Women, Mexico and freedomLoggia degli Abati Tina Modotti, an Italian photographer, activist and actress, has left an indelible mark on the history of contemporary photography.Her famous shots, which make up the collections of the most important museums in the world, are the symbol of an emancipated and modern woman, whose photographic art is inextricably linked … Continue
Pier Paolo PasoliniNon mi lascio commuovere dalle fotografie30 novembre 2021 – 13 marzo 2022Loggia degli Abati This exhibition is being held to commemorate the centenary of Pasolini’s birth in Bologna in 1922. It takes us along a path of recollection that enables us to explore and gain a closer understanding of the artist and his … Continue
Masterpieces from Musée Marmottan Monet Paris Palazzo Ducale hosts masterpieces from the leading exponent of Impressionism. Showcasing his entire artistic arc, the fifty Monet masterpieces from the Musée Marmottan Monet in Paris on display here are among the best-known of the impressionist matester’s works. They are the pieces Monet cared most about, “his” works, the … Continue
6 May – 18 July 2021 An intense account of the history, lifestyle and culture of Italy since WWII is told through the eyes of the photographers of Magnum Photos – the most important photo agency in the world. Starting with a tribute to its three founders (Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Capa, and David Seymour) and … Continue
More than four-and-a-half centuries after Michelangelo Buonarroti’s death on 18 February 1564, his art and, even more so, his life remain a source of wonder and admiration.Everything about him seems to have been prodigious, even to his contemporaries: his precocious talent, his multidisciplinary skill as sculptor, painter, architect and poet and the superlative quality of … Continue
Thanks to pictures taken on set and special features from the Universal Pictures archives, the visitors are brought behind the scenes of Alfred Hitchcock’s most important movies, where they can discover curious details about the production of many famous scenes, the use of the first special effects, the actors and the private life of the … Continue
No one has ever seen him, no one knows his face, and no photos showing him are circulating: yet BANKSY conquers the world through his work of unprecedented ethical, evocative and thematic power. Born in Bristol around 1974, generically classified as Street Artist, Banksy is an exemplary case of popularity for a living artist since … Continue
The 1920s in Italy was a complex decade, as roaring and sparkling as it was restless. These were crucial years of transition from the Great War that had put an end to the optimism and certainties of the Belle Époque to the worldwide crisis of the decade to come. The first signs of this crisis … Continue
