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An Italian town's reputation was saved by this constantly evolving art space.
"A place that makes you happy" is the tagline of the Farm Cultural Park, an urban revitalization project in a tiny town in Sicily called Favara, which is a far cry from the area's former reputation, which just a couple of years ago was better known for desolation and urban blight. The project started out as a single art gallery started by a notary named Andrea Bartoli few years ago, has since evolved into an entire district, a tiny Southbank Centre in the middle of a nearly abandoned town. The Farm includes a big art gallery, two bars, a gift shop, take away food stall, vintage clothes shop, and secret garden, as well as a number of smaller galleries featuring photography projects and video installations. Bartoli's permanent art hub quickly turned Favara from a swiftly dying town into one of the hippest locations in modern Italy, teeming with youth, ambition and for the first time in a long time, life.
