Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti

For the Accademia di Belle Arti of Milan, see Brera Academy.

NABA - Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti Milano

Type	academy of fine art
Established	1980
Students	3000
Location	Milan , Italy 45°26′44.14″N9°10′28.38″E / 45.4455944°N 9.1745500°E / 45.4455944; 9.1745500
Campus	via Darwin 20
Website	naba.it

The Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti ('new academy of fine arts'), also known as NABA, is a private academy of fine art in Milan, in Lombardy in northern Italy. It has approximately 3000 students, ^[1] some of whom are from abroad; it participates in the Erasmus Programme.

History

The Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti was started in Milan in 1980 by Guido Ballo  [ it ], Tito Varisco and Ausonio Zappa. ^{[2] : 313} From 1985 to 1993 the artist Gianni Colombo was director of the school. ^{[2] : 314}

In 1994 the academy received one of the forty "Ambrogino" certificates of civic merit awarded each year by the Comune of Milan. ^[3]

In 2008 the school began hosting a "node" of the Planetary-Collegium research platform of the University of Plymouth. ^[4]

The academy was bought by Bastogi  [ it ] Spa of Milan in 2002. In December 2009 Bastogi sold it to Laureate Education of Baltimore, Maryland, for €22 million. ^{[5] [6]} In 2017, Laureate Education sold it to Galileo Global Education as part of a $263-million deal that also included Domus Academy. ^[7]

The school is listed by the Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca, the Italian ministry of education, as a "legally recognised academy" in the AFAM classification of schools of music, art and dance that are considered equivalent to a traditional university. ^[8]

References

1. "NABA Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti Milano » Why choose NABA". www.naba.it. Archived from the original on 21 December 2013.
2. Olivier Bonfait (2005). Les Académies de Beaux-Arts en Italie (in French). Studiolo. 3 (2005): 299–325. doi:10.3406/studi.2005.1150.
3. Benemerenze Civiche (elenco aggiornato all'anno 2011) (in Italian). Accessed May 2013.
4. "Planetary-Collegium". Archived from the original on 6 September 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
5. Storia (in Italian). Bastogi Spa. Accessed May 2013.
6. Le scuole gioiello del design vendute a un colosso americano (in Italian). La Repubblica, 13 January 2010. Accessed May 2013.
7. "Laureate Education, Inc. agrees to sell its institutions in Italy and Cyprus to Galileo Global Education". Laureate Education . 22 November 2017.
8. AFAM, Alta Formazione Artistica, Musicale e Coreutica: Accademie di belle arti legalmente riconosciute (in Italian). Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca. Accessed May 2013.