On April 9 at 6:00 PM, the exhibition Identità Oltre Confine opens at the Italian Cultural Institute in Paris. The project is promoted by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Farnesina Collection.

Originally conceived as an itinerant exhibition traveling through Berlin, Vilnius, and Valletta, the project has continued its international journey, first stopping in Belgrade and now arriving in Paris, in the historic spaces of the Hôtel de Galliffet. In a city deeply shaped by its revolutionary tradition and European cultural debate, the exhibition reflects on how individual and collective identities evolve over time through historical memory, mobility, and processes of cultural translation.

For the Paris edition, the exhibition is enriched with new works by Marta Roberti and Paola Gandolfi, specifically selected to engage with the Institute’s spaces. Marta Roberti presents, for the first time, works from the animated video Un’ape su un viso che piange (2025), in which human and animal figures evoke a relationship of listening and transformation between species. Paola Gandolfi presents two photographic series derived from the videos In tempo per modifiche temporali and Chiamata urbana urgente, where the artist stages herself at different stages of life, transforming the body into an archive of memory and identity.

The exhibition concludes with a sound installation of the poem Io sono una carta (1976) by Tomaso Binga, intertwining language, body, and politics in a poetic gesture of resistance.

On the occasion of the opening, Paola Gandolfi will present the performance À temps pour des variations temporelles, conceived specifically for the exhibition. Performing alongside the artist are actress Cristina Spina, in the role of her mother, and Dominique Smersu, portraying her father. The performance brings three generations into dialogue, exploring the complex and layered relationship between family memory and identity.

By bringing together artists from different generations, Identità Oltre Confine builds a narrative that connects history, memory, and imagination, offering new perspectives on the role of contemporary art in interpreting the transformations of the present.

Opening: April 9, 2026 – 6:00 PM
Exhibition dates: April 10 – June 1, 2026
Opening hours: Monday to Friday, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM | 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Location: Italian Cultural Institute of Paris – Hôtel de Galliffet – 50 rue de Varenne, 75007 Paris
Free entrance