Puglia Summer 2023: Must-See Exhibitions from Toscani to Avital
A summary of summer 2023 exhibitions in Puglia, Italy, features seven notable shows. At the Fondazione Pino Pascali in Polignano, Maurizio Mochetti (born 1940 in Rome) displays eight installations spanning from 1974 to 2023. 'Immersioni' debuts on August 4, including works by Agnese Purgatorio, Alessia Rollo, Carlo Michele Schirinzi, and Cosimo Terlizzi, alongside Edward Burtynsky's 'Xylella Studies' at the Museo Sigismondo Castromediano in Lecce. In Monopoli, Castello Carlo V presents a retrospective of Oliviero Toscani (born 1942 in Milan), curated by Nicolas Ballario and Lorenzo Madaro. The exhibition 'Refugium Peccatorum' features pieces by Pierluca Cetera (born 1969 in Taranto) and Maurizio Di Feo (born 1977 in Gioia del Colle). Additionally, Castello Volante showcases Alessia Rollo's 'QUEER è ORA,' while the Centro per il contemporaneo Kora offers 'La terra nostra è un mostro di mare.' Yuval Avital (born 1977 in Jerusalem) exhibits at Fondazione Biscozzi Rimbaud, and MUST in Lecce highlights Angelo Filomeno (born 1963 in San Michele Salentino).
Key facts
- Maurizio Mochetti is the first artist in the Confluenze cycle at Fondazione Pino Pascali.
- Oliviero Toscani retrospective at Castello Carlo V Monopoli covers from the 1960s to today.
- Refugium Peccatorum is a site-specific exhibition in Monopoli's WWII air-raid shelters.
- QUEER è ORA by Alessia Rollo features 16 portraits of LGBTQIA+ individuals.
- La terra nostra è un mostro di mare at Kora explores Mediterranean land-sea relations.
- Yuval Avital's fifth solo show at Fondazione Biscozzi Rimbaud includes 90 works on the sacred grove.
- Angelo Filomeno's anthology at MUST includes over 60 works from his fashion and art career.
- Edward Burtynsky's Xylella Studies is on view at Museo Sigismondo Castromediano in Lecce.
Entities
Artists
- Maurizio Mochetti
- Oliviero Toscani
- Pierluca Cetera
- Maurizio Di Feo
- Alessia Rollo
- Agnese Purgatorio
- Carlo Michele Schirinzi
- Cosimo Terlizzi
- Edward Burtynsky
- Gabriella Ciancimino
- Ettore Favini
- Riccardo Giacconi
- Carolina Valencia Caicedo
- Marie Hervé
- Elsa Martinez
- Runo Lagomarsino
- Yuval Avital
- Angelo Filomeno
- Nicolas Ballario
- Lorenzo Madaro
- Claudio Zecchi
- Paolo Mele
- Flatform
- Mick Jagger
- Lou Reed
- Carmelo Bene
- Federico Fellini
- Donna Jordan
- Claudia Schiffer
- Monica Bellucci
Institutions
- Fondazione Pino Pascali
- Castello Carlo V Monopoli
- Rifugi Antiaerei di Monopoli
- Castello Volante di Corigliano d'Otranto
- Centro per il contemporaneo Kora
- Fondazione Biscozzi Rimbaud
- MUST (Museo storico città di Lecce)
- Museo Sigismondo Castromediano
- Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna
- La Salita (gallery)
- Kunstgewerbeschule Zurich
- Artribune
Locations
- Polignano
- Monopoli
- Corigliano d'Otranto
- Castrignano de' Greci
- Lecce
- Puglia
- Italy
- Rome
- Milan
- Jerusalem
- San Michele Salentino
- Taranto
- Gioia del Colle
- Zurich
- Switzerland
- New York
- Mediterranean