Exhibitions

It is the expression of a lifelong passion, the collection of Maurizio Aiuto, a veritable "mal d'arte", that is “art sickness” that, shortly before his death, the eccentric and visionary from Salento, perhaps, thought to cure by sharing his artistic heritage. The donation arrives at the Castromediano Museum with 74 works, including sculptures, paintings and drawings.

Valentina Vetturi, an artist from Calabria, born in 1979, has decided to go beyond, or rather, to the origin of the imposing beauty of the Putignano Carnival.

Set in the city's historical centre, in the small square next to the Alcantarine church, the building housing the Rimbaud Foundation has been restored with respect for its historic context and transformed into a new exhibition space for contemporary art.

"Palai", a grika word meaning palace, Palazzo Tamborino-Cezzi in particular, is the new exhibition project that aims to rethink contemporary strategies, started by the two French galleries Balice Hertling and Ciaccia Levi who, in turn, have involved other 8 realities from around the world

It was necessary for the client to sign below this wording “Visto si stampi”, in order to proceed with printing, in the days when "misprints" were not simple and tolerable oversights but regrettable and embarrassing errors that detracted from the prestige of the work. You can breathe in the smell of ink (literally) and the atmosphere of the old printing works in the permanent exhibition "La fabbrica delle parole" (The factory of words),

Expressions, features, eyes that look at the spectator as if they wanted to reconnect with the others, re-establish relationships, rediscover ties in a sort of seeking and finding oneself. "DiVisi" is the exhibition, hosted in the Must-OFF Gallery rooms of the historical museum of Lecce...

After Caravaggio, painting was never the same again. His style, his way of using light was revolutionary, his choice of subjects and iconographic approach were clamorous and difficult to understand. "Caravaggio's Legacy in Europe, 17th century paintings from private collections" is the exhibition curated by Benarte

Luisa Elia comes back home, to her land of origin, to the malleable matter, to the very origins of her city "Lupiae". The exhibition of the sculptress from Lecce, who has been in Milan for several years now, is set up in the rooms on the first floor of the Must and is curated by Giorgio Verzotti...

Thirty-one works plus four dedicated to women. This is the art, protest and courageous resistance of the young Amany Al-Ali, a cartoonist who continues to draw under a sky of bombs in Idlib. Her lashing and bitterly ironic works are collected in the exhibition "Life on one leg.