Serena Scapagnini first Italian artist in residency at the Yale Quantum Institute

Opening on June 24 is SUPERPOSITION, the new project by artist Serena Scapagnini, the first Italian artist selected for the 2024–2025 Artist-in-Residence Program at the Yale Quantum Institute (YQI), one of the world’s leading research centers in the field of quantum physics.

Since 2017, the YQI program has fostered a deep dialogue between art and science: each year, one artist is invited to develop a project in close collaboration with physicists and researchers, with the goal of translating the complex, fascinating, and often counterintuitive principles of quantum mechanics into visual and poetic forms.

For her residency, Serena Scapagnini presents SUPERPOSITION, a cycle of three site-specific installations—in different locations across Yale—that explore the quantum concept of superposition—the ability of a particle to exist in multiple states simultaneously—as a metaphor for identity, memory, and the fragile balance between permanence and dissolution.

A SHARED IDENTITY
Yale Quantum Institute – Open to the public
This is the conceptual and visual heart of the project. The work represents quantum superposition as a space of coexistence between different dimensions of identity and memory. Composed of suspended copper structures, processed paper, and manually made engravings, the installation evokes neural networks and flows of luminous energy. At its center, a copper engraving depicts the superposition of particles in a pure quantum state, capable of storing memory in perfect balance before its natural dissolution. The work was created in dialogue with quantum physicists and reflects on the body as a field of transit for visible and invisible information.

STATE OF LIGHT
Yale Quantum Institute – Viewable by appointment only
This intimate and immersive installation explores the possibility that light might carry memory. Through the use of lightweight, translucent materials and reflective pigments, State of Light visualizes an ideal quantum state, motionless yet full of potential. The surfaces respond to changes in ambient light, creating an environment where perception itself seems to oscillate between presence and absence. Viewable by appointment, the work offers an experience of visual listening, balanced between science and contemplation.

REFRACTIONS
Library of the Quantum Institute – Open to the public during library hours
Installed within the Quantum Institute’s library, Refractions reflects on the transmission and dispersion of knowledge. The work takes shape through a series of interventions on paper and transparent materials that act as lenses or refractive surfaces, multiplying and distorting the meaning of images. Each element refers to the ways in which knowledge—scientific or personal—is transmitted, fragmented, and transformed. The library setting reinforces the idea of knowledge as something in constant motion and renegotiation.

other exhibitions

all the exhibitions

exhibition26 June 2025 At Palacio Libertad in Buenos Aires, the exhibition "Pittura italiana oggi. Una nuova scena" From June 26 to September 21, 2025, Triennale Milano and theItalian Cultural Institute in Buenos Aires will presentPittura italiana oggi. Una nuova scena(Italian Painting Today: A New Scene)at thePalacio Libertad, Centro Cultural Domingo Faustino Sarmiento. The exhibition is an initiative promoted by theMinistry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, with support from the Italian Embassy in Buenos Aires.

Conceived by Triennale Milano and curated by Damiano Gullì—Curator of Contemporary Art and Public Programs at the Milanese institution—the exhibition is being shown outside Italy for the first time in Buenos Aires. Its presentation in the Argentine capital has been made possible through close collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute, which curated and coordinated the local staging. exhibition05 June 2025 Francesco Simeti in the group show Material Witnesses at the American College of Greece in Athens Francesco Simeti is taking part in the group exhibition Material Witnesses, curated by Tamara Chalabi, at the American College of Greece in Athens, from June 5 to July 12.

Clay and textile—two of humanity’s most ancient and eloquent materials—serve as profound witnesses to human experience. Through impression, weave, and mark, these materials preserve intimate traces of touch and intention, creating permanent records of gesture across time. This exhibition brings together ten contemporary artists from the Mediterranean, Middle East, and their diasporas who harness these materials’ inherent capacity for memory and testimony.

Francesco Simeti’s deeply layered works draw on social, philosophical, and environmental discourses, particularly exploring water’s dual nature through site-specific digital collages and textile installations. Through layered imagery that incorporates historical and contemporary sources, his works map the transformation of natural landscapes, using fabric’s inherent mutability to reflect on ecological shifts and human intervention. exhibition26 May 2025 Geneva art gallery L'Appartement presents Claudio Massini at June Art Fair in Basel For the June Art Fair 2025, L’Appartement is pleased to present a solo exhibition of rare paintings made between 2004 and 2010 by the Italian artist Claudio Massini. These historical works showcase his hallmark technique across various media: intimate panel pieces rendered in mixed pigments on marine plywood are shown alongside expansive compositions on double-boiled, triple-washed linen, all painted with his signature palette of ground mineral, vegetable, and organic pigments. Recurring motifs—stars, chalices, garlands, and other symbolic forms—appear throughout the works, often elaborated and repeated in obsessive but never-identical series. Together, they offer a compelling view of Massini’s immersive, meditative visual language.

Born in Trieste in 1955, Massini relocated to Naples in the mid-1970s to pursue studies at the Academy of Fine Arts. He now lives and works in Treviso, Italy. His early exposure to both classical traditions and modernist movements laid the groundwork for his innovative approach to painting and mixed media. His art is characterised by rhythmic patterning, intricate surfaces, and a meticulous layering of pigments and materials, resulting in paintings that verge on the sculptural—rich in both visual and tactile depth.

Massini’s style defies easy classification. Describing his approach as “meta-historical,” he conjures a visual realm that fuses timeless iconography with contemporary material processes. Ethereal church spires, blossoms, maritime vessels, vials, amphorae, and antique goblets appear against matte, lacquered backdrops, transforming everyday or folkloric subjects into enchanted forms. His compositions pulse with energy, drawing the viewer into a dialogue between simplicity and complexity, repetition and variation, chaos and order.
Central to Massini’s artistic philosophy is his meditative process. He engraves fine, repetitive lines and curves into each surface with near-trance-like focus, reflecting on universal symbols that transcend time and space. This deep engagement with the physicality of the medium produces works that feel experiential as much as visual—compositions that echo natural cycles and invite quiet contemplation.

Massini’s work has been featured in numerous international exhibitions, including Cassina Projects, Milan (November 2025); Forma Gallery, Paris (2023); Kunsthalle Budapest, Hungary (2005); MAMbo – Museo d’Arte Moderna di Bologna, Italy (2003); and the Museum der Moderne, Salzburg, Austria (2000), among others.

This presentation at the June Art Fair offers a rare opportunity to encounter Massini’s early 21st-century works in a focused context—revealing the continuity of his vision and reaffirming his position as a singular voice in contemporary Italian painting.

(press release) exhibition14 May 2025 Gian Maria Tosatti and Adji Dieye at the 24th Paiz Art Biennial in Guatemala City Gian Maria Tosatti and Adji Dieye are among the participating artists at the 24th Paiz Art Biennial in Guatemala City. The event is curated by Italian curator and Artistic Director of the MAMBO (Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogotá), Eugenio Viola.

"The World Tree" is the title of the Biennial. “The World Tree” is conceived as a polyphonic project that engages with the artistic ecosystem of Guatemala and Mesoamerica, reaffirming art’s ability to bridge distant worlds. In a global context marked by tensions and conflicts, this Biennial stands as a symbol of art’s potential to cultivate understanding, celebrate diversity, and promote unity and inclusion.

A pioneer in the advancement and development of art in Central America, the Paiz Art Biennial is one of
the region’s most significant contemporary art event since 1978, making it the sixth oldest Biennial
in the world and the second oldest in Latin America. The Biennial is a cultural
project of Fundación Paiz, a non-profit organization that, for over forty years, has supported the
development of education and culture in Guatemala, with the conviction that art is an essential tool
for social development.

Additional participants will be announced in the coming months.