SUTURA: New Non-Profit Art Space in Turin Exploring Health and Wellbeing

Entrepreneur Virginia Moniaci has launched SUTURA, a new non-profit contemporary art space in Turin, located under the porticoes of Via Sacchi near Porta Nuova station. The space, recognizable by a graphic sign by artist Diego Scroppo, aims to explore the relationship between culture, health, and wellbeing. SUTURA is adjacent to IFT (Istituto Fisicoterapico di Torino), a private multi-specialist medical center founded in 1898, where Moniaci serves as General Director. The space will host three solo exhibitions per year by mid-career artists, selected with the curatorial collective qwatz, with works also displayed inside the medical institute. Artists are invited to create limited edition graphic works inspired by historical photos of the institute's lost machinery from 1902, forming the basis for a future corporate museum. The inaugural exhibition, 'Grafomanie' by Roman artist Matteo Nasini (born 1976, Rome), runs until January 10 and focuses on listening, featuring five new works including sculptures, performances, embroideries, and sound installations. SUTURA partners include historic pastry shop Pfatisch, which is planning to open a Chocolate Museum early next year using its preserved 20th-century machinery.