20 exhibitions to see on vacation this summer

In the coming days, millions of Italians will start moving up and down the country for their coveted summer vacation. So many are art lovers: which exhibitions to visit during the vacations? We have selected 20 that you can visit in the most popular resorts: from Versilia to the mountains of Trentino, from the beaches of Sardinia to those of Puglia, via the coasts of Liguria and the Romagna Riviera, here is where you can find the most interesting exhibitions.

1. Robert Capa in the Aosta Valley

After Robert Doisneau and Tina Modotti, the two hits of the past few months, great international photography returns to the Saint-Bénin Center in Aosta. This time with a protagonist in the world history of photography who has risen to myth: Robert Capa, pseudonym of Endre ErnÅ‘ Friedmann (Budapest, 1913 - Thai Binh Province, 1954). The exhibition, Robert Capa. The Work 1932 - 1954, scheduled from May 6 to Sept. 24, 2023, curated by Gabriel Bauret, in collaboration with Daria Jorioz, director of the Structure Exhibition Activities and Cultural Identity Promotion, presents 300 works by the Hungarian naturalized American photographer. Selected from the archives of the Magnum Photos agency, the photos will comprehensively cover Capa’s production, from his beginnings in 1931 to his death in 1954 in Indochina, wounded by a landmine while documenting the war at the front.

When and Where: Aosta, Saint-Bénin Center, through Sept. 24, 2023

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2. Veronese on Lake Maggiore

Two works by Paolo Veronese (Paolo Caliari; Verona, 1528 - Venice, 1588) on Lake Maggiore. In fact, from July 8, 2023 to February 25, 2024, two works by the artist will be on display in Verbania at Palazzo Viani Dugnani as part of the exhibition Veronese on Lake Maggiore. History of a Collection: the exhibition, in particular, will recount their discovery at Villa San Remigio, owned by Marquis Silvio della Valle di Casanova and his wife Sophie Browne.

When and Where: in Verbania, Palazzo Viani Dugnani, through Feb. 25, 2024

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3. Vittorio Cini at the Vittoriale

It is inspired by “Vittorio Cini. The Last Doge,” as Indro Montanelli called him, the exhibition scheduled from March 11 to September 10, 2023 at the Vittoriale degli Italiani in Gardone Riviera, at the MAS shelter and inside the D’Annunzio Segreto, curated by Marco Di Capua. The latter has selected some 30 works by contemporary artists for this occasion, which in many cases have been specially created for the event.

When and Where: at Gardone Riviera, Vittoriale degli Italiani, until September 10, 2023.

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4. Return to figuration in Lecco

Lecco’s Palazzo delle Paure hosts a new stage in the cycle of exhibitions Percorsi nel Novecento, a program conceived by the Direction of the Lecco Urban Museum System and entrusted for its design and implementation to ViDi Cultural. This series of exhibitions that, until November 2024, will analyze the Italian cultural scene of the 20th century, gives birth to a new chapter: after the review that explored the Futurist universe, the exhibition Novecento is on the calendar at the Palazzo delle Paure, from July 22 to November 26, 2023. The return to figuration from Sironi to Guttuso. The exhibition, curated by Simona Bartolena (former curator of the Futurism exhibition), produced and realized by ViDi cultural, in collaboration with the Municipality of Lecco and the Sistema Museale Urbano Lecchese, travel partner Trenord, presents more than 60 works by artists such as Mario Sironi, Carlo Carrà, Giorgio Morandi, Felice Casorati, Arturo Martini, Giacomo Manzù, Mario Mafai, Renato Guttuso, Ubaldo Oppi, Carlo Sbisà and many others who, in the interwar period, advocated the Return to Order, that is, the call to figuration without denying the spirit of the early 20th century avant-garde of which they had been proponents.

When and Where: in Lecco, Palazzo delle Paure, until Sept. 26, 2023

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5. Dosso and Battista Dossi in Trento

The Castello del Buonconsiglio in Trento hosts from July 1 to October 22, 2023 the exhibition I volti della Sapienza. Dosso and Battista Dossi in the Library of Bernardo Cles, curated by Vincenzo Farinella and Laura Dal Prà. Between late 1531 and early 1532 Dosso Dossi with the help of his brother Battista was engaged in decorating the library of Prince-Bishop Bernardo Cles in the Magno Palazzo of the Buonconsiglio Castle in Trento. For the room that was to house the Trentino cardinal’s precious and rich collection of ancient books, Dosso thought to accomplish an impressive decoration. On the walls, therefore, he created frescoes (mostly lost) while for the ceiling coffers he painted a series of eighteen paintings on spruce board depicting sages, philosophers and orators of antiquity. A marvelous setting that Mattioli, a court physician, compares in the poem he published in 1539 on the Magno Palazzo, to Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel and the Loggia of Psyche painted by Raphael at Villa Chigi, now Villa Farnesina. It will be the restored panels and images of the wise men, philosophers and sages, starting with ancient art, that will be the leitmotif of the Buonconsiglio Castle exhibition.

When and Where: in Trento, Castello del Buonconsiglio, until Oct. 22, 2023

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6. Segantini in Arco

From May 20 to October 22, 2023, with the exhibition Horizons of Light. Segantini and the Divisionist Landscape: Nature, Memory and Symbol, the Galleria Civica di Arco (Trento) investigates the particular predilection that Giovanni Segantini (Arco, 1858 - Monte Schafberg, 1899) had for nature and landscape, presenting works that span a broad chronology, starting with the trials conducted in Brianza and closing with Symbolist research. Alongside the figure of Segantini, the exhibition presents nodal works by the respective protagonists of the Divisionist season, offering visitors the chance to compare different and personal investigations on the theme of landscape, in a path aimed at restoring an exemplary physiognomy of those researches as well as the temperament of one of the most significant seasons of Italian art.

When and Where: in Arco, Galleria Civica, through Oct. 22, 2023

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7. Leonor Fini and Fabrizio Clerici at Mart in Rovereto.

From July 16 to November 5, 2023, the Mart in Rovereto presents the exhibition Leonor Fini Fabrizio Clerici. Insomnia, the brainchild of Vittorio Sgarbi and curated by Denis Isaia and Giulia Tulino. The exhibition is dedicated to the long and deep friendship that, between Rome and Paris, starting in the 1940s, bound Leonor Fini and Fabrizio Clerici. In their works lives the surreal, introspective and metaphysical imagery of Italian fantastic art, recently rediscovered by both art history and the market.

When and Where: in Rovereto, Mart, until Nov. 15, 2023

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8. Mario Reviglione at the Mart in Rovereto

From July 16 to November 5, 2023, the Mart in Rovereto is dedicating a major exhibition to Mario Reviglione, a painter, engraver and draftsman active in the early 20th century. Mario Reviglione. L’amorosa inquietudine, curated by Beatrice Avanzi and Adriano Olivieri, from an idea by Vittorio Sgarbi, the exhibition aims to restore the rightful centrality to one of the most interesting and least known artists of the last century. Through sixty works, including paintings, drawings, engravings and documents, it aims to reconstruct Reviglione’s artistic journey in its entirety for the first time.

When and Where: in Rovereto, Mart, until Nov. 5, 2023

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9. Photography: 180 Years of Holidays in Rimini

In Rimini, the widespread photographic exhibition Tutti al mare (1843-2023) is on the beach from July 1 to August 31, 2023. 180 Years Vacationing in Rimini. A seaside walk through 180 years of vacation history in Rimini, with nearly two hundred photographs and more than twenty posters, to take the public along nearly two centuries of curiosities, places and customs from 1843, when this wonderful story began, to the present day.

When and Where: in Rimini, Castel Sismondo, until September 24, 2023

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10. Wifredo Lam in Savona and Albissola Marina.

Entitled Lam et les Magiciens de la Mer, the exhibition that, from June 2 to September 10, 2023, the Museum of Ceramics in Savona and the MuDA Exhibition Center in Albissola Marina are dedicating to Wifredo Lam (Sagua la Grande, 1902 - Paris, 1982), a great protagonist of world art between the 1950s and 1970s, and who for some time resided precisely in Albissola Marina to work with ceramics. In the exhibition the public will find more than thirty works by Lam, between totemism and new primitivism, in dialogue with other protagonists of the fertile season that made Albisola and its artisan workshops the fulcrum of international ceramic art: from Lucio Fontana to Enrico Baj, from Giuseppe Capogrossi to Roberto Crippa, from Asger Jorn to Maria Papa Rostkowska and Eva Sørensen. Read our review.

When and Where: in Savona, Museo della Ceramica, and in Albissola Marina, MuDA, through Sept. 10, 2023

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11. The Twentieth Century in Carrara

The largest exhibition ever dedicated to art in Carrara in the early twentieth century: it’s Novecento a Carrara. Artistic Adventures between the Two Wars, the exhibition that animates the Tuscan exhibition season from June 24 to October 29 at Palazzo Cucchiari, home of the Giorgio Conti Foundation in Carrara’s historic center. The exhibition, curated by Massimo Bertozzi and organized by the Giorgio Conti Foundation, is an unprecedented project, which starts from a consideration: Carrara has always been associated with sculpture, which has very ancient traditions here, although the first important workshops date back only to the 18th century: that of sculpting marble, however, is a centuries-old habit that has adapted over time to the transformations of expressive languages, and that has always been based on the transmission of techniques and great manual skill. But there is more to Carrara than sculpture: the town, in the early part of the 20th century, was in fact a fertile artistic hub where many of the greatest painters and sculptors met.

When and Where: in Carrara, Palazzo Cucchiari, through Oct. 29, 2023

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12. Kazumasa Mizokami in Massa

The halls of the Diocesan Museum in Massa are hosting an exhibition of Kazumasa Mizokami (Arita, 1958), one of Japan’s leading contemporary ceramists, entitled Where Stars Are Born, on view from Saturday, July 1 until October 4, 2023. The exhibition, organized in collaboration with the Four Crowned Association, presents 46 painted ceramic works that bear witness to the refined technique and originality with which the internationally renowned Japanese sculptor reinterprets an ancient Eastern art. The works, with their apparent simplicity, express a worldview that projects the viewer to an archetypal future within us. For Mizokami, this is the second exhibition in the shadow of the Apuan Alps: in fact, he had already exhibited some of his works last year at the group show The Red Dot, an exhibition on contemporary Japanese art held at the Vôtre space in Carrara.

When and Where: in Massa, Museo Diocesano, until Oct. 4, 2023

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13. The early 20th century in Versilia at Forte dei Marmi.

From June 17 to November 5, 2023, Forte Leopoldo I in Forte dei Marmi hosts the exhibition Accadde in Versilia, produced by the Society of Fine Arts with the City of Forte dei Marmi and Fondazione Villa Bertelli. The exhibition aims to highlight the moment of ferment that Versilia experienced at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. The exhibition focuses on three major protagonists of that period, Plinio Nomellini, Lorenzo Viani and Moses Levy, offering a selection of their masterpieces, some not exhibited for a long time, from private collections, with the exception of Nomellini’s Festa al villaggio, a painting granted by the Pinacoteca “Il Divisionismo” of the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Tortona.

When and Where: in Forte dei Marmi, Forte Leopoldo I, until Nov. 5, 2023

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14. The Macchiaioli in Bibbona

Uffizi Diffusi returns to the Tuscan coast. In the ancient village of Bibbona (Livorno), from July 14 to October 15, it is in fact possible to visit the exhibition La Maremma dei Macchiaioli (The Maremma of the Macchiaioli), where art and nature come together in the representation of the Tuscan landscape: in the paintings on display, in fact, there is a clear reference to the territory and the surrounding nature, which seems to resonate in the brushstrokes and patches of color and light. The exhibition, focused on a selection of eight works that Macchiaioli and post-Macchiaioli painters dedicated to the territories of southern Tuscany, takes place in the spaces of the Old Town Hall of Bibbona.

When and Where: in Bibbona, Comune Vecchio, until October 15, 2023

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15. Luca Signorelli in Cortona

On the occasion of the five-hundredth anniversary of the death of Luca Signorelli (Cortona, c. 1445 - 1523), from June 23 to October 8, 2023, the city of Cortona remembers its most illustrious painter with the exhibition Signorelli 500. Maestro Luca da Cortona, Painter of Light and Poetry at the Museum of the Etruscan Academy and the City of Cortona. The exhibition brings together in the city of Luca, after seventy years since the last exhibition occasion, some thirty of the artist’s works from prestigious Italian and foreign museums, including important loans from private collections and from overseas, and will be a useful opportunity to further relocate Luca da Cortona among the great artists of the time, in light also of studies in recent years. Read our review here.

When and Where: in Cortona, Museum of the Etruscan Academy and the City of Cortona, through Oct. 8, 2023

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16. The Robbiano Year in Foiano della Chiana.

From June 3 to Sept. 30, 2023, the exhibition Anno Robbiano will be held in Foiano della Chiana, organized in collaboration with the MANN-National Archaeological Museum of Naples and the State Archives of Siena, under the patronage of the Ministry of Culture, the Region of Tuscany, the Province of Arezzo, and with the technical-scientific committee composed of Paolo Giuliarini, Cinzia Cardinali and Andrea Vignini. The goal of the municipal administration is to make known, enhance and systematize the great heritage of Della Robbia’s works through the construction of a visiting route that will make it a sort of diffuse Robbiano Museum. With this project, 2023 could become the year of the rediscovery of Robbia’s works, through which to promote on a cultural and tourist level not only the village of Foiano della Chiana but also the Valdichiana and the entire province of Arezzo.

When and Where: in Foiano della Chiana, various venues, until Sept. 30, 2023

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17. Caravaggio in Apulia

From July 16 to Dec. 8, 2023, the Norman Swabian Castle in Mesagne will host the exhibition Caravaggio and His Time - Between Naturalism and Classicism, curated by Pierluigi Carofano in collaboration with Tamara Cini, making use of a scientific reference committee. A project of the Micexperience Business Network, represented by entrepreneur Pierangelo Argentieri, and sponsored by the Region of Puglia and the Municipality of Mesagne. Through the approximately thirty-five works on display, the exhibition aims to present to the public the birth and development of Caravaggesque naturalism, in contrast to the Emilian classicism particularly popular in Rome in the early seventeenth century.

When and Where: in Mesagne, Castello Svevo, until Dec. 8, 2023

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18. Ligabue in Puglia

From March 25 to October 8, 2023, the Aragonese Castle in Conversano hosts the exhibition Antonio Ligabue, curated by Francesca Villanti, promoted and supported by the Municipality of Conversano City ofArt and Museco - Museums in Conversano, with the contribution of the Region of Puglia, under the patronage of the Metropolitan City of Bari, Pugliapromozione and Teatro Pubblico Pugliese, in collaboration with the City of Gualtieri and Antonio Ligabue Museum Foundation, and produced and organized by Arthemisia. This is the first major exhibition dedicated to the painter in Puglia, and more than sixty of his works will be on display for the occasion.

When and Where: in Conversano, Castello Aragonese, until Oct. 8, 2023

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19. Matisse in Sardinia

The MAN museum in Nuoro is hosting from July 14 to November 12, 2023 the exhibition Matisse|Metamorphosis, curated by Chiara Gatti, from a project by Sandra Gianfreda of the Kunsthaus Zurich with Claudine Grammont of the Musée Matisse in Nice. The exhibition project aims to shed light on a little-known aspect in the production of Henri Matisse, considered among the greatest artists of the 20th century, namely the relationship between painting and sculpture, and between sculpture and its ancient or archaic models. In fact, an important part of Matisse’s production is still neglected: that of sculptor. Although painting has always remained his main mode of expression, the French artist simultaneously led a reflection on sculpture (and also engraving) making him one of the most complete artists of the last century. His versatility explored various techniques simultaneously, with curiosity and experimentation. Matisse’s sculptural work reveals a parallel life to that of the colorist, a double soul devoted to matter, volume, and space, which deserves to be placed in relation to that of other great sculptors of the 20th century.

When and Where: in Nuoro, MAN, until Nov. 12, 2023

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20. Sardinian landscapes in nineteenth- and twentieth-century painting in Sardinia.

The National Art Gallery of Sassari presents from July 21 to October 14, 2023 the exhibition Landscapes/Landscapes. Sardinia in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Painting: an itinerary with one hundred and fifty works by seventy painters of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries that aims to tell through images one hundred and fifty years of nature, cities and towns in Sardinia. A comparison between the past and the present with new insights on the protection of natural heritage and its relationship with energy transition and renewable energy.

When and Where: in Sassari, Pinacoteca Nazionale, until October 14, 2023

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20 exhibitions to see on vacation this summer

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