Face to face with Monet, revolution at the Ducale in Genoa

(ANSA) - GENOA, JUNE 11 - Turning social distancing into an opportunity, with the caveat that '5 minutes in tuper with Monet' can cause falling in love syndrome.
   The intuition of the director of the Palazzo Ducale in Genoa SerenaBertolucci and the president of the Palazzo Ducale LucaBizzarri is brilliant: since the exhibitions can no longer be opened because the distance cannot be guaranteed, we put a work in the center of a room and allow five minutes to divide alone.
    Thus, those who enter the Doge's apartment in Palazzo Ducale, welcomed by the splendid 'Countess' of Boldini, loaned for the occasion by the Municipality of Genoa who owns it, find themselves in front of 'The water lilies' which in general, like their sisters, they have a home at the Musée Marmottan Monet in Paris and today I am here in Genoa.
    You can choose: stand there completely bewitched and immerse yourself in the silence, or listen to Monet played by Luca Bizzarri who tells you about his 'water lilies' or even immerse yourself in Arvo Part's 'Spiegel im explains' for an experience on the edge of the psychedelic.
    "We had to make a virtue of necessity - said Bizzarri - and so we thought of making an exhibition with only one picture, an important and beautiful picture but only one".
    Before arriving in the presence of the 'Water Lilies', from the darkness of the Doge's apartment, 'La Contessa' emerges, painted in 1901 by di Boldini, now owned by the Municipality of Genoa. A splendid canvas that bears the unmistakable signature of the artist, made of fast vibrant brushstrokes of color, so suitable for restoring the melancholy and sensual charm and the natural elegance of a protagonist of the beautiful Parisian world.
    The water lilies will remain in the Doge's Palace until 23 August.
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