Manifesta purposely strives to keep its distance from what are often seen as the dominant centres of artistic production, instead seeking fresh and fertile terrain for the mapping of a new cultural topography.

  • Edition
    Manifesta 12 Palermo
  • Title
    The Planetary Garden: Cultivating co-existence
  • Period
  • Location
    Palermo, Italy
  • 4 creative mediators
    Bregtje van der Haak, NL
    Andrés Jaque, ES
    Ippolito Pestellini Laparelli, IT
    Mirjam Varadinis, CH
  • Participants
    46 participants of 23 different nationalities
  • Visitors
    206.456
  • Visits
    483.712
  • Budget
    €6,482,599.00
  • Website

Partners

  • Initiators
    • Manifesta Foundation
    • The City of Palermo, in the year of Palermo Capitale Italiana della Cultura
  • Principal Partner
    • SISAL
  • Institutional Partners
    • AMMODO
    • In Between Art Film
    • DutchCulture
    • Creative Industries Fund
    • Mondriaan Fund
    • MIBACT – DGAAP / Contemporary Art and Architecture Department of the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Tourism
    • V-A-C Foundation
    • Collezione Giuseppe Iannaccone
    • Swiss Arts Council
    • Pro Helvetia
    • Sicilia DOC
    • Acción Cultural Española AC/E
    • Swedish Art Grants Committee
    • Iaspis
    • Società delle Api
    • Innogy Stiftung
    • Outset
    • Phileas – A Fund For Contemporary Art
    • Han Nefkens Foundation
    • Prince Claus Fund for Culture and Development
    • Stichting Doen
    • Bundeskanzleramt Austria
    • SAHA Association
    • Ifa – Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen
    • Nctm / Nctm e l’arte
    • Frame Contemporary Art Finland
    • Institut Français
    • Dutch Embassy in Rome
    • French Embassy in Rome / Palermo
    • Instituto Ramón Llull
    • European Cultural Foundation
    • Goethe Institut – Palermo
    • Comunidad de Madrid
    • Acqua Foundation
  • Production Partners
    • Teatro Massimo
    • CSC – Scuola Nazionale di Cinema – Sede Sicilia
    • Vidi-square
    • AMAT Palermo S.p.A
    • GESAP – Aeroporto di Palermo
    • ITALTEL
    • Engel & Völkers
    • TASCA
    • Ruinart
    • Hotel Principe di Villafranca
    • Plaza Opera Hotel
    • CDP & Caiazzo Donnini Pappalardo & Associati
    • PIERGI
    • Stand FLORIO Contemporary Hub
    • Regione Siciliana – Assessorato Turismo Sport e Spettacolo Ufficio Speciale per il Cinema e l’Audiovisivo
    • Siciliafilm Commission
    • Piantefaro / The Green Team
    • Radicepura Fondazione
    • MOROSO
    • FORST
    • VKUSNAYA
    • 500 TOUR WEST / SICILY
  • Education Partners
    • DARCH – Dipartmento di Archiettura Unipa
    • Accademia di Belle Arti Palermo
    • Mare Memoria Viva
    • Instituto Comprensivo Statale – Amari | Roncalli | Ferrara
    • Laboratorio ZEN INSIEME
    • KU – University of the Arts Utrecht
    • CP TU Delft
    • AA
    • Royal College of Art
    • British Council
  • Editorial Partners
    • HU – Humboldt Books
    • Domus
    • Het Nieuwe Instituut
  • Media Partners
    • Domus
    • Skyarte
    • My Art Guides
    • Il Giornale dell’arte
    • Artribune
    • Exibart
    • Umbigo
    • Diaphanes
    • That’s Contemporary