Starting today, two online publishing formats are available, further developing Artissima’s international network and extending the fair beyond its traditional timeframe. They are the Walkie Talkies, itinerant conversations recorded in November 2025 amid the stands at Artissima, and 5 SHOWS, the digital feature that presents selections of exhibitions on view in various geographical areas of the world.
Below, you can discover all the developments and continue to follow us in the months to come, all the way to the announcement of the first new initiatives of the 2026 edition.
Walkie Talkies
The Walkie Talkies are conversations in motion between pairs of curators and international collectors, designed to offer a transversal, original and personal perspective on the artists and galleries taking part in Artissima. Conducted in physical presence during Artissima 2025, they have been recorded amid the stands of the fair and made available in video format on the digital channels of Artissima, starting in February 2026. Four itinerant conversations, eight authoritative voices, in a pathway that reflects the multiplicity of research and the ability of Artissima to generate active relationships within the global panorama of contemporary art.
The project for 2025 has been curated and moderated for the second consecutive year by Leonardo Bigazzi — curator of Fondazione In Between Art Film, Roma, and Lo schermo dell’arte, Firenze — to present four conversations conducted by eight contributors:
WALKIE TALKIES 1
Alex Hank (artist and collector, Gstaad) in conversation with Ana Sokoloff (Art Advisor and Founding partner of sokoloff+associate llc, New York). They explore the artworks by: Władysław Koch, Olszewski Gallery (Warsaw); Pier Paolo Calzolari, Repetto Gallery (Lugano); Johannes Wald, Rolando Anselmi gallery (Roma); Flaminia Veronesi, Richard Saltoun (London, Roma).
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WALKIE TALKIES 2
Kasia Redzisz (Artistic Director, KANAL Centre Pompidou, Brussels) in conversation with Anna Gritz (director, Haus am Waldsee, Berlin). They explore the artworks by: Franciszka and Stefan Themerson, Import Export (Warsaw, London); Laura Lima, A Gentil Carioca (Rio De Janeiro, São Paulo); mountaincutters, Meessen (Brussels); David Medalla, Enrico Astuni (Bologna).
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WALKIE TALKIES 3
Caroline Bourgeois (Advisor for the collection, Fondation Pinault, Paris) in conversation with Stefania Pelusi (collector, São Paulo). They explore the artworks by: Anna Boghiguian, Franco Noero (Torino); Khaled Jarada, P420 (Bologna); Garance Früh, Ciaccia Levi (Paris, Milano); Tomaso Binga, Frittelli (Firenze, Milano).
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WALKIE TALKIES 4
Liberty Adrien (Head of Curatorial Department, KW Institute of Contemporary Art, Berlin) in conversation with Daria de Beauvais (Senior Curator and Head of International Relations, Palais de Tokyo, Paris). They explore the artworks by: Dayanita Singh, Studio Bruno Tonini (Gussago); Sandra Vásquez de la Horra, Sprovieri (London); Victoria Zidaru, Suprainfinit (Bucharest); Majd Abdel Hamid, P420 (Bologna).
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5 SHOWS
5 SHOWS is the digital feature of Artissima that presents on a twice-monthly basis a selection of five exhibitions in various geographical areas of the world. The selection is curated by directors of institutions who live and work in the related contexts.
Thanks to the relationship with international curators and professionals, and to ongoing connections with the art system, for the audience of the fair 5 SHOWS represents a tool of information and orientation on the most interesting developments in contemporary art around the world.
The editions published in January and February 2026:
5 SHOWS in the UAE (14 January)
curated by Antonia Carver, Director of Art Jameel, Dubai
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5 SHOWS in China (27 January)
curated by Damien Zhang, Director of Aranya Art Center, Qinhuangdao
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5 SHOWS in Norway (10 January)
curated by Tominga O’Donnell, Senior Curator/Head of Contemporary Art, MUNCH, Oslo
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5 SHOWS in London (24 February)
curated by Robert Leckie, Director of Gasworks, London
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