IV Biennale dell'Incisione Italiana Carmelo Floris a Olzai

The fourth edition of the Biennale dell'Incisione Italiana Carmelo Floris is underway in Olzai, Sardinia, running until March 31, 2025, at Casa Mesina Cardia. Directed by Enrico Piras and curated by Chiara Manca, the biennial showcases 72 works including woodcuts, drypoints, etchings, and engravings, spanning figurative to abstract styles. The exhibition is organized across late 19th-century frescoed rooms and features a dual thematic thread: references to contemporary art history and Sardinian engraving from the early 20th century. A dedicated section in the corridors presents works from the 1970s and 1980s by artists such as Carmelo Floris, Stanis Dessy, Mario Delitalia, Felice Melis Marini, and Enrico Piras. This edition marks a regulatory change allowing foreign engravers to participate for the first time. Each artist contributes two works; one selected by the Artistic Direction and Scientific Committee—comprising Maria Luisa Frongia, Chiara Gatti, and Nicola Micieli—will enter the Pinacoteca Comunale, the largest collection of contemporary engravings in Sardinia. The biennial, founded in 2012, emphasizes dialogue between tradition and innovation and includes a bilingual catalog and educational workshops for students from Liceo Artistico di Nuoro and elementary schools in Olzai and Ottana.