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︎2025

           explores contemporary ways of seeing

Sul Guardare is a series of exhibitions, curated by Paola Nicolin, dedicated to little-known works that are part of collections of Piacenza museums, placed in dialogue with contemporary artist inspired by John Berger's book Ways of Seeing, which is still enlightening today for understanding works of art in a sociocultural key and a point of reference for the relationship between art and dissemination that is both complex and accessible.


for: XNL Piacenza, Fondazione di Piacenza e Vigevano

team: Pietro Buffa, Pierluigi Anselmi, Alessandro C. Busseni, Giada Fiorenza

photos: Daniele Signaroldi



Act 1 — Massimo Grimaldi in dialogue with  Galleria d’Arte Moderna Ricci Oddi

Act 2 —  Berlinde de Bruyckere, Carol Rama, Giovanni in dialogue with Angelo del Maino, in collaboration with Ufficio Beni Culturali Ecclesiastici della Diocesi di Piacenza-Bobbio and Centro Conservazione e Restauro La Venaria Reale

Act 3 — Andrea Sala in dialogue with Ufficio Beni Culturali Ecclesiastici della Diocesi di Piacenza-Bobbio 

Act 4 — Valentina Furian / Notti bianche in dialogue with Musei Civici di Palazzo Farnese