Ouverture 2024 celebrates 40 years of activity of Castello di Rivoli. The title Ouverture intentionally references the one used for the inaugural exhibition curated by Rudi Fuchs, the first Director of Castello. Opened to the public on 19 December 1984, the exhibition was conceived as a hypothesis for a future collection. Focused on works that were new or recent at the time, the exhibition recognised the value of individual artistic research rather than adherence to specific art historical movements. Ouverture 2024 reactivates the same principles, presenting the exceptional collection the institution has since built.
The project primarily focuses on works from the collection produced since the 2000s—with some exceptions, added as desiderata, as Fuchs did—to reaffirm the institution’s essential focus on contemporary art. Ouverture 2024 is conceived as a proposal for a 21st-century museum, rooted in Europe but open to a broader global vision. As in the original version, the exhibition gathers voices that have deeply influenced the artistic discourse and is inspired by principles of inclusion, social and cultural participation.