“Celebrating 40 years of Museion, we embrace art as a force for wellbeing, resistance, and social responsibility. Through vibrant exhibitions, emerging voices, and collaborations, we continue to empower future generations to shape culture and urban space.” —Bart van der Heide, Museion Director
Under the title “THE SOFTEST HARD”, Museion is following a new research line that explores art as an urban and social practice and a non-violent form of resistance. In times of omnipresent international violence, this approach recognizes softness as a strength and a key to democracy, solidarity, and equality. The new research line explores urban activism in art, reclaiming living spaces for community, collectivity, and social engagement.
Graffiti
March 29–September 14, 2025, opening March 28
Curated by Leonie Radine and Ned Vena
With Graffiti, Museion presents the first institutional exhibition in Italy to focus on the relationships between visual art and graffiti, and how one has influenced the other. Instead of historicizing graffiti as an “outsider” practice, the show combines pre-graffiti spray paintings from the 1950s and 1960s, pieces by renowned graffiti writers, and a wide range of works by international contemporary artists who have incorporated graffiti in their practice for various reasons and in multiple forms.
March 29, 2025
