Captaloona Art
Summer Newsletter
We are already approaching the holidays, and the gallery's activities will resume in September. In July, we will be open as usual, but we will close on Saturdays. The works on display until September 12 are part of the permanent exhibition All in Art is KHAOS by Claudio Fiorentini. If you'd like to stop by during these hot days to see the artworks and chat with the gallerist or the artist, don’t hesitate—it’s always a pleasure to share a coffee in good company.
We’re taking this opportunity to talk about what’s coming in September. The most important is a project we started at the beginning of 2025, which challenges artists to work on the theme "Unravel the Unconscious Life." After all, what does an artist do when faced with their creative talent if not precisely that—engage in a dialogue with their inner voice?
The journey began with Transitions, identifying those moments in their work when they shifted from one artistic language to another—moments of disobedience. It continued with Doodles, featuring works inspired by those seemingly meaningless scribbles we make, for example, while talking on the phone. If Transitions identified disobedience, Doodles captured obedience to that inner voice. Now, we arrive at the third stage: Angels. And what are angels? Well, they are those inner voices that guide you through life, the ones that push you toward one thing or another. The artist must represent this voice.
Each stage is published in a magazine, and Angels will be the third issue.
The opening will be on September 15.
Between September and October, we will present another project—this time, a poetry publication: a bilingual anthology featuring 12 Italian poets and 12 Hispanic poets. This book is the result of a year of work, identifying poets who best represent new trends in poetry in both countries, translating their works, organizing meetings and gatherings, and finally publishing the fruit of all this labor.
We will also present Claudio Fiorentini’s latest novel, released simultaneously in Italy and Spain—two publishers, two languages, two literary worlds, and an extraordinary challenge: introducing an unusual narrative style with surrealist tones, an exhilarating "fiction" with philosophical touches.
In September, we’ll share more details. For now, if you stop by, it’ll be a pleasure to shake your hand. If not, all we can say is: Happy Holidays!
Best,
Captaloona Art/Loona Contemporary, Dir. Claudio Fiorentini