Italian art exhibitions Archives

Capitoline Museums in Rome host Beato Angelico exhibition

25 April, 2020

It’s the first great exhibition devoted to Beato Angelico: The Dawn of The Ranaissance since 1955 (two major exhibitions dedicated to this great Tuscan artist which took place in Florence and the Vatican in the 1950s). This time visitors will…

Italian art exhibitions: Perugia hosts "Viva l'Italia. Arte italiana tra 1948 e 2008"

23 April, 2020

With this new exhibition called “Viva l’Italia. L’Arte italiana racconta le città tra nascita sviluppo. crisi. 1948-2008” (Hooray for Italy. How Italian Art has portrayed Italian cities from their birth and development to their crisis) the city takes centre stage…

Vigevano to host Leonardo da Vinci events

23 April, 2020

The town of Vigevano, near Pavia, will host a series of important events called “Leonardo e Vigevano” and devoted to one of the greatest geniuses in history: Leonardo da Vinci. Leonardo sojourned in Vigevano, back then part of the Milan…

Art exhibition in Padua: the Venetian city by Flemish artists

23 April, 2020

A new art exhibition in Padua is opening, putting on display the artworks owned by the Banca Antonveneta, as part of the bank’s private collection acquired over years of purchases. The exhibition runs from September 12th to November 4th.The artworks…

Art, and Christmas markets in Rome for Christmas

22 April, 2020

With Christmas on the way and a new feel in the air, Rome is more beautiful than ever. Fairy lights and decorations make the city look like an old and nostalgic aristocrat waiting for her name to be announced at…

Arnaldo Pomodoro' s work on display at Orta San Giulio, Novara

21 April, 2020

Orta San Giulio, a small village near Novara will be the backdrop of Arnaldo Pomodoro’s sculptures throughout the summer; if you want to see and enjoy the works of this important Italian artist all you have to do is take…

Venice's gold and gondolas: Italian wood and Venetian craft exhibition

20 April, 2020

The best of Venetian craftmanship is on display for an exhibition showing the wood and gold work of Venice’s artisans. The “Venezia artigiana” exhibition takes place from November 12 to December 8 at San Stae, and is organised by the…

Pablo Picasso's paintings on display at the Vittoriano in Rome

17 April, 2020

More than 50 years have passed since Pablo Picasso’s last exhibition in Rome, so if you are in Rome or just passing through, you can’t afford to miss this important event devoted to one of the greatest artists of 20th…

Marco Mazzoni's Anthropology of a Cannibal on exhibition in Legnano

15 April, 2020

Marco Mazzoni’s artworks will be on display at the castle of San Giorgio in Legnano until 15th July.This young artist has a unique style and approach to drawing and painting. His works show just bits and parts of the face…

Michelangelo's Rondanini Pietà restored and on display in Milan

14 April, 2020

Milan is hosting a rather interesting art exhibition called Michelangelo, la pietà Rondanini e il Crocefisso ritrovato and devoted to the great marble sculpture that the artist created between 1550 and 1564. So if you are an art buff you…

Leonardo da Vinci's Atlantic Code on display in Milan

14 April, 2020

The city of Milan is hosting an extraordinary art exhibition called The Codice Atlantico or Atlantic Code and entirely devoted to one of the greatest geniuses of all time: Leonardo da Vinci. The famous Atlantic Code which is the largest…

Mantegna's masterpiece " San Zeno" back on display in Verona

11 April, 2020

After two year restoration, Mantegna’s masterpiece “Saint Zeno” will be back on display at the Church of San Zeno in Verona. The famous altarpiece will be unveiled on 21 May, the feast day of the city’s patron Saint Zeno. Actually…

Leonardo's Vitruvian Man on display in Venice

8 April, 2020

Leonardo da Vinci’s world famous Vitruvian Man is appearing in Venice for a short exhibition for the first time in seven years of not being on display to the public. The Gallerie dell’Accademia will host the precious drawing, which shows…

Caravaggio's Conversion of Paul (or Saul) on display in Milan

5 April, 2020

Our colleagues over at 02 blog told us about this amazing exhibition called Caravaggio a Milano or Caravaggio in Milan on display at Palazzo Marino in Milan until 14th December. Actually this exhibition consists of only one painting, The Conversion…

Italian art exhibitions: Futurismo. Avanguardia-Avanguardie on display in Rome

31 March, 2020

Rome is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Futurism Manifesto with a series of events called Futuroma; so if you are an art buff you can’t afford to miss this unique exhibition devoted to Futurism (Futirismo. Avanguardia-Avanguardie) which is taking…

Art exhibitions in Italy: Weekend art at Rivoli castle in Turin

31 March, 2020

From October onwards, during every third weekend of the month, the contemporary art museum at the Rivoli castle in Turin will open its doors to families as part of an important initiative aiming to bring art to children and their…

Michelangelo on Second Life in "Musei in Comune 2.0"

29 March, 2020

Ancient Rome in 3D is on Google Earth, there is the Virtual Museum of the Ancient via Flaminia, and soon we will have more Italian art exhibitions on Second Life. The first Italian project on Second Life was Experience Italy,…

Italian art exhibitions: "Gonzaga delle Nebbie" in Mantua

27 March, 2020

People call them Gonzaga delle Nebbie or the Gonzaga from the mists and this noble and powerful family will be the chief attraction of the new exhibition that will open its doors to the public at Palazzo Pubblico at Rivarolo…

Italian family life: the dolce vita explored in photography exhibition in Rome

27 March, 2020

A free Italian photography exhibition is being held at Rome’s Museo Centrale del Risorgimento. The photos are of Italian family life, including weddings, holidays, birthdays and snapshots of the identity of families from Lazio. The exhibition is called “Famiglia: fotografie…

Brothels and escort services in Milan

25 March, 2020

Escort services and brothels, at least the official ones, are from times gone past in Milan, as in the 50’s a law was passed to close brothels in Italy. It is a law that has never been reversed, and so…

Correggio exhibition in Parma: view the 'painter of light' works and frescoes

24 March, 2020

Known as Correggio, Antonio Allegri’s works will be on show until January 25 at the Galleria Nazionale in Pilotta in Parma. The Mostra Correggio opened in September and shows the incredible studies of light and dark from Correggio, whose style…

World's most beautiful bible: Carolingian bible from St Paul's Outside the Walls on display

24 March, 2020

If you want to see an extremely unique piece of Italian art and religious icons, from April 19 to June 29, the Carolingian Bible of San Paolo fuori le Mura (or St Paul’s outside the Walls) will be on display…

Alessio Delfino's Metamorphoseis on exhibition at Rivara Castle

23 March, 2020

The gold-painted goddesses you see in the picture above are the famous muses of the myth, this time revisited and modernised by Alessio Delfino. They will be on display at the castle of Rivara from 26th June to 27th July.…

Giorgio de Chirico 's works on exhibition at Palazzo Mauro de Andrè in Ravenna

23 March, 2020

Giorgio de Chirico became famous when after 1910 he started painting disconnected and unsettling dreams images, giving thus birth to a style known as metaphysical painting; his influence on surrealism was great and many of his works of the period…

Art Exhibitions: Massimo Sansavini's Passions on display in Milan

21 March, 2020

Massimo Sansavini’s soft, delicate works are undoubtedly much loved by the public. After Kindergarten and Flower Power, two art shows entirely dedicated to this artist, we will be able to see another exhibition at the Galleria’s world artists in Milan…