Artissima Internazionale d’Arte Contemporanea di Torino
Italy’s only art fair dedicated exclusively to contemporary art, announces the first highlights of its 32nd edition, directed by Luigi Fassi. For its 2025 edition, Artissima will revive key initiatives from recent years, reinforcing its role as vibrant core of one of Europe’s most dynamic Art Weeks. The fair distinctively focuses on innovation, research and experimentation and celebrating the city of Turin and Italy as global cultural hubs. From Friday 31 October to Sunday 2 November 2025, the large and luminous spaces of the oval will host the fair’s four flagship sections- Main Section, New Entries, Monologue/Dialogue , and Art spaces & Editions, alongside the three curated sections- Present Future, Back to the Future, and Disegni.
The Theme
The theme of Artissima 2025 is titled Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth, inspired by the eclectic figure of Richard Buckminster Fuller and his book of the same name ( Italian edition by II Saggiatore). Luigi Fassi comments: “The idea of an Operating Manual invites us to reflect on our presence aboard Planet Earth – a ‘spaceship’ entrusted to the shared responsibility of all its inhabitants, making us all its pilots. How can we take care of it by balancing its resources and sustainability for all living beings? Destiny has left us without instructions, but Fuller urges us to break down disciplinary barriers and cooperate with a broader, more conscious perspective. Great visionaries – such as artists – chart new paths to help us understand our roles as stewards of Spaceship Earth. Artists think holistically and independently, intuitively and creatively: they transcend specialisation and short-term utility, imagining solutions beyond disciplinary boundaries. They are the ones who can inspire the drafting of an Operating Manual. Artissima, a meeting point for the many worlds and voices that orbit the contemporary art system, invites its community – participants and visitors alike – to reflect on this theme, guiding our planet through the challenges of the present.”
Luigi Fassi. Image Courtesy: Artissima.
Selection Committee
The 2025 selection Committee, responsible for choosing galleries for the fair’s flagship sections is composed of international gallerists: Paola Capata (Monitor, Roma, Lisbon, and Pereto), Philippe Charpentier (mor charpentier, Paris and Bogotá), Guido Costa (Guido Costa Projects, Torino), Antoine Levi (Ciaccia Levi, Paris and Milano), Elsa Ravazzolo Botner (A Gentil Carioca, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo). They are joined this year by two new members: Emanuel Layr (Layr, Vienna) and Francesco Lecci (Clima, Milano). The Main Section compromises the most outstanding galleries on the international stage. Monologue/ Dialogue is dedicated to galleries that are emerging or operate with with an experimental approach focusing on individuals artists or dialogue between the creation of two artists; New Entries presents emerging international galleries under five years. Art Spaces & Editions is the special section of the fair for non profit spaces and galleries presenting editions, prints and multiples by contemporary talents.
A window on Emerging Art Worldwide
The organisation of Artissima is overseen by Artissima srl, a company affiliated with Fondazione Torino Musei and formed in 2008 to manage the fair’s artistic and commercial relations. The Artissima trademark belongs to Città di Torino, Regione Piemonte and Città Metropolitana di Torino. The 2025 edition of Artissima is made possible with the support of the three brand-owning authorities, jointly with Fondazione CRT through Fondazione per l’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea CRT, Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo and Camera di commercio di Torino.
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