The upcoming months will bring the opening of some of the most anticipated museum retrospectives and solo presentations of the Italian art season. From Turin to Milan, Rovigo, and Rome, major cultural institutions are set to unveil fresh critical perspectives on influential historic masters and innovative contemporary creators.

Here is our handpicked guide to the upcoming exhibitions opening shortly, including curatorial notes and direct links to official venue websites.

Venue: Pinacoteca Agnelli, Turin
Dates: October 30, 2026 – April 4, 2027
Curated by: Sarah Cosulich and Pietro Rigolo

Pinacoteca Agnelli mounts the most important institutional retrospective ever devoted to Alberto Savinio (the multifaceted brother of Giorgio de Chirico). Over 75 paintings and drawings produced between the 1920s and early 1950s explore his fantastical mythologies, hybrid human-animal figures, playful interiors, and witty intellectual irony.

Venue: Palazzo Sarcinelli, Conegliano (TV)
Dates: October 21, 2026 – April 5, 2027

A visual journey tracing the evolution of female portraiture through the 19th and 20th centuries. In this historical context, Carlo Carrà’s canvases serve as a key turning point, demonstrating the shift from dynamic Futurist experimentation to the volumetric solidity and archaic order of the *Valori Plastici* era.

Venue: Tornabuoni Arte, Milan
Dates: November 10, 2026 – January 23, 2027

Inaugurating the gallery’s new season, this exhibition offers a personal, rarely seen perspective on Fontana’s Spatialist oeuvre. The focus turns to the *verso* (backs) of his canvases, where handwritten notes, playful remarks, and signatures reveal the philosophical freedom and poetic spontaneity behind his world-renowned slashed and punctured works.

Venue: Palazzo Roverella, Rovigo
Dates: November 13, 2026 – January 31, 2027

Continuing its cycle of landmark exhibitions on the historic avant-gardes, Palazzo Roverella dedicates a vast monographic project to Man Ray. The exhibition highlights his ground-breaking photography alongside painting and symbolic objects, emphasizing his central role within the Parisian Surrealist circle.

Venue: Museo Eremitani, Padua
Dates: November 29, 2026 – March 19, 2027

A focused thematic survey illuminating one of the boldest and most provocative decades of Rotella’s career: the 1970s. The exhibition showcases *plasticaggi*, photo-emulsions (*effeffe*), and the famous *Erotellique* series, in which commercial eroticism and pop culture are dissected with incisive visual irony.

Venue: Palazzo Esposizioni, Rome
Dates: November 2026 – April 2027

An international blockbuster exhibition organized around the celebrated collection of art dealer Ileana Sonnabend. Sculptures and installations by Robert Morris take center stage, demonstrating the transformative evolution from Pop Art and Minimal Art into Post-Minimalism and Process Art.

Venue: Osservatorio Fondazione Prada, Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, Milan
Dates: December 2026 – October 2027

One of the most acclaimed international artists of his generation presents a new exhibition project at Fondazione Prada’s Osservatorio space in Milan. Gaillard’s multimedia inquiry addresses the erosion of public space, collective memory, and the friction between ancient monuments and contemporary urban decay.

Venue: Palazzo Citterio (Mnad), Milan
Dates: Late 2026 – Spring 2027

Presented in collaboration with the National Museum of Digital Art (Mnad) within the newly unveiled spaces of Grande Brera at Palazzo Citterio, Davide Maria Coltro will showcase a new series of his “Medial Canvas” works—dynamic, time-based digital paintings in continuous chromatic transformation.

For confirmed opening reception details, evening viewings, and advance ticket bookings, please refer to the official venue links provided above.