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Giuseppe Francalanza, The introverted gas pipe, 2026, Oil, graphite and fusain charcoal on canvas, 60 x 80 cm. Photo: Simon Veres. Courtesy of the Artist and VIN VIN Vienna.

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Giuseppe Francalanza, Colpa (1), 2026, Graphite and charcoal on paper, 59,7 x 42,9 cm. Photo: Simon Veres. Courtesy of the Artist and VIN VIN Vienna.

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Giuseppe Francalanza, Hollabrunn, 2026. Oil, graphite and fusain charcoal on Kahari on board, 30 x 24 cm. Photo: Simon Veres. Courtesy of the Artist and VIN VIN Vienna

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The Open Wound, Installation view. Photo: Marta Buso. Courtesy of the Artist, VIN VIN Vienna and ARTSA.

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The Open Wound, Installation view. Photo: Marta Buso. Courtesy of the Artist, VIN VIN Vienna and ARTSA.

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The Open Wound, Installation view. Photo: Marta Buso. Courtesy of the Artist, VIN VIN Vienna and ARTSA.

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The Open Wound, Installation view. Photo: Marta Buso. Courtesy of the Artist, VIN VIN Vienna and ARTSA.

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The Open Wound, Installation view. Photo: Marta Buso. Courtesy of the Artist, VIN VIN Vienna and ARTSA.

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The Open Wound, Installation view. Photo: Marta Buso. Courtesy of the Artist, VIN VIN Vienna and ARTSA.

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The Open Wound, Installation view. Photo: Marta Buso. Courtesy of the Artist, VIN VIN Vienna and ARTSA.

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The Open Wound, Installation view. Photo: Marta Buso. Courtesy of the Artist, VIN VIN Vienna and ARTSA.

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The Open Wound, Installation view. Photo: Marta Buso. Courtesy of the Artist, VIN VIN Vienna and ARTSA.

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The Open Wound, Installation view. Photo: Marta Buso. Courtesy of the Artist, VIN VIN Vienna and ARTSA.

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The Open Wound, Installation view. Photo: Marta Buso. Courtesy of the Artist, VIN VIN Vienna and ARTSA.

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The Open Wound, Installation view. Photo: Marta Buso. Courtesy of the Artist, VIN VIN Vienna and ARTSA.

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The Open Wound, Installation view. Photo: Marta Buso. Courtesy of the Artist, VIN VIN Vienna and ARTSA.

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The Open Wound, Installation view. Photo: Marta Buso. Courtesy of the Artist, VIN VIN Vienna and ARTSA.

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The Open Wound, Installation view. Photo: Marta Buso. Courtesy of the Artist, VIN VIN Vienna and ARTSA.

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The Open Wound, Installation view. Photo: Marta Buso. Courtesy of the Artist, VIN VIN Vienna and ARTSA.

The Open Wound - in collaboration with ARTSA, curated by Selcan Atilgann and Daria Borisova

Inauguration: May 6, 2026
Duration: May 7 - May 30, 2026
Location: Palazzo Nani Bernardo, Calle San Bernardo, Sestiere Dorsoduro, 3198 Venice, Italy

During the Venice Biennale 2026, the cultural platform ARTSA transforms Palazzo Nani Bernardo into an encounter between past and present.

Set directly on the Grand Canal and accessed from the water, the exhibition activates the palazzo as a multilayered environment spanning the piano terra, the garden, and the piano nobile. Across a sequence of interconnected rooms, contemporary works engage with mirrored salons, and ceremonial interiors, framing Venice not merely as context but as an active interlocutor.

The Open Wound, a group exhibition on view through May 30, realized by ARTSA, curated by its Founder and Director Selcan Atilgan and co-curated by Daria Borisova, brings together artists Von Wolfe, KV Duong, Isabella Amram, Savannah Harris, Giuseppe Francalanza, Geoffroy Pithon, Boris Acket, Ludovic Nkoth, and Naleye Junior, alongside Dennis Miranda Zamorano.

Giuseppe Francalanza (b. 2000, Modica, Sicily) lives and works in Vienna. He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts of Bologna in 2026.

Upcoming solo exhibitions include:

AMNUA, The Museum of University of fine Arts in Nanjing, China, November 2026;

Project Space, September 2026

Past presentations include solo exhibition at VIN VIN Vienna (May - June 2024); Artissima Turin, with VIN VIN (November 2024); Liste Art Fair Basel with VIN VIN (June 2025)

Recent acquisitions include Corridor Foundation, Shenzhen

Awards: Critics' Prize Art-up, awarded to Francalanza in 2023, supported by Bank of Bologna and the Zucchelli Foundation