Artissima Internazionale d’Arte Contemporanea di Torino, the only fair in Italy with an exclusive focus on contemporary art, is ready for its 31st edition, directed for the third year by Luigi Fassi. Artissima 2024 will offer initiatives that confirm its unique position on the European cultural scene and its ability to attract the most interesting galleries, artists, collectors and curators on an international level, with the promise of an experimental, cutting-edge event. The Era of Daydreaming is the theme of Artissima 2024, centred on daydreaming as a spontaneous manifestation of thought, a practice of creation projected into the future. The visual identity of Artissima 2024 is created for a seventh year by Fionda graphic design studio based in Torino, directed by Roberto Maria Clemente.

From Friday November 01 to Sunday November 03, 2024 the spaces of the Oval in Torino will host the four principal sections of the fair: Main Section (brings together 109 galleries, among the most representative of the worldwide panorama), New Entries (15 emerging international galleries with less than five years of activity, appearing in the fair for the first time), Monologue/Dialogue (section dedicated to emerging galleries and/or galleries with an experimental approach, presenting either a monographic booth or works by two artists in dialogue, with 38 galleries) and Art Spaces & Editions (includes galleries specializing in artists’ editions and multiples, bookstores, project spaces and non-profit initiatives), and the three curated sections including Present Future, Back to the Future and Disegni, also on view at the digital platform Artissima Voice Over, a cross-media space that offers an extensive overview of the work of all the players involved in every project: the galleries, the artists, the curators, with special indepth features.

For twenty-four years Present Future has been the Artissima section for emerging talents. Curated for the first year by Léon Kruijswijk, curator of the KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, and Joel Valabrega, curator of Galeria Municipal do Porto, Oporto, the section hosts monographic projects with the aim of focusing on new trends on the international art scene. In 2024 Present Future features the works of 10 artists presented by 10 galleries, 5 of which are Italian: all 10 presentations are original projects made specifically for the fair or being shown for the first time.

Back to the Future is the curated section of Artissima that includes monographic projects on great pioneers of contemporary art whose oeuvre has played a key role in art history. The curatorial team of Back to the Future is composed, for the first year, of Heike Munder, independent curator and writer based in Zurich, and Jacopo Crivelli Visconti, independent curator based in Sao Paulo. In 2024 Back to the Future features 10 artists, presented by 10 international galleries.

Disegni, now at its 8th edition, is the only section of an art fair in Italy devoted to drawing as a medium. Curated by Irina Zucca Alessandrelli, curator of the Collezione Ramo in Milano, for the third year, it features projects conceived as solo shows to bring out the authenticity of works on paper. The section concentrates on the unique qualities of drawing and its intrinsic immediacy, with the aim of bringing out the expressive range and power of a medium whose value is still somewhat neglected today. Disegni 2024 focuses on the works of 11 artists, represented by 11 galleries, 3 of which are Italian.

In 2024 Artissima welcomes 189 participating Italian and international galleries, including 66 monographic projects. The exhibiting galleries of Artissima 2024 arrive from 34 countries and 4 continents: Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, China, Colombia, Croatia, Cuba, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Lithuania, Mexico, Netherlands, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay and Zimbabwe. From the global context there is also a sizeable roster of galleries from geographical areas like South America and Eastern Europe. There are 37 galleries taking part in the fair for the first time.

In the New Entries section for emerging galleries that have been open for less than five years, the participants include, among others, Albion Jeune (London), Hatch (Paris), Anton Janizewski (Berlin), Lohaus Sominsky (Munich), Matta (Milano), Spiaggia Libera (Paris) and Triangolo (Cremona).

Artissima organizes, in collaboration with its partners, art institutions and foundations, 11 prizes, one acquisition fund and one fund for the galleries. The 2024 edition presents an important new development, with the creation of the Orlane per l’Arte Prize, sponsored by Orlane, one of the world’s most famous brands in the sector of luxury cosmetics, joined by the confirmation and increase to 280,000 euros of the established Acquisitions Fund organized by Fondazione per l’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea CRT to benefit the collections of GAM-Galleria Civica di Arte Moderna di Torino and Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea. The new edition moves forward with the Artissima New Entries Fund, sustained directly by the fair to provide economic support for three galleries of New Entries.

Internationally renowned for its focus on pioneering practices and its role as a launch pad for up-and-coming artists and galleries, Artissima attracts a large audience of collectors, sector professionals and art lovers every year. With each edition, the fair welcomes curators, directors of art institutions and foundations, as well as patrons of museums from all over the world who are involved in various ways in its programme. The vitality of Artissima resonates throughout the city, thanks to the many cultural projects produced in collaboration with public institutions, museums, foundations and galleries across the region. Artissima contributes to the growth of the Italian contemporary art market, stimulating and supporting collectors with an eye for innovation, and a continuously evolving critical and curatorial vision.

Artissima Internazionale d’Arte Contemporanea di Torino
Director: Luigi Fassi
November 01 - 03, 2024
OVAL Lingotto Fiere
via Giacomo Mattè Trucco 70
10126 Torino