diary

Mattia Barbieri in the show

The group photo

Artists, curators, gallery. On the opening night, all together in front of a church in the Kalsa: the Salon is this too, a family that grows every summer.

↳ Palermo, in front of the church

Julian Schnabel at the Salon

A few days after the opening, Julian Schnabel walks into the gallery. In a white jumpsuit and hat, he moves through the rooms of Salon Palermo 3, stops in front of the paintings, picks one up, talks with the artists. We filmed it on our phones, the way you do with things you don’t want to forget.

↳ RizzutoGallery, via Maletto 5
Agnese Guido, Letizia Lucchetti, Elisabetta Marino, Martina Pozzobon

Laser, level, tape measure

Before every Salon there is the Salon nobody sees: Antonio Grulli and Francesco De Grandi hang the paintings one by one, with laser, level and tape measure. One wall at a time, until the works “hold together”.

↳ RizzutoGallery, via Maletto 5
Antonio Grulli, Francesco De Grandi

Opening night

Thursday 11 July, from six in the evening: the street outside the gallery fills up, people drift in and out of the rooms, and stay outside talking until late.

↳ Via Maletto, Kalsa

The group photo and the evening in the square