Author: Zaccaria

For years, Area Performance has transformed art into a tangible act of solidarity, supporting the projects of EMERGENCY.

This year as well, we renew our commitment alongside the Pediatric Surgery Center in Entebbe, a hospital established by EMERGENCY and designed by Renzo Piano to provide free and accessible care to children in need — a project we have proudly supported since 2024.

In Uganda, more than half the population is under the age of 15. Every day, hundreds of children face surgical conditions that often go untreated.

Once again, art becomes a concrete gesture. And this is only one of the projects we are committed to supporting each year.

May these days be filled with stories to tell, images to remember, and ideas to grow.

Thank you to everyone who has been with us, to those who follow us, and to all who continue to believe in art as a living, shared, ever-moving space.

See you on the other side of the holidays!

Let’s relive, through the photographic report featured on our Facebook page, the most memorable moments of the 2025 edition of the Area Performance auction, held on Sunday, November 2.

The Area Performance charity auction comes to life thanks to the artists who choose to participate each year.

Do you want to apply for the 2025 edition?

You have until September 30th to submit your application.

Take part! Fill out the form here: https://forms.gle/CFWHPzri6ZRT1XNw6

Cystic fibrosis is a complex genetic disease, often invisible. Many people don’t know they are healthy carriers: in Italy, this is the case for 1 in 30 individuals. When both parents are carriers, there is a one-in-four chance that a child will be born with the disease.

From this reality, and from a request that came directly from our community, comes “1 in 30 and you don’t know it”, the awareness and education project of the Fondazione per la Ricerca sulla Fibrosi Cistica – ETS.

Since 2021, this initiative has helped people learn about the disease and the test that can reveal carrier status, especially for those considering starting a family.

A community that listens and responds — this is how change is born.

The Area Performance auction is not simply an auction.

It is a room full of people who believe in the value of art and in the value of others.

To those who donated, to those who chose a work, to those who supported our cause: know that you are part of the engine that drives us forward.

Here are more shots from the photographic report on our Facebook page, capturing the most memorable moments of the 2025 edition of the Area Performance auction, held on Sunday, November 2.

There are organizations we encounter along our journey that add true value to what we do. Fondazione Monasterio is one of them: a place where care, research, and humanity coexist naturally, without the need for proclamations.

Every day, professionals from different fields work side by side to address complex conditions and support patients through moments that require expertise, attentiveness, and genuine presence. It is quiet, steady work — work that speaks far more than words ever could.

In the 2025 edition of the Area Performance auction, we chose to support them: a simple yet meaningful gesture, fully aligned with the path of Area Performance and the commitment we share with our community.

Thank you to everyone who took part in the auction and made this possible as well.

Each year, Area Performance is a small collective miracle.

Artists, collectors, fans, curious visitors: everyone leaves a mark, and together those marks become something extraordinary.

Thank you to those who took part in the auction, to those who chose a work of art, and to those who stopped by to breathe in that unique energy that only art can create. Above all, our deepest thanks go to the artists who donated their works for such an important cause.

This year as well, we supported EMERGENCY and the Pediatric Surgery Center in Entebbe project — but not only that: we also contributed to Daniele Caluri’s project, supported The Sign Academy, Fondazione Monasterio, and cystic fibrosis research, and we sincerely thank ASL Toscana Nord Ovest for their collaboration.

Every stroke, every auction, every gesture is proof that the Lucca Comics & Games community knows how to transform passion into solidarity.

Here is the complete list of the artists who, with their works, made the 2025 Area Performance charity auction possible:

Ivana Abbate
Andrea Alemanno
Piparo Andrea
Paola Andreatta
Marco Bernardini
Federico Bertolucci
Bigo
Pierfrancesco Briaud
Aleksi Briclot
Ciruelo Cabral
Bruno Cannucciari
Claudio Capellini
Domenico Cava
Alice Chesi
Silvia Corso
Tyler Crook
Alberto Dal Lago
Jessica Dardano
Giuseppe De Iure
Antonio De Luca
Rebecca Deutremer
Jesper Ejsing
Marco Fabbri
Diego Fichera
Paola Fiorentino
Renato Florindi
Nicholas Fusari
Diego Gabriele
Giacomo Galligani
Aaniele Garbugli
Andrea Gatta
Jonathan Geri
Michele Giorgi
Elisabetta Giulivi
Lorenzo Giusti
Alessio Greco
Tetsuo Hara
Roberto Irace
Tyler Jacobson
Justine Jones
Karl Kopinsky
Katerina Ladon
Rafael Lanfranco
Cristiana Leone
Emanuele Manfredi
Davide Marescotti
Eduard Marinov
Lucia Mattioli
Carlo Monopoli
Andrea Musso
Francesco Natali
Joahn Nohr
Dany Orizo
Leo Ortolani
Alberto Pagliaro
Paolo Parente
Andrea Pesi
Davide Pizi
Michele Poli
Simone Pontieri
Fabio Porfidia
Giulio Primo
Daniele Procacci
Mirco Pucci
Alekos Reize
Chiara Riva
Lapo Roccella
Davide Romanini
Giulia Rubenni
Nigel Sade
Anita Santerini
Takeyasu Sawaki
Jacopo Schiavo
Donald Soffritti
Cristiano Soldatich
Anna Chiara Stagi
Greg Staples
Gabriele Stazi
Luca Strati
Sunny Dee
Francesca Urbinati
Vanadia
Antonello Venditti
Martina Volandri
Florinda Zanetti
Silvia Ziche

The evolution of the Lords of the Ring project continues to explore ever new styles and themes.

Here, then, is a selection of the finest works created in the Area Performance at Lucca Comics & Games. Among the artists are some of the most renowned fantasy illustrators in the world.

In addition to the 12 monthly plates, the calendar includes extra pages featuring appendices and a section dedicated to a further 64 works produced in the Area Performance.

It can truly be said that the very elite of fantasy illustration is brought together in this calendar, which also represents a synthesis of the most widespread current trends and styles among artists.

Produced in collaboration with Eterea Edizioni, the calendar will be available for purchase during the days of the festival at the publisher’s stand in the Carducci Pavilion, opposite the Area Performance.