From October 18th 2025 to January 18th 2026, Ravenna hosts the 9th edition of the BIENNIAL OF CONTEMPORARY MOSAIC.
The title of this edition, SHARED SPACE, invites us to think of mosaics as a language that triggers relationships, both between the tiles and between people.
In an era such as the present one, so sadly marked by war, political, social and economic conflicts, it seems necessary and urgent to reflect on the possibilities of encounter, discussion and dialogue, in the real places we inhabit and pass through, and not only in virtual spaces.
Mosaic, as an artistic technique that brings us into contact with matter, as public art and as the sensitive skin of architecture and urban spaces, reminds us that stepping on the same tiles or finding ourselves in front of the same reflected light can be a political act.
The whole city is involved in a rich programme of events, with its most charming places opening up to artists coming from all over the world.
Monuments, museums, cloisters and symbolic spaces become exceptional galleries, where ancient and contemporary art meet and create a continuous dialogue.
Many events and guided tours will lead visitors to the discovery of a city that has been, and still is, the undisputed Capital of Mosaic.
FULL PROGRAMME HERE
Download the MAP with all the event locations.
Opening Saturday 18th October at 6.30 pm at Palazzo Rasponi dalle Teste.
EXHIBITIONS
• CHAGALL IN MOSAIC. FROM DESIGN TO WORK
Where: MAR – Ravenna Art Museum – Via di Roma, 13
When: from 18th October 2025 to 18th January 2026
Opening: Friday 17th October at 6 pm (the museum will be open until 9 pm)
The MAR exhibition, dedicated to one of the most important masters of the 20th century, will open the event.
Starting from one of Chagall’s masterpieces in the museum’s collection, Le Coq bleu, the exhibition traces the great master’s artistic career through the mosaics he created, his projects and collaborations with artists and mosaicists from Ravenna.
For more information read HERE
• OMAR MISMAR – STUDIES IN MOSAICS
Where: Palazzo Rasponi dalle Teste – Piazza J.F. Kennedy, 12
When: from 18th October 2025 to 18th January 2026
Opening: Saturday 18th October at 6.30 pm
Palazzo Rasponi dalle Teste will host parallel solo exhibitions by artists Shahzia Sikander and Omar Mismar, curated by Serena Simoni and Daniele Torcellini. Omar Mismar is a multidisciplinary artist who explores the intertwining of art and politics, the theme of desire and the aesthetics of disaster.
For more information read HERE
Where: Palazzo Rasponi dalle Teste – Piazza J.F. Kennedy, 12
When: from 18th October 2025 to 18th January 2026
Opening: Saturday 18th October at 6.30 pm
Palazzo Rasponi dalle Teste will host parallel solo exhibitions by artists Shahzia Sikander and Omar Mismar, curated by Serena Simoni and Daniele Torcellini. Shahzia Sikander reinterprets the visual traditions of South Asia through a contemporary lens, shaping alternative narratives that span eras and geographies.
For more information read HERE
• OPERE DAL MONDO + PERSONALE DI MIEKE CEUSTERS
Where: Antichi Chiostri Francescani – Via Dante Alighieri, 4
When: from 18th October 2025 to 18th January 2026
Opening: Saturday 18th October at 11.30 am
Works by mosaic artists from all over the world showcasing current artistic production from different countries and cultures, with a focus on the work of Mieke Ceusters, AIMC member.
For more information read HERE
• PREMIO INTERNAZIONALE GAEM – GIOVANI ARTIST* E MOSAICO
Where: Manica Lunga della Biblioteca Classense – Via Alfredo Baccarini, 3
When: from 18th October 2025 to 18th January 2026
Opening: Saturday 18th October at 5.30 pm
A collective exhibition bringing together works by artists under 35 selected through the GAeM – Giovani Artist* e Mosaico competition.
For more information read HERE
• MATYLDA TRACEWSKA – UNO DEI MONDI. PIETRE SENSIBILI E OMOLOGIE INATTESE
Where: MAR – Museo d’Arte della Città di Ravenna – Via di Roma, 13
When: from 18th October 2025 to 18th January 2026
Opening: Saturday 18th October at 9 pm
A solo exhibition dedicated to the artist Tracewska, presenting a collection of works created during an artistic residency in Paris.
For more information read HERE
• MOSAICI SU CARTA. DA RAVENNA A PARIGI
Where: Classis Ravenna – Museo della Città e del Territorio – Via Classense, 29
When: from 18th October 2025 to 18th January 2026
An exhibition dedicated to reproductions on paper of the Byzantine mosaics of Ravenna.
For more information read HERE
• SÉVERINE GAMBIER – APPASSIONATA OSCURA
Where: Palazzo Rasponi dalle Teste – Piazza J.F. Kennedy, 12
When: from 18th October 2025 to 18th January 2026
Opening: Saturday 18th October at 7.30 pm
A solo exhibition by the French artist, who “breaks and reassembles” precious antique porcelain and majolica.
For more information read HERE
• ORODÈ DEORO – IL PRIMO TEMPIO E FUTURO D’AMORE
Where: Museo Nazionale – Via San Vitale, 17
When: from 18th October 2025 to 18th January 2026
Opening: Saturday 18th October at 4.30 pm
A solo exhibition by the eccentric Italian artist with a poetic and visionary imagination.
For more information read HERE
• IMMAGINOSE RAPPRESENTAZIONI – CONTAMINAZIONI TRA ACCADEMIA DI BELLE ARTI E MUSEO NAZIONALE.
Where: Museo Nazionale – Via San Vitale, 17
When: from 18th October 2025 to 18th January 2026
Opening: Saturday 18th October at 4.30 pm
A collective exhibition by young artists from the Ravenna State Academy.
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• NICOLA MONTALBINI – IL PAVIMENTO
Where: Porta Adriana – Via Camillo Benso Cavour
When: from 18th October 2025 to 18th January 2026
Opening: Friday 17th October at 9 pm
A mosaic installation designed for Porta Adriana, conceived and created by Nicola Montalbini.
For more information read HERE
• VERSO L’ALTO, VERSO LA TERRA: SGUARDO AL FIRMAMENTO
Where: Battistero degli Ariani – Piazzetta degli Ariani
When: from 18th October 2025 to 18th January 2026
Opening: Saturday 18th October at 3.30 pm
A site-specific installation by Ismaele Nones, offering a profound encounter between memory and contemporaneity.
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• GIOIELLI IN MICROMOSAICO. DECLINAZIONI DEL CONTEMPORANEO
Where: Musei Byron e del Risorgimento – Palazzo Guiccioli, Via Camillo Benso Cavour, 54
When: from 18th October 2025 to 18th January 2026
On display are prototypes created by students at the Academy of Fine Arts in Ravenna, combining design and micro-mosaics.
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• AROUND THE HALLS
Where: accommodation facilities in the city
When: from 18th October 2025 to 18th January 2026
Some hotels in the city host works by artists from the Academy of Fine Arts in Ravenna and the Mosaic School of Friuli. The hotel lobbies thus become exhibition spaces open to dialogue between art, the city and hospitality, offering citizens and visitors the opportunity to discover contemporary mosaics in unusual and welcoming contexts.
For more information read HERE
