Exhibitions and events at Matera

How did the Mezzogiorno contribute to the developments of Italian Futurism? An exhibition in Matera

At the National Museum of Matera - Palazzo Lanfranchi was inaugurated today, in the presence of Minister of Culture Gennaro Sangiuliano and Director General of Museums Massimo Osanna, the exhibition Futurismo Italiano. The Contribution of Southern It...
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Matera celebrates cinema and comics with two exhibitions dedicated to Diabolik and Renato Casaro

The Museum of Palazzo Lanfranchi in Matera opens on Sunday, October 2, 2022, two exhibitions dedicated to the world of cinema and comics: Diabolik: Enigma at the Museum of Palazzo Lanfranchi and My Name is Renato Casaro. It is due to the creative ge...
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Matera welcomes Trama doppia, the exhibition featuring works by Maria Lai and Antonio Marras

From December 8, 2019 to March 8, 2020, Matera at the National Museum of Medieval and Modern Art of Basilicata in Palazzo Lanfranchi will host the exhibition Trama doppia. Maria Lai, Antonio Marras, co-produced, organized and coordinated by the Regio...
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Contemporary art in Matera: until Nov. 10 MAAP Puybblica Art Fair

Ten days of contemporary art in the outskirts of the city of Matera, with MAAP Public Art Fair. From November 1 to 10, 2019, three young artists will create site-specific works and installations in marginal and unusual locations compared to the usual...
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Bread and the Sassi: the Uffizi for the first time on display in Matera

From Oct. 10, 2019 to Jan. 10, 2020, the Uffizi is going on display for the first time in Matera, the European Capital of Culture 2019, for the exhibition Il Pane e i Sassi - The ancient theme of bread in a selection of works from the Uffizi Gallerie...
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Shirin Neshat on display in Matera to present two videos from her feature film Looking for Oum Kulthum

On the occasion of Matera European Capital of Culture 2019, Iranian artist Shirin Neshat (Qazvin, 1957) presents in the city Lucania, at the Museum of Palazzo Lanfranchi, from Sept. 11, 2019 to Jan. 12, 2020, two works from her latest feature Looking...
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Corrado Veneziano's Atlantic Leonardo in Matera.

From Tuesday, September 10 to Tuesday, September 17, 2019, the National Archaeological Museum "Domenico Ridola" in Matera will host the exhibition Leonardo Atlantico by Corrado Veneziano (Tursi, 1958). Thirty works will be on display that combine ph...
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What is photography? In Matera, photographer Angelo Galantini's exhibition on the ethics of photography

Photography ethics: what is a photograph, how true it is, how subjective it is. To this theme is dedicated Angelo Galantini 's exhibition Comforting Counterfeits, which opened in Matera on August 19, at the Cine Sud Gallery Space, as part of the phot...
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