Giovanni Longo. L’occhio rivolto ai sonni / Melicuccà

As part of the “Festa della Poesia – Lorenzo Calogero”, Giovanni Longo presents a site-specific project developed in dialogue with the poet’s writings. The title is drawn from one of Calogero’s verses, establishing a relationship between writing and an artistic practice that interweaves image and matter. Fragments, presences and traces emerge from the darkness through […]

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Giovanni Longo. Come una diga / Accademia d’Ungheria in Roma

Come una diga is a solo exhibition by Giovanni Longo, with a critical text by Davide Silvioli, on view at the Accademia d’Ungheria in Roma from 30 April to 4 June 2026. The exhibition brings together key aspects of Longo’s long-term research, developed over several years through a sculptural practice grounded in the relationship between […]

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Giovanni Longo wins the Inside Art Special Prize at The Talent Prize 2025

Giovanni Longo has been awarded the Inside Art Special Prize at this year’s Talent Prize, one of Italy’s most prestigious awards for young contemporary artists. Organised by Inside Art magazine, the Talent Prize recognises innovative projects and offers a network of support and visibility for young artists, promoting contemporary artistic research at both the national […]

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Luigi Candiani Prize / Spazio Arte Contemporanea

The exhibition of finalists for the Luigi Candiani Prize 2024, dedicated to the established artists category, opens on Saturday, 7 September. The theme of this second edition is ‘Journey Within the Self’, interpreted through the various possibilities contemporary art offers, from painting to sculpture, photography to installation, video art to performance. “There exists a constellation […]

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Acquaria. Featuring the Sculpture Habitat 3 / Roma

“The Craft of Philosophy” is the title of the third edition of Featuring the Sculpture Habitat, an annual sculpture exhibition curated by Andrea Guastella and Studio M’arte, produced by Aurea Phoenix APS. The exhibition will take place as part of the summer event AcquAria Art, in the gallery of the first tier and the outdoor […]

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Della fragilità. Giovanni Longo / Artslife

Interview by Andrea Guastella / Progetto (s)cultura, Artslife (Italian language). La fragilità – presente nella materia, nelle composizioni, nei metodi – è uno dei fili conduttori della scultura di Giovanni Longo. Ne parliamo in questa XXXIII puntata di Progetto(s)cultura. Andrea Guastella: Sei nato a Locri, antica città greca in Calabria tra le montagne e il mare: un […]

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Romance. Giovanni Longo / LdM Gallery Firenze

LdM Gallery is very pleased to present Romance, an exhibition project by Giovanni Longo proposed for the gallery, which represents the artist’s recent research, curated by Spela Zidar. The word Romance is described as the feeling of mystery, excitement, and remoteness. It presumes a relationship, or rather, a very personal expectation of a relationship. Starting […]

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Giovanni Longo Studio Visit / Quadriennale Roma

Text by Marcello Francolini / La Quadriennale di Roma, Panorama, 2023 (Italian language). Per analizzare la ricerca artistica di Giovanni Longo bisogna entrare nel magazzino dei suoi oggetti semantici, che sembra coincidere con il limite geografico di Locri, sotto lo sguardo vigile di Mannella e Abadessa, i colli da cui cade, sotto l’arsura calabra, tutto […]

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