{"id":10079,"date":"2026-03-17T12:00:33","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T16:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/?p=10079"},"modified":"2026-03-17T12:07:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T16:07:34","slug":"italys-strangest-art-town-is-getting-a-second-chance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/17\/italys-strangest-art-town-is-getting-a-second-chance\/","title":{"rendered":"Italy&#8217;s strangest art town is getting a second chance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BBC<\/a><\/strong><\/em> &#8211; Once dismissed as a failed postmodern utopia, the Sicilian town of Gibellina is preparing for a year-long programme of exhibitions, performances and artist residencies. But can art finally bring life back to a place conceived as an art utopia?<br><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1376\" height=\"774\" src=\"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/p0mttrwf.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10091\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/travel\/article\/20260113-italys-strangest-art-town-is-getting-a-second-chance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/div><p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Italy has named Gibellina its first-ever Capital of Contemporary Art.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":10091,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-10079","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uncategorized"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/p0mttrwf.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10079"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10079\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10092,"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10079\/revisions\/10092"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/panoramitalia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}