Amoako Boafo

Boafo doesn't use a brush. He works the paint with his fingers, and the faces, mostly turned straight towards you, come out of dense, tactile surfaces. This is his first solo show in Italy: new and recent portraits, many made in response to Palazzo Grimani itself.

You climb to the second floor and the walls get there first: wallpaper that redraws Venetian damask with motifs from the Ghanaian flag. The paintings carry the same mix of damask, Burano lace and Ghanaian colour, some patterns transferred onto the canvas straight from paper. A video and short poetic texts run alongside. Burano lace usually leaves Venice in a souvenir bag; here it ends up in portraits of Boafo's friends and loved ones.

Fucking Young! found the result "not confrontational, but rather deeply human". Entry is the museum ticket: €14, €2 for ages 18 to 25, free under 18 and on the first Sunday of the month. Closed Mondays.