Marco Paleari, winner of Premio Combat 2026, discusses his relationship with art history, self-portraiture, and new perspectives on contemporary painting.

Come cambia il collezionismo internazionale? Nuove generazioni, strumenti digitali e maggiore prudenza stanno trasformando il modo di scegliere e acquistare arte. La nostra redazione analizza i dati della ricerca per leggere le tendenze e le prospettive del settore.

Through Her Lens brings together 32 international women artists in an exhibition exploring how contemporary images shape identity, memory, perception, and power. From 3 October 2026 to 28 February 2027 at The Place / U-ART-P aps in Bergamo.

Alex Da Corte comes to Bergamo with Sun and Shadow, a monumental installation that transforms Palazzo della Ragione into a landscape suspended between reality and imagination, fragility and rebirth.

To mark the centenary of Giuseppe Chiari’s birth, Lucca Art Fair presents ART IS EASY, an exhibition tracing the artist’s practice through works from the 1960s to the 2000s, exploring the intersections of music, words, images and gestures.

From 25 to 27 September, Lucca Art Fair returns to the Real Collegio for its tenth edition. 49 exhibitors will present modern and contemporary art, independent publishing and experimental practices, alongside exhibitions, performances and talks. *Let’s Get Lost*, inspired by Chet Baker and his connection with Lucca, is an invitation to lose oneself in order to rediscover a new way of looking at art and the world around us.

From 8 October 2026 to 21 February 2027, Pirelli HangarBicocca presents "Abitare lo spazio", the first museum retrospective in Italy dedicated to Luciano Fabro since his death. Featuring around fifty sculptures and installations, the exhibition explores the artist’s radical investigation of space, perception and the concept of the “Habitat”.

From **October 1, 2026 to February 28, 2027**, the Museo Civico Archeologico in Bologna presents ***Elliott Erwitt. The Art of Seeing***, an exhibition featuring around one hundred photographs that explore the great master’s work through iconic images, personal photographs, and works never before exhibited.

A conversation with Paolo Batoni, director of Lucca Art Fair, on the present and future of art fairs. Starting from the fair’s tenth edition, a reflection on sustainability, costs, the role of small and mid-sized galleries, relationships with collectors and audiences, and the need to imagine more selective, relationship-driven models deeply connected to their local context.

From September 24, 2026 to January 31, 2027, Palazzo Reale in Milan hosts Dalí and Fashion, an exhibition exploring the relationship between Salvador Dalí and the language of fashion. A journey through Surrealism, haute couture and the contemporary imagination, highlighting the enduring relevance of one of the twentieth century’s most visionary artists.

From September 19, 2026, the Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci in Prato presents Villa Delizia, Lorenza Longhi’s first solo exhibition at an Italian institution. Through installations, screen prints and salvaged materials, the artist reflects on the mechanisms of desire, consumption and the construction of taste in contemporary society.

From September 17, 2026 to January 17, 2027, Pirelli HangarBicocca presents XYZ, Aki Sasamoto’s first solo exhibition at a European institution. Spanning more than twenty years of research across sculpture, installation and performance, the exhibition brings together science, mathematics, memory and everyday experience in a reflection on human relationships and emotional life.

From September 1 to October 11, 2026, Palazzo Milzetti hosts a new exhibition by Alessandro Roma, curated by Domenico Iaracà. The exhibition presents a journey in which nature takes centre stage, intertwining with the palace’s Neoclassical interiors and the multidisciplinary research of one of the most compelling Italian artists of his generation.

Alicja Kwade, one of the most internationally acclaimed contemporary artists, will present ParaPosition in Piazza del Popolo, an installation composed of interwoven steel frames supporting monumental stone boulders that appear to float weightlessly in space.

The 17th edition of the Combat Prize has announced its winners. The international contemporary art competition, organized by Blob Art ETS in collaboration with the Municipality of Livorno and supported by leading cultural institutions and partners, awarded artists across the categories of Painting, Photography, Graphic Arts, Sculpture/Installation, and Video. The edition also featured the Galleria Awards and several special prizes, celebrating emerging voices and new perspect

From 31 July to 2 August 2026, the Museo della Città di Livorno presents “UNO STRANO MOVIMENTO. Tano D’Amico E L'EDITORIA DEL '77,” an exhibition organised as part of the inaugural edition of Livorno Art Book Fair. Tano D’Amico’s photographs enter into dialogue with original books, newspapers, magazines and leaflets, presenting 1977 as a period of conflict, experimentation and profound cultural transformation, in which photography, graphic design and publishing became instrum

Starting August 1, 2026, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York presents It’s Alive! A Century of Animation from the Collection, an exhibition tracing one hundred years of animation history through more than 200 works, including films, animation drawings, and production materials from the museum's collection.

Promoted by the Pino Pascali Foundation and the Department of Tourism, Cultural Economy and Territorial Enhancement of the Puglia Region, the exhibition, curated by the Pino Pascali Foundation in Polignano a Mare, builds upon the museum's permanent display dedicated to the artist...