Contemporary art - Finestre sull'Arte

Aurelia→SUD, Vittorio Corsini signs "Stare qui" in Arcola light box

A new chapter is added to the Aurelia→SUD project, an initiative dedicated tocontemporary art that finds space along the Via Aurelia Sud in the territory of Arcola (La Spezia). The protagonist of the new intervention is Vittorio Corsini (Cecina,...
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A new space dedicated to contemporary creation is born in Venice: Etnia House of Arts opens

Ethnic House of Arts, a new space dedicated to contemporary creation promoted by Etnia Eyewear Culture, opens in Venice on May 9, 2026. The project comes to life in the spaces of the former Church of the Abbazia della Misericordia, in the Cannaregio ...
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Between visible and invisible, the phantasmagorical world of Elena El Asmar

Until May 2, 2026, Building Terzo Piano in Milan is hosting the exhibition Le Fantasmagoriche, a solo show by Elena El Asmar (Florence, 1978), curated by Marina Dacci: on display are more than forty works, including sculptures and wall works on glass...
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Michael Armitage in Venice, monumental and disturbing. What the exhibition at Palazzo Grassi looks like

At a time when the aftermath of grievances over the absence of Italian artists at the International Exhibition of the upcoming Art Biennale is still swirling (completely unfounded, moreover, except in terms of "discourtesy" to the host country of the...
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Isgrò sings Naples in a brand new exhibition at the Capodimonte Museum

Canto Napoli is the exhibition project that Emilio Isgrò (Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto, 1937) dedicates to the city of Naples and the Neapolitan song: the unprecedented exhibition is curated by Eike Schmidt, director of the Museo e Real Bosco di ...
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Venice Biennale, Austria focuses on the performance actions of Florentina Holzinger

Choreographer and performer Florentina Holzinger will representAustria at the 61st Venice Biennale with the interdisciplinary project SEAWORLD VENICE, curated by Nora-Swantje Almes (Gropius Bau, Berlin). The project will consist of apermanent live in...
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Venice, the history of the world in 400 works: the Ligabue Foundation Palace of the Arts is born

From May 7-24, 2026, on the occasion of the opening of the Venice Art Biennale, the Giancarlo Ligabue Foundation will open its historic headquarters on the Grand Canal to the public, transforming it into the Palazzo delle Arti e delle Culture. This i...
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Venice, Fondazione Sandretto opens its third home on the island of San Giacomo

On May 7, 2026, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo will inaugurate its third venue, in Venice, specifically on theIsland of San Giacomo in Paludo, thus expanding its presence in the international contemporary art scene. And it will do so with a proje...
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