Looking forward to the third edition of BO it! see you. 🥁 on Wednesday, September 28. 🥁 at 7:30 p.m. 🥁 at the CostArena Center on Via Azzo Gardino, 48 in Bologna for the auction of some of the works featured in past editions. With us will be Danilo “Maso” Masotti, urban anthropologist (that […]
BO IT! at the GRAN PREMIO DELLA REPUBBLICA at the Bologna Hippodrome
One of the most prestigious events of the Bologna horse racing season is back on Thursday 2 June 2022, the GRAND PRIX of the REPUBLIC which celebrates the National Day with the whole city. After the partnership inaugurated in 2021, once again this year the BO it! exhibition joins the celebrations for the 90th […]
Bologna vista dal mondo
BOit! International Illustration Competition is back with BOLOGNA SEEN FROM THE WORLD, a new online exhibition dedicated to international illustrators who honored us with their boundless gaze on the second edition shape, dedicated to the UNESCO heritage Arcades of Bologna. BO it! has always worked to build, through inclusion and creativity, a world that belongs […]
Photos of the Award Ceremony!
Photos Award ceremony of the second edition of #boitripensandobologna in live streaming from the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna. The Director of the Academy of Fine Arts of Bologna Cristina Francucci, the head of the Urban Regeneration and Public Art Office of the Municipality of Bologna – Culture Sector Francesco Volta, the artistic director […]
Award Ceremony of BOit!

On Monday, June 14th at 6pm BO it! presents the Award Ceremony of the 2° edition of the international illustration competition. In live streaming from the Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna, we will present the 30 official selected works and announce the 3 winners. Event Speakers : Cristina Francucci, direttrice Accademia Belle Arti […]
74 Republic Grand Prix
On 2 June at the Arcoveggio Hippodrome in Bologna on the occasion of the 74 Republic Grand Prix we were present with an exhibition-market and we had the honor of delivering the BO it! to the winner. Thanks to Hippodrome in Bologna for hosting us and cheers live events!
BO it! 2020-21 official selection!
We are delighted to announce the official selection of the second edition of BOit! The works will be exhibited from June 11th in a open-sky exhibition of posters on the streets of Bologna. The winners will be announced on June 14th at 6 pm (CET) in live streaming from the Academy of Fine Arts in […]
Help us papering the streets of Bologna with the art of BO it!

BOit Crowdfunding starts! This entire edition was characterized by a continuous work in progress, adjustments and changes of course imposed by the pandemic. Therefore we have decided to transform the Award Ceremony, from a great collective and festive moment into a live streaming, so that everyone can follow it, even from abroad. And then the […]
Call for entries for the 2nd edition of BO it! has just closed
The call for entries of the second edition of BO it! Internation Illustration Competition has just closed! We have received over 600 works from authors from all over the world, who have re-interpreted the shape of the Porticoes of Bologna, symbol of the city and candidates as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Of the […]
New deadline 28 march 2021

The Call for artists deadline for the 2nd edition of BO it! has been extended. To enter the contest there is time until Sunday 28 March at 12 a.m. We are curious to receive all the creative proposals that you are preparing. Find out how to submit your works! Image by Sara […]