About

PORTOFRANCO (15 November 2025 – 15 February 2026) is an exhibition which showcases artists of different generations and backgrounds, creating a dialogue between historical perspectives and the visions of younger or mid-career artists. This intertwining of viewpoints shapes a multifaceted narrative, capable of offering multiple interpretations within a context – Palazzo Soranzo Novello – steeped in dense memory, dark, surreal, and captivating. It is a place that calls to be reactivated, not only through beauty but by fostering a critical and reflective space open to a more serene future imagination. The participating artists explore and inhabit the palace’s spaces through diverse languages – painting, photography, installation (including site-specific works), video, sculpture, and performance – generating a layered emotional journey constructed across multiple levels of perception. Memory, suspension, fantastical yet uneasy suggestion: these are some of the elements guiding the narrative and inviting visitors to imagine possible stories, bridging past and future. The idea of spaces inhabited by the ghosts of the past gives room to the present: a redemptive nature seeps through the cracks and proposes new scenarios; the intimacy of home contrasts with that of the workplace, a dynamic overturned by the artists’ interventions; private space is approached with seriousness, irony, or reflection; power is subverted, and the human reclaims its spaces and rhythms. The exhibition thus becomes a field of shared visions, where, through the works and actions of prominent artists, an urgent mission emerges: to rethink a collective and participatory future, starting from abandoned spaces that are nevertheless rich in stories and memories.

curated by Rossella Farinotti
promoted and organized by NOT Titled YET in collaboration with Comune di Castelfranco Veneto and Museo Casa Giorgione

  • OPENING HOURS

  • from November 15, 2025 to February 15, 2026
    Monday - Tuesday - Wednesday: closed
    Thursday - Friday - Saturday - Sunday: 10:00-19:00

  • SPECIAL OPENINGS

  • PORTOFRANCO will be open:
    - Monday 8 December 2025 from 10.00 to 19.00
    - 26-27-28 December 2025 from 10.00 to 19.00
    - 2-3-4 January 2026 from 10.00 to 19.00
    - Tuesday 6 January 2026 from 10.00 to 19.00

    PORTOFRANCO will be closed:
    - Thursday 25 December 2025
    - Thursday 1 January 2026

  • ADMISSION TICKET

  • FULL PRICE – €10
    Castelfranco Card: grants access not only to the exhibition but also to the other cultural sites within the city of Castelfranco Veneto (Museo Casa Giorgione, Torre, Camminamento delle Mura, Studiolo Vicolo dei Vetri, and Teatro Accademico) valid for one year.

    REDUCED – €5
    For residents of Castelfranco Veneto, visitors under 25 or over 65, and groups of more than 15 participants.

    SCHOOLS / UNDER 18 – €1

    FREE ADMISSION
    For children up to 6 years old, visitors with disabilities, licensed tour guides, group leaders or private guides accompanying groups, and accredited journalists.

  • CONTACTS

  • mail
  • info@portofranco.eu
  • address
  • Palazzo Soranzo Novello
    Corso 29 Aprile, 23
    31033 Castelfranco Veneto TV

  • HOW TO GET THERE

  • Palazzo Soranzo Novello, Castelfranco Veneto:

  • BY TRAIN

  • From Milan
    •⁠ ⁠Daily connections with Trenitalia and Italo
    •⁠ ⁠Travel time: 3 hours

    From Venice
    •⁠ ⁠Regional trains direct every hour
    •⁠ ⁠Travel time: 50 minutes

    Palazzo Soranzo Novello is easily accessible by foot from the station, a 10-minute walk away.

  • BY CAR

  • From Milan
    •⁠ ⁠Travel time: almost 3 hours

    From Venice
    •⁠ ⁠Travel time: 50 minutes

    There is a convenient parking lot near Palazzo Soranzo Novello, at Piazza Giorgione.

  • ACCOMMODATION

  • Hotel Castelfranco Veneto (PDF)

  • TEAM

  • Curator
  • Rossella Farinotti
  • Project Manager
  • Eleonora Santin
  • Project Manager
  • Lisa Rebellato
  • Project Coordinator
  • Chiara Mantegazza
  • Programme Coordinator
  • Daniele Costa
  • Communication Manager
  • Alessia Romano
  • Exhibition Design
  • HeyCrates
  • Web Developer
  • Mauro Fioravanzi
  • Visual Identity & Graphic Designer
  • Filippo Antonioli
  • Press Office
  • Lara Facco
  • Drector of Museo Casa Giorgione
  • Matteo Melchiorre
  • Head of administration of Museo Casa Giorgione
  • Marta Favaron

  • WITH THE PATRONAGE OF

    WITH THE COLLABORATION OF

    WITH THE COLLABORATION AND CONTRIBUTION OF

    MAIN PARTNER

    SPONSOR

    TECHNICAL SPONSOR

    WITH THE SUPPORT OF

    ORGANIZING ENTITY

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