Galleria Franco Noero

On 11 March 1999 Franco Noero inaugurated in Turin a new contemporary art gallery in Via Mazzini 39A. On 18 September 2003 the gallery moved to its headquarters in Via Giolitti 52A, before moving in April 2008 in one of the architectural symbols of the city of Turin known as 'Slice of Polenta', a trapezoidal shaped nine-story building built around 1840 by the architect Alessandro Antonelli, transformed into a space dedicated to the arts and in a 'laboratory' ideas for artists. The headquarters were joined by two spaces in the nearby Piazza Santa Giulia, the Project Space at nr 0 / F and space Site Specific to No. 5.

In May 2013 La Galleria Franco Noero transferred its activities in the new space in Via Mottalciata 10 / B, on the edge of the barrier in the area north of the city, in an industrial building in the second half of the twentieth century with an exhibition area of ​​over 600 square meters . An example of architecture 'spontaneous', whose restoration project was entrusted to Flavio Albanian, who redesigned the space with a series of interventions of 'transformation', maintaining and highlighting the essential features of the building. And in the new Franco Noero Gallery, says Albanian, 'the maintenance of an old production space, still able to convey the aura of past processes, generates a perfectly hospitable place for new creative processes of contemporary art'.

The gallery represents Italian and international emerging artists, exposing in particular installations, works created specifically for the exhibition space, video installations, photography and painting. The artists represented are: Darren Bader, Pablo Bronstein, Tom Burr, Jeff Burton, Neil Campbell, Andrew Dadson, Lara Favaretto, Martino Gamper, Henrik Håkansson, Mark Handforth, Arturo Herrera, Gabriel Kuri, Phillip Lai, Jim Lambie, Robert Mapplethorpe, Paulo Nazareth, Mike Nelson, Henrik Olesen, João Onofre, Kirsten Pieroth, Steven Shearer, Simon Starling, Tunga, Costa Vece, Francesco Vezzoli.

Beside the realization of exhibitions produced for its exhibition spaces, the Franco Noero Gallery has also engaged in important collaborations with museums and Italian institutions and international and with the city of Turin, organizing events linked to exhibitions in public spaces, inside and outside the city.

The production of books, catalogs and editions of the artists represented is another major objective of the gallery, which has achieved over the years for multiple publications and Arturo Herrera, Simon Starling, Henrik Håkansson, Costa Vece, Francesco Vezzoli, Gabriel Kuri, Steven Shearer Lara Favaretto and Tom Burr.

The gallery regularly participates in the most important contemporary art fairs in Italy and abroad: Art Basel (since 2003) and Art Basel-Miami Beach (from 2005 and in the 'Statement' in the years 2003-2004); Frieze Art Fair, London (since 2003); Artissima, Turin; Frieze New York; FIAC, Paris; Sparta, Sao Paulo.