The Exhibition of Travelling
The monographic issue The Exhibition of Travelling. Exhibitions, Editorial Projects, and the Birth of New Networks in the Italian Art System since the Postwar Period, edited by Alessandra Acocella and Caterina Toschi, inaugurates the new series of Senzacornice Journal. It aims to explore travel as a source of inspiration and a catalyst for artistic and cultural projects within the Italian art system from the 1950s to the present.
The selected case studies—while not exhaustive on the topic—examine how the physical experience of travel has contributed to the development of exhibitions and publications by artists, photographers, gallerists, critics, curators, and art historians, both Italian and international. Through the act of traveling, these figures have encouraged Italy’s engagement with a broader international and global dimension of artistic and cultural thought.
n°1
June 2025
Monographic Issue edited by Alessandra Acocella and Caterina Toschi
Alessandra Acocella is Associate Professor at the University of Parma, where she teaches Contemporary Art History and History of Exhibitions, and serves as Chair of the Bachelor’s Degree Program in Communication and Contemporary Media for the Creative Industries. She is a member of the Executive Committee of EXHIBIT – Research Center on the History of Exhibitions, of CAPAS – Center for the Arts and Entertainment Professions at the University of Parma, and of the Luciano Caruso Archive. She is part of the PhD Program in Art History jointly offered by the University of Siena and the University for Foreigners of Siena. She is Associated Principal Investigator of the PRIN PNRR 2022 project Straniere: The Reception of Non-European Arts and Cultures in Italy (1945–2000), funded by the Italian Ministry of University and Research and the European Union (NextGenerationEU), and a member of the PRIN 2020 project Italian Feminist Photography: Identity Politics and Gender Strategies (Parma Unit). She is Co-Editor of Senzacornice Journal. Studies on the Contemporary Art System and serves on the editorial and advisory boards of several peer-reviewed academic journals, including Ricerche di S/Confine. Artistic and Cultural Objects and Practices (University of Parma) and MD Journal (University of Ferrara).
Caterina Toschi is Associate Professor at the University for Foreigners of Siena, where she teaches Contemporary Art History and History of Photography. She is a member of the PhD programs in Art History and in Translation Studies at the University for Foreigners of Siena (jointly with the Universities of Siena and Pisa). She is Principal Investigator of the PRIN PNRR 2022 project Straniere: The Reception of Non-European Arts and Cultures in Italy (1945–2000), funded by the Italian Ministry of University and Research and the European Union (NextGenerationEU), and Associated Principal Investigator of the PRIN 2022 project BorderArt(E)Scapes. Contemporary Art, Anthropology and “Border Landscapes”: Reading the Contemporary and Experimenting with New Research Practices (PI: Giorgio Bacci, University of Florence). She is co-founder and co-director of WADDA | Women Art Dealers Digital Archives and of Senzacornice Journal. Studies on the Contemporary Art System, and serves on the Scientific Committee of the book series Quaderni Unistrasi, published by Edizioni Unistrasi. As Associate Director of The Santa Maddalena Foundation, she is the research curator of Beatrice Monti della Corte’s art collection and of the related photographic archive documenting the activities of Galleria dell’Ariete (Milan, 1955–1980).
Cevdet Erek, Amfibio, 2025.
Cut out from installation’s photo
Courtesy of the artist
Progetto Speciale dell’Archivio Storico della Biennale di Venezia
