“In my work, sequences of marks occupy space and time, one mark after another, one sequence after another. There is no representation of space, but rather an occupation of it”
From March 22 to July 13, 2025, we invite you to visit the Palazzo Ducale in Genoa for a major retrospective of an artist who has written the history of Italian art through poetic, abstract and performative painting, where gesture and sign transport the public into an experience suspended outside of time. With over 50 years of painting, Giorgio Griffa (Turin, March 29, 1936) has participated in three Venice Biennales (in 1978, 1980 and 2017) and has had over 200 solo exhibitions in museums and institutions all over the world, including those organized by Ida Giannelli in the 70s and 80s at the SamanGallery in Genoa. The works exhibited in the Doge’s Apartment interact with the history and architecture of the building, presenting large canvases, works on paper and installations, including a tribute to Montale in the year that celebrates 100 years of “Cuttlefish Bones”. The exhibition is curated by Ilaria Bonacossa and Sébastien Delot and has been organized in collaboration with the Giorgio Griffa Foundation.