Joe Diggs | Opening Reception: Castello 925 · Fondamenta San Giuseppe (Isepo) 925 · 30122 Venice, Italy
Castello 925 · Fondamenta San Giuseppe 925
17:00 - 19:30
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Joe Diggs | In Venice
CASTELLO 925
Sestiere Castello 925 · Fondamenta San Giuseppe, 30122 · Venice, Italy
Gallery hours: Thursday - Sunday, 12 - 5 PM.
Exhibition Dates: September 24 - November 22, 2026
Opening reception: Saturday, SEPTEMBER 26, 17:00 - 19:30 PM
(VENICE, Italy) - This solo exhibition, Joe Diggs | In Venice, explores the theme of the 61st Venice Biennale, In Minor Keys. Long known for his figurative paintings about his family and African-American community, Joe Diggs now delves into visual abstractions that merge into a spiritual memory of traditional woven surfaces. Smaller works, painted on fast food containers and scribbled with poker game scores and “notes to self” scattered throughout, convert ordinary moments and materials into art. Seph Rodney observes about the complexity and variety of Joe Diggs' paintings: "Yet as I describe one painting, I know I’ve only described one planet within an entire system of swirling galaxies with undying suns, moons, and stars."
ABOUT JOE DIGGS: Joseph (Joe) Diggs is a practicing artist, curator, and educator with generational roots on Cape Cod in the United States. His paintings range from figurative depictions of African American history and personal family memories to gestural plein-air landscapes and geometric abstractions, and they span in scale from large, wall-sized murals to small, intimate works on cardboard.
Recent solo exhibitions include Provincetown Art Association & Museum and Berta Walker Gallery, Provincetown, MA (2025), Holderness School, Holderness, NH (2025), Brattleboro Museum, Brattleboro, VT (2018) and Cotuit Center for the Arts, Cotuit, MA (2009). In 2025, Joe Diggs was honored as Artist of the Year by the Arts Foundation of Cape Cod. Although anchored in his local Cape Cod community, Diggs’ paintings are in many national and international private collections. Joe Diggs is represented by Berta Walker Gallery.
ABOUT CASTELLO 925 : Castello 925 is a multi-disciplinary, non-profit gallery that serves as a crucible for the visual arts, literature, and culture. Founded by psychoanalyst Luca Caldironi, Castello 925 explores the origins of creativity with a vibrant program of exhibitions and conversations.
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Joe DiggsThe Future, 2024Acrylic on canvas36 x 60 in | 91.5 x 152.50 cm -
Joe DiggsThe Past, 2024Acrylic on canvas60 x 36 in | 152.5 x 91.5 cm -
Joe DiggsIncredible Egg | Sunny -Side Up, 2025Acrylic on canvas48 x 34.5 in | 121.75 x 87.50 cm -
Joe DiggsUntitled III, 2025Acrylic on canvas64 x 56 | 162.50 x 142.25 cm -
Joe DiggsUntitled I , 2019Acrylic on canvas32 x 43.5 in | 81.25 x 110.5 cm -
Joe DiggsUntitled II, 2026Acrylic and oil on canvas72 x 52.5 in | 182.75 x 133.25 cm -
Joe DiggsUntitled (Card), 2025Acrylic on canvas76 x 56 in | 193 x 142.25 cm -
Joe DiggsThe Other Side of the River, 2026Acrylic on canvas56 x 90 in | 142.25 x 228.5 cm -
Joe DiggsIndigo Moon Over Portland, 2026Acrylic on canvas33.5 x 48 in | 85 x 121.75 cm -
Joe DiggsWitch Side , 2024acrylic on canvas282 x 12 in | 716.25 cm x 30.5 cm -
Joe DiggsWitch Side (verso), 2024acrylic on canvas282 x 12 in | 716.25 cm x 30.5 cm
Joe Diggs | In Venice
CASTELLO 925
Sestiere Castello 925 · Fondamenta San Giuseppe, 30122 · Venice, Italy
Gallery hours: Thursday - Sunday, 12 - 5 PM.
Exhibition Dates: September 24 - November 22, 2026
Opening reception: Saturday, SEPTEMBER 26, 17:00 - 19:30 PM
(VENICE, Italy) - This solo exhibition, Joe Diggs | In Venice, explores the theme of the 61st Venice Biennale, In Minor Keys. Long known for his figurative paintings about his family and African-American community, Joe Diggs now delves into visual abstractions that merge into a spiritual memory of traditional woven surfaces. Smaller works, painted on fast food containers and scribbled with poker game scores and “notes to self” scattered throughout, convert ordinary moments and materials into art. Seph Rodney observes about the complexity and variety of Joe Diggs' paintings: "Yet as I describe one painting, I know I’ve only described one planet within an entire system of swirling galaxies with undying suns, moons, and stars."
ABOUT JOE DIGGS: Joseph (Joe) Diggs is a practicing artist, curator, and educator with generational roots on Cape Cod in the United States. His paintings range from figurative depictions of African American history and personal family memories to gestural plein-air landscapes and geometric abstractions, and they span in scale from large, wall-sized murals to small, intimate works on cardboard.
Recent solo exhibitions include Provincetown Art Association & Museum and Berta Walker Gallery, Provincetown, MA (2025), Holderness School, Holderness, NH (2025), Brattleboro Museum, Brattleboro, VT (2018) and Cotuit Center for the Arts, Cotuit, MA (2009). In 2025, Joe Diggs was honored as Artist of the Year by the Arts Foundation of Cape Cod. Although anchored in his local Cape Cod community, Diggs’ paintings are in many national and international private collections. Joe Diggs is represented by Berta Walker Gallery.
ABOUT CASTELLO 925 Castello 925 is a multi-disciplinary, non-profit gallery that serves as a crucible for the visual arts, literature, and culture. Founded by psychoanalyst Luca Caldironi, Castello 925 explores the origins of creativity with a vibrant program of exhibitions and conversations.
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JOE DIGGS | A Venezia
CASTELLO 925
Sestiere Castello 925 · Fondamenta San Giuseppe, 30122 · Venezia, Italia
Orari della galleria: giovedi - domenica, 15:30 - 18:30.
Date della mostra: 24 settembre - 22 novembre 2026
Inaugurazione: sabato 26 settembre, ore 17:00 - 19:30
(VENEZIA, Italia) - La mostra personale Joe Diggs | in Venice esplora il tema della 61ª Biennale di Venezia: In Minor Keys. Noto da tempo per i suoi dipinti figurativi incentrati sulla famiglia e sulla comunità afroamericana, Joe Diggs si addentra ora in astrazioni visive che si fondono in una memoria spirituale delle tradizionali superfici intrecciate. Opere di dimensioni ridotte – realizzate su contenitori da fast-food e costellate di punteggi di partite a poker e "appunti per sé" – trasformano momenti e materiali quotidiani in arte. A proposito della complessità e della varietà dei dipinti di Joe Diggs, Seph Rodney osserva: "Eppure, mentre descrivo un dipinto, so di aver descritto soltanto un pianeta all'interno di un intero sistema di galassie vorticose, con soli, lune e stelle immortali."
INFORMAZIONI SU JOE DIGGS: Joseph (Joe) Diggs è un artista, curatore ed educatore con radici generazionali a Cape Cod, negli Stati Uniti. La sua produzione pittorica spazia dalle rappresentazioni figurative della storia afroamericana e dei ricordi familiari personali ai paesaggi gestuali *en plein air* e alle astrazioni geometriche; le dimensioni delle opere variano da grandi murales a parete a piccoli lavori intimi su cartone.
Tra le sue recenti mostre personali figurano quelle presso il Provincetown Art Association & Museum e la Berta Walker Gallery a Provincetown, MA (2025), la Holderness School a Holderness, NH (2025), il Brattleboro Museum a Brattleboro, VT (2018) e il Cotuit Center for the Arts a Cotuit, MA (2009). Nel 2025, Joe Diggs è stato insignito del titolo di "Artist of the Year" dalla Arts Foundation of Cape Cod. Sebbene profondamente legato alla comunità locale di Cape Cod, Diggs vede le sue opere presenti in numerose collezioni private, sia nazionali che internazionali. Joe Diggs è rappresentato dalla Berta Walker Gallery.
INFORMAZIONI SU CASTELLO 925: Castello 925 è una galleria multidisciplinare no-profit che funge da crogiolo per le arti visive, la letteratura e la cultura. Fondata dallo psicoanalista Luca Caldironi, Castello 925 esplora le origini della creatività attraverso un vivace programma di mostre e conversazioni. ###
