Andrea Benetti

Born in 1964, Andrea Benetti created and drew up the "Manifesto of Neo Cave Art", presented at the 53rd Venice Biennale in the pavilion called "Nature and Dreams", located at Ca' Foscari University. Conceptually, the Manifesto is inspired by the genesis of art. In his works, Andrea Benetti cites, transfigures, plays with, and reinvents concepts and forms of cave painting, creating an ideal bridge between the genesis of art and its contemporaneity. He has collaborated and still collaborates on the realisation of projects with various Italian and foreign universities, including the Johns Hopkins University, the University of Bologna, Ferrara, Roma Tre, Lecce, Bergamo and Bari. These universities have carried out research on his art. Benetti's works are present in collections all over the world. In addition to museums of contemporary art in Italy and abroad and prestigious private collections, including the United Nations, his works are present in the Quirinale (seat of the President of the Italian Republic), in the Italian Parliament, in the Vatican and in various embassies. For this reason, he was received at the Quirinale (seat of the President of the Italian Republic), in the Chamber of Deputies (Italian Parliament) and in the Vatican, where he met Pope Benedict XVI and Pope Francis. There are dozens of university professors and important art critics who have written about Benetti's art and who have participated in the projects that the Italian painter has created.