ITSLIQUID Group is thrilled to announce the opening of “About People”, a solo exhibition
of photo-based artworks by the German artist Thomas Ruhl. Curated by Luca Curci and
co-curated by Amaride Ferrante, the exhibition opens on September 17, 2026, at the
historic Palazzo Pisani Revedin in Venice, and will remain on view until September 24,
2026.
“ABOUT PEOPLE” offers visitors an inspiring journey into a captivating universe where
photography, painting, and literature gracefully intersect. At the center of the exhibition is
Ruhl’s core subject: the individuals he has encountered across the world in his decades as
a photographer and author. Their lives, cultures, worries and joys become, through his
images, a plea for humanism: these are not models, nor a typology of faces; they are
people in their own lives, with pride, fears, hopes and contradictions – people who create,
who make, who simply are. As highlighted by Prof. Dr. Claus-Christian Carbon (Chair of
General Psychology and expert in art perception at the University of Bamberg), Ruhl’s
artworks kindly force viewers to slow down: “His works induce a ‘slow perception’ that
inhibits visual automatisms and stereotypes, creating a meditative space where viewers
can develop new perspectives, empathy, and hope.”