Per una tassonomia delle arti nello spazio pubblico e dei loro strumenti giuridici di riconoscimento

Defining the scope of a given legislative intervention is fundamental tounderstand a specific regulation. The clarification of what is meant by“public art” and what (if different) is meant by “art in public buildings”turns out to be necessary to better reflect on the legal instruments to beadopted to ensure the proper development of these two realities.Defining the boundaries of these two categories embedded in thebroader definition of “Art and Public Space,” and then identifyingtheir respective normative references is the intent of this brief paper.It will be analyzed how the two categories of regulatory interventionenacted to support “public art” and “art in public buildings” turn outto be autonomous and distinct both in their subject matter, as wellas purposes pursued and, finally, in their implementation tools.The need for such a taxonomy appears necessary mainly to better clarifywhat legislative solutions and regulatory instruments can be proposedand implemented to regulate each specific public intervention.