Images from the Middle Earth was an international Tolkien art exhibition conceived and curated by Davide Martini (Martini is now art director at Greisinger Museum) that started in Italy including more than 170 artworks.
The exhibition was first held in August 2002 at the Agolanti Fortress, Riccione, visited by 8,000 people. It continued on to:
Forlì – Palazzo Albertini from 19 December 2002 to 6 January 2003, visited by over 1,000 people after 15 days from the opening
Rome – Castel S.Angelo from 13 January to 2 February 2003, with the support of the Ministry of Cultural Goods, visited by over 15,000 people
Ancona – Mole Vanvitelliana from 15 February to 23 March 2003, with the support of the Province of Ancona, visited by 3,000 people
Forlì – Rocca di Ravaldino from 6 to 10 July 2003
San Daniele del Friuli (Udine) – Sala delle Esposizioni from 5 to 7 September 2003, in occasion of the 10th Hobbiton, with the support of the Region Friuli Venezia Giulia and the Provinces of Udine, visited by 12,000 people.
The exhibition was eventually reconceived and enriched with new important acquisitions (over 70 new artworks) on occasion of the following dates:
Rome – Villa Celimontana from 21 December 2003 to 25 January 2004, with the support of the European Parliament (Bureau for Italy), the Council Presidency and the Ministry of Communication, the Municipality of Rome (Cultural Politics Assessorship, Culture and Sport Department, Entertainment Bureau), the Embassy of New Zealand in Italy and the Tolkien Society, visited by 30,000 people
Danzig, Poland – The Green Gate (Zielona Brama) from 21 February to 18 April 2004, with the support of the Region of Pomerania and the Province of Danzig, visited by 40,000 people
Wroclaw, Poland – The City Arsenal – from 26 April to 20 July 2004 - visited by 30,000 people
Riolo Terme - Rocca Trecentesca from 1 to 29 November 2004 with the support of Regione Emilia Romagna, Province of Bologna and IBC
Trani – Castello Svevo from 5 to 29 March 2005 with the support of Regione Puglia and Province of Bari, Sopraintendenza BAP of Puglia visited by 10,000 people
Bari – Palazzo della Provincia from 1 to 25 April 2005 with the support of Regione Puglia and Province of Bari, Sopraintendenza BAP of Puglia – visited by 8,000 people.
In 2005, the exhibition was held at the Musei di San Domenico in Imola, Italy from 3 June to 3 July.
Rob Alexander, United States
Randy Asplund, United States
Ralph Bakshi, United States
Giorgio Baldessin, Italy
Stefano Baldo, Italy
Maura Boldi, Italy
Ivan Cavini, Italy
Catherine Karina Chmiel, Poland
Lode Claes, Belgium
Tom Cross, United States
Elizabeth Danforth, United States
Maria Distefano, Italy
Anke Eißmann, Germany
Peter Gaber, Slovenia
Tony Galuidi, United Kingdom
Roger Garland, United Kingdom
Patrick Gely, France
Donato Giancola, United States
Stephen Hickman, United States
Greg Hildebrandt and Tim Hildebrandt, United States
Diego Iaconfcic, Italy
Nicholas Jainschigg, United States
Mikel Janin, Spain
Timoleon Kouimtzoglou, Greece
Alan Lee, United Kingdom
April Lee, United States
Alessio Leoncini
Margrethe II of Denmark
Capucine Mazille, France
Angus McBride, United Kingdom
Denis Medri, Italy
Luca Michelucci, Italy
Angelo Montanini, Italy
Ted Nasmith, Canada
Anton Spazzapan, Slovenia
Danny Staten, United States
Roger Thomasson, Sweden
Stephen Walsh, United Kingdom
David Wenzel
David Wyatt, United Kingdom
Pascal Yung, France
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