“Three Mirrors”: Michelangelo Pistoletto and CIRCA transform screens around the world into a global action for Preventive Peace

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“Three Mirrors”: Michelangelo Pistoletto and CIRCA transform screens around the world into a global action for Preventive Peace

Starting on April 1, 2026, the founder of Cittadellarte, Michelangelo Pistoletto, and CIRCA launch a global collaboration in partnership with the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). The result is Three Mirrors, a public art project built around three video-lectures that enter the daily flow of cities around the world.

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Three Mirrors, the new project by Michelangelo Pistoletto developed with CIRCA, launches today with an international presentation in London, between Piccadilly Circus and 180 Studios.

Curated by Josef O’Connor, the collaboration—developed in partnership with the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)—aligns with the United Nations’ 2026 global humanitarian appeal, which aims to reach 87 million people affected by crises worldwide. The project introduces a precise format: a series of artistic contents designed for daily broadcast in the urban public space.

Rather than taking the form of an exhibition, the project unfolds as a recurring programme: three videos are broadcast every day, at the same time, across a network of urban screens in cities including London, Milan, Rome, Los Angeles, Accra, Abidjan, Lagos, Hong Kong and Seoul, entering the everyday flow of public space.

Produced in Biella at Cittadellarte, the three videos were created during the residency of the CIRCA team at the Foundation Pistoletto. They show Michelangelo Pistoletto working on mirrored surfaces, drawing while explaining the key concepts at the core of the project. Third Paradise, Formula of Creation and State of the Art form a trilogy conceived for autonomous and continuous circulation.

The programme follows a defined structure: between April and June 2026, each month is dedicated to one of the three videos, which is repeated daily. This results in an open, non-linear mode of viewing, tied to the experience of the city and the possibility of encountering the content multiple times over time. In this sense, Three Mirrors operates more as an editorial project than an exhibition: a content distributed, reiterated and made accessible over time within public space.

In Italy, the project will be activated on 24 April in Milan, with a 15-minute presentation on the Urban Vision screen next to the Duomo, one of the city’s most visible locations. The initiative is part of Milan Design Week and marks the beginning of the project’s national rollout, developed in collaboration with Urban Vision Entertainment and ARTnews Italia. From that date, Three Mirrors will enter the daily programming of urban screens in Milan and Rome, in continuity with CIRCA’s international network.

Alongside the video broadcast, the project also develops a physical dimension. The Preventive Peace Flags—twelve mirrored editions made of polished stainless steel and signed by Michelangelo Pistoletto—translate the trilogy’s concepts into objects designed to circulate. Each work reinterprets the symbol of the Third Paradise through a combination of colours converging in the central circle, visualising the principle of the Formula of Creation. A share of the proceeds, equal to 20%, will support public and educational programmes by Cittadellarte and CIRCA, as well as contribute to the United Nations’ Central Emergency Response Fund.

In this dual structure—on one side the daily broadcast across large-scale urban screens, on the other the production of physical works—Three Mirrors maintains a clear and recognisable framework: three videos, a defined schedule, a global distribution. Its strength lies in this clarity, making an already defined body of content accessible across time and space.