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| by MonnaLisa Salvati | I stepped into Zehra Doğan’s world quietly, with the respect and sensitivity I felt were necessary and appropriate when confronting the pain of yet another unjust war, the silenced abuses, and the injustices inflicted upon men, women, and children. You need to arrive emotionally prepared, with a spirit willing to be engaged – and even overwhelmed – by what the artworks evoke.
THE CROATIAN PAVILION BY DUBRAVKA LOŠIĆ AT THE 61ST VENICE BIENNALE
At the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, Croatia is represented by Dubravka Lošić, a Croatian contemporary artist who has been exhibiting regularly in her country and abroad since 1983. Her practice, developed over more than forty years, combines painting, sculpture and installation, transforming traditional and industrial materials — wool, textiles, iron, bronze — into works rich in meaning and emotional tension.
BINTA DIAW: WHERE THE VINES INTERTWINE. RESISTANCES, ALLIANCES, LANDS
| by Eleonora Giglione | At PAV – Parco Arte Vivente in Turin, Binta Diaw presents Where the Vines Intertwine. Resistances, Alliances, Lands (open until March 8, 2026), a project that transforms the exhibition space into an organic, walkable environment. The display unfolds through suspended installations, expanses of soil, and woven structures that alter spatial perception, inviting visitors into an immersive and relational experience. The artist’s research focuses on the intersections of memory, environment, and politics, adopting a diasporic and decolonial perspective that challenges Eurocentric narrative frameworks.
The main hall of the historical site of Carvico, market leader in the production of warp-knit performance fabrics and symbol of an industrial model based on quality, welfare and beauty, has been turned into the shrine hosting Net Positive, a site-specific installation made by Federica Patera & Andrea Sbra Perego.
CHIHARU SHIOTA AND THE ECHO OF THRESHOLDS
| By Eleonora Giglione | Till June 28th 2026, the MAO in Turin will host The Soul Trembles by Chiharu Shiota, a retrospective that transcends the notion of a simple exhibition to become a vast, pulsating organism of memory, pain, hope, and rebirth. Curated by Mami Kataoka, a leading figure in the field of contemporary art, and Davide Quadrio, with curatorial assistance from Anna Musini and Francesca Filisetti, the exhibition transforms the museum’s spaces into an emotional limbo, a path through suspended presences and invisible narratives. Taken as a whole, the exhibition does not merely recount Chiharu Shiota’s career but invites visitors to cross an inner threshold.Shiota, born in Osaka…
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PARNASSUS BY LETIA – LETIZIA CARIELLO AT GAM MILAN
Through July 5, 2026, GAM Galleria d’Arte Moderna presents Παρνασσός Parnassus, a new site-specific installation by LETIA – Letizia Cariello, on view in the museum’s historic Sala del Parnaso. The project marks the first public museum presentation in Milan of the artist’s work, developed in the city where she has lived and worked since her…
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STITCHING MEMORY AND BELONGING: IN CONVERSATION WITH SHAMILLA AASHA
Shamilla Aasha (Hwange, 1977) is a Zimbabwean artist and educator based in Bulawayo, whose practice unfolds at the intersection of painting, textile art, and mixed-media experimentation. Her work is distinguished by a richly layered and deeply symbolic visual language through which she explores themes of cultural identity, spirituality, memory, and the condition of women in…
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KRYPTOS, SUSANNA CATI’S NEW PROJECT ON VIEW IN PERUGIA
With KRYPTOS, SCD Studio (Perugia) presents the recent research of Susanna Cati. Curated by Barbara Pavan, the exhibition unfolds as a traversal of the inner geographies of memory, developing a path in which autobiographical elements expand into a shared dimension. The works construct a space of resonance, activating a dialogue between interiority and history, between…
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