Intesa Sanpaolo has unveiled a major new exhibition at the Gallerie d'Italia in Turin, featuring the work of Jeff Wall, one of the most important and influential contemporary photographers. The exhibition, titled "Jeff Wall. Photographs," will run through February 1, 2026, and is curated by David Campany, an author, art critic, and creative director of the International Center of Photography in New York.
Jeff Wall, born in Vancouver in 1946, has spent over forty years navigating between spectacular staging and documentary observation, creating images that explore all aspects of contemporary society. His photographs, both familiar and unsettling, elevate everyday situations into the strange and dreamlike. Presented at actual scale, his images rank among the most celebrated works in contemporary art.
Committed to an art of daily life, Wall addresses major social and political issues, exploring the complex ways they shape our existence. Themes of nature, war, gender, race, and class permeate his works, often as enigmatic as the questions that inspired them. His art draws influence from numerous great photographers and painters, as well as literature and cinema, particularly Italian neorealism with its alternation between the trivial and the dramatic.
The exhibition at Intesa Sanpaolo's Gallerie d'Italia Turin presents 27 large-format works, bringing together all facets of the Canadian photographer's work from major photographs of the late 1970s to his most recent productions. This comprehensive display offers multiple levels of interpretation of his artistic output.
Curator David Campany, born in London in 1967, has known and followed Jeff Wall's work for nearly twenty years and is considered an authority on his photography. Campany has published several essays and interviews with the artist and has presented his photographs on numerous occasions at venues including the ICP in New York, the Whitechapel Gallery in London, Le Bal in Paris, and the FoMu in Antwerp. This exhibition represents one of the most important shows dedicated to the photographer and marks the culmination of Campany's longstanding engagement with Wall's work.
The Turin museum, along with those in Milan, Naples, and Vicenza, is part of Intesa Sanpaolo's Gallerie d'Italia museum project, overseen by Michele Coppola, the bank's executive director for art, culture, and historical heritage. The exhibition is located at Piazza San Carlo 156 in Turin, and visitors can find more information at gallerieditalia.com.
