Aperto
Professions
Aperto, a free training programme for contemporary art professionals, promoted by Fondazione Arte CRT, the art-oriented arm of Fondazione CRT.
The seminar is the format chosen to deepen a specific area: it combines the acquisition of new skills with the theoretical and reflective dimension and workshop activity. Each seminar lasts three days and is given by Italian and international lecturers and guests. They are open to a maximum of 20 participants admitted through individual open calls. Participants can apply for one or more seminars.
The project brings together a network of contemporary institutions and spaces with recognised expertise in the field of training and takes place at their premises in Turin. The partners design the seminars together with the team that conceived the project (Giorgina Bertolino, Irene Calderoni, Bernardo Follini, Vittoria Martini). The seminar is the format chosen to explore a specific area in depth: it combines the acquisition of new skills with theory and reflection and workshop activities.
After the success of the first two series of seminars, the 2026 Aperto programme will return with an even more varied programme: six free seminars, from March to December, new collaborations and new voices called upon to share tools, experiences and positions.
SEMINARS
Edition 2026
Seminario 1 | LA FIERA COME LABORATORIO DI PROFESSIONALITÀ
11 – 13 March 2026
Curated by Luigi Fassi, Artissima’s Director, and his team. The seminar will explore the management processes of an art fair.
Through lectures, meetings and discussions, the seminar has two main objectives. Firstly, it aims to analyse Artissima as an entrepreneurial entity with a strong institutional identity, exploring the decision-making, organisational and operational processes that underpin its operations. The second objective is to understand how the various professionals involved — from management and strategy to communication and relations with galleries, collectors, professionals and partners — contribute to striking a balance between cultural research and economic sustainability.
Artissima, an entrepreneurial entity with an institutional identity, will be analysed through the various professional roles that drive this complex organisation, which finds its motivation and challenges in the intersection of culture and commerce. The seminar will also feature presentations by key figures from the local art scene, providing a direct comparison with the roles of those who interact with the fair.
The seminar is intended for 20 participants aged 21–35 with study or work experience in the art and cultural heritage market, marketing, communication, organisation, or contemporary artistic production. It is designed as an opportunity for learning, guidance and exchange.
Taking place from 11 to 13 March 2026, the seminar will be held in collaboration with the Fondazione Torino Musei in the spaces of the GAM – Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Torino. As well as face-to-face meetings with team members, there will be special visits to organisations that play a leading role in the city’s art system with an international scope.
To apply: Download the 1^ call
Send your application by Febraury 19 h 12 to the address applications@aperto-crt.it
SEMINARS
2025 Edition
SEMINARS
2024 Edition
Gallery
Past editions
Aperto 2026
Aperto, a free training programme for contemporary art professionals, promoted and financed by Fondazione Arte CRT.
The 2026 program of Aperto will offer 6 seminars from March to December 2026.
For more information on how to apply, please visit the project website.
Aperto 2025
Aperto, a free training programme for contemporary art professionals, promoted and financed by Fondazione Arte CRT.
The 2025 edition of Aperto involved Castello di Rivoli, Almanac Inn, Cripta 747, Mucho Mas! and Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo.
The 2025 program of Aperto offered 3 seminars:
- Seminar 1 | TELLING THE STORY OF EXHIBITIONS. Towards a history of curating at the Castello di Rivoli Museum of Contemporary Art. Testimonials and comparisons.| 24–25 July 2025 (first session) and 25–26 September 2025 (second session)
Conceived and organised by Marcella Beccaria and CRRI – Castello di Rivoli Research Centre, curated by Antonella Soldaini, art historian, curator and author, curatorial consultant and head of research at Studio Celant.
- Seminar 2 | FICTIONING PRACTICES. Artistic productions and mimetic strategies for reimagining reality | 16 to 18 October
Curated by Almanac, Cripta747 and Mucho Mas!, three non-profit organisations in Turin that have been collaborating for years on the NewGen project, a training programme for emerging artists.
- Seminar 3 | ART IN PRACTICE: SET-UP AND PRODUCTION | 10-12 December 2025
Curated by Giuseppe Tassone, head of the technical department at the Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, with whom he has been collaborating for twenty years, creating exhibitions both in-house and at external venues and overseeing the production of exhibitions and works, and by Leonardo Pietropaolo, assistant curator at the Fondazione since 2025.
For more information on how to apply, please visit the project website.
Aperto 2024
Aperto, a free training programme for contemporary art professionals, promoted and financed by Fondazione per l’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea CRT.
The 2024 edition of Aperto involved Castello di Rivoli Museo di Arte Contemporanea, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Almanac, Cripta747, Mucho Mas!, Feat Venture.
The 2024 edition of Aperto offered 6 seminars:
- Seminario 1 | PRACTICE – BASED RESEARCH | 26-29 June 2024
curated by Alessandra Ferrini and Bernardo Follini
- Seminario 2 | RELAZIONARSI AL PRESENTE | 16-19 July 2024
curated by Almanac Inn, Cripta747 and Mucho Mas!
- Seminario 3 | PROLOGUE FOR A SCHOOL IN THE MAKING | 23-26 settembre 2024
curated by Cally Spooner & Lilou Vidal. The seminar was organized by UNA SCUOLA AL CASTELLO DI RIVOLI in collaboration with Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea and CRRI – Centro di Ricerca Castello di Rivoli.
- Seminario 4 | ARTE E SCRITTURE IN ATTO | 23-26 ottobre 2024
Conceived and curated by Giorgina Bertolino and Vittoria Martini
- Seminario 5 | ARTE IN PRATICA: ALLESTIMENTO E PRODUZIONE | 27-30 novembre 2024
curated by Giuseppe Tassone.
- Seminario 6 | MANAGEMENT E SOSTENIBILITÀ DEI PROGETTI CULTURALI | dal 5 al 8 febbraio 2025
curated by Riccardo Lazzarato and Conceived by Feat.Ventures reserved for a group of people who took part in one of the previous Aperto seminars.
