The exhibition

Curated by Sergio Risaliti and Stefania Rispoli, in close dialogue with historian and EUI alumna Johanna Gautier-Morin, OPEN brings together contemporary art and academic research in a shared space for dialogue and experimentation.

Rather than a project based on a fully predefined concept, the exhibition operates as an evolving project; a work-in-progress laboratory where research, artistic processes, and society can meet and grow together.

The exhibition explores the often unseen forms of work and care that support everyday life and the global economy through the works of Agnieszka Polska, Berlinde De Bruyckere, Eglė Budvytytė, Elena Mazzi, Leone Contini, Riccardo Previdi, and Pierre Chastel. Unfolding across the historic interior and exterior spaces, the journey invites visitors to critically re-evaluate four key concepts: gleaning, exhaustion, irreversibility, and mutation.

Concurrently, the venue inaugurates the Sala delle Grottesche (in collaboration with the Agenzia del Demanio), hosting the permanent photographic exhibition Memory and Vision by British artist Gina Soden.

The exhibition remains open until 12 October 2026, with regular public access two afternoons per week (Mondays and Saturdays).

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