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ABOUT OBLONG CONTEMPORARY
Oblong Contemporary Gallery is specialised in the promotion of contemporary art by established and emerging international artists. Oblong encourages a variety of artistic disciplines, favouring the recognition of unique talents, artistic diversity and cultural importance.
Oblong collaborates with its artists by providing them with a local and international platform and by ensuring a high level of value across its locations in Dubai and Forte dei Marmi. As a gallery, Oblong is committed to representing a successful arena for culture, functioning as a bridge between the UAE and Italy.
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EXHIBITION
Attraverso
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FORTE DEI MARMI
22 July - 30 September
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EXHIBTIONS
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forte dei marmi
13 August - 30 September
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NEWS & EVENTS
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New artworks at Oblong Contemporary: Annalù
FORTE DEI MARMI The latest addition to Oblong Contemporary's artist is the Italian Annalù. Metamorphic shapes, lyrical and evocative architecture characterize the environment in which research moves through the assembly and alchemy of synthetic resins, glass, paper and materials. -
RESPIRI: BETWEEN DANCE AND ART
PIETRASANTA The exhibition "Respiri" by Yinon Gal-On on view at Sala delle Grasce of Pietrasanta from the 2nd of June until the 27th of July 2022 has been an integral part of the program of the sixth edition of the DAP Festival Dance and new Dance Drama. -
Sheikha Al Mheiri at Oblong Contemporary
DUBAI Oblong Contemporary Gallery's latest guest was Sheikha Al Mheiri, Emirati Serial Entrepreneur, Founder of MAD Investments (which stands for Make A Difference) - a hospitality group based in Dubai. Sheikha is also the brainchild of Society Cafe & Lounge that launched in 2017, as well as Toplum that launched in 2019. -
GUSTAVO VÉLEZ'S LATEST INSTALLATION
PIETRASANTA The stunning monumental sculpture “Bianca II” (2020) by Gustavo Vélez in white statuary marble from Carrara has been located in one of the most beautiful destinations of Pietrasanta, Italy. -
The Personal Museum of Flavio Lucchini
MILAN The spectacular personal Museum of Flavio Lucchini houses the archive of some of his most important art pieces. On showcase the works of Lucchini as an artist and sculptor, made in thirty years of experimentations in his atelier after leaving, at the age of 60, all the prestigious publishing assignments, closing the last relationship with the Condé Nast, with which he had started in the 60s creating – after Amica – Vogue Italia. -
Antonio Signorini working on his new show
FLORENCE Today we are visiting the bronze foundry Ciglia e Carrai in Florence where Italian artist Antonio Signorini is working on some of his new sculptures. These majestic art pieces will be part of his monumental show in Forte dei Marmi starting this summer from the 22nd of July. Sculptural subjects will reach until 4 metres high! Stay tuned to find out more about the exhibition and admire the artist at work! -
Hypebeast Arabia interviews Abol Atighetchi
DUBAI For the first time ever, artist Abol Atighetchi will exhibit his 12 unpublished paintings from 1983 to 1992 at Oblong Contemporary Gallery in Dubai, UAE. The exhibition covers Atighetchi’s works of over 31 years from 1991 to 2022. Alongside his earliest paintings, “Les Iroquois”, “Rainbow Warrior” and “Squares”, he includes calligraphy and introduces his recent approach and appreciation of minimalism -
Oblong's Founder x Luxuryproperty.com
DUBAI Paola Marucci, the co-founder of Italy's Oblong Contemporary Gallery, talks about how the art scene is developing in Dubai, the role Oblong plays in promoting art across the Middle East, the rise of NFTs, and how art forms one of the foundations of the city's future growth. -
Wood Couture at Oblong Contemporary
DUBAI The Founder and CEO of Restaurant Secrets Inc, Gabrielle Mather joined us in the Wood Couture podcast moderated by Founder Filippo Sona taking place at Oblong Contemporary Gallery in Dubai. -
DIFC Sculpture Park 2022
DUBAI Antonio Signorini participates with his series "The Dancers" to the 2022 Sculpture Park exhibition at the DIFC in Dubai. -
The IFZA Gold Cup 2022
DUBAI Oblong Contemporary Gallery participates for the second time to the IFZA Gold Cup 2022 at the Al Habtoor Polo and Resort Club of Dubai. -
Luxhabitat Sotheby's interviews Antonio Signorini
Dubai Luxhabitat Sotheby's catches up with Antonio Signorini post his solo exhibition "Movement" at Oblong Contemporary Gallery. -
Confindustria at Oblong Contemporary
DUBAI Oblong Contemporary hosts a panel discussion on the 25th of February with the Associates of Confindustria Emilia Centro. -
Antonio Signorini x Dubai Eye
DUBAI On the occasion of his exhibition "Movement" at Oblong Contemporary Gallery in Dubai, Marc Lloyd from the Dubai Eye radio is in conversation with Antonio Signorini, a fascinating Italian artist around his new display of three-dimensional sculptures. -
Painting pinocchio with Antonio Nocera
Dubai Oblong Contemporary has gather a group of little young artists, who have painted canvases with the Italian artist Antonio Nocera, interpreting the famous story of Pinocchio. -
Celebrating Working Mothers - Part 2
DUBAI Oblong Contemporary is proud to host a panel discussion "Working Mothers: How to Best manage our frienzied schedule" at Oblong Contemporary Gallery in Dubai in collaboration with My Mama App and Cleva App. -
Flavio Lucchini at Innovation House
Dubai Some of Italian artist Flavio Lucchini's most influential artworks are being exhibited at the Innovation House, a project promoted by the Lombardy Region and the Polytechnic Foundation held in the United Arab Emirates at the Intercontinental Dubai Marina Hotel, from 1 October 2021 to 31 March 2022, on the occasion of the Dubai 2020 Expo. -
Gianfranco Meggiato in the Valle dei Templi
Agrigento The search of the Venetian artist Gianfranco Meggiato arrives at the Valley of the Temples in Agrigento to get in touch with the site and find his contemporary man, among the signs of ancient civilizations. Sculptures of today meet the architecture of yesterday. Metal alloys that defy known forms, stone blocks that have defied the centuries. A celebration of humans, creativity and even more, what lies behind - before the rational, the known and visible. -
Tano Pisano: Il Meccano
Pietrasanta Tano Pisano's colorful installations and sculptures invaded the city of Pietrasanta. The new exhibition is called 'Meccano'. This is a union of a major retrospective of artworks created from the late 1960s to today, half of which have never been admired in Italy before. -
WHEN REAL ESTATE MEETS ART
Milan The combination of art and home eagerly claims its perceptibility with an event signed by Maurizia Serra in Via della Spiga Wonderful Houses and hosted by OBLONG Contemporary Art Gallery, on the occasion of the awaited Superdesign Show 2021 September - Special Edition at the location Superstudio Più, Via Tortona 27, the great hub for spokesperson for innovation and creativity led by Gisella Borioli. -
The protagonist of the Fuorisalone 2021
Milan The monumental sculpture "Marta e l'Elefante" by Stefano Bombardieri has been the absolute protagonist of the Fuorisalone 2021 taking place in SuperstudioPiù of Via Tortona in Milan. -
Oblong's first exhibition in Milan
MILAN For the first time in Milan, in the spaces of MyOwnGallery during the Milan Design Week at Superstudio, Oblong brought two exhibitions curated by Ettore Mocchetti: “Surprise! Art tells "with works by Stefano Bombardieri including the sculpture of a life-size elephant that flies held by a child, plus the collective with the artists Manù Alguerò, Mario Arlati, Pablo Atchugarry, Tiziana Lorenzelli, Flavio Lucchini, Antonio Signorini , Gustavo Velèz. -
Oblong's new exhibition space in Forte dei Marmi
FORTE DEI MARMI Oblong Contemporary Gallery is happy to announce the opening of a new, bigger exhibition space in Forte dei Marmi, Italy. The new gallery, located in Via G. Carducci 45, hosts different international established artists. -
Il record di Gustavo Vélez a Christie's
ONLINE Gustavo Vélez recently signed a record sale of one of his artworks "Hipercubicos" (2013) in the Online Auction, Latin American Art Online of Christie's. The sculpture was sold for USD 33,500 after an estimated price of USD 20,000 - USD 30,000. -
Celebrating Working Mothers - Part 1
DUBAI MAMA ME organized a panel discussion at Oblong Contemporary in Dubai, talking about balancing mom life and work, inspiration and advice. -
New Installation by Gustavo Vélez
Forte dei Marmi The exhibition "Seduzioni Geometriche" by Gustavo Vèlez begins with two works located outdoors and ends in the walls of Oblong Contemporary, which has always had the mission of strengthening the artistic community of Forte dei Marmi through seasonal exhibitions that aim to enrich the artistic reviews of the area, as well as revitalizing the surrounding activities. -
Dynowish in Piazza SS. Annunziata
Florence A new installation has attracted the attention of art lovers, tourists and spectators passing through Piazza SS. Annunziata. A monumental sculpture, Dynowish, created by the artist Antonio Signorini for the Dynowish Foundation association -
Our Artists on San Lorenzo Yacht
What is more beautiful than seeing good art on a elegant San Lorenzo yacht? Oblong's artists have been featured on the presentation of the Superyacht 62 Steel.By going on board, we notice the classical fragmented chest by Igor Mitoraj, "Asclepios" 1988. Gustavo Vélez with "Nova", 2013. There is no denying the symbiotic relationship between the luxurious environment of yachts and the beauty of art. -
Yinon Gal-On awarded by the Israeli Ministry of Education
ISRAEL Sixteen-year-old photographer Yinon Gal-On has taken underwater pictures of more than 30 celebrities as part of a very important campaign - Lashon HaRa Lo Medaber Elay (= Shaming shames me). The talented young artist has photographed them all in order to raise awareness of how our world affects us and others. -
Behind "The Warriors" by Antonio Signorini
ONLINE The “Warriors” by the Italian artist Antonio Signorini are a tangible link to our past. This series of sculptures has been displayed in some of the most emblematic locations: the Fondaco di Marcello in Venice, The Samir Kassir Garden in Beirut, the Manarat Al Sadiyat Island in Abu Dhabi, and now they became part of the permanent DIFC art collection of Dubai. -
Igor Mitoraj's Museum set to open in Pietrasanta
Pietrasanta The first museum entirely dedicated to the artist Igor Mitoraj is set to open in the city of Pietrasanta, on the Tuscan coast of Italy. -
Igor Mitoraj's exhibition in Pompeii
Pompeii May 11, 2017 The archaeological classicism of Pompeii and the contemporaneity of Igor Mitoraj’s art – one never overwhelming the other – establish a harmonious, dialectic bond that emphasis and enhance the historical solemnity of the excavations as much as the delicate figures of the master sculptor. -
"Marta e l'Elefante" has travelled places...
Capri August 15, 2018 Many tourists of Capri have been pleasantly surprised by a huge elephant lifted by a small child. This is one of the most emblematic sculptures of the Italian artist Stefano Bombardieri, who employs plastic figures of animals in resin and bronze to express conceptual and philosophical concepts connected to the man and its emotions, the time and its perception. -
In Pietrasanta, Art becomes reality
Pietrasanta For centuries the craftspeople of Pietrasanta have translated artists’ ideas into marble and bronze. International worldwide artists come together in the Tuscan town to work their marble and bronze sculptures. -
REGGIA DI MONZA WELCOMES ANTONIO NOCERA
Monza January 19, 2020 As part of the Interference project, Antonio Nocera, an international artist, enters the sumptuous Royal Apartments of the Reggia di Monza with his works, with the exhibition entitled Fairy Tales. -
Gustavo Vélez's highest sculpture
DUBAI Gustavo Vèlez is in the process of realizing a new sculpture, setting a new record in terms of height. The 16 metres artwork was commissioned by one of Oblong's most important collector.
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