Exhibitions 2023: October in Turin

The 2023 exhibitions for the month of October are all in Turin, here are which ones and in which museums you can find them!

Robert Doisneau at CAMERA – Italian Center for Photography until February 14, 2023

In Turin, at the spaces of CAMERA – Italian Center for Photography, the highly successful retrospective dedicated to the French master Robert Doisneau, one of the most important photographers of the 20th century, runs until February 14, 2023.

The Robert Doisneau exhibition features over 130 photographs by the author in a journey through some of his most iconic images alongside lesser-known shots, selected from the more than 450,000 negatives included in his archive.

Robert Doisneau is recognized as one of the fathers of French humanist photography and street photojournalism.

The exhibition in Turin narrates his career through recurring themes he addressed over more than fifty years with his camera always ready to shoot: war and liberation, work, love, children’s games, leisure, music, fashion, and artists.

Doisneau tells the story of his times through a disobedient and curious gaze: his images, seemingly surprisingly spontaneous scenes, depict an era in which people seek a new balance within a transforming society, with its rituals and contradictions.

Ottocento at GAM – Gallery of Modern Art of Turin until April 11, 2023

The GAM – Civic Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art in Turin presents Ottocento.

The exhibition, rich in surprises, aims to provide the opportunity to rediscover part of the 19th-century collection of the museum, which has not been open to the public for almost four years.

Ottocento includes seventy-one works among paintings, pastels, large charcoal drawings, marble sculptures, delicate plasters, and waxes. The journey will allow visitors to rediscover well-known masterpieces such as The Mirror of Life by Pellizza da Volpedo.

The Ottocento path contrasts the noble tradition of figure painting with the novelty of landscape research that, in their freest and most experimental expressions, were the subject of harsh criticism from the conservative press and the academic institution.

Eight thematic sections accompany visitors along the exhibition path: Birth of a Collection, New Sensibilities and Research, Landscape Painting at the Civic Museum, From Scapigliatura to Divisionism, and Symbolist Research between Painting and Sculpture. Three monographic spaces dedicated to Andrea Gastaldi, Antonio Fontanesi, and Giacomo Grosso enrich the exhibition, highlighting their influence on the Turin artistic scene through significant groups of works preserved at GAM.

Eclettica at MEF – Ettore Fico Museum until December 18, 2022

The MEF – Ettore Fico Museum presents the exhibition Eclettica in conjunction with the 12th anniversary of the “Ettore and Ines Fico Award.”

The exhibition is a mix of various collections housed within the museum: from the Luigi Serralunga bequest to the collection of works by Ettore and Ines Fico, from the Renato Alpegiani Donation to the collections of the MEF Awards – aimed at young artists – and finally, to a part of the museum’s collection built over the years of its existence.

The works that have come together in the Museum, contrary to what one might imagine, have been “assembled” independently over a century of history and have, nonetheless, common points that attract each other in a magnetic way due to similarity, resonance, but also, opposition. None of the collectors mentioned, of course, thought of the others; all acted autonomously and anarchically.

The goal of Eclettica is also to convey that the interpretation of artworks can differ from the motivations behind their creation and from the time in which they were born, to be deciphered at the moment they are compared with others, engaging with the evolution of taste and the interpretation that contemporaries give, in the era of globalization, of their meanings and the role they played, play, and will play in international culture.

Focus on Future – 14 Photographers for the UN Agenda 2023 at the Royal Museums of Turin until February 19, 2023

The Royal Museums of Turin inaugurate today, October 21, the exhibition Focus on Future – 14 photographers for the UN Agenda 2030.

The goal of the exhibition is to illustrate the values of the 17 sustainable development goals of the United Nations, through a photographic journey dedicated to the fragile situations of our planet.

Focus on Future – 14 photographers for the UN Agenda 2030 includes 200 photographs, including those by Alessandro Albert, Dario Bosio, Fabio Bucciarelli, Francesca Cirilli, Alessandro De Bellis, Pino Dell’Aquila, Nicole Depaoli, Luca Farinet, Luigi Gariglio, Antonio La Grotta, Matteo Montenero, Vittorio Mortarotti, Enzo Obiso, Paolo Verzone.

From Iraq to Poland, from Svalbard to the Amazon, roads, landscapes, and people narrate the condition of humanity still in search of its fundamental rights and outline a visual itinerary on global emergencies.

Focus on Future is open until February 19, 2023.

Tony Cragg at the Reggia di Venaria until January 8, 2023

The Reggia di Venaria hosts Tony Cragg, who returns to exhibit in Italy after many years, with the exhibition “Tony Cragg at the Reggia di Venaria” which presents a selection of ten sculptures created between 1997 and 2021. The sculptures by Cragg, one of the most established contemporary English artists in the world, are set within the permanent exhibition path of the Reggia, starting from the Honor Court, continuing in the High Park of the Gardens, and reaching the internal hall at the head of the Juvarrian Stables.

Large-scale works, shaped using various materials – from bronze to wood, from fiberglass to steel – all characterized by typical flowing and sinuous lines, which seem molded on a gigantic potter’s wheel.

The work of Tony Cragg analyzes the multiple relationships existing between human beings and the environment. Utilizing a wide selection of materials and sculptural techniques, the artist thematizes the complex connection between figure, object, and landscape, which for Cragg includes both geological and microbiological systems as well as urban and industrial contexts.

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