Artissima, Intenational Contemporary Art Fair in Turin, taking place from 31th october to 2nd November, is the leading fair in Italy dedicated exclusively to contemporary art.
Artissima 2025
WHERE
Turin - Lingotto Fiere Torino - OVAL
WHEN
from October 31st to November 2nd, 2025
TICKETS
An Artissima ticket grants you free access to the Gallerie d'Italia - Torino during the Fair
This thirty-second edition sees the participation of a total of 176 Italian and international galleries from 62 present monographic projects.
The theme of Artissima 2025 is Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth, inspired by the eclectic figure of Richard Buckminster Fuller and his iconic 1969 book of the same name (edition by Il Saggiatore).
Artissima is organized with the support of Main Partner Intesa Sanpaolo.
SPECIAL PROJECTS DURING THE FAIR
In collaboration with partners and institutions, Artissima once again presents special artistic-cultural projects.
Anastasia Samoylova "IMAGE CITIES"
Intesa Sanpaolo is exposing, during the fair, a selection of photographs by Anastasia Samoylova, an american artist who explores the relationship between environment and cultural identity through observational photography. After relocating to Miami in 2016, she developed an immersive approach, culminating in her monograph FloodZone. In her 2023 project Image Cities, she investigates how media saturation shapes the urban landscapes of global metropolises. Her work will feature an exhibition commissioned by the Bank and hosted at the Gallerie d’Italia in Turin in 2026.
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Art Under 35: The Foreign Test - TALK
With the aim of understanding the level of internationalization among the younger generations and enhancing their creativity, Silvia Anna Barrilà, Franco Broccardi, Maria Adelaide Marchesoni, and Marilena Pirrelli of the Contemporary Art Observatory, supported by Intesa Sanpaolo, have conducted new research into the international positioning of Italian artists or those born in Italy since 1990. This generation, raised in the digital era, began exhibiting from 2010 and addresses issues related to identity and memory, gender and the environment, technology and conflict through a variety of media. Of the approximately 80 artists represented by the 176 galleries participating in Artissima 2025, aspects such as education, awards, residencies, commissions, solo and group exhibitions, participation in Biennials, Triennials and Festivals, as well as inclusion in international collections and museums, have been monitored. These valuable insights also benefit art advisors, who draw on this rich diversity of information in their work for collections and collectors. Speakers: Michele Coppola, Executive Director Art, Culture and Heritage Intesa Sanpaolo, Director General Gallerie d’Italia; Luigi Fassi Director Artissima; Marilena Pirrelli, Journalist, lecturer and analyst of the art economy and market Osservatorio Arte Contemporanea; Sara Parodi, Wealth Advisor, Intesa Sanpaolo Private Banking, Wealth Management – Wealth Planning – Art Advisory Moderator: Antonella Crippa, Art Advisory & Fair Value Coordinator Intesa Sanpaolo Art, Culture and Heritage – Group Chief Sustainability Officer Area Language: italian Where:meeting point
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SPECIAL PROJECTS IN TOWN
“The screen is a muscle" at Gallerie d'Italia - Torino
The collaboration between Intesa Sanpaolo and Artissima continues with the fourth edition of the artists’ film and video programme hosted in the spaces of Gallerie d’Italia – Torino, Piazza San Carlo 156. The exhibition is titled The screen is a muscle and it is curated by Luca Lo Pinto.
The screen is a muscle is a show conceived as a composition of video works that do not follow a theme but are developed in a visual and sonic trajectory that is both heterogeneous and coherent. The project brings together experiments with images in movement created by artists with imaginaries in which reflections on the body, the digital dimension, gender stereotypes and urban nature are manifested in a sensual, emotional and poetic way, offering a space of freedom without rhetoric to the eyes of visitors. The title pays homage to the famous work The Mind is a Muscle (1968) by Yvonne Rainer, a pioneer in the production of an emancipation of the human subject in the context of dance, eliminating any conventions of gesture and deeply articulating the action of watching and being watched.
The exhibition space lends itself to use as a gymnasium in which the works dictate the movements of the spectators and impose a duration as they are experienced. The videos are projected one after the next, in keeping with a circular presentation that obliges the viewer to move, generating an immersive and dynamic experience. The viewing is paced by adding an ulterior level of dramaturgy, with short audio interventions created for the occasion by the artist Martina Ruggeri, which break up and introduce new rhythms in the score.
Galleries and artists: Bruce Conner (Thomas Dane, London, Napoli); Low Jack & Invernomuto (Pinksummer, Genova); Tommy Malekoff (Zero…, Milano); Vijay Masharani (Clima, Milano); Eva & Franco Mattes (Apalazzo, Brescia); Shahryar Nashat (Sylvia Kouvali, London, Piraeus); James Richards (Sylvia Kouvali, London, Piraeus); SAGG Napoli (Import Export, Warsaw, London e Zazà, Milano, Napoli); Julia Scher (Esther Schipper, Berlin, Seoul, Paris); Anastasia Sosunova (Eastcontemporary, Milano).
Find out more on the Artissima website
The digital exhibition will be broadcasted at Gallerie d’Italia - Torino, Immersive Hall, from October 31st to November 2nd 2025 at the following times:
Friday 31 october from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.
Saturday 1 November from 3 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.
Sunday 2 November from 3 p.m. to 7:30 p.m
Last admission 90 minutes before closing.
