From 12 September, Legnago transforms into an open-air art gallery.
In Piazza della Libertà and in the square in front of the Teatro Salieri, photographic totems will be displayed featuring the work of international photographers portraying the artists competing in the 6th edition of the Festival of Circus Art.
A visual journey that weaves together art and urban space, engaging the community in an immersive cultural experience. The project comes to life thanks to the Patrons who choose to contribute through the Art Bonus mechanism. The totems created are associated with the names of the supporters of the Salieri Circus Award, who become an integral part of this artistic and cultural initiative.
A refined synergy between photography, circus arts and patronage, representing a virtuous model for enhancing contemporary artistic heritage and strengthening the bond between culture, performance and civic engagement in the city of Legnago. For further information, visit the Art Bonus website.
Diffuse photographic exhibition. The artists competing in the 6th edition of the Festival of Circus Art are portrayed in artistic shots by international photographers. The works are displayed in the shop windows and inside the stores throughout the town centre.
Sinfonia in Pista
by Diana Isa Vallini
An urban journey where Legnago’s shops become stages: reinvented sculptures, fabrics and musical scores guide the public toward the Festival of Circus Art, creating a visual symphony of circus, music and wonder.
Liana Orfei
From the Ring to the Cinema
Exhibition of historical documents, including posters, photographs and magazines from Italian cinema of the period. A tribute to the artistic journey of the Artist, who will also receive the Salieri di Platino Lifetime Achievement Award.
Historic Caravans
of Travelling Art
A selection of historic caravans from the Darix Togni Circus, drawn from the collection of Livio Togni and his family. A captivating installation that evokes the charm of the cirque à l’ancienne
Il circo allo specchio
by Silvio Sangiorgi
Terrazza Salieri - Acrobatic Dialogues
Curated by Roberto Bianchin.
Distinguished guests, leading circus figures and competing artists take part in an atmosphere vibrant with anticipation and spectacle. With the complicity of vendors, wanderers and the ever‑esteemed audience, the show ignites through encounters, stories and surprises. Salieri Cocktail. Live Streaming.
Circostanze Verticali - Circus in Art
The circus, an ancient and multidisciplinary art form rich in meaning, has travelled through the centuries inspiring a wide range of artistic languages: Cinema, Fashion, Literature, Music, Photography, Painting... From Lautrec to Picasso, from Fellini to Warhol, from Bob Dylan to Britney Spears, countless artists have been captivated by the circus imagination, generating an iconographic and cultural heritage that continues to evolve.
Circostanze Verticali is the curatorial exhibition space of the Salieri Circus, a visual atlas dedicated to classical and contemporary works that interpret the theme of the circus through the visual arts.
Every year, the International Festival of Circus Art presents a selection of cultural pathways that bring together international artists and local talents, creating a vertical dialogue between tradition and contemporaneity, between memory and vision. This year, the exhibition once again unfolds through multiple narrative journeys.
“Gaby Merz and the Artists of the Salieri Circus” – A visual journey into the essence of the circus. In Gaby Merz’s exhibition, the artists of the Salieri Circus 2025 come to life in photographs that blend emotion, poetry and pure wonder, where light and shadow become storytelling. The exhibition includes a projection dedicated to the photographs created during the first five years of the Open Art Circus Gallery project, featuring around one hundred portraits of the artists who have performed at the International Festival of Circus Art.“Circus Weaves” – Circus costumes created by the students of the “Bruno Munari” school in Castelmassa (RO), transforming fabrics, colours and volumes into visual narratives: garments that evoke acrobatics, stage identities and wonder. A creative exploration where the circus becomes form, gesture and inspiration, celebrating the vibrant dialogue between art, performance and new generations.
“Backstage” – This exhibition pathway highlights the work of Prof. Luca Negri and the students of the “Cultural and Performing Arts Services” programme at ISISS Marco Minghetti, authors of the reportage produced during the 5th edition of the International Salieri Circus Award.
Gaby Merz and the Artists of the Salieri Circus
Graduated in Physical Education and Sports Sciences from the Polytechnic University of Madrid, since 2018 he has developed a path entirely dedicated to circus photography, a field that today represents the core of his professional activity. He works as a photographer, documenting some of the most significant contemporary circus festivals and showcases, as well as numerous other artistic production contexts. He was awarded the Silver Medal in the Sports category of the international WPE Awards, a recognition that confirms the quality of his gaze and his ability to translate performance into image.
Circus Threads
The project stems from the collaboration with the IIS “Bruno Munari” of Castelmassa (Rovigo), which renews its dialogue with the Salieri Circus Award within the relationship between fashion, art and performance. Under the guidance of Principal Angela Belfiore, the entire school community contributed to the creation of the works: classes 1A and 1B with teachers Marcella Crivellaro and Giuseppe Marinelli; class 3AAF with professor Lucia D’Avino; students Vittoria Dalla Villa, Asia Duffini, Mery Marangoni and Matilde Ometto coordinated by professors Paola Baccaglini and Sibilla Granati; and the students of the Evening Course guided by professor Paola Giovanninetti. A collective contribution that confirms the school as an active space of cultural production within Circostanze Verticali.
An authentic look at the festival: the photographs by Prof. Luca Negri and those by the students of ISISS Minghetti in Legnago capture the “behind the scenes” of the Salieri Circus Award 2025 with curious, fresh and passionate eyes. The students’ images were part of the online photography contest “Il Salieri Dietro le Quinte”, created to enhance their work, acknowledge the quality of the photographs produced, and offer a learning opportunity that combines education, creativity and real professional experience. The awards ceremony for the winners will take place on Friday, 18 September 2026 at 11:00 at the Archaeological Environmental Centre of Legnago, on the occasion of the inauguration of the exhibition dedicated to them.