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CIRCA PRESENTS MICHELANGELO PISTOLETTO Join us for the launch of Three Mirrors, a new global commission by @michelangelo_pistoletto , presented in partnership with the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Launching worldwide on 1 April 2026, CIRCA transforms global screens into a platform for preventive peace. Join us in London for the global launch: 6:45pm @piccadillylights , London W1J 9HS 8pm until 10pm @180.studios , 180 Strand, WC2R 1EA In conversation with @hansulrichobrist , Michelangelo Pistoletto (live via remote link), and @josefoconnor , followed by drinks and food. 🔗 RSVP now via the link in bio

Across Three Mirrors, the renewed urgency of @michelangelo_pistoletto ’s thinking unfolds as a visionary reflection on our time, where the symbol of The Third Paradise calls for a new balance between nature and artificiality in an era shaped by climate crisis and artificial intelligence: 🪞 ‘Third Paradise’ establishes the symbolic framework. Two opposing circles are joined by a third central space, proposing a passage toward a new stage of humanity in which apparent opposites do not cancel one another but generate equilibrium. 🪞 ‘Formula of Creation’ articulates the generative principle within that symbol: 1+1=3. From the meeting of two forces emerges a third element. The encounter between “I” and “You” produces “We,” transforming duality into relationship and shared responsibility. 🪞 ‘Statodellarte’ extends this logic into civic life, proposing creativity as a form of citizenship in which freedom is inseparable from responsibility and art becomes an active condition of society. _ Camera 1: Luca Gaddini Camera 2: Alessandra Eusebio Editor: Kuba Sobieski Audio: Ted Martin Consoli

Yesterday evening we stood together under the Duomo in Milan for the Italian premiere of Michelangelo Pistoletto’s new documentary, “Three Mirrors” (2026), a project created in collaboration with CIRCA, and dedicated to preventive peace. We witnessed the first screening of this work into the public realm, where it’s no longer confined to a studio or gallery but unfolds across cities, screens and shared time. Through the partnership with Urban Vision Entertainment and ArtNews italia Three Mirrors will be broadcast on a network of Urban Vision Group maxi-led in Rome an Milan until June 30th everyday at 8.26 pm. Ieri sera ci siamo ritrovati sotto il Duomo di Milano per la prima italiana del nuovo documentario di Michelangelo Pistoletto, “Three Mirrors” (2026), un progetto realizzato in collaborazione con CIRCA e dedicato alla pace preventiva. Abbiamo assistito alla prima proiezione di quest’opera nello spazio pubblico, dove non è più confinata in uno studio o in una galleria, ma si dispiega attraverso città, schermi e momenti condivisi. Grazie alla partnership con Urban Vision Entertainment e ArtNews Italia, “Three Mirrors” sarà trasmesso su una rete di maxischermi di Urban Vision Group a Roma e Milano fino al 30 giugno, tutti i giorni alle 20:26. #circaart #michelangelopistoletto

TONIGHT — 19:30, PIAZZA DEL DUOMO Launching tonight in Milan, Three Mirrors by @michelangelo_pistoletto will broadcast daily across twelve @urbanvision_group screens in Milan and Rome every evening at 20:26 (local time) until 30 June. Link in bio for screen location map. 📸 @_leroyboateng

MILAN? JOIN PISTOLETTO TOMORROW @ 19:30 CIRCA presents the Italian launch of Three Mirrors in collaboration with Fondazione Pistoletto Cittadellarte and Urban Vision Entertainment. A major global presentation, Three Mirrors unfolds across an international network of public screens. In Italy, the work will be broadcast nightly through 30 June across twelve landmark screens in Milan and Rome. Join us tomorrow (Friday, 24 April 2026) for a special 15-minute screening in Piazza del Duomo beside Tiffany &Co, followed by an opportunity to meet the artist. 19:30 Friday, 24 April Piazza del Duomo, Galleria Vittorio Emanuele Milano

#ThreeMirrors Michelangelo Pistoletto once described his Mirror Paintings as openings rather than images, surfaces that do not contain the world but allow it to enter. In Three Mirrors (2026), created in collaboration with CIRCA, that idea moves fully into the public realm, where the work is no longer confined to a studio or gallery but unfolds across cities, screens and shared time. Launching globally on 1 April and broadcast daily at 20:26 (local time), Three Mirrors is a new moving image commission filmed at @cittadellarte in Biella, the foundation Pistoletto established as a space for thinking through art’s role in society. Here, at the age of 92, he returns to the mirror once again, drawing directly onto its surface, not to produce a static image but to set a sequence of ideas in motion. The work unfolds as a triptych: Third Paradise, Formula of Creation and Statodellarte. Each begins with a simple gesture, a mark made on mirrored steel, yet each opens outward into something larger. What emerges is not a narrative in the traditional sense but a progression of thought, moving from symbol to relationship to civic life. In Third Paradise, the familiar infinity sign is interrupted and reconfigured. A third space appears between two opposing forces, suggesting not conflict but the possibility of balance. In Formula of Creation, this idea becomes relational: 1+1=3, where the meeting of “I” and “You” produces “We.” By the time we arrive at Statodellarte, the logic has shifted into the public sphere, where creativity is no longer an individual act but a shared condition, inseparable from responsibility. _ Camera 1: Luca Gaddini Camera 2: Alessandra Eusebio Editor: Kuba Sobieski Audio: Ted Martin Consoli

Launching tonight, CIRCA announces a year long collaboration with Michelangelo Pistoletto, presented in partnership with the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). Three Mirrors will broadcast daily at 20:26 (local time) across London’s @piccadillylights and CIRCA’s international network of screens in Milan, Rome, Los Angeles, Accra, Abidjan, Nigeria, Hong Kong, and Seoul. _ Camera 1: Luca Gaddini Camera 2: Alessandra Eusebio Editor: Kuba Sobieski Audio: Ted Martin Consoli

As the year comes to a close, a little good news. For one night in December, children’s paintings replaced advertising on @piccadillylights . The work was created by pupils from 32 London state primary schools taking part in the CIRCA PIPELINE with Sir Frank Bowling. Over six weeks, 7,152 children were given free art materials and time to create. For many, it was their first time working on canvas. For all of them, their first public exhibition. After the lights went down, teachers, families and friends gathered for a drink at the Groucho Club with special thanks to @noam_official and @tenthmusevodka Each sale of Frank’s hand signed print, Understanding Frank, funds art materials for 300 more children and helps us take the CIRCA PIPELINE nationwide. Link in bio. Film by @fitzbrien Editor @matttowndrow Animation @__paulius Photo @_leroyboateng Special thanks to @hauserwirth @neilwenman @nickhadfield_ @_sippin_t

London is complete. Now help take this nationwide. Tomorrow we reveal the work of 7,162 students from 32 state primary schools on @piccadillylights . As this moment comes into view, the next phase of the CIRCA PIPELINE begins. Expanding the programme across the United Kingdom is funded through the sale of Sir Frank Bowling’s limited edition print, Understanding Frank (£6,000). Each print sold directly funds the art materials needed for 300 children to take part, protecting creative time in classrooms where it is increasingly at risk. Purchase a print. Fund the next school. Link in bio.

Order a print by @frankbowlingstudio via the link in bio and help fund the CIRCA PIPELINE, bringing free art supplies to UK state primary schools nationwide. See the work of 7,152 children unveiled at 6:15pm, Monday 15 December on @piccadillylights

What happens when a master painter invests in the next generation. Join us at 6:15pm on Monday 15 December, Piccadilly Circus, to find out. With deep thanks to the children who created these paintings, the teachers and schools who made space for art, and to Sir Frank Bowling, Rachel Bowling, the Frank Bowling Studio, Hauser & Wirth, Findel Education and the wider CIRCA community. Link in bio to collect the print and help us roll the CIRCA PIPELINE out nationwide.

In loving memory of @pamhoggfashion ✨ Pam was a force of nature whose imagination lit up every room and every street she moved through. She lived with rare courage, creating from a place of truth, defiance, beauty and heart. Her presence around CIRCA was always electric, always generous, always driven by a belief that art could speak to people in ways words never fully could. We will miss her glow, her voice, her punk resolve and her kindness. Her spirit will keep moving through the work she gave us and through the people she touched along the way. Thank you Pam, for everything.