It is a precious habitat, home to both people and wildlife – a place where we can breathe deeply and reconnect with ourselves. And it is exactly this space we want to protect. How, you might ask?
Una Boccata d’Arte is an Italy-wide art project that brings contemporary art to small towns and historic villages. Every year, 20 artists are invited to create site-specific projects in 20 different places, one in each of Italy’s 20 regions. Each project is developed in direct dialogue with the place itself – its history, its people and the surrounding landscape.
The aim is to take contemporary art beyond museums and galleries and bring it into everyday life. Streets, squares, façades, vacant spaces and special local settings become exhibition spaces, creating new encounters between art, local communities and visitors.
In Klausen, Una Boccata d’Arte finds a particularly fitting setting: this artists’ town in the Eisack Valley brings together a long artistic tradition, a medieval old town and a lively public space. This is where the 2026 project begins.
