Vucciria by Mauro D’Agati
17 January-18 February
Monday-Saturday 10.30-18.00
Via Castrofilippo 40, Palermo
Opening night: 16 January, 18.00
Known for its nightlife and overtourism issues today, Vucciria was not only a market in the heart of Palermo, but a vibrant artistic and cultural hub in the 90s, when various artists revitalized its historical heritage. D’Agati captured the spirit of its streets, and his photography offers us a unique opportunity to witness the historical momentum.
For the occasion, exclusive color prints from “Vucciria” project by D’Agati will be available for purchase.
During the opening night, a short film “Stanze di Uwe” will be screened, talking about Uwe Jaentsch, a Palermo-based Austrian artist whose urban paintings made Vucciria as we know it today.
Landcape as Witness by Bogdan Gulyay and Dmitro Kupriyan
“Il Paesaggio Testimone” per le Giornate della Cultura Ucraina a Palermo
20 February-21 March
Via Castrofilippo 40, Palermo
Opening night: 20 February, 18.00
Featuring works of Bogdan Gulyay and Dmytro Kupriyan, both of whom we published several years ago, this exhibition will be a part of the Ukrainian Days in Palermo, a festival promoting Ukrainian culture and artists.
Hoverla by Dmytro Kupriyan is a series of hand coloured analogue photographs capturing the bucolic views around Mount Hoverla, that has a special place in the hearts of Ukrainians. Another project’s name is Memory of War, featuring photographs that Bogdan Gulyay has started taking to capture the mass destruction during the full-scale invasion.
Tua Sorella by Veronica Barbato & Alessandro by Arturo Russo
24 March – 23 May 2026
Monday-Saturday 10.30-18.00
Via Castrofilippo 40, Palermo
Opening night: 24 March, 18.00
Two personal projects, two extraordinary stories: Tua Sorella by Veronica Barbato and Alessandro by Arturo Russo are the photographic projects we have published a couple of years ago that now will be in display at the Roots Gallery.
With the opening on 24th of March, the event will be followed by the Tableau Vivant artistic talk with Veronica Barbato at Église, via dei Credenzieri, 13.
Veronica Barbato: This is my sister’s story. At the age of twenty-three, she committed suicide after a period of drug addiction. I am giving her a second life, using the language and dimension of street art, letting her travel the world, as she had no way of doing.
Arturo Russo: I do not know if it has ever happened to you, in a station or on the street, to be approached by someone who wants to sell you something or asks you for money, and to ask yourself who is that person, to ask yourself what, beyond that public image, his intimate, private life is like.
Dystopian Sicilian Landscape by Melania Messina & Metaleli Bahri by Alfredo D’Amato
28 May – 27 June
Monday-Saturday 10.30-18.00
Via Castrofilippo 40, Palermo
Opening night: 28 May, 18.00
We’re all used to a certain image of Sicily, but this exhibition invites you to encounter its different sides: one is marked by the abusive constructions and wounded environments in the Dystopian Sicilian Landscape project by Melania Messina.
Another one is shaped by journeys of African immigrants for whom the island becomes the threshold for Europe, as told by Alfredo D’Amato in his project Metaleli Bahri, Sea of Illusion. It consists of family photographs of African migrants and atmospheric landscapes from Italy as a meditation on some of the thousands of migrants that never make it on their journey across the Mediterranean.
