Four Contemporary Art Exhibitions Transform Siena

Siena hosts four contemporary art exhibitions across the Orto Botanico dell'Università, Santa Maria della Scale, and private galleries, focusing on themes of boredom, metamorphosis, fusion, and symbiosis. The exhibitions explore transformation, often applied to society. Curated by Lisa Andreani, Matteo Binci, Gloria Nossa, and Milena Zanetti, 'IN/ACTION. Contro lo scacciatempo, la noia' at Santa Maria della Scala responds to a workshop by Maurizio Guerri on media and aesthetics, part of the Toscanaincontemporanea2018 program. 'Forme Instabili' at Spaziosiena features Guglielmo Castelli, Domenico Laterza, and Davide Mancini Zanchi transforming everyday spaces through painting, object animation, and recontextualization, curated by Stefania Margiacchi and Alessia Posani. Serena Vestrucci's solo show 'Non siamo soliti ricordare le cose che accadranno' at Galleria Fuoricampo uses lost-wax casting and an incubator to create unknown forms over 40 weeks. Francesco Maluta's 'Tiepida Simbiosi' at the Orto Botanico dell'Università di Siena, curated by Michela Eremita and Ilaria Bonini, presents paintings and sculptures that interact with humidity and succulents in the 1876 greenhouse and Tepidario.