Summer 2025 Art Exhibitions Across Sicily
A comprehensive guide to summer 2025 art exhibitions across Sicily, curated by Helga Marsala for Artribune. Highlights include: 'Spazio Umano' at Fondazione RIV in Palermo (until Jan 10, 2026), featuring 12 international artists in the Chiesa di San Mamiliano; 'Elliot Erwitt' at Fondazione Federico II in Palermo (until Nov 30, 2025), showcasing iconic photographs; 'Piero Guccione e Leonardo Sciascia' at Convento del Carmine in Marsala (until Oct 19, 2025), exploring their friendship; 'Emilio Isgrò. L’opera delle formiche' at MAAM in Scicli (until Nov 3, 2025), a retrospective of the artist's cancellature; 'Futurismo e Futuristi Siciliani' at Antiquarium in Centuripe (until Nov 4, 2025), focusing on Sicilian futurists; 'Il fuoco dell’amore' at Museo Diocesano in Agrigento (until Oct 30, 2025), dedicated to Mary Magdalene; 'Countless Cities' at ex carcere di San Vito in Agrigento (until June 2026), a biennial of world cities; and 'Da Girgenti a Monaco, da Monaco ad Agrigento' at Museo Archeologico Griffo in Agrigento (until Oct 18, 2025), returning ancient Greek vases from Munich. These exhibitions coincide with Agrigento as Italian Capital of Culture 2025.
Key facts
- Fondazione RIV debuts in Palermo with 'Spazio Umano' until Jan 10, 2026.
- Elliot Erwitt exhibition at Fondazione Federico II in Palermo until Nov 30, 2025.
- Piero Guccione and Leonardo Sciascia exhibition at Convento del Carmine in Marsala until Oct 19, 2025.
- Emilio Isgrò retrospective at MAAM in Scicli until Nov 3, 2025.
- Futurism and Sicilian Futurists exhibition at Antiquarium in Centuripe until Nov 4, 2025.
- Mary Magdalene exhibition at Museo Diocesano in Agrigento until Oct 30, 2025.
- Countless Cities biennial at ex carcere di San Vito in Agrigento until June 2026.
- Return of Panitteri vases from Munich to Museo Archeologico Griffo in Agrigento until Oct 18, 2025.
Entities
Artists
- Adalberto Abbate
- Francesco Balsamo
- Tony Cragg
- Francesco De Grandi
- Aziz Hazara
- Francesco Lauretta
- Urs Lüthi
- Rabih Mroué
- Dala Nasser
- Mimmo Paladino
- Hans Schabus
- Alberto Scodro
- Elliot Erwitt
- Piero Guccione
- Leonardo Sciascia
- Giuseppe Leone
- Emilio Isgrò
- Giulio D'Anna
- Pippo Rizzo
- Vittorio Corona
- Umberto Boccioni
- Fortunato Depero
- Filippo Tommaso Marinetti
- Giovanni Di Pietro da Napoli
- Guercino
- Mattia Preti
- Cecco di Caravaggio
- Francesco Hayez
- Pietro d'Asaro
- Marilyn Monroe
- Jacqueline Kennedy
- Arnold Schwarzenegger
- Richard Nixon
- Nikita Khrushchev
- Muhammad Ali
- Ernesto Che Guevara
Institutions
- Fondazione RIV
- Fondazione Federico II
- Convento del Carmine – Pinacoteca Comunale
- MAAM – Museo d’Arte Contemporanea del Carmine
- Antiquarium
- Museo Diocesano
- Farm Cultural Park
- Politecnico di Milano
- Staatliche Antikensammlungen München
- Museo Archeologico Regionale Pietro Griffo
- Galleria Nazionale Barberini Corsini
- Musei Vaticani
- Museo Nazionale di San Matteo di Pisa
- Fondazione Carit
- Museo Diocesano di Milano
- Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna
- Mibact
- Regione Siciliana
- Parco Archeologico della Valle dei Templi
- Artribune
Locations
- Palermo
- Italy
- Chiesa di San Mamiliano
- Palazzo dei Normanni
- Marsala
- Scicli
- Ragusa
- Enna
- Trapani
- Centuripe
- Agrigento
- Favara
- Medellín
- Colombia
- Nazareth
- Palestine
- Haiti
- Monaco
- Germany
- Baviera
- Sicily