Artissima — the most contemporary art fair in Italy — will return to Torino from 30 October to 1 November. The unique character of Artissima stems from its dual approach, combining a market proposal at the highest level with a wide range of special projects, both in town and at the fair, as a result of the collaboration with exceptional partners and prestigious cultural institutions, to explore and redefine the contemporary art scene.
NO FUTURE
Artissima and Intesa Sanpaolo present No Future, the fifth edition of the artists’ film and video programme, hosted in the spaces of Gallerie d’Italia – Torino. Curated by Alice Motard, the exhibition brings together 11 works created between 2000 and 2026, presented by galleries exhibiting at the fair. Adopting a subjective and unapologetic stance, the show explores the idea that it has become difficult, if not impossible, to imagine a shared and desirable future.
Gallerie d’Italia – Torino, Piazza San Carlo, 156 | 30.10 – 1.11.2026
HEDDA ROMAN. I LEFT SOMETHING IN THE WOODS
In the area of the former Zoo – Parco Michelotti, Artissima, in collaboration with Città di Torino, presents the project I Left Something in the Woods (2025) by artist duo Hedda Roman (Sies + Höke gallery, Düsseldorf), accompanied by a soundtrack by DECHA (Viktoria Wehrmeister). The short film features skeletal leviathans that transform domestic space into ruins infested by forces pressuring the present. In dialogue with the historical memory of the place, the installation will be accompanied by a special site-specific musical selection curated by C2C Festival.
Former Zoo – Parco Michelotti, Corso Casale, 43 | 29.10 – 1.11.2026
FRANCO MAZZUCCHELLI
Thanks to the renewed dialogue between Artissima and Principi di Piemonte | UNA Esperienze, the historic 5* hotel of Gruppo UNA Italian Hospitality, the ballroom hosts an exhibition project by artist Franco Mazzucchelli (ChertLüdde gallery, Berlin). The artist presents a sculpture in PVC and air, reprogramming its configuration into a form of occupation and reinterpretation of space.
Hotel Principi di Piemonte | UNA Esperienze, Via Piero Gobetti, 15 | 29.10 – 1.11.2026
Franco Mazzucchelli, ‘Elica’, Cortile of Academy of Brera, Milan, 1985. Photo by Giovanni Molino. Courtesy of The Artist and ChertLüdde, Berlin
IRIS TOULIATOU. VEHICLES
Pinacoteca Agnelli presents Vehicles, an original project by Iris Touliatou, winner of the 2025 edition of the Pista 500 Prize, developed in collaboration with Artissima to offer artists at the fair the opportunity to create a project for the Pista 500 billboard. Iris Touliatou’s practice explores and questions the limits of the spatial, financial, and administrative structures that govern the institutions that invite her to create, produce, and present her work, whether they are museums, galleries, or biennials.
Pinacoteca Agnelli, Lingotto, Via Nizza 230/103, 10126 Torino | 30.10 – 6.11.2026
LOUIS MORLÆ. …POP./CRASH/(LOON)
Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo hosts …pop./Crash/(LOON), the first solo exhibition in Italy by Louis Morlæ, winner of the illy Present Future Prize 2025. The exhibition continues the artist’s exploration of the relationship between the future and new technologies, offering an opportunity to delve deeper into the work of one of the most compelling emerging voices on the contemporary art scene.
Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Via Modane, 16 | 29.10.2026 – February 2027
IL RESPIRO DELLA LUCE
The monumental glass apse of the Sanctuary of Nostra Signora della Salute, created by Oscar Piattella in 1992, joins the “Luminarie” section of Luci d’Artista starting this year. The project is part of Il respiro della luce, an enhancement initiative held under the patronage of Città di Torino and the Ministry of Culture, and promoted by the Archivio Oscar Piattella.
Sanctuary of Nostra Signora della Salute, Via Michele Antonio Vibò, 26 | 29.10 – 1.11 2026
IL MINISTERO DELLA CULTURA
The DGCC of the Italian Ministry of Culture offers the opportunity to delve deeper into activities promoting Italian art internationally in a booth that also serves as a meeting point for industry professionals. A second space is dedicated to MIRA – Mediterranean Institute for Research and the Arts, where an installation by the Polisonum collective will be presented.
MASSIMO VITALI
Intesa Sanpaolo presents at Artissima a preview of the Massimo Vitali exhibition, scheduled for 2027 at Gallerie d’Italia – Torino. The photographs reflect the artist’s investigation into sites of sociality and collective rituals.
Massimo Vitali, “Trittico Forum”, 2011. © Massimo Vitali. Collezioni Gallerie d’Italia – Intesa Sanpaolo
ARTISSIMA JUNIOR
A project by Artissima and Juventus conceived for young visitors to the fair, from 6 to 11 years of age. This year, Artissima Junior features artist Francis Offman (P420 gallery, Bologna) guiding TOMORROW, PIECE BY PIECE, a creative workshop that invites children to build a choral artwork working in interdependent teams. Trust and listening guide an experience in which everyone’s contribution comes together in the creation of a collective work.
MOLTITUDINI
With the support of Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo, Artissima presents Moltitudini, an original project featuring poet-in-residence Laura Accerboni opening her poetry to contemporary art, in dialogue and resonance with six artists operating in Torino: Guglielmo Castelli, Sara Enrico, Giorgio Griffa, Tom Johnson, Marzia Migliora, and Laura Pugno. The residency is also a central focus of the second edition of Mondi Possibili. Dialoghi tra arte e letteratura, the series of encounters organised in collaboration with Fondazione Circolo dei lettori.
► Wednesday 21.10 | 6.30pm | at Circolo dei lettori e delle lettrici
Laura Accerboni in dialogue with Guglielmo Castelli, Sara Enrico and Marzia Migliora. Moderated by Luigi Fassi, Director of Artissima
► Saturday 31.10 | 6.30pm | at Artissima Meeting Point
Laura Accerboni in dialogue with Giorgio Griffa, Tom Johnson and Laura Pugno. Moderated by Giorgina Bertolino, Art Historian
WOW – WORLDS OF WORDS
The WoW – Worlds of Words project was created with the aim of promoting publishing and its protagonists, essential for disseminating contemporary culture, and does so across 4 spaces:
► EDICOLA, curated by Reading Room, featuring a selection of Italian and international magazines.
► EDITORIAL AREA, hosting Arte – Cairo Editore, ARTFORUM, ARTRIBUNE, CURA., Espoarte, ETC. Magazine, exibart, hus magazine, Il Giornale dell’Arte, INSIDE ART, L’ES, and segno.
► BOOKSHOP, by Librerie Corraini.
► WOW TALKS, curated by Francesca Spiller, bringing together professionals of the sector across 3 themes: Ways of seeing others (Friday 30 October); Acrobatic thinking (Saturday 31 October); Public imagination (Sunday 1 November).
ANONYMOUS ART PROJECT
For the second year, Artissima welcomes anonymous art project to the fair, an artistic project dedicated to promoting contemporary Japanese art. Sponsored by Hiroyuki Maki and guided by international curator Namiki Serizawa, the project introduces three leading figures of the contemporary Japanese scene at the fair: the collective Rhizomatiks, Alexa Kumiko Hatanaka, and Sputniko!.
MADE IN
A dedicated booth presents the works produced during the fourth edition of MADE IN, the Artissima residency programme supported by Camera di commercio di Torino and curated by Sonia Belfiore (Ultravioletto, arte + impresa): Dario Capello, with Blue Engineering and Galleria Franco Noero; Roberto Casti, with Galup and Simóndi gallery; Lucia Cristiani, with Oscalito 1936 and Mazzoleni gallery; Marco Schiavone, with Ferrino and Luce Gallery.
DELIZIE
Edoardo Piermattei conceives Delizie, the artistic project for the VIP Lounge of Artissima. Architecture, painting, and materials construct an environment that interrogates the relationship between pleasure, representation, and power, interpreting fancy’s invitation to imagine conditions different from our own. The Lounge is made possible thanks to the support of Krumiri Rossi 1878 and in-kind partnerships with Celeste Italia and Magnetti Building. Furnishings by Smacrent.
ENHANCING THE EXISTING, THE CITY AND ARCHIVIO OSCAR PIATTELLA
An unprecedented enhancement initiative under the patronage of the Città di Torino and the Ministry of Culture, and led by the Archivio Oscar Piattella, which begins on the occasion of Artissima and will continue over the next two years. The project stems from the desire to rediscover and promote the monumental glass apse of the Sanctuary of Nostra Signora della Salute that, for some time, had not found its rightful place on the city’s cultural map. At the fair, the City and the Archivio present a stand that will tell the story of Piattella’s research and his relationship with light and material, through a selection of works representative of symbolic moments in his career, along with a video on the apse.
ARTISSIMA AUDIOGUIDE
AudioGuides are back again this year, promoted by Lauretana and part of the developments of Artissima Digital powered by Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo. Three paths – one in Italian, one in English, and one in Italian for children – designed to accompany visitors on an independent and personal visit to the fair, through the lively voices of Arteco’s professional mediators.
Among the other not-to-be-missed initiatives:
► PASTIS SOCIAL CLUB, a space dedicated to celebrating the Collection of Fondazione Arte CRT conceived as a bar in which to gather and discuss art away from the frantic pace of the fair;
► 01 Of a Kind, a bespoke installation by Jaguar showcasing the new Jaguar Type 01 like never before;
► In Case of Anything, the suspended room of the Oval, formerly the judges’ booth during Olympic skating competitions, enlivened by K-Way® with special graphics dedicated to the theme of atmospheric phenomena;
► The Radiant Van, the project for Luci d’Artista created by the trio CANEMORTO, welcoming visitors at the main entrance of the fair pavilion;
► Focus on collecting, Artissima’s new format dedicated to collecting, philanthropy and its latest developments, taking form at the fair with two talks at the Meeting Point:
What Am I Doing in Italy?, Thursday 29 October, 3.30pm.
Petra De Castro, Alvaro Leal, Ceyda Ulasan, Julia Koropoulos, with Lara Gilmore. Moderator Nicola Zanella.
The collector’s role: patronage, gender balance, and institutional futures, Friday 30 October, 3.30pm.
Valeria Napoleone, Pedro Barbosa, Vita Liberte, Beatrix Ruf. Moderator Daniel Baumann.
► Walkie Talkies, the project curated by Leonardo Bigazzi, are back: itinerant conversations throughout Artissima that will be recorded during the fair and published in 2027, offering a transversal, original, and personal perspective on the artists and galleries participating in this edition. This year will feature: Defne Ayas, Giampaolo Bianconi, Justas Janauskas, Adomas Narkevičius, François Quintin, Beatrix Ruf, Billy Tang, Salma Tuqan.
CCANEMORTO, “The Radiant Van”, 2026. Collezione Luci d’Artista, Proprietà della Città di Torino in gestione a Fondazione Torino Musei. Photo DK
