From November 2025 to April 2026, the city will be transformed into an open-air gallery featuring four exhibitions that promise to leave a lasting impression: Robert Doisneau, Olivia Arthur, Seiichi Furuya, and Stefanie Moshammer are the stars of a photography season curated by Suazes, confirming Pordenone as the definitive hub for fine art photography. A quartet of international photography luminaries to guide the city toward its goal of becoming the 2027 Italian Capital of Culture.
Robert Doisneau. The Gaze That Tells a Story
Robert Doisneau (1912–1994), the French master who captured Paris like no other, will kick off the photography season at Galleria Bertoia on Friday, November 22, 2025. Who hasn’t heard of *Le Baiser de l’hôtel de ville*, that black-and-white kiss that has become a universal icon? On display will be over one hundred photographs chronicling his immense career, featuring cobblestone streets, smoky cafés, and working-class neighborhoods of the Ville Lumière. The exhibition, organized in collaboration with the Atelier Doisneau in Paris and the Artea Foundation, will be curated by Gabriel and Chantal Bauret.
Magnum Photos and the Vision of Olivia Arthur
Alongside Doisneau, the work of Olivia Arthur (1980) – a British photographer, member of the prestigious Magnum Photos agency and winner of the Inge Morath Prize in 2007 – makes its debut in Pordenone from 22 November. Her intimate and humanist documentary photography explores female identity and the fringes of society with a perspective that is both delicate and powerful. On display at the Museo d'Arte - Palazzo Ricchieri and Mercati Culturali, Pordenone.
Mourning becomes art with Seiichi Furuya
From November to the end of January, the Museo Civico d'Arte is hosting “Face to Face” by the Japanese photographer Seiichi Furuya (1950). A project that touches the deepest chords of the soul: the final chapter of his Mémoires, a work linked to the loss of his wife Christine Gössler, is a journey through the grieving process, where presence and absence engage in a dialogue through the lens. On display at the Museo d'Arte - Palazzo Ricchieri and Mercati Culturali, Pordenone.
Stefanie Moshammer concludes: gender, memory, the environment
From February to April, Austrian photographer Stefanie Moshammer (1988) will be taking centre stage at the Museo d’Arte – Palazzo Ricchieri e Mercati Culturali in Pordenone. Her work blends personal experience and social observation in an exploration that ranges from gender roles to memory, and from identity to the environment.
A project: Towards Pordenone 2027
The “Sul Leggere” project – promoted by Pordenone City Council and produced by Suazes – is one of the cornerstones of the “Pordenone 2027. A City that Surprises” programme, which began in late 2024 with exhibitions dedicated to Bruno Barbey and Italo Zannier on the theme of “Looking” and continued with “Inge Morath. My Stories’ (running until 16 November).