Entanglement, superposition, parallel universes, teleportation, dark matter: these are not the usual words on a museum wall. In Turin they are the starting point of “The Quantum Effect”, which opened to the public at OGR Torino on 31 October 2026 after an opening on 30 October. The exhibition, a project of OGR Torino and SMAC Venice (San Marco Art Centre), first appeared in Venice and has now been reconfigured as a site-specific installation for Binario 1, one of the long halls of the former railway workshops.
How quantum ideas leaked into culture
Curated by Daniel Birnbaum and Jacqui Davies, the show looks at how quantum theory, with its paradoxes about space, time and reality, has seeped into cinema, popular culture and contemporary art. The artist list mixes generations: Cerith Wyn Evans, Isa Genzken, Tomás Saraceno, Mark Leckey, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Sturtevant and Man Ray are among the names, with installations and video works in dialogue with each other and with the science behind them.
Infinity in a mirrored room
Part of the wider programme is an infinity mirror room by Yayoi Kusama, The Eternally Infinite Light of the Universe Illuminating the Quest for Truth, which plays with infinity, the perception of space and the dissolving border between the individual and the cosmos. Entry is by timed slot, and online booking is required for everyone, including visitors entitled to free admission.
The cinema gets a role too. Together with the Museo Nazionale del Cinema, OGR presents a film programme, and the curators openly name one of their key references: the black monolith from Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968). Even the catalogue, published by Verlag Walther und Franz König, is shaped as an object that echoes the monolith. A series of public conversations is planned alongside.
Practical details
“The Quantum Effect” runs until 25 February 2027. Tickets cost 8 euros (5 euros reduced), and a combined ticket with the Kusama room costs 15 euros. OGR warns that the lights, sounds and videos can create intense sensory experiences, which is worth knowing for visitors with heightened sensory sensitivity.