Helpful Links, Resources, and Travel Information

This page contains helpful links to regional and local points of interest, travel, and practical information, and we will be continually adding to these lists, so please check back often!

Regional and Local Points of Interest:

Sicily’s 10 Must-See Contemporary Art Galleries: https://theculturetrip.com/europe/italy/articles/sicily-s-10-must-see-contemporary-art-galleries/

Museo Civico di Castelbuono: http://www.museocivico.eu/

Museo Civico della Ceramica in Santo Stefano di Camastra:
http://comune.santostefanodicamastra.me.it/en

Interesting blog post about La Kalsa in Palermo:
http://davidnice.blogspot.com/2013/04/around-la-kalsa.html
http://siciliamo.blogspot.com/2007/08/kalsart.html

Museo Mandralisca in Cefalu (a fantastic little museum with art, a huge collection of shells and exotic birds, furniture, ancient coins, and the Portrait of the Unknown Mariner by Antonello di Messina):
http://www.fondazionemandralisca.it/mediacenter/FE/home.aspx

Orto Botanico Palermo (a beautiful botanical garden in Palermo):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orto_botanico_di_Palermo
http://www.ortobotanico.unipa.it/Benvenuto.html

Alberto Burri’s Gibellina (a town destroyed by an earthquake, and turned into a site specific sculptural installation/memorial):
http://www.gibellina.siciliana.it/pages/cretto.html

Interesting places in Sicily:
http://www.thethinkingtraveller.com/thinksicily/guide-to-sicily/towns-and-cities-in-sicily.aspx

And a site for other things relating to Sicily - SIKANIA,  http://www.sikania.it/
http://www.sikania.it/en/whatsup/sicily-sicilians-world-heritage/
http://www.sikania.it/
 

Art Scene:

https://frieze.com/article/manifesta-12-palermo-locals-perspective

Padjournal: The current art scene in Sicily:
http://www.padjournal.net/the-current-art-scene-in-sicily/

Balloon Contemporary Art and Publishing - cool site of art and interviews:
http://www.b-a-l-l-o-o-n.it/

Von Holden Studio/Zelle Arte Contemporanea:
http://www.vonholdenstudio.com/
 

Travel and Practical Information:

Important Tips for Traveling With and Shipping Art Supplies and Work:

https://www.gamblincolors.com/tips-for-traveling-with-artists-materials/

http://jssincivita.com/an-artistic-immersion-of-a-lifetime-2/artist-residency-program/

Sources for Art Materials in Italy:

Cavallaro Arte (Palermo): https://www.cavallaroarte.it/

Amicucci (Urbino): http://www.amicucci.it/default.aspx

Zecchi (Firenze): http://zecchi.it/?lang=eng

Il Foglio (Milano): http://www.ilfoglio-sas.com/

Poggi (Rome): http://www.poggi1825.it/