Cortona celebrates Gino Severini: a year of events to rediscover the great artist

The year 2025 will be a year of celebration for Gino Severini (Cortona, 1883 - Paris, 1966), among the greatest innovators of twentieth-century art , thanks to the project Gino Severini in Cortona. An International Artist in His City. Routes, testimonies and events. An initiative that strengthens the bond between the master and his hometown through a busy calendar of events, in anticipation of the 60th anniversary of his death in 2026. The Municipality of Cortona, in collaboration with MAEC and theAccademia Etrusca di Cortona, with the scientific coordination of Daniela Fonti and the general organization of Villaggio Globale International, has created a program that ranges from lectures to exhibitions, from dedicated itineraries to artistic performances. The project, winner of the PAC2024 - Plan for Contemporary Art of the Ministry of Culture, aims to enhance Severini’s heritage in the city, offering new keys to interpreting the artist’s work and figure.

One of the central aspects of the project concerns the creation of a city route dedicated to Severini. Signage panels with QR-Codes will be installed to provide insights into the works present in Cortona, while the publication of a guidebook will accompany visitors and scholars in their rediscovery of the master. Litinerary will make clear the deep connection between the artist and the Tuscan context.

Lectures, exhibitions and performances

The Severinian year named after Gino Severini in Cortona. An International Artist in His City opens with a series of lectures, from Feb. 1 to June 13, 2025, featuring scholars such as Paolo Bruschetti, Margherita d’Ayala Valva, Daniela Fonti with Romana Severini, Paola Pettenella, Alice Ensabella, Eleonora Sandrelli, Roberto Cantagalli, Paola Pogliani and Chiara Sassi. The talks will analyze various aspects of Severini’s artistic production. Among the most anticipated events is the dossier exhibition Giano-Culsans: the Double and the Etruscan Inspiration of Gino Severini, conceived by MAEC and first hosted at the Rovati Foundation in Milan, scheduled from March 29 to May 4. The exhibition will investigate the relationship between the artist and the Etruscan world, which represented a constant source of inspiration for him.

On May 10, it will be the turn of the traveling dance performance Non Omnis Moriar, created by theAssociazione Sosta Palmizi, which will trace the link between Severini and the world of dance, which he often depicted in his works. A tribute to the power of movement, which so influenced his painting and visual language. There will be no shortage of in-depth moments dedicated to the art of mosaic, a technique to which Severini devoted himself with great passion, leaving Cortona with important testimonies such as the Via Crucis of 1944-1946. The project also includes a collaboration with theUniversity of Alberta (Canada) - School of Cortona, which will further expand research on the artist.

A bond never broken

Although Gino Severini’s career took place between Paris and Rome, his relationship with Cortona always remained strong. In the last years of his life he returned to his hometown several times, choosing it as his burial place and donating key works, including the famous Maternity.

A bond also continued by his daughter Romana Severini Brunori, who in 2021 enriched the city’s patrimony with a new donation of works and documents, enabling the remounting of the Severini rooms at MAEC. Today these rooms constitute the only permanent exhibition dedicated to the artist in Italy. The Gino Severini in Cortona project thus reaffirms the cultural identity of the city, which for a year will be dressed in the colors and forms of its Master, tracing his artistic path and celebrating his legacy. A journey through the history of 20th-century art, with an eye to the future.

Cortona celebrates Gino Severini: a year of events to rediscover the great artist

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