Opening in October 2026, Marisa Merz – La danza delle ore is a three-part exhibition jointly presented by Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Fondazione Merz, and GAM – Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea in Turin. The project marks the centenary of Marisa Merz’s birth, offering a major retrospective dedicated to the Turin-born artist (1926–2013).

Conceived across three institutions, the exhibition brings together a wide selection of works, including works rarely or never previously exhibited. It traces the evolution of Merz’s practice, presenting her approach to material, process, and form, as well as her ongoing engagement with everyday life as a space for artistic production.

The project is structured around three key thematic axes: the creative process and use of materials; domestic space and everyday time understood as an active, almost alchemical environment; and the relationship between physical and metaphysical notions of space. Together, these elements highlight the continuity and transformation that define Merz’s body of work.

Curated by Francesco Manacorda and Marianna Vecellio (Castello di Rivoli), Beatrice Merz and Sébastien Delot (Fondazione Merz), and Chiara Bertola and Chiara Parisi (GAM), the exhibition positions Merz’s practice as both materially grounded and conceptually open-ended. A single accompanying catalogue will be published and presented during a dedicated conference on the artist.

Image: Marisa Merz wearing Scarpette, Galleria L’Attico, Rome, 1975. Photo: Claudio Abate.