Our selection of must-see exhibitions and events this month
Trieste: Fashionlands – Clothes Beyond Borders
Curated by one of the world’s leading fashion experts, Olivier Saillard, together with philosopher Emanuele Coccia, the exhibition reimagines the boundaries of fashion, challenging its conventions and exploring its role in contemporary society. By bringing together utopian creations and the universal language of everyday clothing, Fashionlands – Clothes Beyond Borders invites visitors to explore the ever-changing nature of fashion's boundaries and to reflect on what truly defines style and the message we convey through our clothes:
Until January 4, 2026
Location: ITS Arcademy
Florence: Tracey Emin. Sex and Solitude
The largest exhibition ever held in Italy dedicated to one of the most famous and influential contemporary artists. The show offers an immersive journey into the multifaceted work of an artist whose practice spans painting, drawing, video, photography, and sculpture. The title refers to two key themes—sex and solitude—that permeate the 60+ works on display, tracing various stages of Tracey Emin’s career in an intense exploration of the body, desire, love, and sacrifice.
Until July 20, 2025
Location: Palazzo Strozzi
Brescia: Joel Meyerowitz – A Sense of Wonder
Featuring over 90 images arranged into thematic chapters, the exhibition showcases many of the photographs that helped redefine the concept of street photography, a genre in which Meyerowitz was a pioneer in introducing color to capture the complexity of the modern world. For the first time in Italy, the exhibition also includes self-portraits taken by the artist during the lockdown period.
Until August 24, 2025
Location: Museo di Santa Giulia
Bologna: Facile ironia. Irony in Italian Art from the 20th to the 21st Century
Designed for the Sala delle Ciminiere, the exhibition spans around seventy years—from the 1950s to the present—tracing the history of Italian art through the lens of irony. The title references the apparent simplicity of irony while revealing its intrinsic complexity. This contradiction becomes a playful element, encouraging visitors to reflect on the nature of language, the clichés that shape it, and how these influence our perception and interpretation of the world around us
Until September 7, 2025
Location: MAMbo – Museo d'Arte Moderna di Bologna
Turin: New Installations on the Lingotto Track
The art project by Pinacoteca Agnelli, launched in 2022, expands with installations by Allora & Calzadilla, Rong Bao, Francesco Gennari, and Silvia Rosi—joining existing works by Thomas Beyrle, Monica Bonvicini, VALIE EXPORT, Sylvie Fleury, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Marco Giordano, Alicja Kwade, Louise Lawler, Finnegan Shannon, Cally Spooner, and SUPERFLEX. The project explores the meaning of public space today and the perspectives from which we inhabit it, turning the symbolic Lingotto rooftop track into a cultural destination through light and sound works, video installations, urban sculptures, and functional art.
Permanent exhibition
Location: Pista 500, Pinacoteca Agnelli
Rome: FLOWERS. From the Renaissance to Artificial Intelligence
An evocative journey through over 90 artworks that showcase the timeless symbolic power of flowers—from masterpieces by Jan Brueghel and Ai Weiwei to the latest digital experiments in contemporary art. Fragile yet powerful, flowers speak a universal language that transcends centuries and cultures. They convey emotions, celebrate beauty, protest silently, and preserve ancient stories. This extraordinary exhibition is a tribute to them.
Until September 14, 2025
Location: Chiostro del Bramante
Naples: Euforia. Tomaso Binga
The most extensive museum retrospective ever dedicated to Tomaso Binga, a key figure in phonetic-sound-performance poetry. The exhibition includes over 120 works—visual poems, installations, photographs, collages, documents, and performance records—many of which are being displayed for the first time or after decades. Resulting from two years of research in close collaboration with the artist and her archive, the exhibition follows a thematic path through eighteen rooms on the third floor of the museum, with an experimental circular layout.
Until July 27, 2025
Location: Museo Madre
Pistoia: DANIEL BUREN | Do, Undo, Redo
The exhibition explores how Daniel Buren—one of the most influential voices in contemporary art—transforms architectural spaces through the use of forms, colors, and materials, creating a dialogue between art and environment. Spread across twelve rooms and the inner courtyard of Palazzo Buontalenti, the show features ten paintings from 1965–66, two Cabane works from 1985 and 2000/2019, three recent reliefs, and a room dedicated to drawings of past projects in Tuscany, along with site-specific works recreated especially for Pistoia.
Until July 27, 2025
Location: Palazzo Buontalenti
Milan: ICARUS
The first major European retrospective dedicated to the artistic practice of Yukinori Yanagi, featuring a wide selection of iconic works from the 1990s and 2000s, alongside more recent creations. One of his most monumental installations will be recontextualized within the industrial spaces of Pirelli HangarBicocca, sparking a timely reflection on nationalism, power dynamics, and the paradoxes of modern society.
Until July 27, 2025
Location: Pirelli HangarBicocca
Trani: Stories of Puglia. Photographs from the Gianni Berengo Gardin Archive
A visual journey through the cities of Puglia as they once were, with a special section dedicated to Trani—frequently visited and portrayed by Berengo Gardin. His lens captures the city's grace with a nostalgic, late-Neorealist charm. Spanning sixty years, these photographs offer a valuable record of the historical, social, and environmental evolution of the region.
Until June 30, 2025
Location: Palazzo delle Arti Beltrani
Pompeii: Being a Woman in Ancient Pompeii
This exhibition explores the lives of women and girls in ancient Pompeii—their daily routines, roles in the household, and place in Roman society, especially within the context of a Campanian city. Based on nearly three centuries of archaeological discoveries, the exhibition features eight themed sections with frescoes, private and funerary portraits, graffiti, inscriptions, and everyday objects, documenting the various roles and social categories of women in ancient Roman life.
Until January 31, 2026
Location: Palestra Grande, Pompei
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