Ilaria Vinci's First Italian Institutional Solo Show Opens at Istituto Svizzero, Milan
The "Goodnight Morning" exhibition, showcasing Ilaria Vinci's inaugural solo display in Italy, is currently on view at the Istituto Svizzero in Milan until November 29, 2026. Vinci, who was born in Brindisi in 1991 and now resides in Zurich, creates art through sculpture, installation, and drawing, blending fantasy with reality. This exhibition introduces new sculptures that delve into the boundary between consciousness and sleep, reinterpreting everyday information and trauma into recognizable yet altered forms. Among the pieces is a wishing well emerging from a shipping crate, alongside motifs of enchanted forests and hybrid beings sourced from newspapers. These wooden works reflect deep cultural archetypes, probing the subconscious's role in shaping reality.
Key facts
- "Goodnight Morning" is Ilaria Vinci's first institutional solo exhibition in Italy
- The exhibition is on view at Istituto Svizzero in Milan until November 29, 2026
- Ilaria Vinci was born in Brindisi in 1991 and lives in Zurich
- Vinci's practice spans sculpture, installation, and drawing
- The show features a series of new sculptures evoking the passage from wakefulness into sleep and back
- Works include a wishing well rising from a shipping crate and references to the enchanted forest
- Wood serves as both organic material and symbolic device across the works
- The exhibition engages cultural archetypes and the subconscious as the antechamber of reality
Entities
Artists
- Ilaria Vinci
Institutions
- Istituto Svizzero
- Kunsthaus Zurich
- Kunsthalle Zurich
- Museion
- Cabaret Voltaire
- MACRO Museum
- Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo
- Kunsthalle Sankt Gallen
Locations
- Milan
- Italy
- Brindisi
- Zurich
- Switzerland
- Bolzano
- Rome
- Turin
- Sankt Gallen