Cecilia Vicuña
El glaciar ido
30 April—September 2026
Castello di Rivoli, Turin, Italy
Cecilia Vicuña – El glaciar ido (The vanished glacier) is the artist’s first solo exhibition in an Italian museum. Born in Santiago de Chile in 1948 and now based in New York, Cecilia Vicuña is an artist, poet, and activist. Feminist and ecological, her thinking focuses on issues related to the defense of democracy, freedom of expression, and decolonial practices aimed at safeguarding the cultural heritage of Indigenous populations.
Performance, poetry, drawing, painting, video, and installations, both minimal and monumental, make up her artistic world. The concept of precariousness informs Vicuña who, since the 1960s, has coined the definition of “Arte Precario” (Precarious Art). Favoring a terminology and a practice free of colonial legacies, the artist’s practice includes ephemeral and participatory works, often made with small debris and found materials, in creative dialogue with the places and communities she encounters. The exhibition at the Castello consists of a new commission conceived by Vicuña for the Manica Lunga, inspired by the human and geological history of the territory.