The art world, in context
News and developments across Italy.
Image: ArtskThe gallery opened its season on September 3 with Thomas Hirschhorn's sixth solo show — about 300 works sold only by lottery at €1,000 each — alongside Gianmarco Biele's first solo exhibition "storie del giardino", both on view until October 31.
Image: ArtskThe 33rd edition of Artissima, themed 'Fancy: A Flexible Acrobatic Body', takes place October 30 to November 1, 2026 at the Oval in Turin, with 183 galleries from 35 countries under director Luigi Fassi in his fifth year.
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Image: ArtskThe Turin gallery presents 'LE PALME', a group exhibition running September 17 to October 17, 2026.
Image: ArtskMADRE, Naples' contemporary art museum, is running three embroidery workshops as part of the European Heritage Days celebrations.
Source date ·Image: ArtskNABA, Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti, presented 'DESIGNERS + MAKERS - SHOWROOM' at its Milan campus on 22-23 September 2026 as part of the official Milano Fashion Week calendar.
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Image: ArtskThe Università Iuav di Venezia is hosting 'Ignazio Gardella: Progettare la città' at the Galleria del Rettorato from 1 October to 30 November 2026, part of the university's centenary programme.
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Image: ArtskMuseums · Exhibitions · Florence
Some 250 works from Picasso to Basquiat go on view at Palazzo San Giorgio from 28 September 2026.
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From 25 February to 20 June 2027, Milan's Palazzo Reale will present 'Alberto Giacometti e l'Italia', a retrospective of more than 100 sculptures, paintings and drawings, most on loan from the Fondation Giacometti in Paris.
Image: ArtskArtissima has announced the lineup for its 33rd edition in Turin (30 October–1 November 2026): 180 galleries from 35 countries, a suite of prizes, and Moltitudini, a new residency pairing poet Laura Accerboni with artists active in the city.
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Image: ArtskRome's MACRO museum opens its autumn programme on September 24 under artistic director Cristiana Perrella. The centrepiece is 'Sguardo rovescio', the first major Italian museum exhibition dedicated to photographer Marialba Russo and her 1970s work challenging patriarchal conventions.
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Milan's vast Pirelli HangarBicocca gives New York-based artist Aki Sasamoto her first institutional solo show in Europe, staging her performance-driven installations in the post-industrial venue from 17 September.
Image: ArtskBy Hannah Gadway (17 September 2026): the bill would create an independent committee to review claims for art stolen or sold under racial persecution between 1933 and 1945, with power to suspend Italy's inalienability rules for national property.