Art Nouveau Week
The International Art Nouveau Week (ANW) is an event born with the aim of disseminating, promoting and protecting Art Nouveau works around the world in an international event.
ANW
The International Week of Art Nouveau - Art Nouveau week - is an event dedicated to Art Nouveau that is celebrated every year from 8 to 14 July starting from 2019
Maison Huot in Nancy, France (1903/1903) by Émile AndréItalia Liberty
Art Nouveau week is a cultural event that takes place all over the world from the second week of July and is promoted by the ITALIA LIBERTY Association, curated by Andrea Speziali in collaboration and with the patronage of public and private entities.
The Dragon Bridge in Ljubljana, Slovenia (1900/1901) by Giorgio ZaninovichItalia Liberty
The program offers a wide calendar of events from 8 to 14 July each year and is aimed at anyone who wants to immerse themselves in the evocative atmosphere of Art Nouveau, in Italy and abroad.
Villa Romeo Faccanoni (1912/1914) by Giuseppe SommarugaItalia Liberty
Villa Faccanoni, today Clinica Columbus
It was designed by Giuseppe Sommaruga in 1912 in Milan. It is located in via Michelangelo Buonarroti 48 and is one of the thousand Art Nouveau buildings that is included during the Art Nouveau week.
Art Nouveau week, that is the week of Liberty was conceived and curated by Andrea Speziali, president of the cultural association Italia Liberty because in this week he identified the recurrence of both the anniversary of the birth of Giuseppe Sommaruga and that of Gustav Klimt, unsurpassed artist of the Viennese Secession, as well as: Otto Wagner, Giovanni Michelazzi, Salvatore Gregorietti, William Henry Bradley, Siegmund von Suchodolski, Fernand Allard l'Olivier and Charles Cottet.
Andrea Speziali (2021)Italia Liberty
The curator of the event
To conceive and curate the week of Liberty was Andrea Speziali, the leading expert of this style. In the photo it is located at the Casino of San Pellegrino Terme, designed by Romolo Squadrelli in 1907: one of the thousand buildings that can be visited during the Art Nouveau week
The porch of the Major Pessoa House / Art Nouveau Museum, Aveiro (1909/1909) by Ernesto Korrodi and Francisco Silva RochaItalia Liberty
What to see during the Art Nouveau week
Publicly and privately owned villas, palaces, hotels, monuments, museums and works of art. There are over a thousand sites around the world to visit with tourist guides in presence and / or online depending on the opportunities.
The Dragon Bridge in Ljubljana, Slovenia (1900/1901) by Giorgio ZaninovichItalia Liberty
Majolika-Haus in Vienna, Austria (1898/1899) by Otto WagnerItalia Liberty
When Art Nouveau week ends
The Liberty week ends every year on July 8 with a double celebratory event in memory of the birth of Gustav Klimt and the death of Alphonse Mucha on the same day. They are two great protagonists of this artistic current.
Shell (1960) by Molaroni 1880 SrlItalia Liberty
There are also works of art and workshops that produce handicrafts such as ceramics and jewels. In Pesaro there is a stop at the Molaroni Artistic Ceramics Factory. Particularly important company for early twentieth century.
Villa Ruggeri in Pesaro, Italy (1902/1907) by Giuseppe BregaItalia Liberty
The most interesting destinations
The Liberty week offers a daily program of guided tours, exhibitions, conferences, conventions, workshops and performances in various parts of the world. The cities most voted for Art Nouveau are: Barcelona, Prague, New York, Paris, Milan, Turin, Palermo, Pesaro and many others.
The organizing committee that founded Art Nouveau week in 2019 is made up of: Rosilla Gambini, Edoardo Tamagnone and Andrea Speziali.
