Huda Takriti
Castello di Rivoli Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Italy
1 April - 6 September 2026
Castello di Rivoli is a contemporary art museum set in a restored 18th-century castle that once belonged to the House of Savoy. Located just west of Turin, the museum specialises in the development of contemporary art in Italy from the mid-1960s to the present, with a particular focus on Arte Povera. It’s also known for its imaginative international exhibitions and site-specific commissions. Through its programmes, Castello di Rivoli fosters a dialogue between past and present, architecture and art.
For her first solo exhibition in Italy, Huda Takriti will create a new, large-scale installation conceived as a contemporary fresco and inspired by her research into the film The Battle of Algiers (1966) and the historical representation of the Algerian National Liberation Front. The work will engage with themes of power, identity and colonial narratives. Alongside the installation, Takriti will present her video Clarity is the Closest Wound to the Sun (2023), which explores the erasure of women’s roles in liberation movements. The exhibition will also include a new performative lecture, highlighting the artist’s multidisciplinary approach.
Huda Takriti (born 1990 in Damascus, Syria) lives and works in Vienna. Her practice spans video, installation, painting and performance, exploring intersections of memory, political history, and archival narratives through themes of displacement, identity, and power. Trained in painting at the University of Damascus and Transdisciplinary Arts at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, she brings a painterly sensibility to time-based media. Her work has shown at MQ Freiraum, Kunsthalle Wien, and Camera Austria.
This is her first collaboration with Phileas.
This exhibition was aided by a research trip to Vienna by the curator Linda Fossati, organised by Phileas in June 2025.
