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From September 26 to 28, 2025, in the historic spaces of the Real Collegio in Lucca, Lucca Art Fair returns with its ninth edition, taking place for the first time in an autumn setting. After several spring editions, the fair symbolically inaugurates the new exhibition season, becoming the first autumn event in Italy dedicated to contemporary art. This strategic choice marks a new phase and aims to strengthen the fair’s role within the national landscape, in constant dialogue with the city’s cultural institutions. Organized by T.O.E. in collaboration with Blob Art ETS and under the patronage of the Municipality of Lucca, the Chamber of Commerce Toscana Nord Ovest, and Confindustria Toscana Nord, the fair reaffirms itself as a dynamic platform for the promotion of art.

The exhibition layout has been redesigned to make the visit more engaging, with the Rooms connected in pairs to create a more organic and immersive path. “We wanted to rethink the structure of the exhibition route in order to meet the needs of an increasingly attentive and engaged audience” explains director Paolo Batoni. “The connection between the Rooms stems from the desire to overcome the compartmentalization of spaces, turning the visit into a fluid, immersive, and coherent experience, where each gallery can naturally dialogue with the others.”
Batoni also emphasizes how current challenges can be turned into opportunities: “It is a complex period, but such phases represent chances to explore new approaches, to take risks, and to encourage galleries to pursue unprecedented and engaging paths.” This year, in fact, the number of participating galleries is growing, with a focus on emerging and mid-career artists, without forgetting the connection to established names, thus offering a time span that ranges from early 20th-century masterpieces to the most contemporary research.

The Main Section, which brings together thirty-three galleries, offers a panorama that reflects the trends of the Italian market while also opening up to international perspectives. Among the prominent names is Vladan Radovanović, a pioneer of multimedia art, presented by the Prototip Gallery of Belgrade, while the Richard Vanderaa Gallery brings to Lucca works on paper by Günther Förg, Bill Beckley, Jaume Plensa, and Peter Schuyff. Special attention is devoted to painting, revitalized by a new generation of gallerists such as Mondoromulo Arte Contemporanea and Candy Snake Gallery. Also noteworthy are dialogues between different media, such as the proposal of A Pick Gallery, which intertwines photography and painting, and that of 800/900 Art Studio, which, through the works of Lorenzo Viani, explores the representation of the female figure from the nineteenth to the twentieth century.

Alongside the main section, there is space for Art Projects, dedicated to experimental projects and to solo and duo shows, and Independent, reserved for project spaces and collectives of artists and curators. This year, special emphasis is placed on the Editor section, entirely devoted to independent publishing and the artist’s book, enriched by a program of Talks that on September 27 and 28 will feature publishers and artists in public events also streamed online.

The Public Programme is enriched by the performance “Anacronista sarai tu”, created by Accademia Libera di Calci – Pino Donnaloia. “This performance is an invitation to move beyond the passive role of the spectator and become an active part of the artistic process” explains Batoni. “Drawing is not just representation, but a tool for connection, tension, and shared presence.”

With this edition, Lucca Art Fair renews its mission: to create genuine connections among artists, galleries, publishers, curators, collectors, and the public, transforming itself into an experience that places at its core the relationship between those who produce art and those who experience it. This edition also carries particular significance as it coincides with the introduction of the new 5% VAT rate on the sale of artworks, a long-awaited measure that could represent an opportunity to give new momentum and vitality to the contemporary art market.

Espositori
Main Section
800/900 Artstudio, Livorno, Lucca - Accademia Libera, Calci (PI) - A Pick Gallery, Torino -Antigallery, Mestre (VE) - Archivio Iginio Balderi, Milano - ArmandaGoriArte, Prato - Art Shop, Pistoia - Bernabò Home Gallery, Trezzo sull’Adda (MI) - Candy Snake Gallery, Milano - Fidanda, Livorno, Lucca - Franco Giannini Arte Contemporanea, Soiano sul Lago (BS) - Galería Álvaro Alcázar, Madrid (ES) - Galeria Richard Vanderaa, Girona (ES) - Galleria Cant’Art, Empoli (FI) - Galleria Entropia, Perugia - Galleria Granelli, Castiglioncello (LI) - Galleria Poliart Contemporary, Milano - Ginza Kawauso Gallery, Tokio (JP) - Giò Art, Lucca - Gio Arte, Mestre (VE) - Guastalla Centro Arte, Livorno - Ivan Capuccini, Perugia - LDX Artodrome Gallery, Berlino, Malta, Hong Kong - Moho Gallery, Tarcento (UD) - Mondoromulo arte contemporanea, Castelvenere (BN) - Olio su tavola, Lucca - Open One Art Gallery, Pietrasanta (LU) - Prototip, Belgrado (SRB) - Studio Pivuelle Arte, S. Giovanni Valdarno (AR) - T.O.E. Art Market, Livorno - Unique Contemporary, Torino - Veridieci, Corte Franca (BS) - VINCIARTE, Rubano (PD)
Art Projects
Regalarte Romarategui, Vitoria-Gasteiz (ES) - Studio Godot, Castellina Marittima (PI) -Ufofabrik Contemporary Art Gallery, Moena (TN)
Independent
AART'è Gene, Roma - Kıymet Dirican Studio, Smirne (TR) - Mariangela Fremura Studio, New York (USA) - Daniele Nannini Studio, Firenze
Editor
Andrea Benedetto, Milano/Basel - Collezione da Tiffany, Pesaro - Fare mente locale, Firenze - Ginevra Tarabusi, Pavia - Inside Art, Roma, Johan & Levi, Milano - Juliet, Muggia (TS) - Numero Cromatico, Roma Raw Messina, Roma - Spazioterra, Firenze - The Place, Bergamo - TYPEONE Magazine, UK
Info
Where:
Real Collegio, Piazza del Collegio, 13, Lucca
When:
26 - 28 settembre 2025
Time schedule
Friday 3.00 pm - 8.00 pm
Saturday 10.00 am - 8.00 pm
Sunday 10.00 am - 8.00 pm
Admission Tickets
Daily ticket Friday: €5.00
Daily ticket Saturday and Sunday: €10.00
Reduced daily ticket: €8.00
Easy reduced ticket: €5.00 (students with valid student ID)