Nicoletta Fiorucci Foundation
Lydia Ourahmane - 5 Works
The Nicoletta Fiorucci Foundation presents a new solo exhibition by - Conceptual artist - Lydia Ourahmane - 5 Works - until - November 22 - curated - Polly Staple. Created during the artist's 2026 residency in Venice, the exhibition is shaped by collaborations with local craftspeople, technicians and community organisations. Bringing together sculpture, installation, sound and found materials—including antique sculpture moulds, church lighting and decommissioned bed linen—5 Works explores themes of displacement, exchange and collective memory. A highlight is a new landing pier - above - commissioned for the island of Poveglia, installed at the Foundation before being transferred to the island after the exhibition closes, it reflects Ourahmane's interest in works that extend beyond the gallery and continue to serve a public purpose.
(45.3820696, 12.3294242) - 2026
Offerta Luce €1 - 2026
Using materials such as antique plaster moulds, church lighting, decommissioned hotel bed linen, and handmade bead curtains, Ourahmane draws attention to the histories and forms of labour embedded within them. Rather than presenting sculpture as a self-contained object, the works reveal the networks of care, maintenance, and exchange that make them possible.
1.3 tons of decommissioned bed linen from 200 Venetian hotels - 2026
Many of the works emerge from partnerships with Venetian institutions and community groups, grounding the exhibition in the city's social and cultural fabric. Through these site-specific collaborations, Ourahmane examines how art can intersect with everyday life, revealing the social, political and material forces that shape places and communities.
Manuela, Margherita, Marianna, Monia, Patrizia - 2026
Angel - 2026
5 Works operates as a series of encounters that unfold across the rooms of the Foundation’s building. The dormant void, contained energy, and its potential are concepts that Ourahmane uses as a dynamic within her work but also as a motif within the staging of the exhibition. In seemingly empty rooms the lights turn on and off or the aroma of cooking greets you.
Ourahmane’s practice is focused on the real politics of daily life as much as exploring how art itself
is valued and produced, distributed and displayed. We are living in a new world order in which waste
collapses into sublime abstraction for many but remains a brutal reality for others. This requires a
shift in perspective. What then is the form for our present moment? At what point does art insert
itself into reality? In 5 Works, matter is always negotiating its terms.
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- Giudecca, Dorsoduro, Poveglia, Cannaregio, Napoli, Mirano, Murano - 2026
