Oblong Contemporary Art Gallery

Oblong Contemporary Art Gallery OBLONG Contemporary Gallery is an art gallery based in Dubai and Forte Dei Marmi, Italy, promoting modern and contemporary international art.

Un ritratto non ha sempre un volto.Può essere una chiave, un paio di occhiali, un accappatoio. Oggetti comuni che, nello...
14/09/2026

Un ritratto non ha sempre un volto.

Può essere una chiave, un paio di occhiali, un accappatoio. Oggetti comuni che, nello sguardo di Luca Vernizzi, abbandonano la loro funzione quotidiana per diventare presenze, indizi, frammenti di memoria.

La variazione di scala li sottrae all’abitudine e li restituisce allo sguardo con una forza nuova, quasi monumentale.

Nelle sale di Oblong, il dialogo tra Giorgio Armani e le grandi opere MacroPop supera così il genere del ritratto per interrogare qualcosa di più intimo: il modo in cui le persone continuano a raccontarsi attraverso ciò che scelgono, usano, indossano e conservano.

Per Vernizzi, le cose non sono mai semplici cose: trattengono gesti, identità e tracce di vita.

Luca Vernizzi
Omaggio a Giorgio Armani e le grandi opere MacroPop
📍Forte dei Marmi
📆fino al 27 settembre

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Ci sono serate che restano per l’atmosfera, per gli incontri e per l’energia che si crea intorno all’arte.Grazie a tutti...
09/09/2026

Ci sono serate che restano per l’atmosfera, per gli incontri e per l’energia che si crea intorno all’arte.

Grazie a tutti coloro che hanno condiviso con noi l’inaugurazione di “Luca Vernizzi. Omaggio a Giorgio Armani e le grandi opere Macro Pop” negli spazi di Oblong Contemporary Art Gallery a Forte dei Marmi.

Un progetto nato dal concept di Rosi Fontana, capace di intrecciare memoria, eleganza e ricerca artistica attraverso lo sguardo di Luca Vernizzi.

Il nostro ringraziamento va a tutti gli ospiti, collezionisti, amici della Galleria e professionisti che hanno contribuito a rendere questa occasione così speciale.

Condividere l’arte significa anche creare relazioni, conversazioni e momenti che continuano oltre una singola serata.

Grazie per essere stati con noi❤️

Ph: Matteo Viti

Paola Marucci

📍Oblong Contemporary Art Gallery
Via G. Carducci, 45
Forte dei Marmi, Italy

Form, texture and strength converge in Rhino Crack, a compelling work by contemporary artist Stefano Bombardieri.
08/09/2026

Form, texture and strength converge in Rhino Crack, a compelling work by contemporary artist Stefano Bombardieri.

07/09/2026

RITORNI — THE AWAKENING OF ORIGINS

A work of art changes depending on how we look at it.
But can it also change depending on how we listen to it?

Among the stone, olive trees and architecture of Leonardo Trulli Resort, the works presented in Ritorni — The Awakening of Origins unfold along a path where contemporary art, memory and landscape are in constant dialogue.

Different forms, materials, colours and artistic languages transform our perception of space and the way we move through it. During the opening, sound became part of this dialogue.

With his performance “Una voce dalla pietra, il risveglio di ciò che ritorna” (A Voice from the Stone, the Awakening of What Returns), Alessio Nota created a sonic journey through the memory of the exhibition and its setting: ambient, drone and electronic textures accompany a movement from depth to presence, from memory to transformation.

Sound becomes more than an accompaniment: it becomes another language, entering the space of the artworks, altering their rhythm and suggesting a different way of experiencing and perceiving them.

This reel preserves a brief excerpt from that performance, bringing artworks, landscape and sound into dialogue once again.

Seven artists, seven languages, one landscape.

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🎧 Sound performance: Alessio Nota
Una voce dalla pietra, il risveglio di ciò che ritorna


RITORNI — THE AWAKENING OF ORIGINS
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Locorotondo, Puglia
13 July — 30 September 2026

LUCA VERNIZZI | BEYOND APPEARANCESWhat happens when the world around us ceases to be simply what we see?A pair of glasse...
02/09/2026

LUCA VERNIZZI | BEYOND APPEARANCES

What happens when the world around us ceases to be simply what we see?

A pair of glasses, a towel, a switched-off television. But also a landscape, a horizon, a place shaped by light.

In the painting of Luca Vernizzi, objects and landscapes—seemingly distant realities—are approached through the same attentive gaze: removed from the familiarity of everyday perception and restored to a new intensity.
Everyday objects acquire a monumental, almost absolute presence, freed from their function to become images in their own right.
Landscapes, by contrast, seem to suspend time: no longer mere views, but inner places, shaped by light, memory, and experience.

Vernizzi does not simply depict what he sees. He questions it.

Whether confronted with an object, a face, or a landscape, his gaze seeks what lies beyond the surface: a presence, a trace, something unexpected that belongs both to the world itself and to the way we perceive it.
Perhaps this is where the power of his painting resides: in his ability to make extraordinary what we had ceased to notice, transforming the familiar into a renewed experience of seeing.

Because in Vernizzi’s work, even what appears still continues, silently, to tell a story.

📍Oblong Contemporary Art
Luca Vernizzi- Italian Painter

31/08/2026

COMING SOON | OMAGGIO A GIORGIO ARMANI E LE GRANDI OPERE MACROPOP | LUCA VERNIZZI

An encounter between art, memory and fashion.

Oblong Contemporary Art Gallery presents a special exhibition dedicated to Luca Vernizzi in Forte dei Marmi, where his historic 1981 portrait of Giorgio Armani enters into dialogue with the striking visual presence of his monumental Macro Pop works.

A tribute to Giorgio Armani, one year after his passing, and a journey into Vernizzi’s pictorial universe, where everyday objects shift in scale, presence and meaning, becoming unexpected images of our contemporary world.

September 4, 2026 | from 6 PM
Cocktail reception in the presence of the artist

OBLONG CONTEMPORARY ART GALLERY
Via G. Carducci 45, Forte dei Marmi, Italy

RSVP: [email protected]

Soon, something special will take shape.

Concept Exhibition :

BEFORE THE IMAGE, THERE IS THE PROCESS.A glimpse into Umberto Ciceri’s creative practice — where drawings, sketches and ...
29/08/2026

BEFORE THE IMAGE, THERE IS THE PROCESS.

A glimpse into Umberto Ciceri’s creative practice — where drawings, sketches and sequences reveal the thinking behind the finished work.

Ciceri’s research begins with observation. The human figure is studied through successive moments, broken down into fragments and sequences, before being reconstructed through the artist’s own visual language.

Drawing becomes a space for experimentation: a place where gestures are isolated, repeated and layered, and where the relationship between body, space and time gradually takes form.

These studies offer a rare look at the architecture behind Ciceri’s works. What appears immediate in the final image is the result of a process built through observation, intuition and continuous transformation.

From the first trace on paper to the finished work, the image is never simply reproduced. It is constructed, tested and allowed to evolve.

✏️ Inside the creative process of Umberto Ciceri
📍 Oblong Contemporary - Forte dei Marmi | Dubai

On 20 August 2026, Oblong Contemporary Art Gallery in Forte dei Marmi hosted the Dinner in Honour of the 2026 Artists of...
24/08/2026

On 20 August 2026, Oblong Contemporary Art Gallery in Forte dei Marmi hosted the Dinner in Honour of the 2026 Artists of the Year, organised by AIMIG ETS.

An evening dedicated to art and its leading figures, during which Elisabetta Burschtein Rogai and Ynon Gal-On were honoured in an exceptional setting in the heart of Forte dei Marmi.

The day began in the afternoon with a visit to the Mitoraj Atelier in Pietrasanta, offering a unique opportunity to explore the creative world and artistic practice of the Master. The programme then continued at Oblong with the dinner and awards ceremony.

A special occasion bringing together art, culture and conviviality, while celebrating personalities whose artistic research continues to contribute to the contemporary art landscape.

A special thank you to our trusted partner NERO Lifestyle for their invaluable collaboration and continued support.

📍 Oblong Contemporary Art Gallery
Forte dei Marmi · Via Giosuè Carducci 45

Dal 4 al 27 settembre 2026, la Oblong Contemporary Art Gallery di Forte dei Marmi presenta “Omaggio a Giorgio Armani e l...
22/08/2026

Dal 4 al 27 settembre 2026, la Oblong Contemporary Art Gallery di Forte dei Marmi presenta “Omaggio a Giorgio Armani e le grandi opere MacroPop”, con il concept di mostra firmato da Rosi Fontana. 

A un anno esatto dalla scomparsa di Giorgio Armani, la galleria celebra il grande stilista attraverso l’esposizione del ritratto dal vero realizzato nel 1981 da Luca Vernizzi.

Un’opera di straordinario valore storico: il Maestro Vernizzi incontrò Armani nel suo showroom di via Durini in un momento cruciale della sua ascesa, riuscendo a catturare l’essenza più riservata e aristocratica del fondatore della maison. 

Il percorso espositivo si completa con le monumentali tele della serie “MACRO POP” di Luca Vernizzi. Attraverso la rappresentazione ingigantita di oggetti quotidiani, l’artista invita il pubblico a una riflessione profonda sulla società contemporanea e sul valore simbolico delle “cose” che abitano la nostra vita. 

Vi invitiamo a scoprire questa mostra inedita, che unisce il ritratto d’autore alla ricerca contemporanea. 

🗓 Opening: 4 settembre 2026, ore 18:30 (Alla presenza dell’artista)

📍 Dove: Oblong Contemporary Art Gallery, Forte dei Marmi | Via Giosuè Carducci | 55042 | Italy

🎟 Ingresso: Gratuito 

Inhabiting Space Through Art.At our space in Forte dei Marmi, artworks, materials, and architecture enter into dialogue,...
19/08/2026

Inhabiting Space Through Art.

At our space in Forte dei Marmi, artworks, materials, and architecture enter into dialogue, creating a journey shaped by encounters, contrasts, and resonances.

Each work retains its own identity, yet it is through its relationship with its surroundings that new interpretations emerge. Forms, colours, and surfaces transform our perception of the space, while simultaneously being transformed by it.

The exhibition layout thus becomes an integral part of the experience: not simply an arrangement of artworks, but a geography of the gaze, to be explored without haste.

🖼️ Oblong Contemporary Gallery
📍 Forte dei Marmi

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