There is something for everyone in
the major art exhibitions planned for 2017, which present work
by Picasso, Kandinsky, Depero, Modigliani, Mirò, Marino Marini,
the Impressionists and contemporary masters in venues across
Italy.
This year more than in the past the offering is inspired by
20th century and avant-garde art, while fans of contemporary art
can look forward to 'Viva Arte Viva', the 57th edition of the
International art exhibition otherwise known as the Biennale
curated by Christine Macel, which opens in Venice in May.
This year the exhibition season begins earlier than usual
with 'Da Hayez a Boldini. Anime e volti della pittura italiana
dell'Ottocento' (From Hayez to Boldini. Spirits and faces of
Italian 19th-century painting), running from January 21 to June
11 at Palazzo Martinengo in Brescia.
February 9 sees the opening of a retrospective of work by the
late contemporary master Renato Mambor, founder of the
Conceptual movement, in Milan's Galleria Gruppo Credito
Valtellinese two years after his death.
'Giovanni Bellini e i Belliniani' at Palazzo Sarcinelli in
Conegliano (Treviso) marks the fifth centenary of the death of
the Venetian master, one of the greatest artists of his time.
Back in Milan the second half of the 20th century takes
centre stage in 'Keith Haring. About art' at the Palazzo Reale
from February 20-June 18 with a large selection of works by the
New York artist from all over the world.
In Rome exhibitions to look out for include an exhibition on
the Colosseum in the Colosseum itself (from February 23) and a
show of work by the Paris-based Italian genre and portrait
painter
Giovanni Boldini, the most famous of 'les Italiens', on display
at the Complesso del Vittoriano from March 4.
On the same date work by 17th-century Emilian artist Guercino
goes on show in Piacenza, where visitors can admire the
extraordinary fresco cycle painted by the artist from Cento in
the cathedral dome.
One of the most important exhibitions this year, 'Manet and
modern Paris', opens in Milan on March 8, presenting works by
the French master alongside others by Renoir, Degas and Cezanne.
Also in the Lombard capital MUDEC pays homage to Kandinsky
with a previously unshown site-specific exhibition running from
March 15 to July 2.
In Genoa an exhibition of work by Modigliani opens in the
Doge's palace on March 16, taking visitors on a journey through
the main stages of the Ligurian artist's short but prolific
career.
Other major upcoming shows include 'Depero, the magician' at
the Magnani Rocca Foundation in Mamiano di Traversetolo near
Parma, presenting over 100 paintings, collages, drawings, items
of clothing, pieces of furniture and other items from March 18;
Mirò in Bologna's Palazzo Albergati from April; and
'Picasso-Parade. Napoli 1917', one of several events marking the
centenary of the Spanish master's journey to Italy in 1917.
Back in Rome the National Museum of the 21st Century Arts
(MAXXI) is gearing up for 'The Place to Be', a new display of
its permanent collection set to open as the Venice Biennale gets
underway in the northern lagoon city.
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