The debut of the exhibition "Francesco Clemente: In Between" at the Milan Triennale is now making headlines in the Italian art world. This is the first retrospective of Clemente's work in Italy in over fifteen years—the last was in 2009 at the Madre Museum in Naples—and the first large public exhibition dedicated to him in Milan, a city that played an important part in his growth. The exhibition, which runs until September 6, 2026, examines the artist's pictorial practice—a key character in the Italian Transavanguardia—from the late 1970s to the present, featuring around 70 works, including seldom displayed pieces, previously unseen products, and new paintings. The underlying subject is the dimension of in-betweenness, a being caught between worlds and dimensions: Clemente's imagination is animated by a sense of metamorphosis, a constant interaction between interiority and exteriority, Western and Eastern culture. The self, the body, sexuality, spirituality, myth, and dreamscapes are recurring themes that appear in a variety of mediums, including drawing, watercolor, pastel, fresco, oil and tempera painting, and artist books. On June 11, the Teatro della Triennale will also present Albainclemente, a play written and performed by Alba Clemente and directed by Guido Torlonia.