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Quantum physics meets art: “The Quantum Effect” comes to the OGR in Turin

From October 31, 2026, to February 28, 2027, OGR Torino, a hub of the Fondazione CRT, will host *The Quantum Effect*, an exhibition dedicated to the role of quantum theory in contemporary visual culture—from cinema to pop culture to the artistic prac...
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Venice: At the Gallerie dell'Accademia, Leiko Ikemura's glass sculptures engage in a dialogue with Venetian painting

From September 10 to November 22, 2026, the Gallerie dell’Accademia in Venice will host “Leiko Ikemura. TransLucent – The Shape of Light,” an exhibition organized to coincide with the tenth edition of The Venice Glass Week. Curated by Isabella Collav...
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Why Contemporary Art Is Producing Increasingly Mediocre Works

The contemporary art market of the last twenty years is based on a huge lie. This is demonstrated by an obvious fact: many of the leading so-called contemporary art galleries must sell modern art—roughly from the time of Van Gogh through the 1970s—in...
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Milan: Over 30 works by Bertozzi & Casoni on display at the Bagatti Valsecchi Museum, in dialogue with the house-museum

From September 18 to October 25, 2026, the Bagatti Valsecchi Museum in Milan presents *Bertozzi & Casoni: Eternal and Fragile Presences*, an exhibition curated by Alberto Mattia Martini and organized in collaboration with the Giovanni Bonelli Gal...
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Kaari Upson: MASI Lugano is dedicating a retrospective to her exploration of the body and memory

From September 6, 2026, to January 10, 2027, the Museo d’arte della Svizzera italiana in Lugano presents *Kaari Upson. Dollhouse*, the first major posthumous retrospective dedicated to the American artist Kaari Upson (1970–2021). Curated by Fra...
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A new space dedicated to contemporary art, “sala effe,” opens in Cremona

On September 19, a new space dedicated to contemporary art will open at the Cremona Violin Museum (Sala Effe). This new venue launches with an independent program and aims to promote experimental exhibition projects, bringing together artists, curato...
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It’s like being in the artist’s studio. What’s Maurizio Donzelli’s exhibition in Bergamo like?

Through August 26, as part of the sixth edition of Art Together Now—an event running concurrently with the celebrations for the patron saint’s day of Sant’Alessandro—four venues in Bergamo’s Upper Town will feature installations and...
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In Parabita (Lecce), a new work by Rossella Biscotti kicks off the second edition of Ipogea

The “Parabita per il contemporaneo” project continues in Parabita (Lecce) with the second edition of “Ipogea, ” which will feature the unveiling of Rossella Biscotti’s permanent installation *L’uomo che cammina all’indietro* on July 23, 2026. The ini...
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