Matteo Mauro has been selected to participate in Intermezzo, a group collective exhibition at Prometeo Gallery, opening on January 22nd in Milan in conjunction with Lambrate Art Night. The exhibition marks a significant curatorial moment for the gallery, celebrating its twenty-first anniversary through a tightly curated selection of works spanning nearly six decades.

For Intermezzo, Mauro presents his newest black marble sculpture from the Dio è Morto series, ‘A Spectre Haunting Europe’. The artwork represents a mature development in Mauro’s sculptural research, where philosophical language, historical consciousness, and material rigour converge. Carved in black marble, the sculpture embodies the tension between permanence and ideological instability, a recurring theme within Mauro’s practice. Text, history, and material are compressed into a dense, monumental form that resists narrative resolution while asserting a strong physical and conceptual presence.

The presentation of ‘A Spectre Haunting Europe’ at Prometeo Gallery follows the work’s recent exhibition at Artissima 2025, where it received substantial critical attention. The sculpture was widely cited in press coverage and played a notable role in the Prometeo Gallery booth being recognised with an award at the fair.

This trajectory reflects the close and ongoing relationship between Mauro and Prometeo Gallery, one built on sustained dialogue, curatorial trust, and a shared commitment to conceptually rigorous contemporary sculpture.

Intermezzo brings together 21 artworks created between the mid-1960s and the present day, forming a cross generational exhibition that reflects the gallery’s history while remaining firmly anchored in contemporary discourse. Rather than a retrospective, the exhibition functions as a curated pause, an “intermezzo”, highlighting moments of continuity, rupture, and resonance across different artistic practices and eras. Within this framework, Mauro’s artwork operates as a contemporary anchor, addressing Europe’s unresolved historical and ideological tensions through a sculptural language that is both minimal and symbolically charged.

The exhibition will open on January 22nd from 6 to 9 pm. With the exhibition concluding on 6th March 2026.