User:ART for The World

ART for The World is a Non-governmental Organization (NGO) associated with the United Nations Department of Public Information. Founded in 1996 in Geneva by Adelina von Fürstenberg, since 1998 it is Institutional Partner of the Regional Direction of SESC, Sao Paulo, Brazil. In 2005, the association ART for The World Europa was born in Milan at NABA (New Academy of Fine Arts).

ART for The World is inspired by the article 27 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which proclaims creative activity as an essential part of people’s well-being, pluralism and the respect of other people’s differences in any form of creative expression.

ART for The World may be considered as a travelling museum, without walls. Its activities are not related to a permanent and defined space, but to the sense of the initiatives it promotes. Thus, Art for The World is a thread running through and uniting the promotion of contemporary art to the defence of universal rights and values.

ART for The World is the only non-governmental organization in charge of projects specifically linked to contemporary art.

ART for The World presents its exhibitions in places which normally do not belong to the traditional contemporary art circuit: old monuments, monasteries, public buildings, schools, islands, parks stadium and other open spaces. It shows the work of both established and emerging artists from all over the world. All artists not only stand out for the quality of their work, but also for their civil and moral commitment to themes of humanitarian character.