In March 2020, as coronavirus lockdowns confined people to their homes, Italian cultural institutions began offering free online access to museums, archives, and performances, making global heritage available to anyone with internet.
A web-based platform launched in 2020 allows artists to create immersive virtual galleries and exhibitions viewable on any internet-connected device.
In March 2020, Milano Art Guide released The Colouring Book, a free digital collection of over 130 drawings by contemporary Italian artists including Maurizio Cattelan, available to download and colour at home.
Moldovan-born artist Octavian Micleusanu, who studied at Venice’s Academy of Fine Arts, has exhibited paintings and engravings across Italy since the 2000s, drawing on surreal imagery and symbolic interpretation.
Venetian artist Nicola Furlan presents abstract works combining free expressionism with philosophical undertones, exhibited across Venice galleries in 2017–2019.
Born in Messina in 1976, Pasquale Mazzullo is an Italian painter and multimedia artist based in Venice, known for refined watercolours depicting marine scenes and architectural landscapes.
Born in Volterra in 1992, Qêdîm Bacci combines printmaking with esoteric inquiry, creating allegorical works that explore themes of death, ritual, and cosmic balance through traditional and experimental graphic techniques.
Born in Codevigo in 1947, Renzo Gianella has spent over 40 years developing a distinctive artistic practice that moves between figurative, abstract, and surreal expression, with his work exhibited across Italy and internationally.
Born in Tula in 1959, Alexander Kanevsky is an internationally recognised painter and sculptor whose work has been exhibited in major museums worldwide. His career took off with his first Pittsburgh show in 1991, following his 1990 relocation to the United States.
