Va in onda su Rai Tre il documentario dedicato al mecenate siciliano Antonio Presti. Qui la video anteprima
On Tuesday, May 19, 2026, at 3:30 PM, RAI 3 will broadcast the documentary "Asteroide 20049 Antonio Presti," produced by Rai Documentari and dedicated to Sicilian patron Antonio Presti (born 1957). Written by Fedora Sasso and Francesco Castellani, curated by Giulietta Venneri, and directed by Fedora Sasso, the film explores Presti's four-decade career using art to intervene in marginalized areas of Sicily. The documentary's title references an asteroid named after Presti, symbolizing his vision linking cosmic and urban space. It opens at the Astrophysical Observatory of Isnello and focuses on the Catania neighborhood of Librino, where Presti created MAGMA, an open-air museum developed through collaboration with students, artists, and residents.
This documentary matters because it highlights Antonio Presti's unique model of using contemporary art as a tool for social regeneration and territorial care in neglected communities. Presti, who founded the Fiumara d'Arte association and Europe's largest open-air museum in the Nebrodi valley, has commissioned works from major artists like Pietro Consagra, Tano Festa, Piero Dorazio, Hidetoshi Nagasawa, and Mauro Staccioli. His initiatives—including the Museo Domestico di Pettineo, the Atelier sul Mare hotel-museum, and the "Devotion to Beauty" project in Librino—demonstrate how art can foster civic growth, collective identity, and redemption in peripheral areas. The broadcast on national television brings his visionary, often controversial approach to a wide audience.