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Oliviero Toscani retrospective at Whitelight Art Gallery, Milan

exhibition · 2026-05-05

Whitelight Art Gallery in Milan hosts a retrospective of Oliviero Toscani (born 1942), spanning over fifty years of his provocative career. The two-floor exhibition features iconic images including the 1991 'Kiss between Priest and Nun', 1996's 'Three Hearts White/Black/Yellow', 2007's 'No-Anorexia', and his Benetton campaigns. Toscani's work broke critical barriers and opened new communicative paths in photography and advertising. Universal themes such as racism, the death penalty, AIDS, and war are juxtaposed with portraits of 1970s scene artists like Mick Jagger, Lou Reed, Federico Fellini, and Monica Bellucci. Throughout his career, Toscani exalted individual uniqueness, dissolving human distances and forging a strong global identity.

Key facts

  • Exhibition at Whitelight Art Gallery, Milan
  • Covers over 50 years of Toscani's career
  • Two-floor exhibition layout
  • Includes 'Bacio tra prete e suora' (1991)
  • Includes 'Tre Cuori White/Black/Yellow' (1996)
  • Includes 'No-Anorexia' (2007)
  • Features Benetton campaigns
  • Portraits of Mick Jagger, Lou Reed, Fellini, Monica Bellucci

Entities

Artists

  • Oliviero Toscani
  • Mick Jagger
  • Lou Reed
  • Federico Fellini
  • Monica Bellucci

Institutions

  • Whitelight Art Gallery
  • Artribune
  • Benetton

Locations

  • Milan
  • Italy

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