The proliferation of international art fairs continue, and this week brings us Turin’s Artissima. Billed as Italy’s most important art fair, the annual event gathers over 200 galleries in the glamorous glass pavilion previously built for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. If you’ve already traveled to Turin for the fair, you might want to take the two-hour drive to neighboring Milan—it just so happens to be currently full of excellent gallery exhibitions.
Be sure to visit Monica De Cardenas for a selection of work of the indefatigable Chantal Joffe. The popular painter continues her signature practice of loosely gestural portraiture, and the show notably includes some of her lesser-known pastel pieces (debatably some of her strongest work to date!). Your next stop should be Galleria Tega for the achingly lovely work of Osvaldo Licini, one of the century’s most significant and underrated Italian artists. The gallery boasts over 40 works, many never before or rarely exhibited to the public, making it an especially unmissable occasion. Then, the solo show of fashion and fine art photographer Viviane Sassen at Galleria Carla Sozanni is inventive, colorful, and punchy, and should definitely be on your radar.
Find our full list of picks below, and buona giornata.
Exhibition: “Viviane Sassen: SHE”
When: September 20–November 12, 2017
Where: Galleria Carla Sozzani, Corso Como 10, Milan, Italy
Chantal Joffe, Moll with Spot and Stripe (2015). Courtesy of Monica De Cardenas.
Exhibition: “Chantal Joffe”
When: September 28–November 25, 2017
Where: Monica De Cardenas, Via Francesco Viganò 4, Milan, Italy
Osvaldo Licini, Olandese Volante (Blu) (1945). Courtesy of Galleria Tega.
Exhibition: “Osvaldo Licini: I Segni dell’Angelo”
When: September 25–November 30, 2017
Where: Galleria Tega, Via Senato 20, Milan, Italy
Enoc Perez, Casa Paolo, PR (2016). Courtesy of Brand New Gallery.
Exhibition: “Enoc Perez: Casitas”
When: September 21–November 18, 2017
Where: Brand New Gallery, Via Farini 32, Milan, Italy
Sol LeWitt. Courtesy of the Fondazione Carriero.
Exhibition: “Sol LeWitt: Between the lines”
When: From November, 2017
Where: Fondazione Carriero, via Cino del Duca 4, Milan, Italy
Alessandro Mendini. Courtesy of Studio Guastalla Arte Moderna e Contemporanea.
Exhibition: “Alessandro Mendini: Pluralità”
When: November 16, 2017–January 20, 2018
Where: Studio Guastalla Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Via Senato 24, Milan, Italy
Domenico Puligo, Madonna and Child. Courtesy of Carlo Orsi.
Exhibition: “Collection”
When: Ongoing
Where: Carlo Orsi, Via Bagutta 14, Milan, Italy
Lesley Foxcroft, installation view. Courtesy of A arte Invernizzi.
Exhibition: “Lesley Foxcroft: New Works in M.D.F. and Rubber”
When: September 21–November 9, 2017
Where: A arte Invernizzi, Via D. Scarlatti 12, Milan, Italy
Margherita Raso, installation view. Courtesy of Fanta Spazio.
Exhibition: “Margherita Raso: Piercing”
When: September 30–December 3, 2017
Where: Fanta Spazio, Via Merano 21, Milan, Italy
Ishmael Randall Weeks, Metalized Memory (2017). Courtesy of Federica Schiavo Gallery.
Exhibition: “Ishmael Randall Weeks: Extractions”
When: September 28–November 15, 2017
Where: Federica Schiavo Gallery, Via Michele Barozzi 6, Milan, Italy
Jamie Isenstein, Wheels on Wheels! (2017). Courtesy of GLUCK50.
Exhibition: “Jamie Isenstein: Spectacle”
When: September 15–November 17, 2017
Where: GLUCK50, Via Cristoforo Gluck 50, Milan, Italy
John Armleder, installation view. Courtesy of Massimo De Carlo | Via Giovanni Ventura.
Exhibition: “Better, Quasi: John Armleder”
When: September 19–December 16, 2017
Where: Massimo De Carlo | Via Giovanni Ventura