Italian Artists Abroad: 2025 Exhibition Roundup
A selection of 2025 exhibitions showcases Italian artists internationally. At Centre Pompidou in Paris, Gianfranco Baruchello's centenary is marked with the full multimedia project 'Doux comme saveur (A partire dal dolce)' until March 10. In Jeddah, Arcangelo Sassolino is the sole Italian at the Islamic Arts Biennale (Jan 26–May 25), presenting site-specific 'Memory of becoming'. London's Istituto Italiano di Cultura shows Mario Bucolo's photos of Catania's Sant'Agata festival (Jan 21–28). The Photographers' Gallery hosts 'Letizia Battaglia: Life, Love and Death in Sicily' until Feb 23. Mai 36 Galerie in Zurich presents Jacopo Benassi's first solo show (Jan 24–Apr 29). In Dakar, 'Souvenir d'Italie' curated by Eugenio Viola runs until Feb 8, featuring Binta Diaw, Adji Dieye, and Délio Jasse. Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt mounts a major Carol Rama retrospective (until Feb 2) with 120 works.
Key facts
- Gianfranco Baruchello centenary at Centre Pompidou until March 10, 2025
- Arcangelo Sassolino only Italian at Islamic Arts Biennale in Jeddah, Jan 26–May 25, 2025
- Mario Bucolo's Sant'Agata photos at Istituto Italiano di Cultura London, Jan 21–28, 2025
- Letizia Battaglia exhibition at Photographers' Gallery London until Feb 23, 2025
- Jacopo Benassi first solo show at Mai 36 Galerie Zurich, Jan 24–Apr 29, 2025
- Souvenir d'Italie curated by Eugenio Viola at Istituto Italiano di Cultura Dakar until Feb 8, 2025
- Carol Rama retrospective at Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt until Feb 2, 2025
- Exhibition features 120 works by Carol Rama
Entities
Artists
- Gianfranco Baruchello
- Arcangelo Sassolino
- Mario Bucolo
- Letizia Battaglia
- Jacopo Benassi
- Binta Diaw
- Adji Dieye
- Délio Jasse
- Carol Rama
- Noëlle Châtelet
- David Cooper
- Félix Guattari
- Alain Jouffroy
- Pierre Klossowski
- Gilbert Lascault
- Jean-François Lyotard
- Muhannad Shono
- Julian Raby
- Amin Jaffer
- Abdul Rahman Azzam
- Eugenio Viola
- Paolo Falcone
- Antonio Pietrangeli
Institutions
- Centre Pompidou
- Fondazione Baruchello
- Diriyah Biennale Art Foundation
- Al Thani Collection
- Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Londra
- Photographers' Gallery
- Archivio Letizia Battaglia
- Fondazione Falcone per le Arti
- Fondazione Candido Speroni
- Carla Fendi Speroni
- Mai 36 Galerie
- Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Dakar
- MAMBO – Museo d'Arte Moderna di Bogotá
- Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt
- Artribune
Locations
- Paris
- France
- Jeddah
- Arabia Saudita
- Saudi Arabia
- London
- United Kingdom
- Zurich
- Switzerland
- Dakar
- Senegal
- Frankfurt
- Germany
- Catania
- Italy
- Livorno
- Rome
- Torino
- Turin
- Venezia
- Venice
- Malta
- Cerisy-La-Salle
- Costantinopoli
- Sicily
- Bogotá
- Colombia