Exhibitions

Lorenzo Marini, Bodytype

Art Exhibition 13 Jul - 31 Aug 2024 FORTE DEI MARMI Oblong Contemporary Art Gallery presents, from July 13 to August 31, 2024, at its Forte dei Marmi (LU) location, the solo exhibition Bodytype by Lorenzo Marini. The exhibited works aim to explore the transformation of writing and communication in the contemporary era through a unique fusion of art and language. Read more

Gianfranco Meggiato | "Risveglio"

Art Exhibition 15 Jun - 30 Nov 2024 FORTE DEI MARMI From June 15 to September 30, 2024, the Municipality of Forte dei Marmi, the Villa Bertelli Foundation, and Oblong Contemporary Art Gallery present a public art exhibition by Gianfranco Meggiato (Venice, 1963), with works displayed in the streets and squares of Forte dei Marmi (LU). The opening will take place on Saturday, June 15, at 6:30 PM, in Piazza Garibaldi.
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Theorein, Giuseppe Maiorana

Forte dei Marmi 4 May - 2 Jun 2024 FORTE DEI MARMI "I am a whale." Giuseppe Maiorana, a refined and eclectic Sicilian artist with Polish blood in his veins, starts from this fascinating, yet unusual identification to narrate the exhibition "Theorein," a series of bronzes that will be inaugurated on Saturday, May 4th at 5:30 PM on the ground floor of Forte di Leopoldo I in Forte dei Marmi, where it will remain until June 2nd, 2024. Read more

José Yaruro: Time After Time

Solo Exhibition 10 Feb - 4 Apr 2024 FORTE DEI MARMI Oblong Contemporary Art Gallery announces the opening of the exhibition TIME AFTER TIME by Colombian artist YARURO, which will be open to the public from February 10th to April 4th, 2024, in Forte dei Marmi. Read more

Gustavo Vélez: Essere Geometrico

With the Critical Review of Domenico Piraina 10 Jun - 18 Sep 2023 FORTE DEI MARMI The City of Forte dei Marmi, the Villa Bertelli Foundation and Oblong Contemporary Art Gallery announce the opening of the exhibition "Essere Geometrico" by the Colombian artist Gustavo Vélez which will be open to the public from 10 June to 18 September 2023. Read more

Mimmo Rotella: Il Genio Poliedrico - Cinque Tecniche a Confronto

VILLA BERTELLI 29 Apr - 17 Sep 2023 FORTE DEI MARMI MIMMO ROTELLA: Il Genio Poliedrico is curated by Edoardo Falcioni, promoted by Villa Bertelli, the Municipality of Forte dei Marmi, Fondazione Mimmo Rotella and co-produced with Oblong Contemporary Art Gallery of Dubai and Forte dei Marmi. The exhibition is under the patronage of Regione Toscana and the Provincia di Lucca, and is sponsored by Hublot, Bartorelli Gioiellerie, and Ciaccio Arte - Broker Insurance Group. Read more

Mimmo Rotella PRELUDE

10 Dec 2022 - 31 Jan 2023 FORTE DEI MARMI Oblong Contemporary Gallery in Forte dei Marmi is enthusiastic to announce the preview of the exhibition 2023 by Italian artist Mimmo Rotella. Read more

Rifugi di Emozioni

13 Aug - 30 Sep 2022 FORTE DEI MARMI The exhibition "Rifugi di Emozioni" that Oblong Contemporary Art Gallery dedicates to the Slovenian master Cveto Marsic opens with a series of unpublished works. It is a tribute to the bright and vibrant abstract chromatism that characterizes the artist's works, and to the intense and vigorous materiality of color that makes up the other crucial trait of Cveto Marsic's pictorial expressiveness. Read more

Attraverso

Curated by Luca Beatrice 22 Jul - 30 Sep 2022 FORTE DEI MARMI From 22 July to 30 September five monumental works will be exhibited in the most evocative spaces of the city, between the streets and squares of the historic center and the seafront, for an open-air exhibition organized by the Municipality of Forte dei Marmi and Oblong Contemporary Art Gallery of Dubai and Forte dei Marmi, in collaboration with Villa Bertelli and curated by Luca Beatrice. To complete the exhibition, artworks will be exhibited in the spaces of Oblong Contemporary Art Gallery in the central Via Carducci. Read more

ALCHIMIA DELL'AMORE

11 Jun - 22 Jul 2022 FORTE DEI MARMI The exhibition Alchimia dell'Amore by Valerie Breuleux opens with a tribute to Billie Eilish as Marylin Monroe at the Oblong Contemporay Art Gallery in Forte dei Marmi. Read more

Bombardieri e Altri Animali

Curated by Luca Beatrice 9 Apr - 16 Jul 2022 FORTE DEI MARMI The Municipality of Forte dei Marmi and the Oblong Contemporary Art Gallery of Dubai and Forte dei Marmi, in collaboration with Villa Bertelli, are pleased to announce the exhibition "Bombardieri and other animals" by the artist Stefano Bombardieri which will be held in Forte dei Marmi from April 9 to July 16, 2022. Read more

Seduzioni Esplosive

17 Aug - 30 Oct 2021 FORTE DEI MARMI Manu Algueró presents his explosive artworks for the first time in Forte dei Marmi from the 17th of August until the 30th of September on the occasion of his personal exhibition at Oblong Contemporary. Read more

Goldish

24 Jul - 12 Aug 2021 FORTE DEI MARMI Oblong Contemporary hosts the solo exhibition of Tiziana Lorenzelli, with the intervention of Agostino Ferrari, in the occasion of the opening of the new exhibition space in Via G. Carducci 45 in Forte dei Marmi. Read more

Seduzioni Geometriche

3 Jul - 3 Aug 2021 FORTE DEI MARMI This summer, Gustavo Vélez will present the solo exhibition "Seduzioni Geometriche" at Oblong Contemporary Forte dei Marmi. Vélez is able to render harmonic and fluid lines in the geometric forms of his sculptures.
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Art à la Plage

MAITO BEACH, FORTE DEI MARMI 26 Jun - 31 Aug 2021 FORTE DEI MARMI Antonio Signorini's sculptural subjects "Warriors", "Dancers" and "Flying Horses" become the protagonist of the exhibition "Art à la Plage" organized by Oblong Contemporary at the beach club Maitò of Forte dei Marmi. Read more

Turbolenza Creativa | Giuseppe Veneziano

12 - 23 Jun 2021 FORTE DEI MARMI Giuseppe Veneziano's solo exhibition opens the summer season at Oblong Contemporary in Forte dei Marmi with his irreverent works. The exhibition will be in correspondence of his solo public exhibition in Pietrasanta, Italy. Read more

Quintessenze

24 Oct 2020 - 15 Apr 2021 FORTE DEI MARMI The personal exhibition of Stefano Bombardieri "Quintessenze" at Oblong Contemporary in Forte dei Marmi encompasses some of the most renowned subjects of the artist, among which his Rhinos, Gorillas, Elephants and Ostriches. Read more

Essere Mito: Omaggio al Maestro Igor Mitoraj

25 Jul - 20 Sep 2020 FORTE DEI MARMI Oblong Contemporary in Via Carducci of Forte dei Marmi doubles its space by opening a new exhibition entirely dedicated to the unforgettable and unique creations of the Polish artist Igor Mitoraj, Read more