Castello di Rivoli Unveils New Exhibitions and Arte Povera Collection Rehang
The Castello di Rivoli Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, located in Rivoli-Torino, has introduced a fresh exhibition series named Inserzioni, showcasing the works of Haris Epaminonda, Christelle Oyiri, and Sung Tieu, along with a reconfiguration of its Arte Povera Collection. Sung Tieu (born in Hai Duong, 1987) has recreated a corridor from her now-abandoned home in East Berlin, situated in a yellow-lit space where a section of the Castello's ceiling fell in the 1970s. Tieu is set to represent Germany at the Venice Biennale in 2026. Haris Epaminonda (born in Nicosia, 1980) incorporates sand-toned surfaces and items in the Sala di Bacco e Arianna, while Christelle Oyiri (born in Nogent-sur-Marne, 1992) features a film focused on Memphis. This exhibition is open until 28 February 2027.
Key facts
- Castello di Rivoli presents Inserzioni with Haris Epaminonda, Christelle Oyiri and Sung Tieu, plus a rehang of its Arte Povera Collection
- Sung Tieu reconstructs at 1:1 scale a corridor of the East Berlin building at Gehrenseestraße where she lived after arriving in Germany in 1992
- Tieu's debris installation sits where part of the Castello's ceiling collapsed in the 1970s, protests after which aided the building's recovery and museum conversion
- Tieu represents Germany at the 2026 Venice Biennale with Henrike Naumann
- Haris Epaminonda intervenes in the Sala di Bacco e Arianna, with objects from Casa Mollino and a declared link between Juvarra and Mollino
- Christelle Oyiri's film Hauntology of an OG includes footage of Clayborn Temple burning, filmed on the last day of shooting in Memphis
- Clayborn Temple was a centre of the 1968 sanitation workers' strike that brought Martin Luther King Jr back to Memphis
- The Arte Povera rehang places Boetti, Gilardi and Pistoletto on the first floor and Anselmo, Kounellis, Merz, Penone and Zorio on the second
- Marcella Beccaria noted Boetti's works were acquired in the 1980s when the artist sought distance from the Arte Povera label
- The Premio Piero Siena presents Stefano Bernardi and Samira Mosca, with the Castello acquiring a work by Bernardi
- The exhibition runs until 28 February 2027 at Castello di Rivoli, Piazza Mafalda di Savoia
Entities
Artists
- Sung Tieu
- Haris Epaminonda
- Christelle Oyiri
- Henrike Naumann
- Alighiero Boetti
- Piero Gilardi
- Michelangelo Pistoletto
- Giovanni Anselmo
- Jannis Kounellis
- Mario Merz
- Giuseppe Penone
- Gilberto Zorio
- Martin Luther King Jr
- Darius Phatmak Clayton
- Marcella Beccaria
- Stefano Bernardi
- Samira Mosca
- Juvarra
- Mollino
- Antonino La Vela
- Sebastiano Pellion di Persano
Institutions
- Castello di Rivoli Museo d'Arte Contemporanea
- Biennale di Venezia
- Padiglione della Germania
- Casa Mollino
- Premio Piero Siena
- Artribune
Locations
- Rivoli
- Italy
- Torino
- Berlin
- Germany
- Gehrenseestraße
- Hai Duong
- Vietnam
- Nicosia
- Cyprus
- Nogent-sur-Marne
- France
- Memphis
- United States
- Clayborn Temple
- Mason Temple
- Venice
- Piazza Mafalda di Savoia