Arte Domiciliata — Florilegi della Soglia

When the masterpiece rings the doorbell

Arte Domiciliata is a project that overturns the usual way of experiencing art: instead of bringing the public to a gallery, it brings works and artists into a house. The venue is the house-studio of architect Giancarlo Ercoli, at Via Mura Orientali 4, in the historic centre of Jesi, in the province of Ancona. Here, domestic space becomes a place of culture, meeting, and listening, where the artwork is not distanced but enters into dialogue with the viewer.

'Florilegi della Soglia'

The exhibition 'Florilegi della Soglia' (also referred to as 'Florilegi sulla soglia') is the first stage of the Arte Domiciliata 2026 project, curated by Andrea Carnevali. The common thread is the flower as a figure of dwelling: an image that unfolds in a progressive order and accompanies the visitor from appearance to transformation, from matter to memory, up to a broader reflection on time and history.

The artists

The exhibition brings together five artists who dialogue with the house's environments and with the watercolours of Giancarlo Ercoli himself:

• Carlo Iacomucci, a master from Urbino, with a moment of suspension and seasonal threshold, made of fragility and anticipation;
• Simona Bramati;
• Maria Grazia Focanti, an artist from Jesi;
• Cristina Messora, with her 'Fiori di Ku';
• Paolo Monina, with his calla lilies.

Each author exhibits a small group of works, designed to relate to the rooms and furnishings: not a neutral gallery wall, but a welcoming atmosphere that invites slow and close-up viewing.

A project born in Jesi

The idea has its roots in 2019, when Ercoli inaugurated the 'Domus Ercoli' cycle in his own home, which later evolved into the current 'arte domiciliata' (home art) format: a calendar of events on weekends, each dedicated to different artists. The project removes the artwork from the neutrality of conventional exhibition spaces to return it to a more intimate, collected, and relational dimension, where the artist's house-studio becomes a place of passage and encounter.

Jesi, city of art in the Marche

The setting is Jesi, the birthplace of Frederick II and Giovan Battista Pergolesi, rich in historic palaces and museums. Arte Domiciliata adds to this heritage a different and intimate way of encountering contemporary art in the Marche: not in a museum, but on the doorstep.