Ten exhibitions to visit during fall 2020

Although the Covid-19 pandemic is back in the news after giving us a “break” this summer, when cases were almost reduced to zero, the new ministerial decree with restrictions to stop the advance of the coronavirus, which has returned to infect thousands of our compatriots, does not impose new measures on exhibitions and museums, which can therefore be freely visited made salt the rules already in place (restricted entrances, spacing, masks and whatnot). It may therefore be an autumn of culture, if things do not get worse. So here are ten long-awaited exhibitions to see in the coming months!

1. Between Symbolism and Futurism. Gaetano Previati (Ferrara, Castello Estense, Feb. 8 to Dec. 27, 2020). Organized for the centenary of Gaetano Previati’s death in his native Ferrara, the exhibition at the Castello Estense had to undergo a two-month stop due to coronavirus, and has therefore been extended until the end of the year. An opportunity not to be missed to learn more about one of the greatest Italian artists of the 19th century. More information.

2. Ulysses. Art and Myth (Forli, Musei San Domenico, Feb. 15 to Oct. 31, 2020). Another exhibition halted by the pandemic, it has been extended until Oct. 31 to allow everyone to see the major exhibition that, with a huge selection of works from antiquity to the present day, tells the myth of Ulysses. The story of the Homeric poem, the iconographies of episodes throughout the centuries, and the stories of the characters who have made immortal one of the most extraordinary stories of all time. More information.

3. Luigi Magnani. The Last Romantic (Mamiano di Traversetolo, Magnani Rocca Foundation, Sept. 12 to Dec. 13, 2020). Review all dedicated to Luigi Magnani, collector of the villa of treasures, the villa in Mamiano di Traversetolo, near Parma, which houses his masterpieces. On display are works by Titian, Goya, Monet, Renoir, Canova, Morandi and many others. More information.

4. to Scapigliatura. A generation against (Lecco, Palazzo delle Paure, Sept. 19, 2020 to Jan. 10, 2021). Exhibition tracing the history of Scapigliatura through eighty works by the main exponents of the movement, such as Tranquillo Cremona, Daniele Ranzoni, Giuseppe Grandi and many others. More information.

5. Light of the Baroque. Paintings from Roman Collections (Ariccia, Palazzo Chigi, October 1, 2020 to January 10, 2021). An exhibition on light in the Baroque age and its symbolic value related to birth, awakening, and resurrection. On display are works by great seventeenth-century artists such as Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Giovanni Baglione, Mattia Preti, Agostino Tassi, Gaspar Dughet, Sebastiano Conca, and Pierre Subleyras. More information.

6. Alfonso Leoni, Rebel Genius (Faenza, Museo Internazionale delle Ceramiche, October 1, 2020 to January 19, 2021). First monographic exhibition dedicated to a great 20th-century ceramist, Alfonso Leoni, rebel protagonist of the 1960s and 1970s, who died prematurely at the age of only thirty-nine. The Faenza exhibition traces his entire multifaceted and innovative activity. More information.

7. . ..With other voice I shall return poet. Bronzino ’s Portrait of Dante at the Certosa in Florence (Florence, Certosa del Galluzzo, October 11 to December 31, 2020). In one of the symbolic places of 16th-century Florence, the Certosa del Galluzzo, home to Pontormo’s important frescoes, after a long time the celebrated allegorical portrait of Dante Alighieri painted by Bronzino, owned by a private collector, returns to view. One of the ways in which Florence celebrates, in advance, the 700th anniversary of the death of the supreme poet. More information.

8. The Torlonia Marbles. Collecting Masterpieces (Rome, Capitoline Museums - Villa Caffarelli, Oct. 14, 2020 to June 29, 2021). Probably the most eagerly awaited exhibition of the year (and perhaps not only of this year): 90 pieces from the famous and spectacular Torlonia collection are displayed to the public for the first time in decades in the new home of the Capitoline Museums, Villa Caffarelli. An anthology of marbles from one of the most comprehensive and extensive collections of statues from Greek and Roman antiquity. More information.

9. Michelangelo. Divine Artist (Genoa, Palazzo Ducale, Oct. 21, 2020 to Feb. 14, 2021). For the first time an exhibition on Michelangelo in Liguria: around some masterpieces (the Madonna of the Staircase and a nucleus of drawings) the narrative focused on the many encounters that characterized the career of the Tuscan Renaissance genius. More information.

10. The Macchiaioli. Masterpieces from Resurgent Italy (Padua, Palazzo Zabarella, Oct. 24 to April 18, 2021). An account of one of the most important artistic seasons of the 19th century, promising original insights through sources not yet studied in depth. On display are works by artists such as Silvestro Lega, Giovanni Fattori, Giovanni Boldini, Telemaco Signorini, Adriano Cecioni, Odoardo Borrani, Raffaello Sernesi, and Vincenzo Cabianca. More information.

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Image: Serafino De Tivoli, The Ancient Fishery at Bougival (1877-1878; oil on canvas, 95x116 cm; Private collection), shown at the Macchiaioli exhibition in Padua.

Ten exhibitions to visit during fall 2020

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