Artissima is Italy’s most important contemporary art fair. Since its establishment in 1994, it has combined the presence of an international market with a focus on experimentation and research.
Nearly two hundred galleries from around the world participate every year. In addition to the fair, Artissima is also composed of three art sections, headed by a board of international curators and museum directors, devoted to emerging artists, performances and rediscovering the great pioneers of contemporary art.
Artissima 2016 has been held in Turin from 4 to 6 November at the Oval, a glass pavilion built for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in the industrial archaeology complex of the Lingotto.
Anna Bella Geiger – Camouflage, 1980 – photography – 19.5 x 63.5 cm – Courtesy Galeria Aural, Alicante – Photo: Nina Geiger
Arcangelo Sassolino – Le Solite Cose, 2016 – Steel, soccer balls – 59 x 53 x 55 cm – Courtesy Galerie Rolando Anselmi, Berlin, Roma
Concha Jerez – Menú Del Día/Menù Del Giorno, 1994-2016 – Intermedia piece – 45 x 120 x 60 cm – Courtesy Galeria Aural, Alicante – Photo: José Luis Montero
Mauro Giaconi – Otro Timpo C (Another Time F), 2016 – Fragments of the ephemeral wall drawing mural “volver a girar”, realised at the museo del palacio de bellas artes, mexico city, 2013 – 100 x 100 x 4 cm – Courtesy the artist and Bendana | Pinel Art Contemporain, Paris
Lynda Benglis – Lynda Meets Lorenzo, 2016 – Marble – 129 x 76 x 20 cm – Courtesy Thomas Brambilla, Bergamo – Photo: Jacopo Menzani
Boris Mikhailov – Superimposition #0138, 2016 – tapestry – 290 x 400 cm – Courtesy the artist and Guido Costa Projects, Torino – Photo: the artist
Isabelle Le Minh – Listing, 2011 – Mixed media – Dimensions variable – Courtesy the artist – Photo: the artist
Yangping Jin – Balloon Hit, 2016 – Installation – Courtesy Between Art Lab, Shanghai, Beijing
Nicolas Pelzer – Evolving Masters – Sync, 2016 – Anodized aluminium, led light bulb, cable, lamp socket – 58 x 36 x 37 cm – Courtesy the artist and Future Gallery, Berlin – Photo: the artist
Matias Armendaris – Map Of The Hand Iv, 2016 – Epoxy resin sculpture with encapsulated etchings – 20 x 12 x 8 cm – Courtesy the artist and SKETCH, Bogotá – Photo: the artist