I am excited to announce that the project Fatherhood is part of COMBAT PRIZE 2025
Selections curated by: Angel Moya Garcia (co-director of visual arts at Dello Scompiglio), Ilaria Gianni (independent curator), Francesca Baboni (independent curator), Lorenzo Balbi (director of MAMbo in Bologna), Andrea Bruciati (director of Villa Adriana and Villa d'Este in Tivoli), Davide Ferri (director of Arte Fiera in Bologna) and Stefano Taddei (independent curator).
Appointment at the Museo della Città di Livorno and the Museo Civico Giovanni Fattori ex Granai di Villa Mimbelli in Livorno from June 28 to July 12.
The Combat Prize, the international contemporary art competition now in its sixteenth edition, is back, scheduled from June 28 to July 12, 2025. The event is organized by the cultural association Blob Art ETS, in collaboration with the City of Livorno and the Region of Tuscany, with the support of the Livorno Foundation, Sillabe Publishing House, and the support of partners Opera Laboratori and Poliart, a leading manufacturer of expanded polystyrene.
The 80 finalist works will be exhibited in the venues of the Livorno City Museum (Painting, Graphics, Sculpture/Installation) and the Giovanni Fattori Civic Museum - Granaries of Villa Mimbelli (Video). The prize gathered significant participation again this year: about 1,000 works from 34 different countries, confirming the international scope of the project.
Free-themed and with no age limit, the Combat Prize continues to be a reference point for the most current languages, offering an open mapping of contemporary artistic research, freed from purely commercial logic and capable of giving voice to new and transforming perspectives.
Among the recurring themes: identity, memory, landscape and global crises, addressed with intimate, political or visionary approaches. The works become tools that interrogate the present and open up new perspectives, inviting the viewer to step outside the boundaries of habit, generating unexpected spaces for reflection
The Combat Prize thus confirms itself as a creative ecosystem capable of adapting to societal transformations, deepening the dialogue between art, context and audience year after year.
The 2025 Prize jury consists of Francesca Baboni, independent curator; Lorenzo Balbi, director of MAMbo in Bologna; Andrea Bruciati, independent curator; Davide Ferri, director of Arte Fiera Bologna; Ilaria Gianni, independent curator; Angel Moya Garcia, co-director of visual arts at Tenuta dello Scompiglio; and Stefano Taddei, independent curator.
The final awards ceremony will be held on July 12 at the Museo della Città di Livorno. The €10,000 Combat Prize will be awarded, along with cash prizes for the winners of the five sections, and the Special Galleries Prize, which includes collaborations with major exhibition spaces for the 2024/25 season.
Combat Prize 16th Edition
Dates: June 28 - July 12, 2025
Locations
Museo della Città di Livorno
Piazza del Luogo Pio, 19 - Livorno
+39 0586 824551
Sections Painting - Graphics/Drawing - Sculpture/Installation
Museo Civico Giovanni Fattori - Granai di Villa Mimbelli
Photography - Video/Performance Sections
via San Jacopo in Acquaviva 65/71 - Livorno
+39 0586 - 808001/ 824607
Schedules
Tuesday to Sunday 10 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Museo Civico Giovanni Fattori - Granai di Villa Mimbelli
Tuesday through Friday 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. / 4 p.m. - 7 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. / 4 p.m. - 7 p.m.
Opening: Saturday, June 28 h 17.00 Museo della Città di Livorno
JUNE 28TH / JULY 12TH 2025
MUSEO COVICO GIOVANNI FATTORI - GRANAI DI VILLA MIMBELLI VIA SAN JACOPO IN ACQUAVIVA65/71, LIVORNO ITALY