From Giovanni Boldini to Banksy, from Domenico Morelli to Mario Schifano, and then Dante interpreted by Dalì and Livio Senigalliesi's reportages from the front: these are the exhibitions of the week.
ASTI - The rarefied and fascinating atmospheres of an unforgettable and extraordinarily effervescent era populate the exhibition "Boldini and the myth of the Belle Époque" at Palazzo Mazzetti from 26 November to 10 April, curated by Tiziano Panconi and organized by Arthemisia: in the chronological itinerary and thematic 80 works - including Blond Lady in Evening Dress (c. 1889), Princess Eulalia of Spain (1898), Reclining Bust of a Young Woman (c. 1912) and The Voile Blouse (c. 1906) - recount the talent of Giovanni Boldini, focusing on his ability to grasp the psychology of his subjects in female portraits.
MILAN - At the Carlo Maria Martini Diocesan Museum "Diary from the Front", a retrospective curated by Barbara Silbe which traces the entire career of the photojournalist Livio Senigalliesi: on display to the public from 25 November to 8 January a selection of 50 black and white black and color, collected in war scenarios, from the Middle East to Kurdistan, from Kuwait to the Soviet Union, to Africa.
FLORENCE - The digital exhibition "Inside Banksy - Unauthorized Exhibition" created by Crossmedia Group arrives at the Cathedral of the Image, part of the monumental complex of Santo Stefano al Ponte, from November 26 to February 26: it is a skilful mix of images, sounds and music that tells the entire creative path of the mysterious British artist, immersing the audience in the underground culture of Bristol.
Among the novelties of the exhibition is the 'Be Banksy' experience, in which visitors can create a virtual graffiti with an interactive spray can.
SARZANA - A 'new' Divine Comedy filtered through the sensitivity and imagination of one of the masters of the 20th century: the exhibition "Salvador Dalì. Dante and the journey of the Genius" is set up at the Firmafede Fortress from 26 November to 5 February edited by Gina Ingrassia.
Divided into three sections, as many as Dante's otherworldly realms, 100 color woodcuts retrace the journey of the Poet, also offering an incursion into the psyche and suggestions of the Spanish artist.
ROME - "Domenico Morelli. Imagining unseen things", curated by Chiara Stefani with Luisa Martorelli is on display at the National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art from 22 November to 29 January.
Almost seventy years after the exhibition of drawings set up in 1955 by Palma Bucarelli in Valle Giulia, the exhibition presents about thirty paintings and 9 sketches, 9 sculptures, a corpus of 48 oil on wood tablets with landscape paintings made on the coast in south of Naples, a large mixed media cartoon and a conspicuous selection of 160 works on paper, among the over 800 sheets belonging to the Morelli collection conserved by the National Gallery.
From 24 November to 14 January at Visionarea Art Space - Auditorium Conciliazione "Nature loves to hide", solo show by Benedetto Pietromarchi, curated by Ornella Paglialonga:
8 sculptures inspired by the statues of the Vittorio Emanuele II bridge and 2 large artist canvases born from the lands of the Tiber river are exhibited, in a tribute to Rome and its natural and monumental heritage.
From 24 November "Homage to Mario Schifano" opens, the first exhibition of Spazio all'arte, Capitolium Art gallery in Via delle Mantellate 14/b, set up for 3 weeks and curated by Vincenzo Maria Zuco.
In fact, the artist lived and worked in these rooms and the 6 works on display refer to that period, some of large dimensions, 2 never exhibited before, all dated between 1985 and 1990.
"Homage to Mario Schifano" opens on 24 November, the first exhibition of Spazio all'arte, Capitolium Art gallery in Via delle Mantellate 14/b, set up for 3 weeks and curated by Vincenzo Maria Zuco.
In fact, the artist lived and worked in these rooms and the 6 works on display refer to that period, some of large dimensions, 2 never exhibited before, all dated between 1985 and 1990.
"Homage to Mario Schifano" opens on 24 November, the first exhibition of Spazio all'arte, Capitolium Art gallery in Via delle Mantellate 14/b, set up for 3 weeks and curated by Vincenzo Maria Zuco.
In fact, the artist lived and worked in these rooms and the 6 works on display refer to that period, some of large dimensions, 2 never exhibited before, all dated between 1985 and 1990.
MORESCO (FM) - At the Tomav Torre Moresco Visual Arts Center from 25 November Matteo Costanzo's solo show entitled "No one is father to another", curated by Lorenzo Madaro: until 29 January, the exhibition activates a dialogue between artist and Carmelo Bene on the twentieth anniversary of his death, taking up in the title the phrase of Elsa Morante dear to the great Apulian actor and director.
