The Centre for Contemporary Art from May 31st to September 8th 2025 presents the exhibition Smisurata. XXL works from the Centro Pecci collection. The exhibition is organised by the Centro Pecci team together with architect Ibrahim Kombarji and will be an opportunity to present the largest works currently in the collection. The exhibition ideally continues the path of Eccentrica. The Collections of the Centro Pecci, the permanent display designed by Formafantasma that will open in 2023 and that cannot accommodate many of the works exhibited in this context due to space constraints.

Smisurata is an important occasion to celebrate the unique spaces of the Centro Pecci thanks to the capacity of the Ala Gamberini, the first museum in Italy specifically built to house a contemporary art centre and opened in 1988. The exhibition will also be an important way to reactivate the memory of those who have already encountered the works presented on other occasions. The project also fits into the theme explored by the Pecci Centre in 2025 of Building Community. The event also celebrates the return of another XXL work outside the Pecci Centre, Prato 88 by Mauro Staccioli, a true landmark of the city of Prato.

Smisurata is an opportunity to place the theme of museum accessibility and habitability at the centre of the Italian institutional debate.
The Pecci Centre in 2025 presents its new graphic identity, new site and new directions, completing the path begun in 2022 with the PNRR for the removal of architectural, cognitive and sensory barriers. The exhibition will be confronted with large elements designed to facilitate the visit to the exhibition and the relationship with the works also through the sense of touch.

A new arrangement of the collection in the original exhibition rooms, with only large-scale works by: Marco Bagnoli, Luca Bertolo, Lorenzo Bonechi, Enzo Cucchi, Caterina De Nicola (new acquisition), Karen Kilimnik, Willi Kopf, Jannis Kounellis (new acquisition), Lorenza Longhi (new acquisition), Mario Merz (new acquisition), Jacopo Miliani, Julian Opie, Mimmo Paladino (new acquisition), Paolo Parisi, Remo Salvadori.