Stati Generali della Cultura 2026
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The Stati Generali della Cultura 2026, titled «Geografie Culturali» (Cultural Geographies), was held on Wednesday 4 November 2026, from 9:30am to 1pm, at the Auditorium of the Intesa Sanpaolo Skyscraper, at 3 corso Inghilterra in Turin. The event is promoted by Il Sole 24 ORE Group and the City of Turin, in collaboration with the Fondazione per la Cultura Torino, and is part of Turin's bid to become European Capital of Culture 2033.[1][2]
Morning programme
Proceedings, moderated by Stefano Biolchini of Il Sole 24 Ore, opened with welcome remarks from Turin's mayor Stefano Lo Russo, Il Sole 24 ORE Group's chief executive Federico Silvestri, and Intesa Sanpaolo's chairman Gian Maria Gros-Pietro; according to reports on the day, the City of Turin's culture councillor Rosanna Purchia and Il Sole 24 Ore's editor Fabio Tamburini also spoke.[1][2] At 10am the writer and graphic novelist Matteo Bussola took part in the conversation «Writing with images, drawing with words», on the meeting point between visual language and writing.[1] At 11am came the visual talk «Art belongs to everyone», with visual artist Alice Pasquini and digital content creator Elisabetta Roncati, followed by a discussion led by Alessandra Scaglioni, head of programming at Radio 24, on «How to tell the story of the art we see».[1] The final part of the morning was devoted to changes in the music industry, focusing on the impact of artificial intelligence on the recording and creative sectors.[2]
The panel on Turin's 2033 bid
At 10:20am came the panel «The geographies of a European capital of culture», devoted to Turin's bid to become European Capital of Culture 2033 and moderated by Agostino Riitano, the bid's director. Taking part were Chiara Bobbio, head of the City of Turin's Culture, Archives, Museums and Libraries division, Paola Borrione, president of the Fondazione Santagata, Marina Chiarelli, culture councillor of the Piedmont Region, Rosanna Purchia, culture councillor of the City of Turin, and Elvira Rilova, head of the European and international dimension of the Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 2031 bid.[1][2] According to reports, 219 cultural organisations have joined the Turin 2033 process and will be involved, together with the promoting bodies, in drawing up the bid dossier.[2]
Statements
The City of Turin's culture councillor Rosanna Purchia said that Turin had already hosted the first in-person edition of the Stati Generali della Cultura after the pandemic, from which the initiative later spread to other Italian cities, and linked the discussion on culture spread across the region to Turin's bid to become European Capital of Culture 2033.[2]
Sources
- Il Torinese — 4 November 2026
- TorinoClick — 4 November 2026