The
thirteenth edition of ART CITY Bologna will take place from February 6 to 16,
2025, offering a rich series of events dedicated to contemporary art. Organized
by the City of Bologna, BolognaFiere, and MAMbo, the initiative will complement
Arte Fiera (February 7-9).
If you're
looking for exhibitions to visit as part of the institutional program of Art
City 2025, this is the article you need to read!
Here is a list of institutional exhibitions to
help you navigate the many events in the Art City 2025 program
Explore the full map of all events, including galleries and independent spaces ->

SPECIAL
PROGRAM FOR ART CITY BOLOGNA 2025
The ART CITY Bologna 2025 Special Program celebrates the ten historic Gates of
the city, emblems of its ongoing transformation. The theme was chosen to
reflect on the relationship between history and urban changes in Bologna,
presenting artistic installations that engage with each of the Gates. The
journey will begin at Porta Mascarella and continue in a circular route toward
Porta San Donato, passing through all the other Gates, and concluding at Porta
Galliera. Completing the program, Derek MF Di Fabio's BARK performance will
serve as a unifying experience, bringing together the works into a collective
journey. The project will involve a group of queer people in a bike ride
following the route of the Gates, symbolically linking all the artistic
interventions.Don't miss the opportunity to experience the route by bus with a 2½-hour door tour on
- Saturday 8 February at 3pm (Art City White Night)
- Sunday 9 February at 3 p.m.
- Saturday 15 February, 3 p.m.
- Sunday 16 February at 3 p.m.
ART CITY Bologna 2025 Special Program Tour: "The Gates of the City ->
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Porta Saragozza
EVENTS IN
THE CIVIC MUSEUMS FOR ART CITY BOLOGNA 2025:
- Nino
Migliori, i Miei Gioielli curated by Lorenzo Balbi, until February 10, 2025 at the Museo Civico
Archeologico in Via dell'Archiginnasio 2
The exhibition showcases the most unusual work by the master of photography
Nino Migliori: his jewelry. - Silvia
Bächli. Before,
curated by Lorenzo Balbi, until March 30, 2024 at the Museo Morandi in Via Don
Giovanni Minzoni 14
The exhibition, conceived for the spaces of the Museo Morandi, intertwines
Bächli's abstract and poetic language with the legacy of Giorgio Morandi. - Alessandra
Spranzi. Il quale cerca solamente la sua bellezza, nel modo qui descritto, curated by Lorenzo Balbi in
collaboration with the P420 gallery of Bologna, until March 16, 2025 at Casa
Morandi in Via Fondazza 36
Spranzi’s artistic research is tied to photography, photographic staging, the
reuse of both her own and others' photographs, collage, and the
"photography of photographs." - Carol
Rama. Unique Multiples, curated by Elena Re, until March 30, 2025 at Villa delle Rose
This exhibition aims to highlight the significant body of multiples created by
Carol Rama between 1993 and 2005 with Franco Masoero Edizioni d'Arte - Turin,
and originating from the Franco Masoero and Alexandra Wetzel Collection. - Valeria
Magli. MORBID,
curated by Caterina Molteni, until May 11, 2025 at MAMbo - Museo d’Arte Moderna
di Bologna
The exhibition explores the artistic research of dancer and choreographer
Valeria Magli (Bologna, 1952), focusing on her work redefining womanhood and
the feminine throughout her career. - Facile
ironia. L'ironia nell'arte italiana tra XX e XXI secolo, curated by Lorenzo Balbi, until
September 7, 2025, at MAMbo - Museo d'Arte Moderna di Bologna, in Via Don
Minzoni, 14
With more than 100 works and archive documents from over 70 artists, this
exhibition spans approximately seventy years— from the 1950s to today— and aims
to trace the history of Italian art through the theme of irony. - Alessandro
Roma. Vestirsi paesaggio, in collaboration with the CAR gallery of Bologna, until March 2, 2025,
at the Museo Civico Medievale in Via Alessandro Manzoni 4
The exhibition reflects on the interaction with the surrounding world,
understood as both a vital and subjective environment in which the individual
finds their way of being. - Contemporary
Museum Watching. Alex Trusty Photographer, curated by Luciano Bolzoni, until February
16, 2024 at the Collezioni Comunali d'Arte at Palazzo d'Accursio in Piazza
Maggiore 6
More than 50 shots, selected from around 25,000 photographs taken over nearly
ten years (2015-2023) in over 80 museums worldwide, depict viewers
contemplating the works of art housed in museums in Italy and abroad. - Christian
Fogarolli. Corpo eterico, curated by Pier Paolo Pancotto, until February 16, 2025 at the Museo
Civico d'Arte Industriale e Galleria Davia Bargellini in Strada Maggiore 44
Fogarolli's works interact with the artifacts of daily life, of which the
objects of "industrial art" exhibited at the museum are the most
vivid expression. - Rio Ari
O. Luca Carboni, 40 anni tra musica e arte, curated by Luca Beatrice, until February 9,
2025 at the Museo internazionale e biblioteca della musica in Strada Maggiore
34
The exhibition celebrates the synergy between music and visual art, showcasing
a unique and parallel creative journey, often intertwined with the musical one,
as many of Carboni's albums are accompanied by drawings, sketches, and
paintings that tell the creative process behind each song, concert, or tour.

Alessandra Spranzi. Il quale cerca solamente la sua bellezza, nel modo qui descritto
INSTITUTIONAL
VENUES AND HISTORICAL PALACES:
- Flavio
Favelli. Nuova Mixage Up, curated by Roberto Pinto, until March 28, 2025 at the Biblioteca Zeri
at the Complesso di Santa Cristina in Piazzetta Giorgio Morandi 2
A visually striking installation made up of a series of wooden shelves, similar
to those that host books, containing 216 bottles of liquor in different shapes
and sizes, collected over the years by the artist. The work aligns with Flavio
Favelli’s poetic approach, which focuses on the use of objects filled with
memory, but reassembled and given new meaning. - Grazia Toderi and Gilberto Zorio. TORRI: TERRA, curated by Cristina Francucci,
with texts by Gianfranco Maraniello, until February 9, 2025 at the Oratorio di
San Filippo Neri in Via Alessandro Manzoni 5
In the darkness of the Oratorio, the five points of the two Torri Stella by
Gilberto Zorio— one of the leading figures of Italian Arte Povera— meet and
intertwine in a dance marked by different symmetries. The projections We
Mark by Grazia Toderi interact with the surfaces of the Torri Stella and
the Oratorio, transforming in shape and design, revealing multiple layers of
meaning through their own spatiality and temporality. - Antonello
Ghezzi. La Palazzina dei sogni, until June 12, 2025 at the Palazzina Liberty at Giardini Margherita in
Piazzale Jacchia ¼
The two artists propose a true "galactic journey" within reach, where
Piazzale Jacchia becomes the starting point for a unique experience: a cosmic
journey that invites us to look beyond our differences and feel united under
the same starry sky. - Riassunto
delle puntate precedenti, curated by Tommaso Pasquali, until February 23, 2025 at Palazzo
Bentivoglio in Via del Borgo di San Pietro 1
Palazzo Bentivoglio aims to reconnect with the history of the building and make
public the previously unknown story of an art collection born and grown within
these walls during crucial decades for artistic research and the establishment
of the contemporary art market in Italy. - In a
Naked Room, Peggy Franck, curated by Davide Ferri, until March 2, 2025 at Palazzo De’ Toschi, in
Piazza Minghetti 4d
The exhibition explores the intersection of painting, sculpture, and
photography—disciplines the artist combines to create images and spaces in
continuous evolution. - Doni
d'artista, (various
artists), curated by Giovanni Gardini and Francesca Passerini, until February
16, 2025 at the Raccolta Lercaro in Via Riva di Reno 57
Many of these works come from the exhibitions organized in recent months both
in the central space of the museum and in its Project Room. This exhibition
space is dedicated to projects in collaboration with many national realities. - Luca
Freschi. Se chiudo gli occhi il buio non mi vede - Atto II, curated by Niccolò Bonechi in
collaboration with the L’ARIETE gallery of Bologna, until March 2, 2025 at the
Raccolta Lercaro in Via Riva di Reno 57
The artist presents research on the otherness of the human figure and on
personal and collective memory, explored through techniques such as casting,
assembly, and ceramics. - Agostino
Arrivabene. La linea verticale, curated by Giovanni Gardini, until March 9, 2025 at the Raccolta
Lercaro in Via Riva di Reno 57
The exhibition presents the latest research of the artist through 22 works,
paintings, and drawings centered on the themes of transcendence, vision, and
inner dialogue. - Una,
Doppia, Collettiva. L'identità al tempo del Metaverso, curated by Federica Patti and
Claudio Musso, until May 31, 2025 at CUBO Unipol, in Via Larga, 8
LaTurbo Avedon, Auriea Harvey, Kamilia Kard, and Mara Oscar Cassiani present a
multifaceted series of events, formats, and works arranged in the exhibition
spaces according to aesthetic, dynamic, and thematic dialogues, guiding
visitors on a journey through art, psychology, and technology. - Luisa
Gardini, La stessa voce ma non lo stesso canto, curated by Cecilia Canziani and Ilaria
Gianni, until March 8, 2025 at the Fondazione del Monte in Via delle Donzelle 2
For the first time in an institutional setting in Italy, the Fondazione del
Monte presents the work of Luisa Gardini (Ravenna, 1935, lives and works in
Rome), continuing a series of exhibitions that focus on the poetics and
practices of artists born or active in Emilia-Romagna from a generation that
received late recognition, despite an uninterrupted research and studio
practice. - MAST
Photography Grant On Industry and Work 2025, curated by Urs Stahel, until May 4, 2025 at
MAST in Via Speranza 42
A photographic competition on industry and work dedicated to emerging artists
developing an original and unpublished project for Fondazione MAST on the
themes of the award. The finalists of the eighth edition are showcased in this
exhibition.