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Monumenta, the Echo of the Gods in the Valley of the Temples: Fabrizio Plessi’s Grand Vision

The Valley of the Temples in Agrigento is one of those places where memory is not limited solely to the preservation of the past. The columns, temples, sacred areas, and archaeological fragments continue to evoke associations and interpretations. It ...
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Farewell to Fabrizio Plessi, a pioneer of video art and video installations

Fabrizio Plessi, an artist who was among the pioneers of video art and video installations in Italy and a leading figure in experimentation with the possibilitiesof digital art, has passed away at the age of 86. Plessi passed away at the hospital in ...
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Bill Viola Pays Homage to Pontormo: The Video Installation *The Greeting* Arrives in Rome at the Roman Forum

A convergence of contemporary art, the Renaissance, and antiquity takes shape in Rome, at the Basilica of Santa Maria Antiqua, one of the most evocative sites in the Roman Forum. Here, from October 11, 2026, to February 7, 2027, Bill Viola’s *T...
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Interview with Giovanni Ozzola: “My horizons are my works: a way to explore the unknown and ourselves”

On the occasion of the tenth Lerici Music Festival—an initiative that, for the third year, presents an unprecedented dialogue between contemporary art and music, curated by Carlo Orsini and organized in collaboration with Galleria Continua— Villa Mar...
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Palermo: AI and video art reinterpret the stucco work in the Palatine Chapel of Castelbuono

The Civic Museum of Castelbuono (Palermo) presents *Heaven+Earth*, a new project by American artists John Sanborn and Ionee Waterhouse, which opened on May 24, 2026, at the Castello dei Ventimiglia and will remain on view through August 30. Curated b...
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Milan, Deloitte Gallery opens to the public with Fabrizio Plessi's "Capita Aurea"

In Milan, Deloitte Gallery, a new exhibition space born from the redevelopment of theformer church of San Paolo Converso, opens to the public with Capita Aurea, a video installation by Fabrizio Plessi dedicated to the themes of memory, power and the ...
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South Korean video art on display at MASI in Lugano with "K-NOW! Korean Video Art Today"

The Museo d'arte della Svizzera italiana in Lugano opens the 2026 exhibition season with K-NOW! Korean Video Art Today, a project dedicated to the contemporary scene in South Korea through the language of video art. The exhibition, on view from March...
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Shirin Neshat in Venice: her new film trilogy investigates the female condition

On the occasion of the Venice Biennale 2026, Associazione Genesi, founded in 2020 by Letizia Moratti, and Banca Ifis present the latest work of director and visual artist Shirin Neshat in Venice. From May 9 to September 6, 2026, the halls of Palazzo ...
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