Impressionist paintings from Johannesburg return to Italy. This time in Genoa

A year after the exhibition that showcased them in Monza, paintings by the Impressionists preserved at the Johannesburg Art Gallery are returning to Italy. This time the venue is the Palazzo Ducale in Genoa, the exhibition is titled From Monet to Bacon. Masterpieces from the Johannesburg Art Gallery and the period is from November 17, 2018 to March 3, 2019. The exhibition is curated by Simona Bartolena.

“Opened to the public in 1910,” reads a note, “the Johannesburg Art Gallery boasts a collection of the highest quality in terms of artistic heritage. Palazzo Ducale is privileged to host an important nucleus of masterpieces from one of the most significant art museums on the African continent, offering the public a unique opportunity to discover and learn more about a collection of works that is difficult to see in other venues.”

The exhibition offers the public more than sixty works, including oils, watercolors and graphics, that bear the signatures of some of the major protagonists of the international art scene of the 19th and 20th centuries: from Edgar Degas to Dante Gabriel Rossetti, from Jean Baptiste Corot to Alma Tadema, from Vincent Van Gogh to Paul Cezanne, from Pablo Picasso to Francis Bacon, Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol. Not forgetting contemporary African art, to which an entire section of the exhibition is devoted. Divided into chronological and thematic sections, the exhibition is intended to be a journey through the history of art from the mid-19th century to the second half of the 20th century, ranging from Europe to the United States to South Africa in a narrative that shifts between different historical moments, places and artistic languages.

The exhibition also allows visitors to discover the history of the Johannesburg Art Gallery: principal player in the birth and formation of the museum collection was Lady Florence Phillips, wife of mining magnate Sir Lionel Phillips. A woman of great charm, herself a collector, convinced that her city should have an art museum, she persuaded her husband and a number of industry magnates to invest in the project. Even at its opening, the museum features a selection of works of extraordinary quality and modernity, a nucleus that has been enriched over the years through new acquisitions and donations.

More information can be found on the Ducal Palace website.

Impressionist paintings from Johannesburg return to Italy. This time in Genoa

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