As museums reopen, major De Chirico exhibition also opens in Pisa

The reopening of museums in the yellow zone also kicks off the major Giorgio De Chirico exhibition in Pisa’s Palazzo Blu: the show was supposed to open last Nov. 7 but was not possible due to regulations that imposed a culture lockout everywhere. Organized by Fondazione Pisa with MondoMostre and curated by Saretto Cincinelli and Lorenzo Canova, the exhibition opens to the public and presents works from the artist’s entire career, in a chronological path from the early twentieth century, to the years of the great Metaphysical painting, to the last luminous neo-Metaphysical phase. One of the main elements of the project is the discovery of the artist’s personal collection, the de Chirico’s de Chirico’s that are the focus of this exhibition, consisting mainly of a large number of works from La Galleria Nazionale di Roma (donated in 1987 by the painter’s wife, Isabella) and the Giorgio and Isa de Chirico Foundation (further presentation at this link).

The long-awaited anthological exhibition opens to the public in full compliance with security measures: quota, spacing and reservation. Along with the De Chirico exhibition, it also reopens the Palazzo Blu’s Permanent Exhibition with the photographic exhibition Pisa, Ultimo Novecento (Pisa, the Last Twentieth Century), which tells the story of Pisa in the last three decades of the last century through images taken from the Luciano Frassi archive. In those years Pisa experienced an intense season, full of events that have an echo that spreads around the world, documented by the photos in the exhibition, such as the alarm for the stability of the Leaning Tower and the beginning of the works that will end with its consolidation. Also memorable remains the extraordinary adventure of Romeo Anconetani’s Pisa, which saw the Nerazzurri colors appear as protagonists on the scene of great Italian soccer and to which is dedicated a large gallery of images that occupies an entire room. It was then in that period, in June 1989, that Pisa was enriched by a great work of contemporary art, the most important among those created in the city in the 20th century, destined to assume international fame: the mural by Keith Haring entitled Tuttomondo.

“Fondazione Pisa,” reads a note, “is pleased to be able to resume its activities and welcome visitors to the rooms of Palazzo Blu, putting art and beauty back at the service of society and its development, the mission of every space for culture.” The palace, in compliance with the rules established by the Jan. 14 dpcm, is open Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. For info visit palazzoblu.it.

Image: Giorgio De Chirico, Le muse inquietanti, detail (1925 [1947]; oil on canvas, 97 x 67 cm; Rome, Galleria Nazionale dArte Moderna e Contemporanea) © Giorgio De Chirico by SIAE 2020

As museums reopen, major De Chirico exhibition also opens in Pisa

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