Bolzano Art Weeks (BAW)

A widespread festival in the heart of Bolzano

The Bolzano Art Weeks, known by the acronym BAW, are the most important event dedicated to contemporary art in South Tyrol. Every year, between late September and early October, the South Tyrolean capital becomes the stage for a festival that unfolds across the entire city: not a single venue, but a network of galleries, museums, studios, independent spaces, and public and private locations that open their doors to the public simultaneously.

The festival was born from the idea of making contemporary art accessible and pervasive, taking it out of traditional circuits and scattering it throughout urban daily life. Supported by the Autonomous Province of Bolzano (Italian and German Culture Departments), the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Bolzano, the Municipality of Bolzano, and the Tourism Board, BAW fully reflects the bilingual and plural nature of the territory.

A collective and horizontal project

The event is conceived and curated by Nina Stricker and organized by Cooperativa 19, in collaboration with the Südtiroler Künstlerbund (SKB) and Südtirol Kultur. Its hallmark is its collective dimension: BAW does not impose a top-down program, but gathers and connects the proposals of over one hundred partners, including public institutions, independent entities, private galleries, and individual artists.

• Exhibitions in galleries, museums, and temporary spaces
• Performances and site-specific interventions in public spaces
• Multimedia installations spread across different neighborhoods
• Guided tours and special openings of participating venues

Venues and protagonists

The festival involves some of the city's most prestigious institutions, such as Museion, the Fondazione Antonio Dalle Nogare, ar/ge kunst, the Foto Forum, and the Teatro Comunale, alongside less conventional spaces: from the Bolzano Hospital to historic palaces in the city center, and from industrial sites to the banks of the Isarco river. This ever-changing geography invites the public to rediscover the city through the eyes of artists.

A theme for every edition

Each edition of BAW revolves around a theme that guides its reflection. While the 2025 edition proposed Remapping LAND/marks, an invitation to rethink the territory's landmarks, the 2026 edition focuses on ecological transformation with the title Regard(en)! Regreen! Regrow!, dedicated to the relationship between contemporary creativity and environmental responsibility.

An appointment for Bolzano and South Tyrol

With its inclusive and participatory formula, the festival has become a fixed appointment in the cultural autumn of Bolzano and the entire Trentino-Alto Adige region. BAW represents a unique opportunity to immerse oneself in the vibrant South Tyrolean art scene and experience the capital in a new light, where contemporary art dialogues with everyday life.