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Artist residency based in Brescia, housed in a palazzo dating back to 1200. Enquire: [email protected]

24/10/2026

Ciao Michele!

Michele Cesaratto Michele Cesaratto (b. 1998, San Daniele del Friuli, Italy) is an artist working primarily in painting, alongside sculpture and decorative arts. His research focuses on materials: he makes his own pigments, collects clay and wood from his surroundings, and experiments with medieval and traditional techniques such as egg tempera. Through empirical experimentation and a fascination with the transformation of matter, his practice engages with medieval and early Renaissance art. His work explores the relationship between making, storytelling, and the natural world, approaching each subject as a singular presence and entity in its own right, rather than as a symbol.

He studied Painting at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze and the Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia. His work has been exhibited internationally, including at 56 Henry in New York and at Liste Art Fair Basel with Galleria Acappella.

Michele is represented by ACAPPELLA

22/10/2026

Welcome to Palazzo Monti, Leonardo!

Leonardo Devito Leonardo Devito (born in 1997 in Florence) lives and works in Turin. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence and at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Vienna, receiving his MFA in Fine Arts from the Accademia Albertina in Turin. His artistic practice draws inspiration from Old Master paintings, reinterpreted through an underground and experimental approach. His works combine historical references with elements of contemporary everyday life, engaging with 20th-century artists and movements such as Metaphysical Art. Through a visual language that suspends time and creates self-contained mental spaces, Devito explores iconic subjects while avoiding nostalgic representations. Childhood frequently appears in his paintings as a means of thematic purification, contributing to the development of a personal imagery.

His recent solo exhibitions include L’Addio, ICA Milano, 2026; Fast asleep in a room somewhere, Ciaccia Levi, Paris, 2026; Scary Monsters, Hauser & Wirth, Paris, 2025; and Candide, with Domenico Gnoli, Drawing Week Milan, Ciaccia Levi, Milan, 2024. In June 2025, he also presented a solo presentation at LISTE Basel with Ciaccia Levi gallery.
His recent group exhibitions include Zwischen Bäumen, Villa Schöningen, Berlin, 2026; Alfabeti del possibile, Club GAMeC Prize 2026 – Giuseppe Casarotto, GAMeC, Bergamo, 2026; Last Night I Dreamt of Manderley, Alison Jacques, London, 2025; and X Collection 202: Portrait of a Man, X Museum, Beijing, 2024.

20/10/2026

Last weeks to see ‘IMPOTENZA’, a solo show by former resident Uffe Isolotto and curated by Edoardo Monti.

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Im [Model for a Sculpture in Marble and Patinated and Painted Bronze, to be Destroyed After the Process is Over] 2026 Foam, acrylic composite, spackle, paint, graphite, silicone, hair, goat and calfskin vellum 235 x 161 x 66 cm

Photos Piercarlo Quecchia

14/10/2026

Last weeks to see ‘IMPOTENZA’, a solo show by former resident Uffe Isolotto and curated by Edoardo Monti.

DM to book your visit.

Fool [Model for a Sculpture in Porcelain and Painted Bronze, Made from a Model for Bronze Casting, Remade from an Earlier Sculpture (and Twin to a Bronze Sculpture in the Making)] 2026 Resin print, foam, rocks, paint, wood, crayons, pencil, metal, voile fabric 350 x 58 x 50 cm

Photos Piercarlo Quecchia

28/09/2026

On view at Palazzo Monti, ‘IMPOTENZA’, a solo show by former resident Uffe Isolotto Uffe Isolotto and curated by Edoardo Monti.

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Folly [Model for a Sculpture in Glazed Ceramics,
Made from a Mould for a Silicone Sculpture]
2026
Fibreglass, acrylic composite, foam, tape, paint,
calfskin vellum
78 x 35 cm

Photos Piercarlo Quecchia

19/09/2026

Welcome to Brescia, Calli!

Calli Ryan calli ryan (b. 1988, Richmond, Virginia) is a painter based in Philadelphia. She received an MFA from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (PAFA) in Philadelphia and a BA from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. Her painting practice is characterized by a calm, Morandi-like palette of earthy greys, browns, and warm yellows. Her paintings create harmonies of light and color through subtle shifts that contribute to a moody and suspended atmosphere. Carefully considered compositions and a rigorous process of selection, encompassing both what is included and what is eliminated, create a mysterious and ambiguous tension. Ryan focuses on the interior life of her characters, placing them within seemingly deserted cityscapes or residential buildings and high-rises. Her figures appear absorbed in their own thoughts, suspended between loneliness and solitude in the contemporary world. Her work thus reflects a heightened psychological state while poetically evoking the relationship between time, place, and memory. Her paintings convey a Noir sensibility while engaging with the stillness of Edward Hopper (1882–1967) and the intimate, tender quality of David Byrd’s (1926–2013) paintings.

Ryan’s work has recently been presented in a number of exhibitions, including at Commune in Vienna, in collaboration with Pilot, as well as at Procession in Philadelphia, HAGD Contemporary in Aalborg, Scroll Gallery, and Monya Rowe Gallery in New York.

16/09/2026

Welcome to Palazzo Monti, Allan!

Allan Gandhi allan gandhi (b. 1989) lives and works in São Paulo. He creates paintings that operate in a liminal space between figuration, memory, and psychological resonance. He approaches his practice as a fluid and instinct-driven pictorial diary, bypassing preliminary sketches in favor of immediate, tactile decisions on canvas, cardboard, or linen. His work explores the complexities of contemporary subjecthood, using humor, vulnerability, and tension to question and destabilize the traditional conventions of portraiture.

His practice has been presented in a number of solo and group exhibitions. In 2026, he held the solo exhibitions Room Temperature at Mendes Wood DM in Brussels and Ceramicas at Fortes Daloia Gabriel in Rio de Janeiro. In the same year, he also participated in several group exhibitions, including Long Light at Galerie Sardine in Amagansett, New York, and Head Stretch at Andrew Kreps Gallery, also in New York.

07/09/2026

Palazzo Monti presents a choir on its façade on Saturday 12 September at 11am and 2pm: Tableau Vivant, a performance by collective VOCALISE, conceived as a gift to the city and passers-by to celebrate the reopening after the summer break.

Under the artistic direction of Maria Craffonara, the performance features cellist and vocalist Rina Kaçinari and an artistic intervention by Elisa Grezzani Elisa Grezzani, supported by ECK Museum of Art, Brunico ECK Museum of Art.

From windows positioned across its different floors, the voices of VOCALISE VOCALISE_voiceartperformance inhabit the architecture through music and choreographed movement. Elisa Grezzani’s Flying Carpets are unfurled from the windows and integrated into the performance, extending the composition across the façade, while the performers wear textile works by the artist.

Accompanied by Rina Kaçinari on cello and voice, Tableau Vivant moves across centuries of European musical history, from Claudio Monteverdi and Franz Schubert to Arvo Pärt, with songs performed in German, Italian, Ladin, French and Albanian.

Free admission, no reservation required.

05/08/2026

Summer Break!

Palazzo Monti will be closed throughout August and will reopen in September.

Following the summer break, “Impotenza”, ’s solo exhibition curated by , will be back on view.

DM or email [email protected] to book your free visit.

Photo Piercarlo Quecchia

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Piazza Tebaldo Brusato, 22
Brescia
25121

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