Una Boccata d’Arte 2026: 20 Italian Villages and Artists Announced
Fondazione Elpis has unveiled the 2026 edition of Una Boccata d’Arte, a sprawling site-specific art project across 20 Italian villages, one per region. Running from June 20 to October 4, 2026, with simultaneous inaugurations on June 20–21, the initiative invites 20 Italian and international artists to create works rooted in local communities, histories, and landscapes. Conceived by Marina Nissim, the project has engaged 140 villages and produced 140 interventions since 2020, with over 40 works now permanently adopted by communities. The seventh edition features artists including Rebecca Moccia (Cusano Mutri, Campania), Lara Dâmaso (Palazzuolo sul Senio, Tuscany), Maja Escher (Cupra Marittima, Marche), Dominique White (Sori, Liguria), Anouk Tschanz (Cornovecchio, Lombardy), Francesco Alberico (Chiusa, Trentino-Alto Adige), and Enrico Malatesta (Ischitella, Puglia). Curators include Giulia Pollicita, Valentina Buzzi, Edoardo De Cobelli, Valerio Panella, and Valentina Merz. Themes span ecology, collective memory, ritual, multispecies relations, and climate change, with rivers, sound, and participatory practices central. A donation of the work 'MMMMMMM KM' by Vaste Programme to TAM – Tower Art Museum is set for March 2026.
Key facts
- Seventh edition of Una Boccata d’Arte runs June 20 to October 4, 2026.
- 20 artists create site-specific works in 20 Italian villages, one per region.
- Project founded by Marina Nissim, president of Fondazione Elpis.
- Over 40 past interventions have been acquired or adopted by local communities.
- Rebecca Moccia presents 'Anche noi (Nostalgia Radicale)' in Cusano Mutri, curated by Giulia Pollicita.
- Lara Dâmaso creates a sound intervention in Palazzuolo sul Senio responding to a 2023 flood.
- Maja Escher builds an altar to the goddess Cupra in Cupra Marittima with local children and elderly.
- Dominique White reinterprets maritime ex-voto tradition in Sori, curated by Valentina Buzzi.
- Anouk Tschanz photographs residual ecosystems of the Po Valley in Cornovecchio.
- Francesco Alberico presents 'Vogelrat. Il consiglio degli uccelli' in Chiusa, curated by Valerio Panella and Valentina Merz.
- Enrico Malatesta creates a sound map in Ischitella, Puglia.
- Work 'MMMMMMM KM' by Vaste Programme donated to TAM – Tower Art Museum in March 2026.
- Collaboration with Threes Productions for sound-based interventions.
- Themes include ecology, memory, ritual, multispecies relations, and climate change.
Entities
Artists
- Rebecca Moccia
- Lara Dâmaso
- Maja Escher
- Dominique White
- Anouk Tschanz
- Francesco Alberico
- Enrico Malatesta
- Enea Toldo
- Andrea Ferrero
- Renato Grieco
- Caterina Gobbi
- Vasilis Papageorgiou
- Abdel Karim Ougri
- Natalya Marconini Falconer
- Alice Minervini
- Angelo Leonardo
- Francesco Toninelli
- Irene Macalli
- Ilare
- Aterraterra
- Marina Nissim
- Giulia Pollicita
- Valentina Buzzi
- Edoardo De Cobelli
- Valerio Panella
- Valentina Merz
- Vaste Programme
- Augustas Serapinas
- Beatrice Celli
- Sofia Silva
- Sasha Tishkov
- Adji Dieye
- Tiphaine Calmettes
- Mariona Cañadas
- Pedro Murua
- Sóley Ragnarsdóttir
- Villiam Miklos Andersen
- Ode de Kort
- Caterina Morigi
- Elena Rivoltini
- Agostino Quaranta
- Beatriz de Rijke
- Andrea Martinucci
- Emanuele Marullo
- Giulio Locatelli
- Lulù Nuti
- Nicola Baratto
- Yiannis Virginia Russolo
- Claudia Losi
- Agnese Spolverini
- Victor Fotso Nyie
- Ludovica Carbotta
- Invernomuto
- Mohsen Baghernejad Moghanjooghi
- Simone Bacco
- Antonio Della Guardia
- Alice Ronchi
- Giulia Mangoni
- Lucia Cantò
- Riccardo Benassi
- Diana Policarpo
- Hanne Lippard
- Isaac Chong Wai
- Natàlia Trejbalovà
- Dessislava Madanska
- Luis López-Chávez
- Serhiy Horobets
- Alina Kleytman
- Anna Zvyagintseva
- Maurizio Rigillo
Institutions
- Fondazione Elpis
- TAM – Tower Art Museum
- Threes Productions
- Seeburg
- Galleria Contina
- Threes
- Galleria Continua
Locations
- Italy
- Cusano Mutri
- Campania
- Palazzuolo sul Senio
- Tuscany
- Cupra Marittima
- Marche
- Sori
- Liguria
- Cornovecchio
- Lombardy
- Chiusa
- Trentino-Alto Adige
- Ischitella
- Puglia
- Fontainemore
- Valle d'Aosta
- Avigliana
- Piedmont
- Lugo di Vicenza
- Veneto
- Andreis
- Friuli Venezia Giulia
- Tredozio
- Emilia-Romagna
- Ficulle
- Umbria
- Pofi
- Lazio
- Cellino Attanasio
- Abruzzo
- Trivento
- Molise
- Forenza
- Basilicata
- Gerace
- Calabria
- Ficarra
- Sicily
- Monteleone Rocca Doria
- Sardinia
- Bressanone
- Po Valley
- Verrès
- San Sebastiano Curone
- Palazzo Pignano
- Dolcedo
- Magrè sulla Strada del Vino
- Porto Levante
- Paluzza
- Friuli-Venezia Giulia
- Berceto
- Serre di Rapolano
- Otricoli
- San Ginesio
- Bassiano
- Gioia dei Marsi
- Guardialfiera
- Letino
- Poggiorsini
- Apulia
- Sasso di Castalda
- Motta Filocastro
- Sant'Angelo Muxaro
- Sedilo
- Presicce-Acquarica
- Abbateggio
- Rocca San Giovanni
- Aggius
- Vermogno
- Zubiena
- Santa Severina
- Spinazzola
- Morgex
- Montemarcello
- Ameglia
- San Lorenzo Dorsino
- Malamocco
- Venice
- Pesariis
- Lisbon
- Portugal
- Douala
- Cameroon
- Milton Keynes
- United Kingdom
- Guangdong
- China
- Košice
- Slovakia
- Smolyan
- Bulgaria
- Manzanillo
- Cuba
- Ukraine