Padiglione Rosso

We are pleased to announce “Between Heaven and Earth”, a major exhibition by Ilya & Emilia Kabakov, now open across both gallery spaces of Oakville Galleries. Presenting paintings, prints, and immersive installations, the exhibition expands into the gardens with monumental works — including the iconic Ship of Tolerance, on view for the first time in Canada. The 60-foot vessel, created with sails made from children’s paintings, celebrates its 20th anniversary and invites reflection on coexistence, difference, and global futures. Over 2,000 children from Oakville schools and community groups have taken part in the project, creating artworks that speak of tolerance and shared imagination. Their visions now sail together on the lake. The opening event on Saturday, May 31 will feature a concert by young performers in Gairloch Gardens. The exhibition is accompanied by Sunset Kino, Canada’s only outdoor avant-garde cinema festival, running from June to July.

• Gairloch Gardens & Centennial Square
• 1306 Lakeshore Road East Oakville, ON L6J 1L6 120 Navy Street Oakville, ON L6J 2Z4
• 31 maggio – 20 settembre 2025

From May 30 to July 13, 2025, MITA – Cultural Center in Brescia presents the exhibition “Geographies of Solitude. The Tapestries of William Kentridge and the Carpets of the Mountains”, curated by Giovanni Valagussa. The exhibition is part of MITA’s ongoing programme dedicated to the dialogue between ancient textile traditions and contemporary artistic languages. Following "The Knots of Paradise Gardens (Brescia Castle, 2023)", the project continues to explore textile as a narrative, poetic and political space. On view the celebrated Porter Series by William Kentridge — one of the leading figures on the international contemporary art scene — features monumental tapestries in which fragmented black silhouettes emerge from geographic maps, creating a dramatic tension between figure and space, presence and displacement. Alongside Kentridge’s works, a selection of  Gabbeh and Sarab carpets from the Zaleski Collection enriches the exhibition. Woven in the mountains of Northern and Western Persia, these artefacts are known for their essential structure and minimalist imagery, offering a poetic counterpoint to the artist’s vision.

• mita - centro culturale
• via privata de vitalis 2/bis - Brescia
• 30 maggio – 13 luglio 2025

Lia Rumma Gallery is pleased to announce Luca Monterastelli’s participation in Cremona Contemporanea | Art Week 2025, taking place from 24 May to 2 June 2025. Cremona Contemporanea is a ten-day program dedicated to visual arts that, through installations, exhibitions, talks, and events, turns the city of Cremona into a hub for experimentation and cultural dialogue. The initiative aims to foster a meaningful exchange between contemporary art and the city’s historical and artistic heritage. On this occasion, Luca Monterastelli presents a site-specific installation divided into two chapters: the first takes place in the quadriporticus of the Chiesa del Foppone, and the second in the basement rooms of Palazzo Fodri. The project explores sculpture's relationship with urban space and reflects on permanence and transformation.

• Cremona Contemporanea | Art Week 2025
• Chiesa del Foppone (Via Foppone, 1, 26100 Cremona CR), Palazzo Fodri ( Corso Giacomo Matteotti, 17, 26100 Cremona CR)
• 24 maggio – 2 giugno 2025

As part of the Bergen International Festival 2025, William Kentridge will stage two remarkable performances at Grieghallen. On 21 and 22 May, he presents "The Great Yes, The Great No", a theatrical and musical performance set in 1941 aboard a ship sailing from Marseille to Martinique. The production features actors, dancers, a choir, masks, and live music in a powerful, multilayered narrative. On 24 May, the programme continues with "Oh To Believe in Another World "— a visual accompaniment to Shostakovich’s 10th Symphony, featuring a stop-motion film shot in Kentridge’s studio. The film includes hand-crafted sets and representations of historical figures, merging music and moving image.

• Bergen International Festival 2025
• 21 – 24 maggio 2025

From May 18 to November 2, 2025, MAC’s – Musée des Arts Contemporains in Grand-Hornu hosts Objects for People, the first solo museum exhibition in Belgium by American artist Haim Steinbach. For over four decades, Steinbach has explored the cultural and aesthetic value of everyday objects through a distinctive approach based on selection, display, and context. His practice has played a key role in redefining the object in contemporary art. The exhibition features a wide range of works spanning the artist’s career, including two historic projects developed in collaboration with renowned Belgian collectors: An Offering: Collectibles of Jan Hoet (1992) An Offering: Collectibles of Herman Daled (2000)

• MAC's
• Grand-Hornu, Rue Sainte-Louise 82, 7301 Boussu, Belgium
• 18 maggio – 2 novembre 2025

Galleria Lia Rumma is pleased to host a talk between artist Shirin Neshat and curator Bartolomeo Pietromarchi on Saturday 17 May 2025 at 6.00pm at the gallery's Milan space. The conversation will focus on "Do U Dare!", Neshat’s latest film, presented for the first time at the gallery. The discussion will explore the development of the work and its connection to the artist’s ongoing research across different media, including film, photography and installation. The talk offers a chance to engage directly with the artist’s reflections on process, language and the relationship between image and narrative.

• Galleria Lia Rumma, Milan
• Via Stilicone, 19, 20154 Milano MI
• 17 maggio 2025