Essential Experiences confirms Riso’s identity as a diffused regional museum by establishing links with other city and regional cultural institutions and promoting a “historical cultural continuity” that weds centuries-old tradition to what is contemporary to provide an alternative interpretation of Sicily’s extraordinary artistic heritage.

Essential Experiences addresses fundamental ethical issues regarding the concept of “creation” and the artist’s responsibility, the ability to draw the viewer into a journey interpreting major existential themes—the passage of time, death, solitude, identity, love—in signs, symbols, and metaphors that are simple yet complex.

The exhibition displays works by more than twenty of the most significant contemporary artists:
Marina Abramović, Pedro Cabrita Reis, Danica Dakić, Jan Fabre, Gloria Friedmann, Gilbert&George, Paolo Grassino, Kevin Francis Gray, William Kentridge, Anselm Kiefer, Kimsooja, Ufan Lee, Motti Mizrachi, Richard Nonas, Dennis Oppenheim, Orlan, Roman Opalka, Giuseppe Penone, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Arnulf Rainer, Gerhard Richter, Koji Tanada, Gunther Uecker, Sandra Vásquez de la Horra

curator: Lóránd Heygi


Opening hours:
Tuesday - Sunday: 10am - 8pm
Thursday - Friday: 10am - 10pm
closed on Mondays

Informations:
+39 091.320532
+39 091.587717
info@palazzoriso.it

Palazzo Riso
Corso Vittorio Emanuele 365
90134 Palermo