Transforming cities, connecting worlds, defending human rights.
We are a community creating, transforming and reinventing urban places.
A Platform for Change
FARM brings together art, education and civic action to transform places and expand what communities believe is possible. We create spaces where artists, children, young people, activists, institutions and citizens can meet, question the present and imagine brave alternatives for the future.
Some people call Farm the Museum of People.
From one courtyard to a cultural ecosystem
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Cultural Places in Sicily
cultural places in Sicily
16
Years of urban transformation
20+
SOU schools across Italy
One Vision. Four Places. Endless Possibilities.
From Favara to Palermo, through Mazzarino and Agrigento, FARM is building an ecosystem where art, architecture, education and social innovation come together to imagine better futures.
Da Favara a Palermo, passando per Mazzarino e Agrigento, FARM sta dando vita a un ecosistema in cui arte, architettura, educazione e innovazione sociale si intrecciano per immaginare e costruire un futuro migliore.
Favara | Farm Cultural Park
The Seven Courtyards, a Sicilian Casbah of linked courtyards, host small buildings, Arabic-style gardens, and cultural spaces alongside residents’ homes. Here live a few locals, including the aunts Antonia and Rosa, and Vito, in a unique blend of community and art.
I Sette Cortili, una casbah siciliana di cortili collegati, ospitano piccoli edifici, giardini in stile arabo e spazi culturali accanto alle abitazioni dei residenti. Qui vivono alcuni abitanti del luogo, tra cui le zie Antonia e Rosa e Vito, in un connubio unico di comunità e arte.
2010
WHERE IT ALL BEGAN.
FROM SEVEN ABANDONED COURTYARDS, A NEW IDEA OF CULTURAL REGENERATION WAS BORN.
Mazzarino | Palazzo Tortorici e The Embassy of Farm
A state-owned noble palace abandoned for 25 years has been transformed into a surprising place of art, culture, education and research. The first floor houses exhibitions and installations, the second floor a Magazine Library and a performance space and the third floor a laboratory space with kitchen and roof top.
Un elegante palazzo nobiliare di proprietà statale, abbandonato per 25 anni, è stato trasformato in un sorprendente luogo di arte, cultura, educazione e ricerca. Il primo piano ospita mostre e installazioni, il secondo una emeroteca e uno spazio teatrale, mentre il terzo piano accoglie un laboratorio con cucina e terrazza panoramica.
2022
CULTURAL DIPLOMACY
THE EMBASSY OF FARM BRINGS TOGETHER PEOPLE, IDEAS AND CULTURES, TURNING HOSPITALITY INTO A FORM OF DIPLOMACY.
Agrigento | Ex Carcere San Vito
The opening of Farm Cultural Park in Agrigento’s former San Vito Prison marks a new era of urban regeneration. After 30 years of closure, it is now a vibrant hub for art, creativity, and social innovation, reviving a symbolic space and attracting global creatives and visitors.
L’apertura di Farm Cultural Park nell’ex carcere di San Vito ad Agrigento segna una nuova era di rigenerazione urbana. Dopo 30 anni di chiusura, questo luogo è ora un vivace centro di arte, creatività e innovazione sociale, che restituisce vita a uno spazio simbolico e attira creativi e visitatori da tutto il mondo.
2025
FROM CONFINEMENT TO FREEDOM.
THE FORMER SAN VITO PRISON BECOMES A PLACE FOR ART, CULTURE AND NEW POSSIBILITIES.
Palermo | Museo delle Città del Mondo
Steps from Quattro Canti, in Palermo’s historic centre, FARM is housed in the former Collegio dei Crociferi and its beautiful cloister. It is home to the Museum of the Cities of the World, exploring cities as humanity’s greatest collective creation.
A pochi passi dai Quattro Canti, nel centro storico di Palermo, FARM ha sede nell’ex Collegio dei Crociferi e nel suo splendido chiostro. Qui si trova il Museo delle Città del Mondo, dedicato alle città come più grande creazione collettiva dell’umanità.
2026
THE MUSEUM OF THE CITIES OF THE WORLD CONNECTS PALERMO WITH PEOPLE, STORIES AND URBAN IMAGINATIONS FROM ACROSS THE GLOBE.
SICILY MEETS THE WORLD.
Art as a Political Act
In a time marked by war, forced migration, inequality and climate crisis, making culture is a political act. FARM stands for peace, freedom, dignity, social justice and human rights.
Rejecting indifference means taking action. Always.
ALENA GROM
Awards
In 2017, Farm Cultural Park was selected by the U.S.-based Curry Stone Foundation as one of the world's 100 leading organizations in the Social Design Circle, honoring projects that have created outstanding social impact through design and community regeneration. In 2021, FARM was awarded the Grand Prize of the Human City Design Award by the Seoul Metropolitan Government for Countless Cities, recognized as one of the world's most significant examples of urban regeneration through art, design, and community engagement.
Main Cultural Projects
COUNTLESS CITIES Biennale delle Città del Mondo
Countless Cities is the Biennial of World Cities created by FARM Cultural Park. Every two years, cities, artists and communities from around the world come together to explore the future of urban life.
COUNTLESS CITIES 2027 FIFTH EDITION
Cities against the End of the World
We are living through a time of profound global instability. Democracies are under increasing pressure, civil rights are being eroded, and armed conflicts alongside the climate crisis are reshaping borders, migration, and inequality. In this context, cities are no longer merely places where social life unfolds; they have become the primary arenas where the possibilities for freedom, peace, and human dignity are negotiated and defended. Countless Cities 2027 is born from a fundamental question: what role can cities play today in defending freedom, fostering prospects for peace, and safeguarding the right to inhabit a world marked by global disorder? The Biennial is conceived as an international platform for research, dialogue, and civic imagination. It is not dedicated to the world's most successful or iconic cities, but to the cities that resist, that welcome, and that experiment with new ways of caring for people in an era defined by multiple, interconnected crises.
Radical SHE
Women’s Quadrennial of Art and Society
Radical SHE is FARM’s Women’s Quadrennial of Art and Society, bringing together women artists, thinkers and activists to challenge power and imagine new forms of equality and social transformation.
ART. PEOPLE. CHANGE.
Abbiamo Tutto. Manca il Resto
A multidisciplinary project exploring the paradox of a society rich in possessions yet increasingly deprived of meaning, relationships and shared visions.
What's on
Laura Taylor da Costa
ONLY FANS
19 July—1 September 2026
Museum of the Cities of the World, Palermo
An evolving residency and exhibition exploring the electric fan through installation, sound, moving image and experimentation.
Rikers Island
Mostra fotografica Clara Vannucci
Ex Carcere San Vito | Agrigento | open Friday to Sunday 6-10 pm
A new grammar of power.
Radical SHE – Women Quadrennial of Art and Society - second edition
Farm Cultural Park | Favara | open Tuesday to Sunday 10 am - 7 pm
FARM is not just a collection of places, but a MOVEMENT.
An idea born in Sicily that speaks to the world.
An invitation to believe again in the possibility of changing what seems irreversibly lost.
Rebirth is a collective journey.
LET’S WALK IT TOGETHER.
Contact us.
info@farmculturalpark.com
0039.0922.34534
Cortile Bentivegna - Sette Cortili - 92026 - Favara
408 Corso Vittorio Emanuele - 93013 - Mazzarino