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Its building, designed by English architect Lord Norman Foster, makes a strong architectural statement. It presides over the heart of the city, on the site of the ancient Roman forum and temple, from which it derives its name, the Maison Carré “The Square House”.
Animals, with all its symbolic connotations, have long been the majestic muses of creatives since the dawn of human evolution. Their shift from literal depictions on cave walls to mythical, anecdotal, and religious icons further cements them as the go-to subject matter across all artistic disciplines.
Giorgio Persano is delighted to present a selection of important works by great contemporary masters in the spaces of the gallery’s inner garden: Robert Barry, Joseph Kosuth and Lawrence Weiner, who are among the main exponents and theorisers of conceptual art, and Julian Schnabel, the illustrious representative of the American neo-expressionist movement.
Galleria Giorgio Persano is pleased to host Giuseppe Lana’s solo exhibition “Drifting back and forth”, part of the larger
research project called “Passaggi”, recently presented at the Italian Cultural Institute in Madrid (February – April 2023).
STPI Creative Workshop & Gallery presents a dynamic artist line-up for Art Basel in Basel 2023, featuring Rirkrit Tiravanija (Thailand/USA), Prabhavathi Meppayil (India), and 3 artists from Singapore who are at the forefront of Singapore’s contemporary art.
scene, namely Charles Lim Yi Yong, Genevieve Chua, and Heman Chong, showcasing the
exceptional and ground-breaking experimentations in print and papermaking techniques that emerged from their immersive residency programmes at STPI’s Creative Workshop.
The fifth edition of the Art Encounters Biennial – My Rhino Is Not a Myth. art science fictions – which will take place between May 19 and July 16, 2023, is dedicated to the intersection of art, science, and fiction, exploring their potential to recover reality as a web of complex processes. Curated by Adrian Notz together with a group of young curators, this year’s edition will take place over eight weeks, between May 19 and July 16, 2023, bringing together artists from 21 countries, 13 of which with new, specially designed works for this event.
In Dorsa Asadi’s Strange Fruit, the affective experience of living through the recent unrest
in Iran and its long aftermath is translated into a tripartite Dantean arc. Each part of its
narrative maps to a part of his epic allegorical poem the Divine Comedy, which served as
a vision for what would become the modern Italian language.
Fink 22’s new body of work “Extinguished” explores the complexity of society in the present day, focusing on humanity and how it impacts on individuals and the world as a whole.
Anna Labouze & Keimis Henni appointed artistic directors of the 1st edition to be held
from April 5 to June 23, 2024.
The Carré d’Art will turn thirty on May 9, 2023. Its building, designed by English architect Lord Norman Foster, makes a strong architectural statement. It presides over the heart of the city, on the site of the ancient Roman forum and temple, from which it derives its name, the Maison Carré “The Square House”.
