From 28 April to 16 June 2024, the MA*GA of Gallarate presents Alfabeto del Contemporaneo. The voice of the artists, a rearrangement of the permanent collection born from the creation of the Contemporary Alphabet, a series of eight video pills, in collaboration with Sky Arte.

Contemporary Alphabet is a STORYVILLE production, curated by Emma Zanella and Alessandro Castiglioni, part of the project The Museum in the Post Digital Era, Cultural Fund 2021, Ministry of Culture.

The project was born with the aim of explaining eight key words of contemporary art, each chosen starting from a work and an artist from the MA*GA collection: Threshold, City, Geography, Economy, Daedalus, Archaeology, Word and Light are the words that accompany the narratives of Massimo Bartolini, Paola Di Bello, Ottonella Mocellin and Nicola Pellegrini, Marzia Miglior, Riccardo Arena, Michele Ciacciofera, Cesare Pietroiusti and Chiara Dynys. 

Around these eight short documentaries, a series of works, always from the Museum's collections, broadens the reflection, offering new ideas for understanding the visual culture of our time. On display, creations by artists such as Atanasio Soldati, Emilio Isgrò, Irma Blank, dialogue with the works of contemporary protagonists, including Jacopo Miliani, Chiara Camoni and Marina Ballo Charmet.