One of the primary activities of the Fondazione Giancarlo Ligabue is the organization of temporary exhibitions, both in Italy and abroad.
Collecto
7th - 24th May 2026
A dialogue across more than 400 works spanning 4.5 billion years, bringing into relation the arts of origins, tribal art, ancient and contemporary art, and cultures and civilizations from around the world.
The residency project by Marta Spagnoli
7th - 24th May
The first artist in residence is Marta Spagnoli, who has been working since early February in a studio specially set up at the Ligabue Foundation, developing a group of works created in direct relation to and in dialogue with the Collection.
Past exhibitions
Futuro Remoto
A space that evokes the atmosphere of a cave, featuring ten works by artist Domingo Milella. Suspended in time and space, enveloped in darkness, visitors are confronted with images emerging from a past so remote and profound it seems almost like the future.
2024
De’ Visi Mostruosi
and Caricatures
From Leonardo’s grotesques to Tiepolo’s caricatures: a journey through distorted faces and rare drawings from the Devonshire Collection
2023
Power and Prestige
A rediscovery of Oceanic clubs: powerful works of art, symbols of authority and divine favor beyond all preconceptions.
2021
La Grande Impresa
One hundred years of corporate history spanning two centuries: 1,000 square meters of exhibition space, 30 thematic sections, historical and previously unseen videos, audio materials, multi-screen projections, and multimedia installations. A major corporate museum in Venice.
2019
Idols
Over one hundred works trace the evolution of the human body across East and West, in a millennia-spanning journey from the Atlantic to the Indus.
2018
Before the alphabet
An extraordinary journey to the origins of civilization, to the moment when Prehistory gives way to History thanks to one of humanity’s most remarkable inventions: writing.
2016