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Torino's Photo Week Launches with Fo.To, The Phair, and TAG

festival-fair · 2026-05-04

Torino inaugurates a spring photography season with the second edition of Fo.To – Fotografi a Torino (May 3–June 16, 2019) and the debut of The Phair, a new fair dedicated to photography curated by Roberto Casiraghi (May 2–5, 2019 at ex Borsa Valori). The events involve 90 spaces and 40 selected Italian galleries. An agreement between Fo.To, The Phair, and TAG (Torino Art Galleries) is supported by Regione Piemonte, Comune di Torino, and Fondazione per l’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea – CRT. Andrea Busto, director of MEF – Museo Ettore Fico, states the initiative aims to double the Contemporary Art Torino Piemonte appointment and network with the urban fabric. Highlights include Pablo Bronstein's 'Carousel' at OGR (May 4–June 9, 2019) with a Venetian spin-off at Complesso dell’Ospedaletto (May 8–November 24, 2019), curated by Catherine Wood; Thomas Struth at Gagliardi e Domke (May 3–June 14, 2019); Nicolaj Diulgheroff and Arrigo Lora Totino at Galleria Roccatre (May 3–June 15, 2019); Rebecca Moccia's 'Fuoco in tasca' for Opera Viva Barriera di Milano (May 2–26, 2019); Mario Cresci at Phos Centro Fotografia Torino (May 5–June 30, 2019); Giorgio Avigdor at Paolo Tonin Arte Contemporanea (May 2–June 28, 2019); Ando Gilardi at GAM (May 3, 2019); Laurent Champoussin at Burning Giraffe Art Gallery (May 3–July 19, 2019); Share Festival at Toolbox (May 2–5, 2019); and Simone Mussat Sartor at Galleria Alberto Peola (until May 18, 2019).

Key facts

  • Second edition of Fo.To – Fotografi a Torino runs May 3–June 16, 2019.
  • The Phair, a new photography fair, debuts May 2–5, 2019 at ex Borsa Valori.
  • The Phair features 40 selected Italian galleries.
  • Collaboration between Fo.To, The Phair, and TAG supported by Regione Piemonte, Comune di Torino, and Fondazione CRT.
  • Pablo Bronstein's 'Carousel' at OGR Torino (May 4–June 9, 2019) and at Complesso dell’Ospedaletto, Venice (May 8–November 24, 2019).
  • Thomas Struth exhibition at Gagliardi e Domke (May 3–June 14, 2019).
  • Nicolaj Diulgheroff and Arrigo Lora Totino at Galleria Roccatre (May 3–June 15, 2019).
  • Rebecca Moccia's 'Fuoco in tasca' for Opera Viva Barriera di Milano (May 2–26, 2019).

Entities

Artists

  • Pablo Bronstein
  • Catherine Wood
  • Thomas Struth
  • Nicolaj Diulgheroff
  • Arrigo Lora Totino
  • Francesco Poli
  • Rebecca Moccia
  • Alessandro Bulgini
  • Christian Caliandro
  • Mario Cresci
  • Giorgio Avigdor
  • Ando Gilardi
  • Daniela Giordi
  • Laurent Champoussin
  • Bruce Sterling
  • Simone Mussat Sartor
  • Anna Detheridge
  • Walter Guadagnini
  • Andrea Busto
  • Beppe Giardino

Institutions

  • Fo.To – Fotografi a Torino
  • The Phair
  • TAG (Torino Art Galleries)
  • Regione Piemonte
  • Comune di Torino
  • Fondazione per l’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea – CRT
  • MEF – Museo Ettore Fico
  • OGR – Officine Grandi Riparazioni
  • Tate Modern
  • Complesso dell’Ospedaletto
  • Biennale di Venezia
  • Gagliardi e Domke
  • Galleria d’Arte Roccatre
  • Flashback
  • Phos Centro Fotografia Torino
  • Paolo Tonin Arte Contemporanea
  • GAM – Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea
  • Burning Giraffe Art Gallery
  • Share Festival
  • Toolbox
  • Galleria Alberto Peola
  • Artribune
  • Palazzo Madama
  • Musei Reali
  • Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo
  • Fondazione Merz
  • PAV
  • Contemporary Art Torino Piemonte
  • Artissima
  • Camera
  • Fondazione Italiana per la Fotografia
  • Museo del Cinema
  • Museo del Risorgimento
  • Palazzo Chiablese
  • Fondazione Accorsi
  • Fondazione 107
  • Salone del Libro

Locations

  • Torino
  • Italy
  • ex Borsa Valori
  • via San Francesco da Paola 28
  • OGR – Officine Grandi Riparazioni
  • Corso Castelfidardo 22
  • Venezia
  • Venice
  • Sala della Musica del Complesso dell’Ospedaletto
  • Barbaria delle Tole, 6691
  • Gagliardi e Domke
  • Via Cervino 16
  • Galleria d’Arte Roccatre
  • Via della Rocca, 3/b
  • Piazza Bottesini
  • Phos Centro Fotografia Torino
  • Via Giambattista Vico, 1
  • Paolo Tonin Arte Contemporanea
  • Via San Tommaso, 6
  • Palazzo Della Chiesa di Roddi
  • GAM
  • Via Magenta, 31
  • Burning Giraffe Art Gallery
  • Via Eusebio Bava 8/a
  • Toolbox
  • via A. da Montefeltro 2
  • Galleria Alberto Peola
  • Via della Rocca, 29
  • Cannes
  • France
  • New York
  • USA
  • Montiglio
  • Ciriè
  • Alba
  • Cuneo
  • Duesseldorf
  • Germany
  • Roma
  • Reggio Emilia
  • Brescia
  • via Sansovino

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