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)
17 October 2025 – 18 January 2025 Galleria de’ Foscherari Via Castiglione 2/b, Bologna www.defoscherari.com “Pushing the Limits” sees itself as a non-exhibition, nor is it an installation. The event could be described more as an amicable, temporary occupation of the Galleria de’ Foscherari by the DebatikCentre of Contemporary Art (D.C.C.A.). Founded in 2003 in… (read more)
Seven Bolognese exhibitions, the majority visible until the end of the year or even longer, are dealing with urban spaces or make particular approaches to the technique of painting. At the Galleria B4, P.H. Wert presents works, which seem to be traditional but have unconventional motives. The Otto Gallery invited four artists, who go beyond… (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)
