From October 18th 2025 to January 18th 2026, Ravenna hosts the 9th edition of the BIENNIAL OF CONTEMPORARY MOSAIC.
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
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
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.
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• OMAR MISMAR – STUDIES IN MOSAICS
Where: Palazzo Rasponi dalle Teste – Piazza J.F. Kennedy, 12
When: from 18th October 2025 to 18th January 2026
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.
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Where: Palazzo Rasponi dalle Teste – Piazza J.F. Kennedy, 12
When: from 18th October 2025 to 18th January 2026
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.
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• OPERE DAL MONDO + PERSONALE DI MIEKE CEUSTERS
Where: Antichi Chiostri Francescani – Via Dante Alighieri, 4
When: from 18th October 2025 to 18th January 2026
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.
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• 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
A collective exhibition bringing together works by artists under 35 selected through the GAeM – Giovani Artist* e Mosaico competition.
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• 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
A solo exhibition dedicated to the artist Tracewska, presenting a collection of works created during an artistic residency in Paris.
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• 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.
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• SÉVERINE GAMBIER
Where: Palazzo Rasponi dalle Teste – Piazza J.F. Kennedy, 12
When: from 18th October 2025 to 18th January 2026
A solo exhibition by the French artist, who “breaks and reassembles” precious antique porcelain and majolica.
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• 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
A solo exhibition by the eccentric Italian artist with a poetic and visionary imagination.
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• 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
A collective exhibition by young artists from the Ravenna State Academy.
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