10 ancient and contemporary art exhibitions for summer vacation 2019

Are you about to go on vacation or are you about to leave for summer vacation but can’t help but visit an exhibition? We have selected for you ten top-notch proposals (some we have even visited and confirm the excellent quality) for an art-filled summer, whether you want to leave or stay in town.

1. Leonardo da Vinci’s "Scapiliata": fortunes, studies and new hypotheses on display in Parma (Parma, Galleria Nazionale, May 18 to August 12, 2019)
Small exhibition taking stock of studies around the Scapiliata, a much-discussed work by Leonardo da Vinci: new investigations are also presented. More information.

2. Renaissance Seen from the South. Matera, Southern Italy and the Mediterranean between ’400 and ’500 (Matera, National Museum of Medieval and Modern Art of Basilicata, April 19-Aug. 19, 2019)
In the European Capital of Culture 2019, a two-hundred-work exhibition documents how the Renaissance developed between the 15th and 16th centuries in southern Italy, with an expanded view to include the Mediterranean context. More information.

3. Arp’s Nature (Venice, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, April 13 to September 2, 2019)
An excellent monographic exhibition on one of the greatest protagonists of Dada art and beyond, Hans Arp (Strasbourg, 1887 - Basel, 1966), with an itinerary covering his entire career, and no shortage of masterpieces. More information.

4. WE WANT IT ALL (Ravenna, Classense Library, June 22 to September 3, 2019)
The first posthumous exhibition of Nanni Balestrini (Milan, 1935 - Rome, 2019), a great protagonist of the neoavantgarde: on display one of his most famous works(Anni ’70, Anni ’80) and several other significant works. More information.

5. Golden Sculpture. Artist Jewels for a New Renaissance (Urbino, Palazzo Ducale, May 31 to September 8, 2019)
Twentieth-century artist’s jewelry from private collections: 140 pieces by great artists such as Lucio Fontana, Giuseppe Uncini, Arnaldo and Gio’ Pomodoro. Demonstrating the contamination between the arts in goldsmithing. More information.

6. Arshile Gorky. 1904 - 1948 (Venice, Ca’ Pesaro, International Gallery of Modern Art, May 8 to Sept. 22, 2019)
The first Italian retrospective devoted to Arshile Gorky (Vostanik Manouig Adoian; Khorkom, 1904 - Sherman, 1948), one of the leading exponents of abstract expressionism. More information.

7. In dance steps. Isadora Duncan and the Visual Arts in Italy between the Nineteenth Century and the Avant-Garde (Florence, Villa Bardini, April 13 to September 22, 2019)
Another first: the first Italian exhibition on Isadora Duncan (San Francisco, 1877 - Nice, 1927), the great American dancer, presented in her relationship with the figurative arts. More information.

8. Homage to Cosimo I (Florence, Uffizi, Palazzo Pitti and Boboli Gardens, June 5 to September 29, 2019)
Three exhibitions in three venues to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the birth of Cosimo I de’ Medici. Of impact and quality is the exhibition Cento lanzi per il principe at the Uffizi. More information.

9. Jean Dubuffet and Venice (Venice, Palazzo Franchetti, May 10 to Oct. 20, 2019)
The close bond between Jean Dubuffet and Venice told in an exhibition showcasing the artist’s three most important cycles, including L’Hourloup, first presented at Palazzo Grassi in 1964. More information.

10. The Worlds of Riccardo Gualino. Collector and Entrepreneur (Turin, Musei Reali, June 7 to November 3, 2019)
A survey of the collection of one of the greatest collectors of the early 20th century, Riccardo Gualino. With oepres by Duccio di Buoninsegna, Botticelli, Veronese, Manet, Monet. More information.

Image: Antonello da Messina, Abraham and the Angels (tempera and oil on panel, 21.2 x 29.3 cm; Reggio Calabria, Pinacoteca Civica), work in the exhibition Renaissance Seen from the South

10 ancient and contemporary art exhibitions for summer vacation 2019

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