Transforming cities, connecting worlds, defending human rights.
We are a community committed to create, transform, and reinvent urban places.
Art as a Political Act
We are not neutral.
We live in a time marked by senseless wars, forced migrations, growing inequalities, and an escalating climate crisis. In this context, we believe that making culture is a profoundly political act. We work to give voice to the voiceless, to spread awareness, to activate critical citizenship, and to educate new generations capable of imagining and building brave, concrete alternatives. We are not afraid to take a stand—even when it’s uncomfortable—on the crucial issues of our time: peace, freedom, dignity, social justice, and the defense of human rights. For us, standing on the right side of history means rejecting indifference. It means taking action.
Always.
Non siamo neutrali. Viviamo in un tempo segnato da guerre insensate, migrazioni forzate, crescenti disuguaglianze e da una crisi climatica in costante aggravamento. In questo contesto, crediamo che fare cultura sia un atto profondamente politico. Lavoriamo per dare voce a chi non ne ha, per diffondere consapevolezza, per attivare una cittadinanza critica e per educare nuove generazioni capaci di immaginare e costruire alternative coraggiose e concrete. Non abbiamo paura di prendere posizione — anche quando è scomodo — sulle questioni cruciali del nostro tempo: pace, libertà, dignità, giustizia sociale e difesa dei diritti umani. Per noi stare dalla parte giusta della storia significa rifiutare l’indifferenza. Significa agire. Sempre.
A Platform for Change
Four independent cultural centers in the heart of Sicily where art, activism, and community come together to imagine new futures.
Talks, exhibitions, workshops, performances, artist residencies, community dinners, educational experiences, and collective actions: each place is a living organism in constant dialogue with its surroundings.
Every program is born from listening, from nurturing relationships, from the desire to question the status quo.
From activities for children to projects for teenagers and schools, from alliances with artists and activists to collaborations with public and private institutions, FARM is an open, hybrid, and essential home.
Quattro centri culturali indipendenti nel cuore della Sicilia, dove arte, attivismo e comunità si incontrano per immaginare nuovi futuri. Talk, mostre, workshop, performance, residenze artistiche, cene di comunità, esperienze educative e azioni collettive: ogni luogo è un organismo vivente, in costante dialogo con il proprio contesto. Ogni programma nasce dall’ascolto, dalla cura delle relazioni, dal desiderio di mettere in discussione lo status quo. Dalle attività per bambini ai progetti per adolescenti e scuole, dalle alleanze con artisti e attivisti alle collaborazioni con istituzioni pubbliche e private, FARM è una casa aperta, ibrida ed essenziale.
Some people describe Farm as the Museum of People.
Art, architecture, and community.
All waiting for you at Farm Cultural Park.
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F A V A R A
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.
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M A Z Z A R I N O
A stately 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 an stage 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.
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A G R I G E N T O
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.
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P A L E R M O (opening soon)
Steps from the Quattro Canti in Palermo’s historic center, Farm is housed in the former Convent of the Crociferi with its beautiful cloister. It will host Countless Cities, the Museum of World Cities, offering deeper insight into the history of cities, humanity’s greatest invention.
A pochi passi dai Quattro Canti, nel centro storico di Palermo, Farm ha sede nell’ex Convento dei Crociferi con il suo splendido chiostro. Ospiterà Countless Cities, il Museo delle Città del Mondo, offrendo uno sguardo approfondito sulla storia delle città, la più grande invenzione dell’umanità.
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.
Main Cultural Projects
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Countless Cities
Countless Cities is the Biennale of World Cities created by Farm Cultural Park. Every two years, cities from across the globe are invited to present themselves through exhibitions, installations, and artistic interventions. The Biennale is not just a cultural event, but a platform for dialogue and reflection on the future of urban life, addressing crucial themes such as social justice, climate change, migration, and new forms of community. By bringing together artists, architects, activists, and citizens, Countless Cities transforms Palermo and Favara into laboratories of imagination, where alternative visions of the city can emerge and inspire change worldwide.
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Radical SHE
Radical SHE is the Women Quadriennal of Art and Society initiated by Farm Cultural Park. Every four years, it brings together women artists, thinkers, activists, and cultural producers from around the world to share their visions, works, and struggles. Radical SHE is both an art exhibition and a civic forum, exploring the intersection of gender, culture, and social transformation. By amplifying women’s voices and perspectives, it fosters new narratives of empowerment and equality, inspiring change across societies and generations.
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Abbiamo Tutto manca il Resto
Abbiamo tutto manca il resto is a multidisciplinary project by Farm Cultural Park exploring the paradoxes of contemporary society. Through exhibitions, talks, and community actions, it investigates the tension between material abundance and the lack of meaning, relationships, and collective visions. The project invites artists, intellectuals, and citizens to rethink priorities and imagine new models of happiness and coexistence beyond consumption and superficial well-being.
What's on
Travel around the world with Countless Cities
The Museum and Biennial of the Cities of the world.
A Platform for Change
Farm Cultural Park is one of the most influential independent cultural centers of the contemporary cultural world and one of the most lively projects of rethinking and rebirth of dying cities.
Farm Cultural Park è uno dei centri culturali indipendenti più influenti del panorama culturale contemporaneo e uno dei progetti più vivaci di ripensamento e rinascita delle città in declino.
Waiting for a sign?
By visiting Farm, you will be prompted to ask yourself who you are, where you are going, to take a stand, to become an actor in trying to change small portions of the world.
In attesa di un segno?
Visitando Farm, sarai spinto a chiederti chi sei, dove stai andando, a prendere posizione, a diventare protagonista nel tentativo di cambiare piccole porzioni di mondo.
Farm in your city.
Farm Cultural Park Call for Entries 2025 - Deadline 31 dicembre 2025
Do you want to land Farm in your Town? After bringing, throughout Italy, vital organs of Farm such as Sou, the School of Architecture for boys (in September there will be 25 SOUs throughout Italy) and Prime Minister, School of Politics for young women (currently 13 throughout Italy), Farm has decided to bring Farm to other cities, in collaboration with municipalities, universities, companies, foundations and philanthropic bodies or a group of active citizens; anyone can apply to host Farms in their city.
Vuoi portare Farm nella tua città? Dopo aver diffuso in tutta Italia organi vitali di Farm come Sou, la Scuola di Architettura per bambini (a settembre saranno 25 le SOU in Italia) e Prime Minister, la Scuola di Politica per giovani donne (attualmente 13 in Italia), Farm ha deciso di portare Farm anche in altre città, in collaborazione con amministrazioni comunali, università, aziende, fondazioni, enti filantropici o gruppi di cittadini attivi. Chiunque può candidarsi per ospitare una Farm nella propria città.
Why do we count on you?
Because in these 15 years, Farm has shown that with the help of communities and people who believe in culture, anything is possible.
We’ve regenerated abandoned places. We’ve brought art and culture where they were often missing.
We’ve built an international community of artists, architects, activists, children, and dreamers.
Perché in questi 15 anni Farm ha dimostrato che, con l’aiuto delle comunità e di persone che credono nella cultura, tutto è possibile. Abbiamo rigenerato luoghi abbandonati. Abbiamo portato arte e cultura dove spesso mancavano. Abbiamo costruito una comunità internazionale di artisti, architetti, attivisti, bambini e sognatori.
Contact us.
info@farmculturalpark.com
0039.0922.34534
Cortile Bentivegna - Sette Cortili - 92026 - Favara
408 Corso Vittorio Emanuele - 93013 - Mazzarino