Exhibitions and events at Ligornetto

A major monograph celebrates the bicentennial of Vincenzo Vela's birth

On the occasion of the bicentenary of the birth of Swiss sculptor Vincenzo Vela (Ligornetto, 1820 - 1891), the Vincenzo Vela Museum, among the most significant artist houses of 19th-century Europe, will open to the public the major monographic exhibi...
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Japanese craft artifacts on display at the Vincenzo Vela Museum

The Vincenzo Vela Museum presents the exhibition Japan. Art in the Everyday. Mingei Artifacts from the Jeffrey Montgomery Collection, open to the public from October 13, 2019 to March 8, 2020. More than two hundred Japanese ceramic, wood, textile an...
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Carl Burckhardt, father of modern Swiss sculpture, on display through October at the Vincenzo Vela Museum in Ligornetto

From June 10 to October 28, 2018, the extensive monographic exhibition entitled"Echoes from Antiquity. Carl Burckhardt (1878-1923). A sculptor between Basel, Rome and Ligornetto" dedicated to one of the most innovative artists of 20th century Swiss s...
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