Rossetti Gallery tips: art exhibitions in August and a book on the art world.
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the Art Exhibitions In August recommended by the rossetti gallery
Genoa – Archivio Storico
Genoa and the Belle Époque. Urban furnishings in the city’s aesthetic between decorum and elegance
Starting in the mid-19th century, Genoa underwent impressive transformations to its urban fabric, becoming a veritable open-air laboratory for generations of engineers and architects.
Street furniture, rightly considered a public asset, had to embody aesthetic value in the creation of “ideal beauty”. The repertoire of artefacts designed and partly realised, testimony to the sensitivity and attention of our predecessors, is considerable. Nothing was overlooked or left to chance, whether commissioned by the public administration or created by private citizens, subject to municipal authorisation.
Until 24 October 2025
Bergamo – Gres Art 671
de bello. notes on war and peace
From Alberto Burri to Claire Fontaine, from Anselm Kiefer to Lawrence Abu Hamdan, from Joseph Beuys, Marina Abramović to Cristina Lucas, from Andrea Gastaldi to Boris Mikhailov and Arcangelo Sassolino, passing through Monira Al Qadiri, Mohamed Choucair, Total Refusal and many others.
Over 30 artists are featured in the exhibition: old masters, modern and contemporary artists, emerging and established artists, designers and activists, spanning six centuries of history, inviting visitors to reflect on how the experience of war shapes the emotions, perceptions and sense of belonging of those who live through it.
Until 12 October 2025
Ascona – Museo Comunale d’Arte Moderna
Joana Vasconcelos. Flowers of my desire
One of the most influential figures in international contemporary art, she has participated in three Venice Biennales and exhibited in prestigious venues around the world. She was the first woman to hold her own exhibition at the Palace of Versailles and the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao.
Renowned for her monumental sculptures and immersive installations, Joana Vasconcelos decontextualises everyday objects and updates the concept of art, craftsmanship and design, establishing a dialogue between the private sphere and public space, popular heritage and high culture. With lightness and irony, she addresses issues related to female identity, consumer society and collective memory.
Until 12 October 2025
Canelli – Palazzo Irreale
Giuseppe Gabellone
Exhibition project by Giuseppe Gabellone, designed specifically for the company’s premises and historic cellars, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The intervention unfolds like a visual narrative through light, sculpture and photography, in which every trace, carefully arranged in space, converges towards a single goal: to reveal a horizon – understood as a line, a destination or a mysterious apparition – capable of engaging the viewer on an experiential level, gradually unveiling the historical production spaces of the Bosca winery.
Until 14 September 2025
The recommended book
Irriverenti
Giuseppe Nifosi
Editori Laterza
This book recounts the exploits, stunts, provocations, and courageous or transgressive denunciations of a daring group of artists, some conceptual, others pop, others performers and graffiti artists, active between the late 1950s and the present day. Through their seemingly mocking art, allergic to convention, they have tackled fundamental issues of our time – gender violence, illness, AIDS and death, consumerism, war – and have called into question the role and very nature of art.
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