(by Marzia Apice).
A journey through the centuries, from
Russian icons of the seventeenth century in Bari to homage paid
to the racecar driver Gilles Villeneuve in Monza and an
anthological exhibition on the painter Paolo Masi in Gallarate
are the highlights of Italy's new shows for the May 4 weekend.
The ministerial initiative #domenicalmuseo means that
museumgoers will be able to get in for free on Sunday.
BARI - Christian ideals as the bridge between the West and
the East at the center of the exhibition "Russian Icon. Prayer
and Mercy", which after Rome and Palmanova has been set up in
Castello Svevo, where it will be from May 1 until June 30.
As emblems of prayer and mercy, 37 icons from the 17th and
18th centuries from two Moscow museums, the Andrey Rublev
Central Museum of Ancient Russian Art and Culture and the
private Museum of Russian Icons, will be exhibited.
There will also be a work by Vladimir Tatlin, 'Composition
with Transparent Surfaces' (1916) and a contemporary sculpture,
'The Mother of God, The Great Panaguya' by Dmitri Gutov (2012),
both from private collections.
MONZA - Over 170 photographs, videos, memorabilia and objects
are included in the "Gilles Villeneuve. The Undying Myth", from
May 4 until July 22 at the Monza Eni Circuit Museum.
The exhibition revolves around the career and life of the
famous, much-loved racecar driver who died in an accident on the
Zolder racetrack in Belgium in 1982. It also includes a section
reconstructing the context of Villeneuve's professional life,
with the Formula 1 cars and the curve of a racetrack entirely
built in Lego pieces in a work by Wilmer Archiutti.
ROME - Italy and the world are the focus of "Dreamers. 1968:
As We Were, As We Will Be", curated by AGI and at the Museo di
Roma in Trastevere from May 5 until September 2.
On the 50th anniversary of 1968, photos and video made by the
main Italian and international news agencies will showcase the
protests and dreams of a generation during those years.
There will also be "Cucire e Ricucire sul Diritto e sul
Rovescio.
Opere di Maria Lai" ("Sewing and Resewing on the Right and the
Other Side. Works by Maria Lai"), an exhibition from May 3
until July 3 at the Casa delle Letterature as part of the
International Festival of Literatures in Rome.
The exhibition pays homage to the Sardinian artist who died
in 2013 and whose strong and highly personal vision was often
interwoven with the literary world. The work that the show is
named after will be on display, which hints at the theme of the
2018 edition of the festival, as well as four sculptures that
had never before been exhibited and that Maria Lai dedicated to
Nobel Prize winner Grazia Deledda.
GALLARATE - The weekend will be the first for the
anthological exhibition of Paolo Masi (Florence, 1933), entitled
"Doppio Spazio" ("Double Space") , at the Museo MA*GA from May 6
until September 16.
Starting from the 1950s and running through current times,
the exhibition presents to the public paintings and
installations made from different materials, from canvases on
the ground to Plexiglas sheets painted with geometrical shapes
and suspended in the air, to document the evolution of Masi's
attempts to understand the limits and potential of paintings as
an object, abstract painting and art as a political act.
RANCATE (Mendrisio, Switzerland) - There will be an
exhibition exploring the evolution of men and horses through the
centuries and in "Il Cavallo: 4000 Anni di Storia. Collezione
Giannelli" ("Horses: 4,000 Years of History. Giannelli
Collection") at the Pinacoteca Cantonale Giovanni Züst from May
6 until August 19.
Showcased will be rare halters from the Mesopotamian, Greek ,
Roman, medieval and Renaissance ages as well as paintings,
etchings and ancient books.
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