19/10/2026
Giorgetto Giugiario was the featured artist of the 15th edition of Panchine d'Artista Vigone, a project organized by the Municipality of Vigone (TO) that each year invites an internationally renowned artist to create a sculptural bench - which becomes part of the public heritage - and accompanies it with a solo exhibition hosted in the former Chiesa del Gesù in Piazza Michele Baretta.
The bench - titled “Totem”, effectively a one-of-a-kind piece - has been installed in the green space along the avenues of the former Vigone train station, which will soon be converted into a new cultural hub. The unveiling on Friday, October 16, was followed by the opening of the exhibition “Giorgetto Giugiaro e l’arte totale”, dedicated primarily to the car designs that made the designer famous, from the first sketches shown to Nuccio Bertone in 1959 to the 1981 DeLorean DMC-12 project. Accompanying the drawings is the real model of the iconic 1963 Chevrolet Testudo concept car, from the collection of Giorgetto and Fabrizio Giugiaro. The exhibition will remain open to the public through December 20.