Pablo Picasso in Rome, Maria
Callas in Milan, Liberty art in Trieste and the history of the
Lombards in Naples are among the highlights of exhibits across
Italy this weekend, which will include an initiative granting
free access to visitors on the first Sunday of the month.
MILAN - Iconic opera singer Maria Callas will be celebrated
with a show at the museum of Milan's La Scala theater on the
40th anniversary of her death.
The show - 'Maria Callas in scena. Gli anni della Scala', or
'Maria Callas on stage. The years at La Scala' -focuses on the
artist's period in Milan (from 1950 until 1961) through
costumes, prints and photos.
Also in Milan, at the Crypt of the Saint Sepulcher, Bill
Viola's art will be on display until January 28 with three
videos: The Quintet of the Silent (2000), Earth Martyr (2014)
and The Return (2007).
ROME - The exhibit 'Picasso. Tra Cubismo e Classicismo
1915-1925' - or Picasso amid cubism and classicism 1915-1925 -
curated by Olivier Berggruen will be open at Rome's Scuderie del
Quirinale until January 21.
The show in particular focuses on pastiche, a method used by
Picasso at the service of modernism.
TRIESTE - This weekend will be the last to visit a major
exhibit on the Liberty style and the European art revolution -
'Il Liberty e la rrivoluzione europea delle arti' - at Trieste's
'Scuderie' and at the historic museum of the Miramare Castle.
The show focuses on this new artistic language and the way it
revolutionized art in Europe at the turn of the last century,
paving the way to modernity.
A total of 200 masterworks from the Museum of Decorative Arts
in Prague, by artists including Alphonse Mucha, Gustav Klimt and
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, will be on display until January 7.
VENICE - The exhibit 'Porto Marghera 100' at the Ducal Palace
will close on January 28.
The show is part of initiatives to celebrate the centennial
of the industrial hub (1917-2017).
The show focuses in particular on materials used for
production at the plant, including water, coal, iron, chemical
products, plastic, textile and glass with each getting a
specific room at the Doge's Apartment, which also hosts artworks
by contemporary artists ranging from Jannis Kounellis to Pino
Pascali, Emilio Vedova and Mario Merz.
NAPLES - The National Archeological Museum in Naples (MANN) is
hosting through January 28 a show - 'Longobardi. Un popolo che
cambia la storia', or Lombards, a population that changed
history - an important exhibit dedicated to the Lombards.
The show focuses on new archaeological discoveries over the
past 15 years and showcases 300 artworks.
After being exhibited in Pavia last September, the show will
move to St. Petersburg in April.
photo: exhibits at Naples show on Lombards
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