The most beautiful exhibitions of the season in Liguria
Here are the most beautiful exhibitions in Liguria in this season. From west to east, discover a Liguria of art and culture
Ut pictura poesis – As in painting, so in poetry
8 August – 8 October, Lerici Castle
An exhibition curated by Lucilla Del Santo of great significance that stems from the desire to ‘celebrate’ an important birthday in the Gulf of Poets: the ‘second 40 years’ of Giuseppe Conte, a poetic icon of the second half of the 20th century, a master of all subsequent generations. The exhibition celebrates a decade-long collaboration with Domenico Paladino, one of the greatest contemporary Italian artists, the main representative of the transavantgarde, in Achille Bonito Oliva’s theorisation, and one of the best known in the world.
Mimmo Paladino’s constant confrontation with the great works of literature and his encounter with ‘the words’ of Giuseppe Conte has, over the years, resulted in immortal works, some of which are on display at the Lerici Castle.
https://lamialiguria.it/eventi/ut-pictura-poesis/
‘Preghiere’, Luciano Fiannaca exhibition
From 1 September to 30 September 2025, ‘Vetrina d’Artista’ at the Centro Artigianale Restauri, in via M. Repetto, 18 – Albissola Marina.
Luciano Fiannaca stands out for his ability to encompass a wide range of techniques and materials, producing works in wood, ceramics and glass. His major works include the large painting on the façade of the Grand Hotel Spiaggia in Alassio (2006) and the glass works for the Altare museum made in Germany. He has exhibited in prestigious venues such as the Venice Biennale.
“Mari” di Andrea Pistolesi
From 13 September to 8 November, Riomaggiore Castle will host ‘MARI‘, a photographic exhibition by Andrea Pistolesi with images from every corner of the world that tell of the changing balance between water and land.
https://lamialiguria.it/en/events/mari-castle-riomaggiore/
https://lamialiguria.it/eventi/mari-castello-riomaggiore/
Giulio Romano’s ‘Stoning of Saint Stephan‘ in the Museo dell’Accademia
from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., with an exhibition of Giulio Romano’s ‘Stoning of Saint Stephan‘ in the Museo dell’Accademia from 20 September to 17 January 2026, a work preserved at the Abbey of Santo Stefano in Genoa, together with other rare masterpieces related to the altarpiece from the Louvre Museum and the Windsor Royal Trust Collections.
Jacopo Benassi libero!
Until 14 September 2025, Loggia degli Abati
An exhibition focusing on the recent production of the artist recently nominated by Artribune magazine as ‘artist of the year’ focusing on the fundamental steps that have led him to the development of a personal, complex and recognisable language in which photography, sculpture, performance and his best-known subjects – from portraits to underground music venues, from the most banal everyday objects to fragments of nature – merge.
Curated by Francesco Zanot
https://palazzoducale.genova.it/en/
20 X 20. Twenty works for the 20th anniversary of the Wolfsoniana. 2005-2025
Until Sunday 19 October 2025, at the Wolfsoniana
On view until Sunday 19 October 2025, at the Wolfsoniana in Genoa Nervi (Via Serra Gropallo, 4), the exhibition 20 X 20. Twenty works for the 20th anniversary of the Wolfsoniana. 2005-2025, celebrates the museum’s 20th birthday with twenty of the most significant and iconic works from the collection. Curated by Matteo Fochessati and Anna Vyazemtseva, the exhibition is organised into an itinerary that illustrates the richness of the highly original and valuable collection: from Leonardo Bistolfi’s sculptures to Futurism aeropictures, from Enrico Prampolini’s exhibition design projects and Tullio D’Albissola’s famous tin book to the decorative arts.
https://www.facebook.com/WolfsonianaNervi
Muses and Heroines. Women in Japanese art between the 17th and 19th centuries
Until 16 November 2025
An exhibition on the Japanese woman, beyond the stereotypes of the geisha, recounting the true and multiple roles of female figures through works from the Chiossone Collection. Courtesans and geisha, heroines, female figures who excelled, in a country dominated by men, in their arts, such as Katsushika Oi daughter of Japan’s most famous artist, Hokusai, and his brilliant pupil. The exhibition tells the stories of women writers, poets and even warriors, who distinguished themselves through their talents, still a source of inspiration for future generations
https://www.visitgenoa.it/en/node/25033
The Colours of Light and Darkness, solo exhibition by Mario Moronti
From 14 August to 5 October 2025 at Forte Santa Tecla in Sanremo
Over fifty years of Moronti’s artistic activities, exploring his connection with the Ligurian territory and proposing a journey through the different stages of his research and the moments that marked his production, such as the visit to the Ruhr coal mines that transformed his relationship with light and colour. The exhibition also offers food for thought on the dialogue between Moronti’s work and the German abstractionist movement, a connection that helped define the uniqueness of his expressive language. The exhibition will be open to visitors.
Curated by Francesco Miroglio and Filippo Masri, the exhibition is realised in collaboration with the University of Genoa and AdAC – Archive of Contemporary Art.
Summer opening hours
– Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays: 5.30 p.m. – 11.30 p.m.
– Friday: 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. / 5.30 – 11.30 p.m.
https://www.facebook.com/events
Hiroshima Appeals. Messages of peace
From 6 September to 11 January 2026
At the Edoardo Chiossone Museum of Oriental Art, the exhibition ‘Hiroshima Appeals. Messages of Peace’, curated by Miki Shimokawa tells of a poster campaign inspired by the spirit of Hiroshima, designed to convey the prayers and wishes of a city scarred by the devastation caused by the first use of humanity of the atomic bomb
https://www.museidigenova.it/
Moby Dick – The Whale. History of a myth from antiquity to contemporary art
From 11 October 2025 to 15 February 2026, Doge’s Apartment and Chapel
A major exhibition project inspired by Herman Melville’s novel in the monumental spaces of the Doge’s Palace: an exhibition that, like the novel, encompasses within its pages: the relationship between man and nature; the conflict between good and evil; passion and revenge; the coexistence of sea creatures and human beings; the journey and discovery understood both as passages of inner being and outer experience. Inspired by certain chapters of the book, the exhibition will be divided into several sections with works by contemporary artists in the show: John Akomfrah, Wu Tsang, Guy Ben-ner, Mark Dion, Teresa Solar, A Constructed Word, Joan Jonas, Roberto Cuoghi, Marzia Migliora, Pino Pascali, Claudia Losi, Emilio Isgrò, Carsten Holler, Thomas Ruff, Fausto Melotti, Piero Manzoni, Dadamaino.
https://lamialiguria.it/eventi/moby-dick/
Art Kane – Visionary a Palazzo della Meridiana
From 16 October 2025 to 15 February 2026, an eclectic exhibition at the Palazzo della Meridiana in Genoa: Art Kane – Visionary.
The rooms of the Palazzo della Meridiana in Genoa will host Art Kane from 16 October 2025 to 15 February 2026. Visionary, a major retrospective devoted to the famous American photographer Art Kane (1925-1995). The exhibition, curated by Guido Harari and Jonathan Kane, brings to the city for the first time over one hundred works by an artist who redefined the photographic language of the 20th century. It tells the story of who Kane was, what made him unique, where he worked and why his images continue to excite: because they speak not only of music and fashion, but also of social commitment, freedom and vision.
https://www.palazzodellameridiana.it
Paolo Di Paolo, retrospettive
From 23 October to 6 April 2026, sottoporticato hall of Palazzo Ducale
Approximately 300 shots by a photographer who delicately, rigorously and wisely portrayed post-war Italy, famous for his journey along the Italian coastline with Pier Paolo Pasolini, who illustrates the vacations of Italians. The images taken in Genoa are being exhibited for the first time.
https://palazzoducale.genova.it/en/exhibition/paolo-di-paolo/
Morandi and Fontana. Invisible and Infinite
Until 14 September 2025, CAMeC, La Spezia
An exhibition dedicated to two great Italian artists: Lucio Fontana and Giorgio Morandi. A journey through art between still lifes made of colour and light, landscapes contemplated in the distance and walls warmed by the summer sun typical of Morandi’s painting and the void, the infinite, the cuts of Lucio Fontana. Two artists who have long inhabited the collective imagination.
https://camec.sp.it/en/exhibitions-and-events
Permanent Collection of Gerhard Wolf – CAMeC La Spezia
From 5 October 2025
The Center for Modern and Contemporary Art of La Spezia (CAMeC) reopens to the public in grand style with the permanent collection of Gerhard Wolf, director of the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz-Max Planck Institut. This unique exhibition catapults the viewer into a dynamic artistic dimension characterised by different styles
St. George. Stories, images and identity from the Orient in Genoa
This will be the first major exhibition dedicated to St. George, one of the symbols of Genoa in the world. At the National Museums of Genoa, Palazzo Reale and Teatro del Falcone from 31 October 2025 to 1 March 2026 a large exhibition will tell the story of the figure and legend of the knightly saint who is the patron saint of Genoa.
https://lamialiguria.it/eventi/san-giorgio-storie-immagini-e-identita-dalloriente-a-genova/
