Galleria Ramo is in Via Borsieri and was established some time ago by two very young professionals, namely Simon J. V. David, an Anglo-Swiss and curator who decided to leave London and Lugano, the city where he used to work, and Benedetta De Rosa, an architect who trained at the Accademia di Mendrisio with Mario Botta. They set up the gallery together as a place where artists would be invited to take part in a dialogue connecting themselves in new ways with the public and collectors.
As it says on their website: "To lose ourselves before a painting to find ourselves again, at a time of collective disorientation. The philosophy of the gallery is that of constructive engagement with artists and their creativity, through a programme of curating and events that stimulate and interact with the local community, with particular attention to the changing language of the contemporary art world".
Simon and Benedetta are not looking back to the formats of the past, but aim towards the radical, attentive at all times to both local and international debates. They specialise in contemporary art, which Simon and Benedetta see as a way of looking at and reading reality, as a channel for scrutinising the present.