The human side of data: Giorgia Lupi’s vision on show in Vicenza
29 April 2026
Intesa Sanpaolo opens to the public at the Gallerie d’Italia – Vicenza the exhibition “Giorgia Lupi. Data Humanism”, the first solo show in Italy by Giorgia Lupi, partner at Pentagram. The exhibition explores Data Humanism as a key to interpreting data, experiences and contemporary relationships.
Giorgia Lupi is one of the leading figures in contemporary data visualization, and the exhibition - curated by Associazione Illustri - highlights how numbers, patterns and visualizations can become stories capable of expressing both personal and collective experiences, transforming complexity into understanding.
The exhibition journey: from iconic projects to contemporary research
The exhibition path presents some of Giorgia Lupi’s most significant works, creating a dialogue between the individual dimension and global phenomena. Featured projects include:
- “Dear Data”, part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art
- “Bruises”, intertwining clinical data and personal experiences
- “1,374 Days: My Life with Long Covid”, awarded the Compasso d’Oro 2025
- “The Room of Change” and “Inequalities”, focusing on environmental and social transformations
Alongside these works, sketchbooks and research materials are presented to the public for the first time, documenting the artist’s creative process, based on hand drawing and analog experimentation.
An interactive section dedicated to artificial intelligence invites visitors to contribute with marks, thoughts and drawings, transforming the exhibition into a shared space for reflection on the relationship between technology, creativity and empathy.
Giorgia Lupi is an information designer and Partner at Pentagram in New York. Born in Modena, she studied Architecture and earned a PhD in Design from the Politecnico di Milano.
In 2011, she co-founded Accurat, with offices in Milan and New York, before joining Pentagram in 2019.
Her collaborative personal data project “Dear Data” is part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art. In 2024, she published “1,374 Days: My Life with Long COVID”, a visual Op-Ed for The New York Times, which received the prestigious Compasso d’Oro in 2025.
In 2018, she was named one of the “100 Most Creative People in Business” by Fast Company. She is also a member of the Global Future Council on New Metrics of the World Economic Forum, the Royal Society of Arts, and a National Geographic Explorer. She serves on the advisory council of the Data Visualization Society and has been named three times by Wallpaper among the 400 most creative people shaping America.
She received the National Design Award 2022 for Communication Design from the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum. In the same year, she was awarded an honorary degree in Fine Arts from MICA (Maryland Institute College of Art). In 2024, she was invited to join the Alliance Graphique Internationale.
The exhibition is part of the cultural programme of the Gallerie d’Italia, Intesa Sanpaolo’s museum project, which includes venues in Vicenza, Milan, Naples and Turin.
The exhibition is open to the public from 30 April to 2 August 2026. For more information, please visit the Gallerie d’Italia website.
Photo credits: Courtesy of Giorgia Lupi
Last updated 29 April 2026 at 13:19:21
