80 galleries from 12 different countries worldwide, with 230 artists, 15 specialized publishers and 20 independent artists: these are the figures of the sixth edition of MIA Photo Fair, the fair dedicated to art photography, conceived and directed by Fabio Castelli and due to be held at The Mall, at the new business district of Porta Nuova, Milan, from Thursday April 28th, to Monday, May 2nd, 2016.
A qualified jury will be assigning the BNL BNP Paribas Group Award to photographers exhibiting in the fair with their own galleries. The finalist works will be published on bnl_cultura, BNL’s Instagram account dedicated to art and photography, while the winning work will be included in the artistic heritage of the Bank, which today owns over 5,000 works.
The initiative, a true unicum on the Italian scene, promotes the revival and safeguarding of archives that document the tradition and the social life of Italy, helping to preserve and disseminate their memory also for future generations. The 2016 edition is dedicated to the Seventies, a significant period, characterized by important social and cultural changes.

MIA Photo Fair is enriched with a full programme of talks and debates on the most topical of the many subjects involving the world of photography. These include a meeting, held in collaboration with the Community of Sant'Egidio, on the theme of the power of the image as a language for describing the phenomenon of the migration process that is changing Europe. This process is interpreted through the work of such artists and reporters as Liu Bolin, Massimo Sestini, Fabio Bucciarelli and Corrado Levi.

Collection MIA fosters contemporary art collection, through the acquisition of photography artworks directly from galleries and artists. The platform offers for sale a curated selection of some of the artworks exhibited in the various editions of MIA Photo Fair, giving the opportunity to facilitate and enrich a photography art collection. Visitors will be able to look up for the desired artwork and easily buy it online on a secure marketplace. Collection MIA, together with the partner vendors, will take care of packaging and shipping the artwork, accompanied by the certificate of authenticity.

More information at: www.miafair.it