Biennale del Gran Sasso Presents 'La Soglia' for 2026 Edition with Selected Artists

Key facts

• The Biennale del Gran Sasso is distributed along the Cammino del Gran Sasso in the Abruzzo municipalities of Castel del Monte, Calascio, Santo Stefano di Sessanio, and Barisciano.
• The project is promoted by Frequenze dal Gran Sasso, Il Cammino del Gran Sasso, and Fondazione Giorgio de Marchis Bonanni d'Ocre.
• The call for artists closed on June 28 and received over 250 applications from Italy and abroad, including China, the USA, the UK, and Russia.
• The curator is Maurizio Coccia, director of the Centro per l'Arte Contemporanea Palazzo Lucarini di Trevi.
• The theme of the 'Edizione Zero' is 'La Soglia' (The Threshold), a concept of transition and passage.
• Residencies run from September 1 to 17, with works presented on September 18, 19, and 20 through an itinerant program.
• Five artists were selected: Simone Cametti, Francesco Mariano, Veronica Vagnoni, Serena Vittorini, and Xu Yang.
• The biennial aims to shift focus from the permanence of the art object to the quality of the process, involving territory, artist experience, community, and then the artwork.