Lugano
Curated by Anna Bernardini, the exhibition presents over 90 works—including installations, sculptures, paintings, wall drawings, and photographs—by 28 contemporary artists from Italy and abroad, all in dialogue with the historical legacy of Claude Monet (Paris, 1840 – Giverny, 1926). Marking the centenary of the passing of the master of Giverny, the exhibition draws inspiration from his revolutionary approach: the transcendence of the figurative framework toward a nascent, cosmic abstraction—one capable of liberating nature and transforming it into matter, process, and perceptual energy. The university buildings—the historic site designed by rationalist architect Giuseppe Pagano (1941) and the complex created by the Dublin-based firm Grafton Architects (2008)—are thus transformed into a sprawling exhibition space, open to the city.
Among the invited artists is Alessandro Piangiamore, whose practice weaves together materials, gestures, and impressions drawn from the natural and everyday world, offering a poetic and disorienting approach.