while also supporting emerging young artists.

Speakers include Giuseppina Frassino, founder of Tricromia Illustrator’s Art Gallery, and Michele Ginevra, director of the “Andrea Pazienza” Comics Center.

h 3.30 PM The Place

The Place is a platform dedicated to the sale of art books, photography, visual culture, and artist editions. It offers a carefully curated selection of rare volumes, independent publications, and research-driven titles, addressing collectors, scholars, and enthusiasts alike. It serves as a reference point for those seeking high-quality, niche editorial content, with a strong focus on quality and experimentation.

Speakers include Oliviero Falconi, co-founder, and the artists Giorgio Bernasconi and Gabriele Napoli.

h 4.30 PM L’Arengario Studio Bibliografico - ​Biblohaus

Biblohaus is a publishing house specializing in the anastatic reproduction of rare Futurist texts, produced as fine, limited-edition volumes. Its work enhances the book as an art object, faithfully preserving the original graphic design and layout of Futurist avant-garde works. Alongside historical reprints, the publisher also produces new art books inspired by the style and spirit of Futurism, always in limited editions.

L’Arengario Studio Bibliografico, active since 1980, specializes in the history of the avant-garde, artist’s books, and protest culture. At Cremona Art Fair, it presents a selection of historical artist’s books from the 1960s and 1970s in their original editions, and introduces the participatory project HIC ET NUNC. Contributions collected from the public will be brought together into a collective artist’s book, to be published in a digital edition by the end of June.