Michelangelo Pistoletto was born in Biella in 1933. In 1962 his work “Mirror Painting” quickly granted him international recognition. He is regarded as one of the forerunners and protagonists of the so-called Arte Povera, with Oggetti in Meno (1965-1966) and the Venere degli Stracci (1967). In 1967, away from traditional exhibition spaces, he started the first “creative collaborations”, which brought together artists from different disciplines and sectors. In the nineties, he founded Cittadellarte in Biella, where art engages in a relationship with various aspects of the social fabric to inspire and foster a form of responsible transformation of society. He has received countless international awards, including the 2003 Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement of the Venice Biennale and the 2007 Wolf Foundation Prize in Arts “for his constantly creative career as an artist, educator and activator, whose tireless intelligence has given rise to premonitory art forms that contribute to a new understanding of the world”. In 2017, the book, “Ominitism and Demopraxia”, was published. It is a Manifesto for the regeneration of society edited by Chiarelettere. In 2022, Cittadellarte Edizioni published his latest book “La Formula della Creazione”. His art-works are exhibited in major contemporary art museums. Official website: www.pistoletto.it