Castello 925 is a cultural association and art gallery built around cre-activity: a 360-degree vision of creativity that connects disciplines and fosters collaboration. Through exhibitions, events, publications, and partnerships, we spark the imagination and inspire new ways of thinking across the visual arts, literature, and culture.
Currently On View
Whitney Hagen | Chromatic Conditions
26 September–22 November 2026
Castello 780, Fondamenta San Giuseppe 780
Joe Diggs | In Venice
26 September–22 November 2026
Castello 925, Fondamenta San Giuseppe 925
Chromatic Conditions is a solo exhibition of new paintings by Whitney Hagen. Aligned with the theme of the 61st Venice Biennale, In Minor Keys, Hagen’s works explore the hidden geometry of space and time through vivid colour, shifting planes, and abstract architectural forms.
Opening Reception
Saturday, 26 September
5:00–7:30 pm
This solo exhibition, explores the theme of the 61st Venice Biennale, "In Minor Keys". Long known for his figurative paintings about his family and African-American community, Joe Diggs now delves into visual abstractions that merge into a spiritual memory of traditional woven surfaces. Smaller works, painted on fast food containers and scribbled with poker game scores and "notes to self" scattered throughout, convert ordinary moments and materials into art. Seph Rodney observes about the complexity and variety of Joe Diggs' paintings: "Yet as I describe one painting, I know l've only described one planet within an entire system of swirling galaxies with undying suns, moons, and stars.
Opening Reception
Saturday, 26 September
5:00–7:30 pm
News & Highlights
Traces in Dialogue: A Conversation with Jen Dragon and Luca Caldironi
We had the pleasure of discussing our latest book, Traces: Art, Psychoanalysis, and the Ethics of Unsaturated Space, with Jen Dragon, Director of Cross Contemporary Art Projects. The conversation moved across many of the book’s core themes: art, psychoanalysis, uncertainty, artificial intelligence, and the importance of preserving spaces where thought can emerge without being prematurely saturated by ready-made answers.
Castello 925 on Radio Vanessa
Watch our interview on Radio Vanessa about the two new exhibitions at Castello 925 and Castello 780. Curator Jen Dragon and gallery founder Luca Caldironi discuss the exhibitions, artists and the ideas behind the projects.
A Conversation on Future Light: Gabriella Kirby and Luca Caldironi
In this conversation, artist Gabriella Kirby and Luca Caldironi discuss Future Light, Kirby’s exhibition at Castello 780 in Venice. Their exchange moves through some of the central ideas behind the exhibition: vulnerability and strength, trauma and inherited experience, memory, adaptation, and the relationship between living forms and the natural world. The conversation also reflects on Kirby’s connection to the Veneto, the region of her family’s roots, and on questions of place, belonging, and transformation.
Castello 925 Publishing
Traces: Art, Psychoanalysis, and the Ethics of Unsaturated Space
Traces: Art, Psychoanalysis, and the Ethics of Unsaturated Space, by Luca Caldironi, founder of Castello 925, explores the relationship between subjectivity, art, and contemporary culture. Drawing upon the work of psychoanalyst Wifred Bion, the book poses a fundamental question for our current time: What does it mean to think without seeking closure?
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Castello 925 offers cultural production and management services, collaborating with an international network of artists, curators, galleries, and private and public organizations in the development of cultural projects.