Contemporary art - Finestre sull'Arte

Lee Ufan stars in Venice with a major exhibition by Dia Art Foundation

Dia Art Foundation brings to Venice one of the most important exhibitions dedicated to Lee Ufan (Haman, 1936) in recent years. Starting May 9, 2026, SMAC Venice, the San Marco Art Centre inaugurated in 2025 in the Procuratie of St. Mark's Square, wil...
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Porn, technology and the future of humanity: the Denmark Pavilion at Biennale 2026

At the 61st Venice Biennale, the Danish Pavilion entrusts Maja Malou Lyse with one of the most controversial reflections of the 2026 edition. The Danish Arts Foundation thus presents Things To Come, an exhibition project curated by Chus Martín...
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Farewell to Bruno Bischofberger, the gallerist who changed the contemporary art market

Bruno Bischofberger, one of the most influential art dealers of the second half of the 20th century and a leading figure in the international contemporary art market, has passed away at the age of 86. The announcement of his passing was released by h...
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At the Capitoline Museums an exhibition on Angels, from archaeology to the contemporary, in tribute to Pope Francis

One year after the passing of Pope Francis, the Capitoline Museums pay tribute to him with the exhibition ANGELS. Messengers, Guardians and Wayfarers. Sublime Creatures from the Ancient to the Contemporary, on display from May 13 to Nov. 1, 2026 in t...
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Ahmet Güneştekin speaks: "Today the artist must not only make works, he must make memory visible."

Kurdish-Turkish artist Ahmet Güneştekin (Batman, 1966) returns to Italy with a new solo exhibition following his recent show at the National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art in Rome. Entitled Sessizlik / Silence and curated by Sergio Risal...
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Chihuly returns to Venice: three monumental installations on the Grand Canal in 2026

Thirty years after Chihuly Over Venice, the project that helped redefine the relationship between contemporary art and the Venetian glassmaking tradition in the 1990s, Dale Chihuly returns to the lagoon city with a new diffuse intervention conceived ...
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Paolo Scheggi at MA*GA in Gallarate, an exhibition on the artist's environments.

From May 24 to October 11, 2026, the MA*GA Museum in Gallarate (Varese) presents Here and Elsewhere. The Environments of Paolo Scheggi 1964 - 1971, an exhibition dedicated to Paolo Scheggi, a central figure in the experimental artistic research of th...
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MUSE of Trento participates in the Venice Biennale with Ronald Ventura's collateral dedicated to the Moon

MUSE - Museo delle Scienze di Trento is participating in the 61st International Art Exhibition in Venice as the co-organizing institution of Ronald Ventura: Luna, an official collateral event of the Biennale that interweaves contemporary art, scient...
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