by Redazione 10/11/2026
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After five years at the helm of the Turin art fair, Fassi will also lead the editions from 2027 to 2030. The Fondazione Torino Musei confirmed this following a selection process reviewed by Andrea Bellini, Franco Noero, and Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo.
Luigi Fassi has been reappointed director of Artissima for another four years. The position of director of Artissima had been opened to public competition; there were twenty-eight candidates, and in the end, the choice fell on the person who already leads the fair: Fassi will therefore remain director of Artissima International Contemporary Art Fair in Turin for another four-year term, covering the 2027, 2028, 2029, and 2030 editions. The decision to confirm him was made by the Board of Directors of the Fondazione Torino Musei, which thus concluded the selection process initiated for the position.
The Foundation did not evaluate the candidates on its own. The task was entrusted to an external committee composed of professionals with international experience in the field. Its members included Andrea Bellini, director of the Centre d’Art Contemporain Genève; gallery owner Franco Noero, a founding member of Italics; and Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, president of the Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Foundation and the Fondazione Arte CRT. Thus, three perspectives on the contemporary art system are represented: that of the museum institution, that of the market and galleries, and that of collecting and private foundations.
The Board of Directors made its decision based on the results of the selection process and the assessments provided by the Commission. In its resolution, the Board recognized Fassi for “the high-caliber work” he has carried out over the past five years at the helm of Artissima. With this new term, his tenure will thus span nearly a decade of the fair’s history.
The Foundation presents the reappointment as a choice for continuity. The president of the Fondazione Torino Musei, Massimo Broccio, explained the decision as follows: “The reappointment of Luigi Fassi reflects the desire to ensure continuity in the leadership of Italy’s most important contemporary art fair. A fair that has succeeded in building and maintaining a unique and distinctive position on the international stage thanks to the quality of its curatorial research, the care taken in selecting artistic proposals, and its ability to look to the avant-garde and anticipate new trends.”
Broccio also outlined the outlook for the coming years: “Artissima is a national treasure that makes a decisive contribution to the country’s international standing in the contemporary art sector, and we intend to continue investing in it with appropriate innovations.” Thus, there will be continuity in leadership, but with the announcement of changes yet to be defined, the details of which have not been disclosed at this time. Finally, the president thanked the members of the Commission for their work and for the expertise and professionalism with which they oversaw the entire selection process.
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