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I\u2019m always on the lookout for a flimsy excuse to go to Bologna. And ART CITY Bologna<\/a> just provided me with a golden one. This year, the long weekend of installations and (what looked like) hundreds of exhibitions all over the city was accompanied by a Special Program<\/a> of artworks that celebrated Le Porte della Citt\u00e0, the ten mediaeval Gates of Bologna<\/a> which used to defend the access to the city centre. The whole circular path of artworks was eight kilometres long, so I skipped some of the gates. I did, however, make a beeline for Dread Scott\u2019s A Man Was Lynched by Police Yesterday<\/a> at Porta San Felice.<\/p>\n

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Francesco Cavaliere, OTTO, doppia curva lingua!<\/a>, 2025. At Porta Saragozza. Photo: Valentina Cafarotti<\/em><\/p>\n

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Fatma Bucak, Tremendous gap between you and me<\/a>, 2025. At Porta Castiglione. Photo: Valentina Cafarotti<\/em><\/p>\n

There are more images of the works installed at the mediaeval gates below. I\u2019ll jump right to some of the exhibitions that I found most interesting while i was in town. <\/p>\n

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Rashid Masharawi<\/a>, From Ground Zero<\/a>, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n