Photography is a very important artistic expression in Senigallia. It is with Giuseppe Cavalli – one of the top photographers of the 20th century, as well as creator and art director of the photographic workshop known as Gruppo Misa – that the special vocation of Senigallia for photography came to life. As Mario Giacomelli used to say, everybody in the group contributed with a different language and a humble attitude towards photographic subjects, free from political ideologies, and open to friendliness, dialogue, and respect.
The Archive of Musinf (Municipal Museum of Modern Art, Information and Photography of Senigallia) shows that the theoretical debate on photographic issues continued in town also after the conclusion of the Gruppo Misa experience. An evidence of this is the photographic collection of Musinf related to Manifesto del passaggio di frontiera, significantly endorsed by Mario Giacomelli and Gianni Berengo Gardin, among others.
Senigallia, the city of photography, is a cultural project aimed at enhancing the value of photography following the tradition of Senigallia’s great maestros. The main purpose is to host exhibitions of Italian and international maestros in order to draw a large audience of photography fans. Another purpose is to attract and promote photographic talents, paying the utmost attention to new trends on the national and international scenario. And, of course, Senigallia enjoys the great artistic and cultural heritage of Mario Giacomelli.
As part of the M.A.D. Mail Art Day 2024 project, two events will be held, hosted by the MAM Museum of Modern Art and Mail Art in Montecarotto (AN) and the Musinf Museum of Modern Art, Information and Photography in Senigallia, curated respectively by Ruggero Maggi and Stefano Schiavoni.
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2020 marked the twentieth anniversary of the death of Mario Giacomelli and the Municipality of Senigallia, City of Photography, continues to pay homage to one of the international masters of twentieth century photography in 2021, dedicating a wing of Palazzo del Duca to a permanent exhibition of his works donated in the 90s by the artist himself to the Municipality.
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