On the occasion of PHotoESPAÑA 2025, the Italian Cultural Institute of Madrid, under the auspices of the Italian Embassy in Spain, has inaugurated at its headquarters the exhibition “Suggestions of Italy. From Neorealism to the 2000s. The gaze of 13 photographers”, curated by Riccardo Passoni. The exhibition recounts Italy through 64 authorial photographs, taken from the post-Second World War period to the early 2000s, and drawn from the collections of the GAM – Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Torino and the Fondazione per l’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea CRT.
The exhibition offers the opportunity to admire a significant collection of photographs by Nino Migliori, Mimmo Jodice, Mario Cresci, Enzo Obiso, Mario Giacomelli, Luigi Ghirri, Ferdinando Scianna, Gabriele Basilico, Franco Fontana, Bruna Biamino, Uliano Lucas, Gianni Berengo Gardin and Ugo Mulas, all dedicated to Italy. It presents the public with a high-quality journey through landscape, urban life, social dimensions and architecture. In black and white and in colour, the images trace the country from the Alpine peaks to major cities such as Turin and Milan, continuing along the Emilian backbone down to Naples, Matera and Sicily. Alongside early Neorealist and socio-political reportage, there are also previously unseen visions of the Italian landscape and highly formalised interpretations of architecture.
The aim is to engage visitors in a fluid alternation of different sensitivities and intense atmospheres, with constant shifts in tone and perspective that reflect the historical evolution of photographic language. The images present essential narratives that pave the way for new visual codes, where there is no distinction between spontaneous shots and carefully composed, meticulously calibrated images.
The exhibition will be open to the public until 13 September.
