From September 2025 to January 2026, BIENALSUR is deploying in Italy with a program of exhibitions, artist residencies, and performance actions in Milan, Rome, Naples, and Biella. The objective is to create a dialogue between the research of international artists and the Italian context.

Through exhibitions, residencies, and institutional collaborations, the projects explore the major curatorial themes of this fifth edition: social justice, memory and rewriting, living ecologies, contemporary cohabitations, and cultural dissidence.

EXHIBITIONS & RESIDENCIES

• BIELLA

  Artist residency at Fondazione Pistoletto Cittadellarte Onlus

  September 15 – November 11

  Argentine artist Ginevra Landini leads research on artistic practices engaged in social transformation.

• BIELLA

  Installation “(d)estructura” by the collective El puente_lab

  Starting October 19

  A participatory work that revisits Maslow's hierarchy of human needs to imagine new collective and solidarity-based structures.

• NAPLES

  Exhibition “Anatomia delle qualità” by Pablo La Padula at MUSA

  October 3 – January 30, 2026

  Between art and science, the artist explores sensitive forms of self-portraiture through natural materials such as fire or smoke.

• MATERA

  Group exhibition “Superfici con:” at Fondazione South Heritage

  Dates to be confirmed

  A meeting between architectural heritage and contemporary creation, bringing together Italian and international artists around a dialogue between memory and space.

"INVOCATIONS" ROUTE – from Milan to Rome

(Curated by Benedetta Casini)

The "Invocations" route questions the relationships between humans and non-humans, inviting us to rethink our link to the living world through a series of exhibitions in Milan and Rome.

• MILAN

  “Invocazioni: Divenire Animale” at Fabbrica del Vapore

  October 22 – Late November

  A reflection on hybridizations between species, mythologies, and technologies through works by international artists, co-produced with Fondazione Garuzzo.

• ROME

  “Invocazioni” at Museo di Roma, Palazzo Braschi

  November 12 – December 15

  A dialogue between painting, installation, and photography around natural and urban landscapes, featuring Matías Ercole and Chiara Bettazzi.

• ROME

  “Invocazioni: Ecologie di contatto” at the Embassy of Brazil

  November 12 – December 12

  Works connecting Italian and Latin American geographies through poetic narratives of territory.

• ROME

  “Invocazioni: Ma mortalité devrait vous émouvoir” at the Embassy of Spain

  November 12 – January 23, 2026

  A collection of sculptural and photographic works exploring the memory of stone and the traces of humanity in matter.

• ROME

  “Invocazioni: Un son au fond de l'oreille” at Auditorium Parco della Musica

  November 13 – January 6, 2026

  A sensory journey centered on sound and silence, where image, movement, and vibration interact.

AGENDA LINK

Discover the full BIENALSUR program: https://bienalsur.org/en/agenda