Foto/Industria 2025: Home Presented by the MAST Foundation Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna 7 November – 14 December 2025 The German photographer Ursula Schulz-Dornburg (* 1938 in Berlin) studied photojournalism after frequenting courses of ethnology in Munich. Both disciplines as well as the artistic exchange with renown artists with focus on Land Art and conceptual art… (read more)
In 2025, we had Artworks of the Month in various techniques and from artists coming from different countries, mainly Europe, but also Australia or with roots in China, Latin America and Africa. The focus in our articles was on Bologna, and in particularly on the Art Week in the beginning of the year and… (read more)
7 November – 14 December 2025 https://www.mast.org/foto/industria-2025 Eleven exhibitions in eight venues The 7th edition of the Bolognese Biennale “Foto/Industria” by the MAST Foundation focusses on the theme “Home”. This involves a wide variety of aspects of the term. Ten international artists and one research agency impart via photography, video and installation their ideas… (read more)
Nains (Dwarves) Véronique Champollion Since 2004 Acrylic on glued newsprint paper Single sculptures: height between 6 and 45 cm Installation: dimensions variable Since 2004 Véronique Champollion creates dwarves made in papier-mâché. In 2006, she presented a first installation in “the Room” – a performances space run by Carla Bertola and Alberto Vitacchio in Turin, Italy…. (read more)
22 November – 15 December 2025 L’Ariete artecontemporanea Via Marsili 7, Bologna www.galleriaariete.it Entering the gallery’s first room, one is welcomed by cloudy panel paintings. Blue shades pass from dark blue – almost black – to light blue – almost white. Sometimes the colour gradient proceeds from left to right or vice versa, diagonally or… (read more)
Pesce Tulipano (Tulip Fish) Kina Bogdanova 2019 Murrine, beads, mirrored glass, Tiffany glass, fabric, cement mortar, Styrodur structure 70 cm x 55 cm x 7 cm At first glance, one might think that Kina Bogdanova’s mosaic sculpture represents an ornamental flower, perhaps a vase in form of a flower. By its form, it could be… (read more)
From October 18th 2025 to January 18th 2026 the 9th Edition of the Biennial of Contemporary Mosaic takes place in Ravenna. For 10 days, also two Bolognese galleries – Galleria B4 and Galleria Studio Cenacchi – host exhibitions of this event. Six artists focussing on mosaic present a broadened concept of this ancient technique. In… (read more)
After the summer break, the autumn season started with several exhibitions in Bologna. Besides five galleries, also the Museo Lercaro presents currently three shows. More galleries and institutions will follow in the next days. Galleria Studio Cenacchi: Vibecke Hetland – Quanto sarà mai lato il sole? LABS Contemporary Art: People I Know Museo Lercaro: Marco… (read more)
BOoks – Bologna art books festival – Festival del libro d’arte 26 – 28 September 2025 MAMbo – Museo d’Arte Moderna di Bologna Via Don Giovanni Minzoni 14, Bologna www.booksfestival.it www.museibologna.it/mambo The third edition of BOoks took place from 26 to 28 September 2025. Curated by the editor Danilo Montanari and the director of the… (read more)
Supermina Valeria Vaccaro 2025 white marble and inks 25 superminas 7 cm x 7,5 cm x 85 cm 3 superminas 15,5 cm x 13,5 cm x 170 cm Valeria Vaccaro’s sculpture group “Supermina” consists of oversized coloured pencils. 25 are with a hight of 85 cm smaller than the version of three larger ones with… (read more)
Rapunzel – The seeing text Wen Wu 2025 Oil on canvas 30 cm x 25 cm The painting “Rapunzel – The seeing text” by the London based Chinese artist Wen Wu shows an Asian looking young woman as bust portrait in quarter profile directed to the left. Her torso is bare. She covers the lower… (read more)
In contrast to last years’ Artworks of the Month, we didn’t present photography, but paintings and reliefs or sculptural objects. Hereby, the artists are from various countries – Australia, Switzerland, Peru/France, France, Italy and England. Due to the different cultural influences, ranges of age and personal experiences, the subjects and techniques were diversified. Four of… (read more)
Szenerie Lars Breuer, Hannes Norberg, Thyra Schmidt 4 April – 18 May 2025 Kunstraum Pempelforter Schloßstraße 65 40477 Düsseldorf Germany In April and May 2025, the exhibition “Szenerie” (~ Scenery) in the Kunstraum Pempelforter, Düsseldorf, Germany, united three artists with different approaches: Lars Breuer, Hannes Norberg and Thyra Schmidt. During their studies Lars oriented to… (read more)
Unbound Poppy De Havilland 2023 Oil on canvas 50 x 50 cm The oil painting “Unbound” by Poppy De Havilland shows a person with outstretched arms and legs suspended in the air. Dressed in a close-fitting black shirt and black tights, the androgynous appearing protagonist wears white knee-length and very wide trousers over this leotard…. (read more)
Border Manuela Vallicelli 2025 powder pigments on canvas 100 cm x 150 cm At first glance, the painting “Border” by Manuela Vallicelli could represent a landscape. There seem to be mountains at the left background, perhaps a lake or bay in front of it. In the central foreground, one might recognise dunes whose almost white… (read more)
C’était le bon temps, le sexisme pépouze. (It was the good time, when sexism was easy-going.) Elyse Galiano 2024 White men’s shirt, embroidered with natural hair, framed 44,5 cm x 68,5 cm A white men’s shirt is framed so that it looks like it is being presented in a gift box by a men’s outfitter…. (read more)
Tabernacle (Autoportrait) Tabernacle (Self-portrait) Gloria Li Mir 1976 Acrylic on canvas stretched on wood 90 cm x 100 cm Gloria Li Mir’s “Tabernacle” reminds a white window, with two shutters which could be opened. Though, doing this, there are two new smaller blinds with a relief pattern. Behind them, one finds a round mirror, which… (read more)
This year’s ART CITY had over 270 venues in the official program, not to mention the large number of additional initiatives. Even though the duration of 13th edition was extended from one week to 10 days (6 – 16 February 2025), it was literally impossible to visit all the proposed activities and not at all… (read more)
ART CITY Bologna: 6 – 16 February 2025 The Special Program of this year’s ART CITY during and after the days of the Arte Fiera focusses in its new edition on the city gates. Originating from the Middle Ages, ten of the formerly 12 historic entries to the town are still existing and are even… (read more)
Expiation Patricia Jacomella Bonola 2020 Wool object Ø 80 cm “Expiation” by Patricia Jacomella Bonola is a huge multi-coloured ball of wool. The oversized object has a diameter of 80 cm and the thread is accordingly thick. Only the end of the tread reveals that the most visible thread is composed by a thinner one…. (read more)
From 6 to 16 February 2025 the ART CITY will take place in Bologna. It is traditionally a huge offer of exhibitions and art events in occasion of the Arte Fiera (7 to 9 February). This year’s Special Program focusses on the ten still existing city gates, with artworks and installations related to these monuments…. (read more)
Conversation Cally Lotz 2024 Oil on paper 20,2 cm x 13,2 cm Cally Lotz painting “Conversation” shows a white-beige bellied jug, standing on an orange rectangle, which is in turn placed on another, blue rectangle. The background in beige shades is also indefinite as the coloured footing squares. Therefore, the only determinable element is the… (read more)
