Exhibitions and events at Parma

Parma's Pilotta presents Bella figura: Italian figurative painting between modern and eternal

From October 10 to November 30, 2025, the Complesso monumentale della Pilotta in Parma will host the exhibition Bella figura. Pittura italiana d'oggi, an exhibition project that aims to document the still central role of the human figure in contempor...
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An exhibition on foreign bookbinding in the holdings of the Palatine Library in Parma

From November 15, 2025 to February 15, 2026, the Monumental Complex of the Pilotta in Parma presents the exhibition Foreign Bindings of the 15th-17th Centuries in the Heritage of the Palatine Library, curated by Federico Macchi, Elisa Montali and Viv...
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In Parma, Stefano Arienti's manipulated books exhibition at Palazzo Marchi

From October 19 to December 14, 2025 Palazzo Marchi in Parma, hosts Coltivazioni erbacee, the solo exhibition of Stefano Arienti (Asola, 1961) curated by Elena Bray. The exhibition represents the first extensive retrospective devoted to manipulated b...
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An exhibition on contemporary figurative painting at the Pilotta in Parma

From October 10 to November 30, 2025, the Complesso monumentale della Pilotta in Parma hosts the exhibition Bella figura. Italian Painting Today, curated by Camillo Langone. Promoted by the Ministry of Culture's General Directorate for Contemporary C...
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Art and sustainability in Parma: FRAGILE 2025 with Armin Linke's exhibition

From October 10 to 12, Parma will host the second edition of FRAGILE, the Festival of Sustainable Arts and Disciplines, organized by Santeria S.p.A. The unique event will transform the city into a national workshop dedicated to sustainability, involv...
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The Giacomo Balla collection of the GNAM in Rome on its way to Parma for an exhibition

More than sixty works by Giacomo Balla (Turin, 1871 - Rome, 1958) from the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea in Rome are going on tour from October 10, 2025, to February 1, 2026, at the Palazzo del Governatore in Parma, which is hosti...
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Parma celebrates Steve McCurry with a major exhibition. Shots from more than four decades of his career on display

From Nov. 22, 2025, to April 12, 2026, Parma will host a major exhibition dedicated to Steve McCurry (Philadelphia, 1950), staged in the rooms on the first and second floors of Palazzo Pigorini. The exhibition, curated by Biba Giacchetti, a profound ...
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The ethical role of art in the face of the horrors of war. An exhibition of historical and contemporary artists in Parma

On the occasion of the80th anniversary of the Liberation, the Governor's Palace in Parma is hosting from April 12 to May 25, 2025 the group exhibition If This is a Man. Art Remembers. Humanity Resists. Works 1945-2025, curated by Chiara Canali and in...
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