Public outreach

Curated by: Sergio Risaliti and Stefania Rispoli and developed in dialogue with the research of historian Johanna Gautier-Morin, the OPEN exhibition explores economic life through its productive, reproductive, and destructive dimensions. The conceptual core of OPEN resides at the very intersection of contemporary artistic practice and academic inquiry. The shared intent is to make visible and open to questioning those processes, practices, and forms of value that classical economics has historically marginalised: the often invisible yet essential foundations that sustain our collective survival and flourishing.

The San Marco / Michelangelo Garden hosts a luminous installation by Riccardo Previdi, a site-specific artistic and botanical intervention by Tuscan artist Leone Contini, and an original sound piece by Johanna Gautier-Morin and composer Pierre Chastel. The Interiors of Palazzo Buontalenti feature the poignant sculptures of Berlinde De Bruyckere, immersive video narratives of Eglė Budvytytė and Agnieszka Polska, alternative maps by Elena Mazzi, and the site-specific installation co-created by Elena Mazzi and Johanna Gautier-Morin.