The project's first stage is CANEMORTO's solo exhibition The Painting Race at Ljubljana's Match Gallery (March 31 – May 10, 2026) curated by Jani Pirnat and Antonio Grulli: remote-controlled paintings equipped with wheels traverse a circuit running through all the gallery rooms, transforming painting into a dynamic, nomadic, and performative experience. Each painting is linked to a particular moment in art history that defines its team affiliation: we have landscape, post-expressionism, magic realism, and neo-abstraction, all competing to prevail over other genres or pictorial schools. The allusion to and parody of the competition inherent in the art system is evident. The remote-controlled paintings can be freely used by the public to play and compete. Simultaneously, some "official" races will be organized among figures – artists, curators, collectors – connected to Ljubljana's art scene. Meanwhile, a series of drawings related to the world of automobile racing will be displayed on the walls.
The Radiant Van will then travel to Venice for the opening week of the 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale, in collaboration with the Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia (MUVE). From 6 to 10 May, concurrently with the exhibition Granda. Gli artisti degli Atelier 2024–2025, it will be displayed in front of the Casermetta Est at Forte Marghera.
During those days, the CANEMORTO triad will activate the Van through a series of performances taking place in selected locations across the lagoon city.
From May 26 to June 22, The Radiant Van will be presented to the public as part of the 20th edition of the Lighting Guerrilla Festival, one of Europe's leading events dedicated to light art, curated by Katerina Mirović and Nika Erjavec. The 2026 edition's theme is Diversities, which invites exploration of how art, through the medium of light, makes visible presences and absences, what emerges and what remains on the margins. In this context, CANEMORTO's work will be placed in Ljubljana's urban space, in front of Match Gallery, temporarily transforming the location into a performative landscape and renewing its relationship with the city context.
On June 10, within the festival framework, the project catalogue will be presented, with contributions by Antonio Grulli (Luci d'Artista curator), Jani Pirnat (Match Gallery curator), and Matjaž Brulc (Strip Core / Lighting Guerrilla Festival). On this occasion, Marco Proserpio's short film dedicated to The Radiant Van's journey-performance will also be screened.
After the Slovenian stage, the Van will return to Turin, where it will enter the permanent Luci d'Artista collection starting from the 29th edition (2026–2027), continuing to exist as a light artwork and as an active device in public space.
The project is realized by Fondazione Torino Musei for Luci d’Artista in collaboration with Match Gallery / Museum and Galleries of Ljubljana (MGML), Forum Ljubljana – Lighting Guerrilla Festival, and Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia (MUVE).
Luci d'Artista is a project and heritage of the City of Turin, realized by Fondazione Torino Musei with support from Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo and Fondazione CRT.
