Andrea Benetti was born in Bologna in 1964. He is a painter, photographer and designer. In 2006, he drew up the Manifesto of Neo-Cave Art, presented in 2009 at the 53rd Venice Biennale, at the Ca' Foscari University. The Manifesto is inspired by the birth of art, by the cave painting of Prehistory. Andrea Benetti's artistic poetics transfigures, quotes, reinvents and plays with ideas and forms of cave painting, creating an imaginary bridge, between contemporaneity and the origin of art. For over ten years, the Bolognese artist has been carrying out projects in collaboration with various Italian and foreign universities, including Johns Hopkins University, the universities of Bologna, Ferrara, Bari, Roma Tre, Lecce and Bergamo. Over the years, some universities have included Andrea Benetti's Neo-Cave Art in the research program. His works have been acquired by museums and various institutional collections around the world, including that of the United Nations, the Quirinale (seat of the Presidency of the Italian Republic), the Italian Chamber of Deputies, the Vatican and some Italian Embassies around the world. In the last decade, Andrea Benetti has been received at the Quirinale, the Chamber of Deputies and the Vatican. He met Pope Benedict XVI in 2012 and Pope Francis in 2014. Many university professors and important art critics wrote about his painting, actively participating in the projects conceived by the Emilian artist. For many years the entry Andrea Benetti has been present in many encyclopedias, including the Treccani (the most important Italian encyclopedia), the WikiArt encyclopedia (the most important online art encyclopedia) and is present on Wikipedia, translated into thirty languages. In 2020, Andrea Benetti was awarded the 49th “Nettuno d'Oro” prize, the longest-running and most prestigious artistic prize in the city of Bologna.

MUSEUMS AND COLLECTIONS

UNITED NATIONS ART COLLECTION ∙ New York, U.S.A.

VATICAN ART COLLECTION ∙ Vatican, Italy

ARGENTINE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS ∙ Buenos Aires, Argentina

RINALDI-PALADINO ART MUSEUM FOUNDATION ∙ Lugano, Switzerland

MACIA ∙ ITALIAN CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM IN AMERICA ∙ San Jose, Costa Rica

VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY ∙ Richmond, U.S.A.

COPELOUZOS FAMILY ART MUSEUM COLLECTION ∙ Athens, Greece

ITALIAN EMBASSY IN CHINA ∙ Beijing, China

ITALIAN EMBASSY IN NEW ZEALAND ∙ Wellington, New Zealand

QUIRINALE ART COLLECTION ∙ ITALIAN PRESIDENCY OF THE REPUBLIC ∙ Roma, Italy

MONTECITORIO PALACE ∙ ITALIAN PARLIAMENT ∙ CHAMBER OF DEPUTIE ∙ Roma, Italy

UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA ART COLLECTION ∙ Ferrara, Italy

UNIVERSITY OF BARI ART COLLECTION ∙ Bari, Italy

MAMBO ∙ MUSEUM OF MODERN ART BOLOGNA ∙ Bologna, Italy

MUSEION ∙ MUSEUM OF MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART BOLZANO ∙ Bolzano, Italy

CAMeC ∙ CENTRO D'ARTE MODERNA E CONTEMPORANEA ∙ La Spezia, Italy

U.N.E.S.C.O. ART COLLECTION ∙ Bologna, Italy

FACCHINI COLLECTION ∙ LA FENICE ET DES ARTISTES ∙ Venezia, Italy

MUNICIPALITY OF LECCE ART COLLECTION ∙ Lecce, Italy

OSVALDO LICINI CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM ∙ Ascoli Piceno, Italy

AMEDEO MODIGLIANI MUSEUM ∙ Follonica, Italy

F. P. MICHETTI MUSEUM ∙ Francavilla al Mare, Italy

SILVESTRO LEGA MUSEUM ∙ Modigliana, Italy

SPELEOLOGICAL MUSEUM "FRANCO ANELLI" ∙ Grotte di Castellana, Italy

CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM ∙ LOGUDORO MEILOGU FOUNDATION ∙ Banari, Italy

Treccani Encyclopedia

WikiArt – Visual Art Encyclopedia

Wikipedia – The free Encyclopedia

Andrea Benetti - Official site in english

Andrea Benetti - Sito ufficiale in italiano