Phantasmagoria Pacis at the National Museum Salce Collection

From September 13 to November 9, 2025, the National Museum of the Salce Collection in Treviso hosts the exhibition "Phantasmagoria Pacis," a major event dedicated to the theme of peace in contemporary art and visual communication.
The exhibition, promoted by the Venice Foundation for Peace Research in collaboration with the National Museum of the Salce Collection, offers a new narrative of peace: no longer simply as the absence of war, but as a creative, ethical, and shared act of construction, imagination, and dialogue.

A digital preview on the façade of the Prefecture Palace

Ahead of the inauguration, on Friday, September 5, 2025, at 7:00 PM, a digital work by artist Damiano Fasso will be projected onto the façade of the Prefecture Palace in Treviso.
The work, inspired by the concept of "Phantasmagoria," transforms the city's main square into a symbolic place of reflection and light, uniting art and technology in the service of peace.

A Journey Through Historic Posters and Digital Art

"Phantasmagoria Pacis" presents over 50 historic posters from the collections of the Salce Collection National Museum, particularly those from the post-World War II era, testimonies of hope, reconstruction, and coexistence.
Alongside these, the exhibition also includes digital works and contemporary installations by artists such as Tobia Ravà (Padua, 1959), Abdallah Khaled (Tamrichte Bejaïa, 1954), and Damiano Fasso (Vicenza, 1976).
Fasso offers a digital and generative reinterpretation of vintage posters, uniting past and present in an innovative visual narrative.

Art as a Peacemaker

The exhibition invites the public to reflect on aesthetics, ethics, and existence: a journey from Bach's polyphony—a symbol of harmony and coexistence—to the fragile and powerful city of Venice, an emblem of vision and rebirth.
In an era marked by crisis and conflict, art becomes a language of peace, a place of resistance and proposal.
"Phantasmagoria Pacis" thus becomes a collective call to place peace back at the center of the political, cultural, and social imagination.

Treviso, Capital of the Culture of Peace

With this exhibition, Treviso, the Salce Museum, and the Venice Foundation for Peace Research present themselves as a new national and international reference point for the promotion of a culture of peace through art.
The exhibition is sponsored by the Ministry of Culture, RAI, the European Parliament, the Municipality of Treviso, the Province of Treviso, and the Directorate-General for Museums of the Veneto.