MACRO

KALEIDOSCOPE Arena
Furthermore, the Fair will develop a set of meetings, performances and events organized in cooperation with magazine KALEIDOSCOPE.
A great pavilion devised and designed by artist Andrea Sala in cooperation with architect Beatrice Borasi, located in the courtyard of MACRO Testaccio shall host three days dedicated to three significant cities in the contemporary artistic panorama such as Los Angeles, Paris and Rome. Each town shall be dedicated an intensive day of meetings, performances, musical events and video projections involving artists, curators, critics and museum directors who represent each of the cities and are invited to Rome to meet with their colleagues by this occasion.

ROMA. RADIO. ART. FAIR.
Also this year, the Fair can be followed as well through the live broadcasting of ROMA. RADIO. ART. FAIR., which is the first web radio platform of a contemporary art fair and multi-media network of inter-disciplinary experimentation and will follow the activities of all the days up to May 30th. The programming of ROMA. RADIO. ART. FAIR - under the direction of Ilari Valbonesi - will include a rich schedule dedicated to the visual and sonic arts in web streaming 24 hours a day on the www.romaradioartfair.it website: concerts and events of the program, interviews to artists, gallery and museum directors, author's audio guides, musical selections and various sound landscapes.

AWARDS
Amongst the numerous activities which will take place within the framework of ROMA, the novelty is the Award program dedicated to the artists who will be exhibited at the Fair:

Premio MACROAMICI (first edition) - By the occasion of ROMA 2011, Associazione MACROAMICI will present a prestigious initiative: the Premio MACROAMICI. During the Fair, the jury composed by Luca Massimo Barbero, Director of MACRO, Massimo Micangeli, Chairman of MACROAMICI and by the founders of the ASSOCIATION Fabio Bassan, Giovanni Giuliani and Stefano Sciarretta, shall select and award with purchase one or more works of artists present at ROMA 2011. The purchased works shall enrich the permanent collection of MACRO – Museo d’Arte Contemporanea di Roma.

Premio Ettore Fico (third edition) - Established by the homonymous Foundation, the prize shall be awarded to a young artist present at the Fair who specially distinguished in the research for innovative aesthetics, with special focus on its fitting into the international climate. The selection jury of Premio Ettore Fico 2011 is composed by Anna Mattirolo, Director of the Art Sector of Museo MAXXI, Andrea Bruciati, Director of the Municipal Contemporary Art Gallery of Monfalcone, Renato Alpegiani, collector, Ines Sacco Fico, Chairwoman of Fondazione Ettore Fico, Andrea Busto, Director of Fondazione Ettore Fico and Artistic Director of CRAA - Contemporary Art Research Center of Villa Giulia. The 15,000 Euro prize shall be awarded through the acquisition of one or more works, which will become ownership of Fondazione Fico.

Premio per la Fotografia (first edition) - Established by FOTOGRAFIA - International Festival of Rome, the Prize will be awarded to a photographer and/or artist who uses photography as a privileged means, with no limits of age or nationality, represented by one of the galleries which will participate to the Fair. The awarding of the prize shall be determined by a selection made by an international jury composed by Sebastian Arthur Hau of the Le Bal Books photography center of Paris, Sophie Schmidtt, curator and critic, Anne Lacoste from Lausanne’s Musée de l'Elysée and former curator of the Getty Museum in Los Angeles, Marco Delogu, Artistic Director of FOTOGRAFIA - International Festival of Rome. The winner shall be invited to present a project at FOTOGRAFIA - International Festival of Rome 2011.

Premio dell’Associazione Giovani Collezionisti (third edition) - Established by the homonymous Association, The Prize consists in the acquisition of the work of a young emerging artist represented by one of the galleries present in the Startup section. The more than one hundred associates are called to vote for a range of finalists, amongst whom the winning work shall be selected. The jury is composed by Jas Gawronski Chairman of Fondazione La Quadriennale di Roma, Anna Mattirolo, Director of the Art Sector of Museo MAXXI, Ludovico Pratesi, art critic and Chairman of the Association. The work shall be donated to the permanent collection of Museo MAXXI.
VERBA MANENT
A special initiative opened to all the visitors of ROMA: six special guided tours to the discovery of both the Fair and contemporary art observed from the point of view of famous personalities. The protagonists of the 2011 edition of Verba Manent will be:
Friday, May 6th: 6.00 p.m. - Francesco Rutelli, senator, with Lea Mattarella, art critic.
8.00 p.m. - Gian Paolo Montali, operation director of AS Roma
Saturday, May 7th: 6.00 p.m. - Massimiliano Tonelli, journalist
8.00 p.m. - Marco Delogu, photographer
Sunday, May 8th: 4.00 p.m. - Paola Ugolini, art critic
6.00 p.m. - Adriana Polveroni, journalist and art critic

The visits - to be booked in advance - are free of charge and for groups of twenty people, upon presentation of the entry ticket. Info and reservations: +39. 06 69380709 info@romacontemporary.it
RESTAURANTS
The Fair's catering this year is entrusted to a name of excellence, Settembrini, which, by chef Luigi Nastri and his “happy brigade”, will offer the visitors a pleasant, special gourmet break in the two restaurants and bar set up in the "small garages" of the large yard.

The catalog of ROMA 2011 is published by arte’m and contains cards and images of all the participating galleries, institutions and publishing houses.

The setting of the Fair is designed and curated by architect Carlo Alberto de Laugier.

BRUNCH IN GALLERIA
On Saturday May 7th , from 12.00, 17 town’s galleries present at the Fair are celebrating the fourth edition of ROMA offering the public a brunch at their own exhibition seats.