Exhibitions and events at Prato

At the Fabbricone in Prato a tribute to Walter Albini, genius of Italian prêt-à-porter

From Nov. 22 to Nov. 30, with a special preview on the 16th and 17th, Prato's Fabbricone, the historic home of Balli il Lanificio, opens its doors to the exhibition Omaggio a Walter Albini, a tribute to the great Italian fashion innovator Walter Albi...
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Art is wallpaper for the rich: Giulio Alvigini's provocation in Prato

From Sept. 20 to Nov. 22, 2024, BBS-pro in Prato presents L'arte è carta da par wallato per ricchi, an exhibition by artist Giulio Alvigini (Tortona, 1995), organized in collaboration with TerraMedia, curated by Davide Sarchioni. For Alvigini,...
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Louis Fratino at Pecci in Prato: first institutional exhibition for American artist

The Luigi Pecci Center for Contemporary Art in Prato presents Satura, a solo exhibition by U.S. artist Louis Fratino (born 1993 in Annapolis, lives and works in New York City). Curated by Stefano Collicelli Cagol, the exhibition will be open to the p...
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At Pecci in Prato, the largest Diego Marcon exhibition in an Italian museum

One of the most acclaimed contemporary Italian artists, Diego Marcon (Busto Arsizio, 1985), is the protagonist of an exhibition at the Pecci Center in Prato. Glassa, this is the title of the show, is the largest exhibition project to date by Diego Ma...
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Prato Textile Museum dedicates an exhibition to kimonos

From April 29 to November 19, 2023, the Prato Textile Museum will host the exhibition Kimono - Reflections of Art between Japan and the West, organized by the Prato Textile Museum, with the collaboration of the Gorizia Museum of Fashion and Applied A...
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An exhibition in Prato to rediscover Quinto Ghermandi, 20th century sculptor

From Dec. 3, 2022 to Feb. 25, 2023, the Open Art Gallery in Prato presents the exhibition La Forma delle Cose by Quinto Ghermandi (Crevalcore, 1916 - San Lazzaro di Savena, 1994), an anomalous artist who traversed the theater of plastic forms with de...
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Prato, at the Textile Museum the fashion of Swinging London by Ossie Clark and Celia Birtwell

Stylized geometries, floral bouquets and art-inspired patterns (from medieval tapestries to Ballet Russes to all the Cubist avant-garde, pointillisme), the language of Ossie Clark and his wife Celia Birtwell defined Swinging London with their long, c...
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Prato, at the Pecci Center the exhibition Hagoromo by Massimo Bartolini

From Sept. 16 to Jan. 8, 2023, the Pecci Center in Prato is hosting the exhibition Hagoromo, a monographic show dedicated to Massimo Bartolini (Cecina, 1962), part of a cycle the center organizes annually to present the work of Italian artists to the...
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