Giorgio Galotti's Pensiero Magico: A Quarantine Archive of Thoughts
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Turin gallerist Giorgio Galotti launched Pensiero Magico, a project that collects written thoughts from artists and gallerists on postcards, deliberately avoiding images. The initiative aims to reflect on the present and lay the groundwork for a renewed art system, as Galotti had already announced the transformation of his gallery GRGLT into a nomadic project in summer 2019. Participants include Marzia Migliora, Massimo De Carlo, Franco Noero, and many others. Galotti plans to eventually publish the contributions as a book and hopes to exhibit them in an institution. The project's name references the psychological concept of magical thinking.
Key facts
- Giorgio Galotti launched Pensiero Magico during the pandemic.
- The project collects written thoughts on postcards, avoiding images.
- Galotti transformed his Turin gallery GRGLT into a nomadic project in summer 2019.
- Participants include Marzia Migliora, Massimo De Carlo, Franco Noero, and over 40 others.
- Galotti plans to publish the contributions as a book.
- He hopes to exhibit the project in an institution.
- The name refers to magical thinking from psychology and anthropology.
- Galotti sees this as a chance to rethink the art system from scratch.
Entities
Artists
- Giorgio Galotti
- Marzia Migliora
- Massimo De Carlo
- Franco Noero
- Alessandra Minini
- Alek O.
- Alfredo Aceto
- Francesco Arena
- Florian Auer
- Alessandro Bava
- Davide Bertocchi
- Letizia Cariello
- Leonardo Caffo
- Roberto Coda Zabetta
- Daniel Gustav Cramer
- Renata De Bonis
- Nick Devereux
- Jason Dodge
- Ettore Favini
- Gianni Ferrero Merlino
- Marco Giordano
- Mikael Hegnar
- Stephanie Hier
- Anders Holen
- Sandra Kolstad
- Thomas Kratz
- Linda Lerseth
- Andrea Magnani
- Rachel Monosov
- Matteo Montani
- Andrea Nacciarriti
- Valerio Nicolai
- Marco Paltrinieri
- Ruggero Penone
- Alessandro Piangiamore
- Gianni Politi
- Jacopo Rinaldi
- Giulio Saverio Rossi
- Andrea Sala
- Olve Sande
- Dorian Sari
- Francesco Simeti
- Piotr Skiba
- Andrzej Steinbach
- Priscilla Tea
- Santo Tolone
- Patrick Tuttofuoco
- Sarah van Sonsbeeck
- Nico Vascellari
Institutions
- GRGLT
- Artribune
Locations
- Turin
- Italy