ARTISSIMA 2021

Directed by Ilaria Bonacossa for the fifth consecutive year, Artissima 2021 continues with its avant-garde, experimental approach, through a hybrid physical-digital formula, in a wide-ranging reflection on the theme of Countertime.

In line with this year’s theme, the new coordinated image of the fair – created by the Torino-based studio FIONDA – narrates the plurality of perspectives and leanings, revealing new realities through the symbol of the mirror and the fragmentation of images. ‘Pluralities, polyrhythms. Just as a strong accent grants greater impulse to a weak tempo, mirrors reveal mysteries and pay tribute to new truths. Not a magic spell to reassemble the world, not a certain final image. Simply new perspectives, new gazes. Controtempo’.

Artissima XYZ, the digital platform launched in 2020, is back to host the three curated sections of the fair – Present Future, Back to the Future and_Disegni_ – and it will be visible online from 4–9 November 2021, alongside the physical presence of three exhibitions set up in the fair pavilion.