On March 9, 2025, from 12:00 PM to 8:00 PM, Fondazione VOLUME! presents "Trattoria ideale", a work by Paolo Icaro, curated by Lorenzo Benedetti. An action by Paolo Icaro that transforms the spaces of VOLUME! into a place of sharing and connection. Paolo Icaro (1936) turns the spaces of VOLUME! into an "ideal trattoria", creating a convivial environment inspired by the welcoming atmosphere of a traditional trattoria. This exhibition space is reimagined as a place of exchange, where words, images, and sounds intertwine to stimulate the senses and dialogue.
The exhibition "Emotional Intelligences" explores emotions as a fundamental form of social intelligence, emphasizing their importance in an era dominated by artificial intelligence and indifference. Inspired by Daniel Goleman’s book "Emotional Intelligence", it invites reflection on the value of empathy in human relationships. Featuring artworks from the 1990s to the present, many from the Mart Collections, the exhibition creates connections between contemporary art and psychological sciences, also including site-specific interventions and local loans. The project is the result of a collaboration with students from the University of Trento, who actively participated in the curatorial process as part of the "Officina Espositiva" program, working closely with Mart professionals.
Marina Abramović is one of the artists taking part of “Il Ritratto dell’Artista” a group exhibition opening on the 23rd of Fenruary at Museo Civico San Domenico in Forlì. Narcissus’ reflection was the first self-portrait. Over the centuries, artists have used self-portraits to explore identity, emotion, and artistic mastery. The mirror reflects not just a face but a mask more character than person. Artists often place themselves within larger narratives from mythology to history. Their image becomes a symbol a signature a timeless trace like Narcissus’ reflection echoing through art literature and psychoanalysis.
On Saturday, February 22, and Sunday, February 23, after the great success of the exhibition Between Breath and Fire, Seven Deaths, Marina Abramović’s cinematic installation, returns for one final opportunity. Screenings will take place at 10:00, 11:30, 13:00, 14:30, 16:00, 17:30, and 19:00, with free admission by reservation until seats are full. Tickets are valid only for the booked time slot, and we recommend arriving at least 15 minutes before the screening starts.
On February 20th MOCA presents the U.S. première of Wael Shawky’s film installation “Drama 1882”. Debuted at the Egyptian Pavilion of the 2024 Venice Biennale, this work makes the form of an eight-part opera, performed for the camera and filmed in a theater in Alexandria. “Drama 1882” takes the Urabi revolution in Egypt against British imperialism (1879-1882) as its foundation, specifically a cafe brawl between a donkey owner and a Maltese man that unleashed events that precipitated over seventy years of British colonial rule in Egypt.
South African artist William Kentridge returns to campus with his latest creation for the stage, a chamber opera set on a 1941 sea voyage from Marseille to Martinique. Conceived in collaboration with theater maker Phala Ookeditse Phala and choral conductor and dancer Nhlanhla Mahlangu, The Great Yes, The Great Nofictionalizes the historic wartime escape from Vichy France by, among others, the surrealist André Breton, the anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss, and the Cuban artist Wifredo Lam—and adds a distinguished and colorful cast of characters to the passenger list, like Aimé Césaire, Josephine Baker, Leon Trotsky, and Joseph Stalin.
