Adalberto Abbate's Family Connection at Palazzo Mirto

Adalberto Abbate (Palermo, 1975) presents Family Connection at Museo di Palazzo Mirto in Palermo, juxtaposing his maternal grandparents' humble belongings with the aristocratic Filangeri collection. The exhibition contrasts the Filangeri, one of Sicily's oldest noble families, with the Lotà-Raia, a Palermitan lower-middle-class family. Abbate interweaves tea sets, coffee pots, photographs, weathered ceramics, kitsch knick-knacks, sacred images, and plastic utensils from Stefano Lotà and Giuseppa Raia among the museum's collections, creating temporal and aesthetic confusion. The work reflects on the difference between 'valuable things' (museum collections) and 'the value of things' tied to memory and family history.