OGR Torino: Art and Technology Without Borders
Art & Tech, innovation and technology transfer, international collaborations. The 2025–26 program has been unveiled: from Electric Dreams, an exhibition with Tate Modern, to a solo show by Laure Prouvost co-produced with LAS Art Foundation; from Officine d’Intelligenza, the first national forum on AI for Industry, organized with AI4I and Fondazione CRT, to a new bridge with Silicon Valley through Mind the Bridge.
Thanks to Fondazione CRT, OGR Torino continues to grow. From October 2024 to September 2025: +41% audience, +33% events, +31% supported companies, over 15,000 students and families involved, and more than €50 million in catalyzed investments.
The 2025–26 season of OGR Torino has been presented. The hub of Fondazione CRT once again confirms itself as a unique center in Italy and Europe where culture and innovation, art and technology intertwine to explore the present and shape the future.
Born from the vision and investment of Fondazione CRT—which transformed an icon of the industrial past into a powerhouse of contemporary ideas through a major redevelopment project—OGR today represents for Turin a gateway to the global future: a vast laboratory with an international vocation, where technological innovation and artistic experimentation trace the paths of tomorrow.
“OGR Torino was born from the intuition and investment of Fondazione CRT and today, with the new program, it confirms its uniqueness: a place that unites culture and innovation, past and future, Turin and the world,” stated Anna Maria Poggi, President of Fondazione CRT. “On the one hand, with internationally significant exhibitions such as the one with Tate, we offer the public top-level artistic experiences, capable of dialoguing with leading global institutions. On the other, with OGR Tech, we place enterprises, researchers and young talents at the center, creating synergies that nurture a fertile ecosystem where ideas turn into projects and projects into new opportunities and shared value. It is precisely this combination of cultural excellence and technological innovation that makes OGR a unique model in Italy and a driver of social, cultural, and economic growth for Turin, Piedmont, and the entire country.”
This role was recognized by local institutions, as highlighted by the remarks of Alberto Cirio, President of the Piedmont Region; Stefano Lo Russo, Mayor of Turin; Matteo Marnati, Piedmont’s Regional Councillor for Innovation; and Chiara Foglietta, Turin’s Councillor for Ecological and Digital Transition. They spoke at the event’s opening, before Anna Maria Poggi, President of Fondazione CRT, and Davide Canavesio, President of OGR Torino, who presented the project’s strategic vision.
OGR Torino in numbers
In the past 12 months, thanks to the support of Fondazione CRT, OGR recorded unprecedented growth. Between October 2024 and September 2025, scheduled events increased by 33% (from 332 to 443), participants by 41% (from 94,000 to 133,000), exhibition visitors by 38% (from 29,000 to 40,000), supported tech companies by 31% (from 130 to 170), and people involved in advanced training courses by 257% (from 30 to 107). Younger audiences also grew, thanks to school and family activities that welcomed over 15,000 students and children aged 0–12 with their parents.
“The results of the past year confirm the strength of the OGR model,” commented Davide Canavesio, President of OGR Torino. “In just the last year, more than €50 million in investments for innovation have been catalyzed, bringing the total to €450 million since 2019. This growth has been made possible by the vision of Fondazione CRT, which believed in the project from the beginning. Today OGR is an international innovation hub open to everyone: a platform where creativity and technology merge to address the challenges of our time, and where artists and scientists, startups and large corporations, students and families meet and collaborate to generate ideas and projects and to experience moments with a concrete and lasting impact on society.”
OGR also confirm their role as a powerful economic engine through OGR Tech, the innovation hub that boasts a network of over 80 corporate and financial international partners, 5 applied research centers, and 16 innovation programs—from aerospace to green tech, from edutech to gaming, up to urban mobility. Since 2019, they have supported more than 480 companies and accompanied them through every stage of maturity, from venture building to scale-up.
Strengthening OGR’s role as a central player in the country’s technological development, two major new initiatives are planned for 2026: the partnership with Mind the Bridge, creating a new link with Silicon Valley to support the most promising startups in their international scaling journey; and Officine d’Intelligenza, the first national forum on AI for Industry, organized by OGR, AI4I, and Fondazione CRT. The forum, scheduled for 20 February 2026, was announced by Fabio Pammolli, President of the Italian Institute for Artificial Intelligence for Industry (AI4I), during a roundtable on tech excellence that also featured Borja Aznar (Managing Director, Plug and Play Tech Center EU), Diyala D’Aveni (CEO of VENTO), and Elio Schiavo (Chief Enterprise and Innovative Solutions Officer at TIM and President of the National Strategic Hub), representing some of OGR’s key partners.
Events and highlights in the new program
International scope and interdisciplinarity also characterize the exhibitions opening on 31 October during Turin Art Week: Electric Dreams, an exhibition with Tate Modern in London exploring the relationship between art and technology before the widespread diffusion of the Internet, and We Felt a Star Dying, a solo exhibition by Laure Prouvost co-produced with LAS Art Foundation in Berlin. These projects, presented by Val Ravaglia and Michael Wellen (Curators of Displays and International Art at Tate Modern) and Bettina Kames (Director of LAS Art Foundation), span a timeline from pioneering post-war experiments to contemporary research on quantum computing and artificial intelligence, underscoring the international caliber of OGR’s programming and prestigious cultural and scientific collaborations.
Leading national and international names will also take the stage at Sala Fucine, with two evenings of C2C Festival (31 October and 2 November 2025), concerts by ASCO with his Symphony of Chaos (19 November 2025), The Zen Circus (4 December 2025), the now traditional Amici di Piero – OGR Charity Night (7 December 2025), and international pop star Mika (4 March 2026).
Completing the program are original formats and major events with outstanding partners, including the Festival Chora&Will Days (26–28 September 2025), co-produced by OGR Torino; Voices, the festival created with Il Post, returning in April 2026 with two days featuring the voices of Il Post’s podcasts; OGR Talks, the series of meetings on key issues of our time across culture, science, politics, literature, and civic engagement; OGR per Snodo, a lively calendar of jazz concerts, stand-up comedy, and listening sessions; and an enhanced educational offering thanks to the new teaching line for schools of all levels as part of Fondazione CRT’s Progetto Diderot, along with a program of activities for families with children aged 0–12 through OGR Kids & ULAOP, developed by OGR and Fondazione ULAOP CRT (an entity of Fondazione CRT dedicated to supporting families). Together, they demonstrate a comprehensive vision that unites research, entertainment, and social impact.
