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MonumenTo, Turin Capital. The form of memory
MonumenTO, Torino Capitale. La forma della memoria (‘MonumenTO, Turin Capital. The Form of Memory’), is an exhibition project curated by Giovanni Carlo Federico Villa and Cristina Maritano in collaboration with the municipal administration. It arose from the combination of a need for critical reinterpretation and of a concrete opportunity: the extensive photographic campaign conducted by Giorgio Boschetti, which has given Turin’s monuments a new and unexpected presence. In his striking nighttime images, the statues emerge from the darkness as isolated figures, extracted from the urban noise and bustle of the city and restored to a close-up view, capable of capturing their expressions, postures and formal tensions. The work not only documents, therefore, but also reactivates, transforming the city into a veritable Theatre of Memory.
Zanabazar. The Wisdom of the Steppes
From 27 February to 7 April 2026, MAO Museo d’Arte Orientale, in collaboration with the Galleria Borghese, Rome, presents to the public for the first time in Europe two extraordinary works by the tulku Zanabazar, a 17th-century spiritual master, artist and innovator.
Chiharu Shiota: The Soul Trembles
This major monographic exhibition of the Japanese artist’s work will be held at MAO in Italian debut – and for the first time anywhere at an Asian art museum – after have been hosted at a series of prestigious international institutions, including the Grand Palais, Paris, the Busan Museum of Art, the Long Museum West Bund, Shanghai, the Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane and the Shenzhen Art Museum.
