Dario Bonetta / A+B gallery

ANDREA MIRABELLI
It’s not so much fun to pick up the pieces
Critical text by Giorgio Verzotti Opening: Thursday, April 23, 2026, 6:00 PM
A+B Gallery, Corsetto Sant’Agata 22, staircase C, first floor, 25121 Brescia
On view until June 6, 2026. Visiting hours: Thursday to Friday, 3:00–7:00 PM. Other days by appointment. A+B Gallery presents It’s not so much fun to pick up the pieces, Andrea Mirabelli’s first solo exhibition with the gallery, opening on April 23, 2026 at 6:00 PM in the Brescia exhibition spaces. For the occasion, the artist has created a previously unseen body of paintings along with a new sculpture, conceived specifically for the gallery’s two rooms. The project takes shape from a reflection on the function of the monument in contemporary societies, a theme Mirabelli explores through a pictorial language that combines “epic tension and ironic counterpoint,” as emphasized in the critical text by Giorgio Verzotti accompanying the exhibition. The works on display focus on a precise and recurring moment: the toppling of the statue, a symbol of overthrown power. Mirabelli paints the culminating instant of the collective gesture—or its immediate surroundings—in which the effigy of the powerful lies on the ground, fragmented, trampled, and documented by the gazes and smartphones of those present. The representation develops from media-sourced images selected by the artist from the flow of digital communication and reworked through a rigorous painting practice grounded in drawing and observation. Design by: @nicola_chemotti_beutel #andreamirabelli #paintings #aplusbgallery #exhibition

ANDREA MIRABELLI
It’s not so much fun to pick up the pieces
Critical text by Giorgio Verzotti Opening: Thursday, April 23, 2026, 6:00 PM
A+B Gallery, Corsetto Sant’Agata 22, staircase C, first floor, 25121 Brescia
On view until June 6, 2026. Visiting hours: Thursday to Friday, 3:00–7:00 PM. Other days by appointment. A+B Gallery presents It’s not so much fun to pick up the pieces, Andrea Mirabelli’s first solo exhibition with the gallery, opening on April 23, 2026 at 6:00 PM in the Brescia exhibition spaces. For the occasion, the artist has created a previously unseen body of paintings along with a new sculpture, conceived specifically for the gallery’s two rooms. The project takes shape from a reflection on the function of the monument in contemporary societies, a theme Mirabelli explores through a pictorial language that combines “epic tension and ironic counterpoint,” as emphasized in the critical text by Giorgio Verzotti accompanying the exhibition. (…) The pictorial process activates a tension between derivation and reappropriation: the media image is manually translated into painting, maintaining a rigorous structure while introducing autonomous chromatic choices and elements of suspension that heighten both the dramatic and unstable dimensions of the scenes. Design by: @nicola_chemotti_beutel #exhibition #andreamirabelli #paintings #aplusbgallery

ANDREA MIRABELLI
It’s not so much fun to pick up the pieces
Critical text by Giorgio Verzotti Opening: Thursday, April 23, 2026, 6:00 PM
A+B Gallery, Corsetto Sant’Agata 22, staircase C, first floor, 25121 Brescia
On view until June 6, 2026. Visiting hours: Thursday to Friday, 3:00–7:00 PM. Other days by appointment. A+B Gallery presents It’s not so much fun to pick up the pieces, Andrea Mirabelli’s first solo exhibition with the gallery, opening on April 23, 2026 at 6:00 PM in the Brescia exhibition spaces. For the occasion, the artist has created a previously unseen body of paintings along with a new sculpture, conceived specifically for the gallery’s two rooms. The project takes shape from a reflection on the function of the monument in contemporary societies, a theme Mirabelli explores through a pictorial language that combines “epic tension and ironic counterpoint,” as emphasized in the critical text by Giorgio Verzotti accompanying the exhibition. (…) Alongside the paintings, a large-scale, previously unseen 3D-printed sculpture introduces an openly parodic dimension as a consequence of its placement within the exhibition space. Between epic and disillusionment, Mirabelli’s work identifies paradox and ironic counterpoint as a possible key for engaging with the complexity of the present. Design by @nicola_chemotti_beutel #exhibition #andreamirabelli #paintings

ANDREA MIRABELLI
It’s not so much fun to pick up the pieces
Critical text by Giorgio Verzotti 
A+B Gallery, Corsetto Sant’Agata 22, staircase C, first floor, 25121 Brescia
On view until June 6, 2026. Visiting hours: Thursday to Friday, 3:00–7:00 PM. Other days by appointment. “The first adjective that comes to mind is epic, because through his painting Andrea Mirabelli seeks to intervene explicitly and directly in a highly current debate: the one concerning the function of the monument in contemporary societies. We must then examine how this epic quality is articulated in his work, and that is precisely what we intend to discuss here. One of the events that, in the recent past, has occurred across the most diverse geopolitical areas has been the rejection of the monument, particularly in the form of statues or busts depicting heroes, insofar as they represent the celebration of power and the imposition of its symbols. Newspaper articles and, by now, critical essays as well have widely discussed statues torn from their pedestals by enraged crowds, or, less violently, removed from the public spaces where they once stood and hidden from public view, in the United States, the Middle East, and the former Soviet republics. By painting such scenes, Mirabelli consistently focuses on the very moment of the statue-symbol’s fall, or at most on the few instants immediately preceding or following it—in short, on the climax of the drama. We see the effigy of the ruling figure lying on the ground, fragmented, trampled upon, mocked, photographed on mobile phones by people who, we may imagine, will pride themselves on having participated in or witnessed this symbolic execution of authority, this violent bringing low, both literal and metaphorical at once.” ✍️ @giorgioverzotti @andrea__mirabelli 📸 @petro_gilberti #andreamirabelli #paintings #aplusbgallery #exhibition

ANDREA MIRABELLI
It’s not so much fun to pick up the pieces
Critical text by Giorgio Verzotti 
On view until June 6, 2026. Visiting hours: Thursday to Friday, 3:00–7:00 PM. Other days by appointment. A+B Gallery presents It’s not so much fun to pick up the pieces, Andrea Mirabelli’s first solo exhibition with the gallery. For the occasion, the artist has created a previously unseen body of paintings along with a new sculpture, conceived specifically for the gallery’s two rooms. The project takes shape from a reflection on the function of the monument in contemporary societies, a theme Mirabelli explores through a pictorial language that combines “epic tension and ironic counterpoint,” as emphasized in the critical text by Giorgio Verzotti accompanying the exhibition. The works on display focus on a precise and recurring moment: the toppling of the statue, a symbol of overthrown power. Mirabelli paints the culminating instant of the collective gesture—or its immediate surroundings—in which the effigy of the powerful lies on the ground, fragmented, trampled, and documented by the gazes and smartphones of those present. The representation develops from media-sourced images selected by the artist from the flow of digital communication and reworked through a rigorous painting practice grounded in drawing and observation. 📸 @petro_gilberti #andreamirabelli #paintings #aplusbgallery #exhibition

z2o Project is pleased to present Unstable Surfaces, the fourth chapter of a project that brings into dialogue the galleries A+B Gallery, Alma Pearl, Matèria, and z2o Sara Zanin Gallery within the space on Via Baccio Pontelli 16. @aplusb_gallery @almapearlgallery @materia_gallery_rome This follows the exhibitions Viaggi / Journeys, presented in London last July, Another Look at Reintegra Fine Art in Rome in November, and Geografia dell’attrito at A+B Gallery in Brescia in January. If the surface has traditionally been understood as a limit - a plane that contains, orders, and stabilizes the image - Unstable Surfaces instead proposes a field in constant flux, where what appears is always shaped by transformations, interferences, and stratifications. This collaborative project brings together a selection of artists whose practices, while distinct, share an interest in the image as an open process, never fully stable or definitive. Artists: Lyndon Barrois Jr., Mario Cresci, Ayla Dmyterko, Maïmouna Guerresi, Tomoe Hikita, Jeanine Richards, Flora Temnouche 📣Opening Tuesday, May 12th, 2026 | 6 - 9 PM May 12th, 2026 → June 13th, 2026 z2o Project, Via Baccio Pontelli 16, 1st floor - 00153 Rome

❗️Last day to visit the exhibition Frictional Geography Josefina Ayllón, Terence Birch, Giuseppe De Mattia, Joachim Lenz, Davide Mancini Zanchi, Marta Mancini, Beatrice Meoni, Ivan Seal Following the exhibition Viaggi / Journeys, presented in London last July, and Another Look at Reintegra Fine Art, A+B, Alma Pearl, Matèria, and z2o Sara Zanin, the galleries come together for the third installment of their shared dialogue in Geography of Friction, which opens on Saturday, March 7, 2026, in Brescia at A+B Gallery. Venue: A+B Gallery, Corsetto Sant’Agata 22, 25121 Brescia Visiting hours: 3:00 pm – 7:00 pm If traditional geography organizes, delimits, and assigns fixed positions, Geography of Friction proposes an unstable map, defined by points of resistance rather than coordinates. The exhibition invites viewers to traverse a territory where the artwork is, more than a destination, an interruption, a temporal dilation, a generative slowdown. The unexpected alters the very way of proceeding and, by reflection, of knowing the world through painting. The exhibition brings together surfaces and fragments made intense by the materiality of paint, the possible narratives, irony, and staging strategies capable of modifying the trajectory of ordinary vision. The resulting friction is to be understood as an active experience that reorganizes the geography of the visible and transforms observation into a form of proximity between body and memory. The works of the eight participating artists — Josefina Ayllón, Terence Birch, Giuseppe De Mattia, Joachim Lenz, Davide Mancini Zanchi, Marta Mancini, Beatrice Meoni, Ivan Seal — are conceived to shape non-linear narratives. @joayllon @tbirchartist @giuseppe_de_mattia @joachim.w.lenz @davidemancinizanchi @martha__mancini @beameoni @ivanseal @materia_gallery_rome @almapearlgallery @z2osarazanin 📸 @petro_gilberti

⏰ Last days to visit Frictional Geography Josefina Ayllón, Terence Birch, Giuseppe De Mattia, Joachim Lenz, Davide Mancini Zanchi, Marta Mancini, Beatrice Meoni, Ivan Seal Following the exhibition Viaggi / Journeys, presented in London last July, and Another Look at Reintegra Fine Art, A+B, Alma Pearl, Matèria, and z2o Sara Zanin, the galleries come together for the third installment of their shared dialogue in Geography of Friction, which opens on Saturday, March 7, 2026, in Brescia at A+B Gallery. Venue: A+B Gallery, Corsetto Sant’Agata 22, 25121 Brescia Visiting hours: Thursday to Saturday, 3:00 pm – 7:00 pm; other days by appointment. If traditional geography organizes, delimits, and assigns fixed positions, Geography of Friction proposes an unstable map, defined by points of resistance rather than coordinates. The exhibition invites viewers to traverse a territory where the artwork is, more than a destination, an interruption, a temporal dilation, a generative slowdown. The unexpected alters the very way of proceeding and, by reflection, of knowing the world through painting. The exhibition brings together surfaces and fragments made intense by the materiality of paint, the possible narratives, irony, and staging strategies capable of modifying the trajectory of ordinary vision. The resulting friction is to be understood as an active experience that reorganizes the geography of the visible and transforms observation into a form of proximity between body and memory. The works of the eight participating artists — Josefina Ayllón, Terence Birch, Giuseppe De Mattia, Joachim Lenz, Davide Mancini Zanchi, Marta Mancini, Beatrice Meoni, Ivan Seal — are conceived to shape non-linear narratives. @materia_gallery_rome @almapearlgallery @z2osarazanin 📸 @petro_gilberti Frictional Geography, Exhibition view, A+B Gallery, 2026 In this image works by @joayllon and @giuseppe_de_mattia

Frictional Geography Josefina Ayllón, Terence Birch, Giuseppe De Mattia, Joachim Lenz, Davide Mancini Zanchi, Marta Mancini, Beatrice Meoni, Ivan Seal Following the exhibition Viaggi / Journeys, presented in London last July, and Another Look at Reintegra Fine Art, A+B, Alma Pearl, Matèria, and z2o Sara Zanin, the galleries come together for the third installment of their shared dialogue in Geography of Friction, which opens on Saturday, March 7, 2026, in Brescia at A+B Gallery. Venue: A+B Gallery, Corsetto Sant’Agata 22, 25121 Brescia Opening: Saturday, March 7, 2026, 6:00 pm Exhibition dates: March 7 – April 18, 2026 Visiting hours: Thursday to Saturday, 3:00 pm – 7:00 pm; other days by appointment. If traditional geography organizes, delimits, and assigns fixed positions, Geography of Friction proposes an unstable map, defined by points of resistance rather than coordinates. The exhibition invites viewers to traverse a territory where the artwork is, more than a destination, an interruption, a temporal dilation, a generative slowdown. The unexpected alters the very way of proceeding and, by reflection, of knowing the world through painting. The exhibition brings together surfaces and fragments made intense by the materiality of paint, the possible narratives, irony, and staging strategies capable of modifying the trajectory of ordinary vision. The resulting friction is to be understood as an active experience that reorganizes the geography of the visible and transforms observation into a form of proximity between body and memory. The works of the eight participating artists — Josefina Ayllón, Terence Birch, Giuseppe De Mattia, Joachim Lenz, Davide Mancini Zanchi, Marta Mancini, Beatrice Meoni, Ivan Seal — are conceived to shape non-linear narratives. 📸 @petro_gilberti @davidemancinizanchi Cose piccole (omaggio alla restauratrice di Morandi), 2026, oil and spray on canvas, 40x40 cm Cose piccole, 2026, oil on canvas, 30x40 cm

MAX FRINTROP OSAMU KOBAYASHI NAZZARENA POLI MARAMOTTI Art Cologne Palma Mallorca 2026  Booth P301, Third Floor April 9 – 12, 2026 A+B Gallery at Art Cologne Palma de Mallorca. Palau de Congressos Palma Bay, Palma de Mallorca. April 9–12.  The gallery will present new works oil on wood dated 2026 by Osamu Kobayashi, some new paper works from the serie “Il tempo” by Nazzarena Poli Maramotti, and acrylics on paper framed by Max Frintrop. The booth, located on the third floor section of the fair — featuring approximately 90 international galleries — will be shared with Galleria Rolando Anselmi (Rome), which will present works by Alina Grasmann and Asger Dybvad Larsen. @polimaramotti @osamu_kobayashi @maxfrintrop

MAX FRINTROP OSAMU KOBAYASHI NAZZARENA POLI MARAMOTTI Art Cologne Palma Mallorca 2026  Booth P301, Third Floor April 9 – 12, 2026 A+B Gallery at Art Cologne Palma de Mallorca. Palau de Congressos Palma Bay, Palma de Mallorca. April 9–12.  The gallery will present new works oil on wood dated 2026 by Osamu Kobayashi, some new paper works from the serie “Il tempo” by Nazzarena Poli Maramotti, and acrylics on paper framed by Max Frintrop. The booth, located on the third floor section of the fair — featuring approximately 90 international galleries — will be shared with Galleria Rolando Anselmi (Rome), which will present works by Alina Grasmann and Asger Dybvad Larsen.

MAX FRINTROP OSAMU KOBAYASHI NAZZARENA POLI MARAMOTTI Art Cologne Palma Mallorca 2026  Booth P301, Third Floor April 9 – 12, 2026 A+B Gallery at Art Cologne Palma de Mallorca. Palau de Congressos Palma Bay, Palma de Mallorca. April 9–12.  The gallery will present new works oil on wood dated 2026 by Osamu Kobayashi, some new paper works from the serie “Il tempo” by Nazzarena Poli Maramotti, and acrylics on paper framed by Max Frintrop. The booth, located on the third floor section of the fair — featuring approximately 90 international galleries — will be shared with Galleria Rolando Anselmi (Rome), which will present works by Alina Grasmann and Asger Dybvad Larsen.