After ArteFiera remains in Bologna a constellation of contemporary art exhibitions to visit in tranquility and without the rush of burn-out days.
Body Fabric 01
Until February 15, it is possible to visit in the heart of Bologna, Piazza Maggiore, at the EXtraBO venue, the solo exhibition of Simone Miccichè. Corpo Tessuto 01 is curated by Francesco Liggieri and Federica Fiumelli. The protagonists are the kefiah, an Andean cloth, and a North African fabric that are not limited to being wearable accessories. They are indeed a symbol, which contains, fold by fold, another meaning. Tradition and culture, social claims, the heritage of a people, injustices, and geopolitical imbalances.
Miccichè is a master at meticulously rendering, with close strokes, the softness, the color of the hue, the sensation of movement. The fabric is thus humanized, transforming into an envelope, into a living body.
@ eXtraBO
Piazza Nettuno, 1/AB – Bologna
https://www.culturabologna.it/events/corpo-tessuto-01
The exhibitions in Bologna: Permanent Loss Of Signal
At the beautiful headquarters of PIETRO, you will find the exhibition of Valerio D’Angelo curated by Niccolò Giacomazzi. Open until March 15 by appointment, the exhibition impresses with its use of space, formal cleanliness, and the essentiality of the concept. An antenna that occupies almost the entire room moves in a loop searching for a signal that is slow to arrive. Fragments of now obsolete devices and opalescent filters. Then on an altar, a fallen astronaut raises his arm as if in a blessing gesture. The mystery deepens, and the narrative takes on developments that the visitor can integrate. The frescoed walls, a memory of a recent past, merge with the new developments of technological progress. The race to conquer space, an alien world, the attraction to the unknown, and the promise of a brighter future.
Pietro, via Galliera 20, Bologna
The MAMbo with the exhibition dedicated to John Giorno
We Gave a Party For The Gods And The Gods All Came, Everything Is Delusion Including Wisdom: sharp like these phrases painted on canvases, is the art of John Giorno. On display at MAMbo until May 3, 2026, John Giorno: The Performative Word, curated by Lorenzo Balbi.
In the Sala delle Ciminiere, his manifesto work, Dial-A-Poem, in a “monumental” yet contained sculptural version. Users can approach phones with 1960s-style handsets and keyboards. By dialing a number, without being able to choose, they will listen to a 3-minute poem from the selection of the corresponding country. It is a work that continues the artist’s intentions even after his death in 2019. Thanks to the Giorno Poetry System, it now boasts 282 recordings from 132 visual artists, musicians, poets, and poetesses.
The exhibition of John Giorno at MAMbo
Mattia Moreni at MAMbo
MAMbo – Museum of Modern Art of Bologna | Civic Museums Sector | Municipality of Bologna
Photo by Ornella De Carlo
Upstairs you will find, in addition to the MAMbo collection, the small exhibition on the painter Mattia Moreni. Painting that overflows with vitality from the canvases like a cascade of gushing brushstrokes. An expressive urgency that leaves you speechless. Mattia Moreni. L’antologica di Bologna, 1965 is a tribute to the anthology curated by Francesco Arcangeli in the Sixties. The exhibition is open until May 31, 2026.
The exhibition of Mattia Moreni at MAMbo
More Than This, the exhibition of the Venetian painters of Atelier F
The director Costantino Dorazio within the scope of art city has embraced the idea that a modern art museum like the Pinacoteca can open its spaces to contemporary art. The project started thanks to the support of the Coppola Foundation. More Than This curated by Daniele Capra stems from the training experience of the Venice Academy, particularly from Atelier F of the painter Carlo Di Raco.
Despite the pictorial outcomes being iconographically and stylistically very different, it is possible to understand, just by observing the paintings, how the artists share the same humus, being part of a community of vision.
Who are the artists? Thomas Braida, Chiara Calore, Francesco Cima, Nebojša Despotović, Jingge Dong, Beatrice Gelmetti, Chiara Peručh, Paolo Pretolani, Adelisa Selimbašić, Danilo Stojanović, Aleksander Velišček, and Maria Giovanna Zanella.
Until April 5, 2026
Pinacoteca di Bologna – Sala Incamminati
Via Belle Arti 56 – Bologna
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