A series of nationwide exhibits opening this weekend will feature a wide range of artists including Andy Warhol in Monza and Giorgio Vasari in Rome, among others.
MILAN - An exhibit on Paolo Grassi, one of the protagonists
of Italian theater in the 20th century, is opening at Palazzo
Reale on January 26.
The show, called "Paolo Grassi. Diari e percorsi di un grande
organizzatore teatrale 1919-2019" (Paolo Grassi. Diaries and
journeys of a great theater organizer 1919-2019) runs through
March 24.
The show displays photos on Grassi's career and the main
events of his life on the 100th anniversary of the birth of the
founder of the Piccolo Theater.
Meanwhile the city's Gallery Bottegantica on January 25-March
16 is hosting an exhibit on Angelo Morbelli, the protagonist of
the Italian Divisionism movement.
The show "Angelo Morbelli. Luce e colore" (Angelo Morbelli.
Light and color) features a selection of works, including some
that have never been exhibited, with a specific focus on social
realism and landscapes.
MONZA - An exhibit on Pop Art icon Andy Wathol at the Reggia
di Monza Orangerie is opening on January 25.
"Andy Warhol. L'alchimista degli anni sessanta" (Andy Warhol.
The alchemist of the 1960s) displays 140 works, including the
series dedicated to Jackie and John Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe.
FERRARA - The show "Dipingere gli affetti. La pittura sacra a
Ferrara tra Cinque e Settecento" (Painting love. Sacred painting
in Ferrara between the 1500s and 1700s) at the Castello Estense
focuses on artists including Ippolito Scarsella, known as
Scarsellino, Carlo Bononi, Giuseppe Mazzuoli, known as Bastarolo
and Giuseppe Avanzi.
ROME - The capital's Palazzo delle Esposizioni on January
26-March 31 will host the exhibit "Testimoni dei testimoni.
Ricordare e raccontare Auschwitz" (Witnesses of witnesses.
Remembering and narrating Auschwitz). The show is a
collaboration between artists of the collective studio Azzurro
and a group of students. The show will be free on January 27,
International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Some 100 paintings, sculptures, graphic designs, photos,
documentaries and installations are on show for "Donne. Corpo e
imagine tra simbolo e rivoluzione" (Women. Body and image
between symbol and revolution), opening at Rome's Modern Art
Gallery on January 24 through October 13.
The show reflects on the way women have been portrayed by
different art movements starting at the end of the 1800s through
the 1900s.
The Galleria Corsini on January 25-June 30 hosts "Vasari per
Bindo Altoviti. Il Cristo portacroce" (Vasari for Binso
Altoviti. The Christ bearing the cross), which the artist
painted in 1553.
Presented for the first time to the public and rediscovered
thanks to Carlo Falciani, the painting was one of the most
important by the Arezzo-born artist and one of the last he
painted in Rome before leaving for Florence.
The National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art (GNAM) on
January 22-June 2 is hosting "Joint is Out of Time", with
artworks by Elena Damiani, Fernanda Fragateiro, Francesco
Gennari, Roni Horn, Giulio Paolini, Davide Rivalta and Jan
Vercruysse .
TURIN - The show "Sandy Skoglund. Visioni Ibride" (Sandy
Skoglund. Hybrid visions), the first anthological exhibit on the
American artist (1946), will be inaugurated at the Camera Centro
Italiano per la Fotografia on January 24.
The show, which runs through March 23, includes masterworks
from the 1970s until the present day with "Winter", a previously
unseen work on which the artist has been working for over 10
years.
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