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JUNE '26
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Exhibitions: "Lo spazio ineffabile" and "Palloni gonfiati" by Gianni Cella
The City of Cannobio is pleased to announce its collaboration with Gianni Cella, a leading figure in contemporary Italian art.  The exhibition project—curated by Marianna Cappia and coordinated by Marco Albertella—aims to highlight Gianni Cella’s forty-year career. It begins with a widespread exhibition entitled Palloni gonfiati, featuring five works displayed in emblematic and poetic locations throughout the city, and continues with Lo spazio ineffabile, a retrospective solo exhibition held at Palazzo Parasi.  Palloni gonfiati  curated by Marianna Cappia from Friday, March 27 to Sunday, October 25, 2026  The exhibition presents a series of large humanoid sculptures with deliberately oversized heads—an ironic, three-dimensional interpretation of a popular expression that the artist transforms into an image: the “inflated balloon.” Through vivid colours, soft volumes and an only apparent lightness, Gianni Cella reflects on the mechanisms of power and on figures who, in the contemporary world, allow themselves to be inflated by their role.  These works, already appreciated by the public during the exhibition of the same name held at the gardens of Novara railway station and later at Bocconi University, now return to the urban space to engage with the landscape and passers-by, inviting a direct, immediate and playful encounter with art. The exhibition aims to transform the city into a path of discovery, bringing visitors and residents closer to Gianni Cella’s visionary and irreverent poetics.     Lo spazio ineffabile  curated by Marianna Cappia  Opening: Saturday, May 9 2026    The exhibition offers the opportunity to retrace the artist’s evolution from the 1970s to the present day, revealing how his sensibility formed the original foundation of a language that would later characterize the Plumcake group. Moving beyond the well-known playful and colourful aesthetic associated with the 1980s, the exhibition seeks to overcome the traditional overlap between Cella and Plumcake, restoring the artist’s full autonomy.  His fibreglass works—immediate yet enigmatic—reveal a depth that challenges any single interpretation. Through historical works and more recent pieces, the exhibition reconstructs how Gianni Cella has brought delicacy, design awareness and emotional depth into a playful and popular imagery, making his work an original and personal expression of the contemporary.  The exhibition will be open to the public on the first floor of Palazzo Parasi at the following times, until Sunday, July 19, 2026:    Thursday: 10:00–13:00  Friday: 15:00–18:30  Saturday: 10:00–13:00 and 15:00–18:30  Sunday: 10:00–13:00  


Exhibition STORIES OF MY HOME - DAVIDE BAROGGI
At the Palazzo Mandamentale at Via A.Giovanola 25 you can attend the exhibition of one of our fellow citizens STORIES OF MY HOUSE by DAVIDE BAROGGI curated by Marco Albertella  Inauguration Saturday, May 9th at 5:00 pm in the courtyard of Palazzo Mandamentale  The exhibition is an anthological exhibition where visual research combines pictorial sensitivity, material experimentation and conceptual reflection.  His artistic production is distinguished by its metaphysical attention, acidic and disturbing vault light, and layering with rapid brushstrokes. Elements that become tools for exploring themes such as identity, memory, and the relationship between space and perception. In his works, compositional rigor and expressiveness coexist, in a balance between abstraction and figurative suggestion.  Baroggi develops a personal language in which color and matter dialogue with the surface, creating works that invite the observer to an immersive and contemplative experience.  Davide Baroggi (Locarno 1974) is a contemporary painter active in Pavia, associated with the New Italian Savages movement, he developed an expressionist style that combines popular influences and symbolism, often using poor media such as cardboard. His painting is instinctive, material and chromatically violent.  opening hours show:  Exhibition space at Palazzo Mandamentale - Council Chamber from Saturday, May 9th to Sunday, October 25th, 2026  - Thursdays from 9.30 to 12.30 and from 16.00 to 19.00  - Friday from 9.30 to 12.30 and from 16.00 to 19.00  - Saturday from 9.30 to 12.30 and from 16.00 to 18.30  - Sunday from 10.00 to 12.30 



Literary Festival: “Writers in the Garden”
Cannobio is once again preparing to welcome one of its most anticipated festivals: “Scrittori in giardino”, returning this year with exciting new features.  Each event will be enriched with music and readings, allowing us to fully experience every written word.  Below is the programme of events:    Wednesday, June 24   Courtyard of Via Umberto I, 8:30 PM Presentation of the book “La luce del primo mattino” by Franco Faggiani. Readings by Cristina Mengo. Sebastian Giovanni Mammone on cello and Manuel Ticozzi on clarinet.    Wednesday, July 8   Villa Rosa, Traffiume, 8:30 PM Presentation of the book “La Malacarne” by Beatrice Salvioni. Readings by Valentina Albertini   and Claudio Farinone on guitar.    Wednesday, July 29   Villa Peduzzi, 8:30 PM Presentation of the book “L’invenzione di Eva” by Alessandro Barbaglia. Readings by Luca Falsaci. Andrea Pellegrini on keyboards and Patricia Barbetti (vocals).    Wednesday, August 19   Sant’Ambrogio Square, 8:30 PM Presentation of the book “Rossa è la neve” by Monica Piffaretti. Readings by Elena Porini. Davide Maiocchi on keyboards and Chiara Ferraris (vocals).  Free entry.